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In honor of the now-deceased 1980s televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who went after rock music for years (with targets including Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne...more on him in a second, and even Christian acts like Stryper) only to get busted with a hooker...

Jim Marshall, legendary Vikings defensive end notable for starting 270 consecutive games (an NFL record that stood until 2009 when Brett Favre broke it in 2009, also in a Vikings uniform) snd recovering 29 fumbles defensively (an NFL record that still stands), at age 87. Marshall is also...

Sabu, professional wrestler most notable for his time in ECW and hardcore wrestling pioneer, at age 60.

Steve McMichael (otherwise known as "Mongo"), Hall of Fame NFL defensive tackle (Texas Longhorns, Chicago Bears), Super Bowl XX Champion, and Monday Night Wars-era professional wrestler (WCW), at age 67 following a battle with ALS. McMichael was most famous in football as one of the stars of...

Les Binks, former drummer of Judas Priest who played on several of the band's albums in the late 70s, at age 73. In addition to playing on the Stained Class, Killing Machine (retitled as Hell Bent for Leather in the US), and Unleashed in the East albums, he's also noteworthy to have joined Judas...

Clive Revill, the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back and Alfred Pennyworth on Batman: The Animated Series, is one with the Force at age 94.

George Foreman, heavyweight boxing icon, at age 76.

Considering the mysterious circumstances, I'd say this is yet another case of the Superman Curse (which affected his own co-stars from that film franchise, such as Marlon Brando, Margot Kidder, and the most notable curse victim of all, Christopher Reeve). Considering how successful his film...

Game = Final Fantasy VII (Remake, Rebirth) Artist = Judas Priest Song = Painkiller

Virginia Halas McCaskey, owner of the Chicago Bears since 1983 and Super Bowl champion (Super Bowl XX), at age 102. McCaskey inherited the franchise upon the death of her father, Bears founder George "Papa Bear" Halas, and the biggest highlight of her ownership of the Bears is of course the...

And that's why, to this day, I have never gotten a console at launch.

Bob Uecker, former MLB baseball player (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Philles) and Hall of Fame baseball radio broadcaster (Milwaukee Brewers), at age 90.

After over 4 and a half years, I just noticed something. The floors on the Sector 7 Pillar that Biggs & Jessie died on are both unlucky numbers depending on culture. East Asian cultures consider the number 4 to be a cursed number. That's the floor Biggs died on. Meanwhile, Western cultures...

Rickey Henderson, Hall of Fame baseball player and MLB's all-time leader in both stolen bases and runs scored, at age 65. Sad that we lost Baseball's hit king (Pete Rose) and stolen base king in the same year.

This song is the literal birth of an entire genre. In fact, this song singlehandedly named it with its title.

Here's one I finished last night. Game = Final Fantasy VII (Remake, Rebirth, Crisis Core Reunion) Artist = Arch Enemy Song = Poisoned Arrow Unlike most of my creations, this one is centered around a specific character, which I find to be a nice change. For this one, it's Aerith.

Fernando Valenzuela, legendary Dodgers pitcher, at age 63. Valenzuela's passing comes just days before the World Series rematch (Dodgers vs Yankees) of the 1981 World Series that he won as a member of the Dodgers during his rookie season, and to this day he remains the only player to ever win...

If I remember correctly, San Antonio had an outdoor venue called the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater just near Retama throughout the 2000s (where I most notably went to Ozzfest every year it came through), but unfortunately that got sold to a church circa 2009, and San Antonio has been competing...

Paul Di'Anno, former vocalist of Iron Maiden most notable for singing on the band's first 2 albums (self-titled and Killers), at age 66. Di'Anno was replaced in 1981 by the vocalist most associated with the band, Bruce Dickinson.