Casket Freddie Blassie

Ol' time wrasslin' superstar Classy Freddy Blassie got pinned by the Grim Reaper, dying Monday of a heart attack at the age of 85. One of the first wrestling stars of the television age, his name might also ring a bell with some as an evil manager of such WWF villains as Nikolai Volkoff or the Iron Sheik in the 1980s. Not one to be pinned down to a certain genre, he also recorded the novelty hit "Pencil-Necked Geek" and parodied "My Dinner with Andre" with "My Breakfast with Blassie." Given that we've spent the first half of the year with our backs to the mat, it's not surprising that no one had Blassie, so the Dead Pool is far from being slammed shut. As it stands, Greg, Kirsti and I are all tied with one lonely cadaver each.