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Only 3 People Mentioned in "We Didn't Start the Fire" Are Still Alive (www.neatorama.com)

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy shit, Chubby Checker is still alive? Wow!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Checker

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

15 years ago he was in the news suing because someone put out a smartphone app named “Chubby Checker” and that’s was not the sort of association he wanted to his name. 😉

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

15 years ago... smartphone app...

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[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Holy shit, a Fire Punch meme on Lemmy. (read Fire Punch, everyone)