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Z is for Zipper, caught on an appendage.

Ow... mother f...
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<<Reminder -- [letter] is for [improv name beginning with that letter], [description of death of said improv name] -- we are doing these in rhyming couplets; bonus if death has to do with imp name or improv in general>>

<<also, fuck the rules>>

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A is for Averett, who caught T.B.

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sara farr wrote:<<Reminder -- [letter] is for [improv name beginning with that letter], [description of death of said improv name] -- we are doing these in rhyming couplets; bonus if death has to do with imp name or improv in general>>
I know.
sara farr wrote:<<also, fuck the rules>>
I did. Although it happened to me not long before posting that - so while not immediately fatal, it is somewhat in the spirit of things. It was also extremely cathartic.

Carry on...

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B is for Brockman, bled out after he peed.

(TMI - but better, SF? ;) )
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C is for ColdTowne, hit by an iceberg.

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D is for dysentery, a messy end for Heiberg.
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E is for Ebola, which claimed Kayla Lane.
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F is Foshee, who got more pain than gain.
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G is for Gnap!, too in love with the scripts.

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H is for Halyn, who did one too many flips.
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I is for Indigo, in the grille of a truck.
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J is for Jastroch, finally run out of luck.


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K is for Kevin, flayed alive by a bear.

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L is for Lampe, in a bike chain ensnared.
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M is for Marc, driven mad by a god.
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