The Deadest Guys in the Room

Lay, Laddy, Lay, Lay Across My Big Grass Bed
(Props to Don)

Lay: No One Can Cheat Just One
(More kudos to Don)

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
(Accolades for pooler turned observer Christine)

Layed Out
(Laudatories for Monty)
Enron founder Ken Lay found a way to beat the rap this week, dying of a heart attack at the age of 64. Before sympathy kicks in – the heart attack occurred at his spacious Aspen vacation home. Maybe there’s something to this karma stuff after all. Convicted of fraud and conspiracy for destroying a company and the lives of thousands of employees who had their life savings invested in the company, Lay’s death heads off a decade of appeals, saving money and time for the Texas court systems and his grave gives ex-Enron employees a place to relieve themselves. Win-win all around.

As the Chamber Turns
Benjamin Hendrickson, best known for his 21 years on the soap opera “As the World Turns,” committed suicide with a single gunshot to the head at the age of 55. No note discussing a reason has been reported, but the phrase “best known for his 21 years on the soap opera ‘As the World Turns’,” may have come into play for the Julliard School Drama Division classmate of Patti Lupone and Kevin Kline in the first school’s first class and co-founder of The Acting Company with John Houseman. Hendrickson won the 2003 Daytime Emmy for supporting actor for his role as Chief of Detectives Hal Munson, and in his acceptance speech said: "To my mother who scrimped and saved to send me to Julliard to study the classics... I'm sorry." His last air date as Hal Munson will be July 12, 2006.