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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Chow / Breaking News Oscar Mayer

Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:16 PM

Dead. He was 95.

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Oh no! Someone check on Jimmy Dean!

Posted by Baconcat on July 8, 2009 at 2:19 PM

Man, he must have never eaten his own hotdogs if he lived to be 95....

Posted by Spiffy D on July 8, 2009 at 2:26 PM

95? Score one for processed meat.

Posted by TwentySides on July 8, 2009 at 2:27 PM

I hear the Tofu Dog is next in line.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on July 8, 2009 at 2:29 PM

Yeah, but all four R. J. Reynoldses died of lung cancer. No shit.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on July 8, 2009 at 2:33 PM

Fact of the day: He was John 'silly and dumb' Mayer's great-uncle, and John now stands to inherit a small wiener fortune.

Posted by Stacy in Austin on July 8, 2009 at 2:34 PM

Never blend in, cool kid with glasses!!!

Posted by PedestrianMe

on July 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM

My baloney has first name, it's O-s-c-a-r WAHHHH!!!!

Posted by The Amazing Jim

on July 8, 2009 at 2:43 PM

Please tell me they're gonna use a Wienermobile for his hearse.

Posted by pissy mcslogbot on July 8, 2009 at 2:44 PM

They should shape his coffin like a bun and fill it with condiments, which is the original design for Michael Jackson's coffin.

Posted by CommonKnowledge on July 8, 2009 at 2:47 PM

crap!! no Wienermobile:(
Seems he wanted a "tasteful" funeral.
Well then, might I suggest embalming with nitrites.

Posted by pissy mcslogbot on July 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM

In 1965 he was still running the Vietnam War for Lyndon Johnson, having been kept on from JFK's administration. Don't know when he had time to do these commercials. He lived to regret a lot that he did in those days, and was subject of a feature-length documentary a few years ago called "Dog of War".

Posted by ...wait--maybe I'm thinking of someone else... on July 8, 2009 at 3:02 PM

@6, so a big weiner gets to enjoy a small weiner fortune? Sounds like Slade Gorton to me.

Posted by laterite on July 8, 2009 at 3:09 PM

@10 - Or, his relatives could grind him up, process him, and eat him in a hot dog bun with condiments.

Posted by Mahtli69 on July 8, 2009 at 3:32 PM

@8 Have you never sung the song?!?! It's B-O-L-O-G-N-A, not baloney. Jeez, man, don't disrespect the guy's memory there.

Posted by Allyn on July 8, 2009 at 3:37 PM

For lasting fame, include both your first and last name in your company. Today we all mourn the passing of Oscar Mayer, but who has even heard of George Hormel? Or, uh, Ibrahim Ibm alSaleem, founder of IBM?

Posted by Eric from Boulder on July 8, 2009 at 3:58 PM