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El Wiggerman wrote:
SHIT YEAH! POST A PICTURE OF YOUR BEEVER AND WE'LL GIVE YOU PARTIAL OWNERSHIP OF OUR BOARDS!!!

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ALERT POSTED (10/13/02): Something I don't often talk about, but should. There are times an event I am considering posting as a prediction occurs before I am able to. Often this is due to other, weightier matters of importance demanding my attention. Therefore, when I say I foresaw this event possibly taking place around December 2002, you can only take my word for it. I cannot prove otherwise.

Sadly, it is too late for me to present this as a prediction. Yet, even though I had some suspicion the tragedy to be discussed might take place, I never could have figured out the identity of the person who was destined to fall victim to it.

On December 22, 1995, seven years ago, black actress Butterfly (Thelma) McQueen, famous for many film roles but especially for her portrayal of Prissy in Gone With The Wind, died from burns received in a fire in her Augusta, Georgia apartment.

I was aware of the circumstances of McQueen's death since early this year. However, I put off predicting that the same thing would happen in December of this year, seven years later.

The reason: there had not been a similar event occurring to a black actress during any of the previous years on the time line prior to 1995 (years like 1988, 1981, 1974, etc.). McQueen's death appeared to be a singular event -- one that I felt would have only a remote chance of being repeated, so I put off posting a warning and now it is too late.

This time the actress is Teresa Graves, an actress well-known to 1960s and 1970s audiences, especially in the Laugh In comedy series and in the role of undercover cop Christie Love. She died two nights ago on October 11, 2002, at age 53 in Los Angeles. Her death, like Butterfly McQueen's, was the result of a fire that erupted in her home. The one major difference is that McQueen died from burns and Graves, apparently, suffocated from smoke inhalation.

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