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We were just getting over the tragic death of that Ohio Representative who was found dead in his Washington apartment this morning when the latest shocking news arrived: Former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn of Washington state was also found dead in her apartment this morning, in Alexandria. Both reportedly suffered “heart attacks,” both were relatively young (68 and 66) compared to say, John McCain or Robert Byrd, and both were Republicans. What did they know?

And where is Alberto Gonzales, anyway?

Former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn dies at 66 [Seattle P-I]

Molly Ivins died today in Austin after her cancer came back again, making the Texas columnist the second nationally-syndicated American humorist to die this month. (Art Buchwald died two weeks ago. For you kids who only use newspapers as masturbation rap-metal aides on the MySpace, both of these people wrote “columns” for “old people” to “read.”)

The obvious question is Which National Humor Columnist Will Die Next? This is an uncomfortable subject, of course, but journalism often requires the asking of the hard questions so our democracy is better served. Let’s run down the list, after the jump.

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