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2 0 1 6      First Annual

The  W i k i Z *

To Honor Significant Americans who are no longer with us (with a few exceptions)

*(Sorry, show tickets sold out)

*Winners need not be present to accept awards

2016  WikiZ AwardZ

Most Important Political Mover and Shaker   Fidel Castro & Shimom Perez (tie)        Runners Up      Nancy Reagan   Tom Hayden   Phyllis Schafly  

Brightest Light on Stage   Prince & David Bowie (tie)      Runners Up  George Michael & Glenn Frey           Honorable Mentions       Leonard Cohen   Merle Haggard  Leon Russell 

Brightest Light on Screen   Carrie Fisher & Gene Wilder    Honorable Mentions   Hugh O'Brian   Robert Vaughn George Kennedy    

Most Unexpected, Astounding Loss     Carrie Fisher     

Best Quote   Carrie Fisher    “Youth and beauty are not accomplishments; they’re the temporary happy by-products of time and/or DNA. Don’t hold your breath for either.”

Most Important Cultural Achievements (not including stage or screen)   Umberto Ecco   Harper Lee   Pierre Boulez  (tie)

Most Loved Celebrity   Zsa Zsa Gabor          Zsa Zsa was married 9 times and loved by many more men

Most Popular Man in Space…David Bowie…for Space Oddity         Runner Up   John Glenn    Honorable Mention   Edgar Mitchell 

The Most Popular Man in the World and G. O. A. T.  Muhammad Ali       Runner Up   Arnold Palmer   in both categories…most popular and Greatest Of All Time

Longest Dictator to Hold Office in Modern History   Fidel Castro.         Only Queen Elizabeth has ruled an island nation longer

Most Beloved Political Figure   Barack Obama   Runner Up   Donald Trump

Most Disliked Political Figure   Barack Obama   Runner Up   Donald Trump

Most Respected Supreme Court Justice by Half the Nation     Antonin Scalia                                                                 Least Respected Supreme Court Justice by the Other Half      Antonin Scalia

Most innovative First Lady   Nancy Reagan      for introducing astrology into the White House as a diplomatic & political tool.  She also won for introducing the Little Red Dress into political couture 

Funniest, Most Outrageous Comic Writer in America        Gene Wilder     Runner Up   Antonin Scalia        Honorable Mention   Gary Shandling

Most Unexpected Loss     Carrie Fisher     Runners Up    George Michael    Prince

Made Greatest Impact on Culture   Prince   Leonard Cohen   Garry Marshall   Umberto Ecco

Wiki’Z  Personal PickZ     Gary Shandling    Bill Cunningham   Leonard Cohen   Arnold Palmer     Alan Rickman

2017 has to be better, right?

Happy New Year everyone as we contemplate the remote possibility of our own mortality.

Cheers,

Zeny

Pat Harrington David Bowie Dan Haggerty Anton Yelchin Noel Neill Steven Hill Gene Wilder Hugh O'Brian Robert Vaughn Florence Henderson Fidel Castro      Van Williams John Glenn Alan Thicke  Zsa Zsa Gabor  George Michael Antonin Scalia  Alan Rickman  Muhammad Ali   Nancy Reagan   Arnold Palmer   Morley Safer Garry Shandling  Garry Marshall  Leonard Cohen   George Kennedy  Merle Haggard    Shimom Perez  Phyllis Schafly Edgar Mitchell Elie Wiesel  Umberto Ecco  Gwen Ifill Bill Cunningham   Monte Irvin Leon Russell Carrie Fisher Prince Janet Reno Nate Thurmond Pierre Boulez Harper Lee   Glenn Frey Gordie Howe Tom Hayden