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Subject: Hey Vern! It's Ernest.. Jim Varney...

Written By: ChuckyG on 2/10/2000 at 8:37 p.m.

I can't believe it, the actor who played Ernest died today.. and he was only 50, seems kinda young (heck, he's younger than my mom)..


Subject: Re: Hey Vern! It's Ernest.. Jim Varney...

Written By: Symple Mynd on 2/11/2000 at 11:28 p.m.

> I can't believe it, the actor who played Ernest died today.. and he was
> only 50, seems kinda young (heck, he's younger than my mom)..

R.I.P. Jim Varney. Let's all chug down a Mellow Yellow in his memory :)

Subject: Re: Hey Vern! It's Ernest.. Jim Varney...

Written By: April on 2/10/2000 at 9:38 p.m.

> I can't believe it, the actor who played Ernest died today.. and he was
> only 50, seems kinda young (heck, he's younger than my mom)..

Yeah, I heard about that. I heard it was lung cancer??

Subject: Re: Hey Vern! It's Ernest.. Jim Varney...

Written By: ChuckyG on 2/11/2000 at 6:09 a.m.

> Yeah, I heard about that. I heard it was lung cancer??

yeah, it was cancer.. it actually spread into his brain.. it was thought to be in remission, but it got him anyways..

Subject: Re: Hey Vern! It's Ernest.. Jim Varney...

Written By: BoyOfCorn on 2/11/2000 at 1:37 p.m.

> yeah, it was cancer.. it actually spread into his brain.. it was thought
> to be in remission, but it got him anyways..

Only one more celebrity death to complete this triangle. It seems that celebrities alwys die in groups of three. First there was Doug Henning, the skinny buck-toothed magician (I remember watching him on Captain Kangaroo), and now Jim Varney.

The next one will die within the next couple of weeks.

---BoyOfCorn

Subject: Re: Hey Vern! It's Ernest.. Jim Varney...

Written By: crazydon on 2/14/2000 at 8:37 a.m.

> Only one more celebrity death to complete this triangle. It seems that
> celebrities alwys die in groups of three. First there was Doug Henning,
> the skinny buck-toothed magician (I remember watching him on Captain
> Kangaroo), and now Jim Varney.

> The next one will die within the next couple of weeks.

> ---BoyOfCorn

Or maybe sevens. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Tom Landry, Charles Schulz, so who are the next two?

Subject: Re: Hey Vern! It's Ernest.. Jim Varney...

Written By: Timbuk-Three on 2/13/2000 at 12:47 p.m.

> Only one more celebrity death to complete this triangle. It seems that
> celebrities alwys die in groups of three. First there was Doug Henning,
> the skinny buck-toothed magician (I remember watching him on Captain
> Kangaroo), and now Jim Varney.

> The next one will die within the next couple of weeks.

> ---BoyOfCorn

Charles Schultz, "Peanuts" comic strip author/artist.

Subject: I can't believe it..

Written By: ChuckyG on 2/13/2000 at 2:30 p.m.

> Charles Schultz, "Peanuts" comic strip author/artist.

can't anyone live forever anymore? man what a sad week.. his final strip was scheduled to run today (the final Sunday strip)