Oh, OK, you want to be one of these summers, do you? One of these summers where everyone dies? Well fine.
Be like that. It’d explain why Brittany Murphy‘s husband was found dead this weekend, and it’d also explain why Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel room at the age of 38 yesterday. According to reports, Paul Gray – the member of Slipknot who wore the mask that made him look a sort of monkey Hannibal Lector – died of unknown causes, but foul play is not suspected. An autopsy is set to take place later today.
Remember last year’s Summer Of Death? Horrible, it was. Michael Jackson died, Farrah Fawcett died, John Hughes died, David Carradine died, that dog from the taco adverts died, and that was just the tip of the iceberg. And the sad news is, it looks like we’re on for a sequel.
You’ll remember that, on Sunday, the body of Brittany Murphy’s widower was found. And now it’s the turn of Paul Gray from Slipknot. The Des Moines Register reports:
Paul Dedrick Gray, 38, of Johnston was found dead at about 10:50 a.m. Monday by an employee at TownePlace Suites, 8800 Northpark Drive in Urbandale, police said. There was no evidence of foul play in Gray’s death, but the investigation is ongoing, police said. An autopsy, including toxicology tests, is scheduled to be done today, Urbandale police Sgt. Dave Disney said.
Following the autopsy, Paul Gray’s body will possibly be pushed into a big jar and left in the sun for a few months until it putrefies, so that the other members of Slipknot can use him as a vomiting aid. It’s what he would have wanted.
And if the death of a member of Slipknot wasn’t enough, Ray Alan – possibly the most famous aristocratic ventriloquist of the entire 1980s – has also died. You should probably get used to stories like these, because it looks like we’re in for a grim remake of the Summer Of Death. A grim remake with a tiny budget that means you have to Google the names of the people who died because you don’t know exactly who they are, but a grim remake nonetheless.
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Matches Malone says
What if Walt had been named Dave instead? :)
I think people that live fast, and die young, will necessarily leave a good looking corpse. Death happens. Get over it, and move on.
Alex says
There goes Gary Coleman! Got dammit!