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Died In 2014 - Part 3

Lee Marshall: Born:1949/11/28- Died: 2014/4/26 Lee Marshall was a bouncer Pro wrestling’s great announcer But you’d know him better for a single voice For his was what you heard When Tony the Tiger said a word And Frosted Flakes was the cereal of choice Mickey Rooney: Born:1920/9/23-Died:2014/4/06 Joseph Yule, Jr. Was an actor not a crooner Although he sang in many of his rolls He was known as Andy Hardy About the size of Bonnaparte With an ego of the size of giant trolls or There once was a man Mickey Rooney Who’s marriages were sort of cartooney Though he was quite small All his wives were quite tall His love making must not have been puny Sheila MacRae: Born:1921/9/24/ Died: 2014/3/6 Sheila MacRae was an actress they say A singer and dancer as well “To the moon” Jackie said And now that she’s dead No longer this poem shall I dwell Hiroo Onoda: Born: 1922/3/19-Died: 2014/1/16 Hiroo Onoda fought in the big war I’ll never surrender, he valiantly swore And he kept that vow for 30 years more But a man in a cave all alone Longs for his family and home And that’s why he deserves a death poem Eli Wallach: Born 1915 - Died, 6/24/14: He was good, he was bad, he was ugly You might even say he was fugly But it is a fact This man he could act And his women all thought he was snugly

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