Weird Al's Parents Die at home. . .

[ET Awful]

I always kind of liked Al, I feel sorry for him:

FALLBROOK ---- The elderly parents of parody recording star "Weird Al" Yankovic were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Friday in their modest Fallbrook home.

An investigator from the county medical examiner's office identified the couple as Nick and Mary Yankovic and said they lived in the house at 226 Foxfire Lane.

A blaze had been in a fireplace in the hillside house when three family members discovered the couple about 1 p.m., said sheriff's Sgt. Conrad Grayson, a fire investigator.


"The house was full of smoke when they opened the door," Grayson said. "We examined the fireplace. They were burning wood. They (family) had found the flue closed. They opened it."

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/10/news/top_stories/19_55_164_9_04.txt

[Taverner]

1. This is sad

Nick Yankovic was the polka king on his own right! He released tons of polka albums in his lifetime and was a star himself (don't ask me how I know this...grandparents teach you strange things...)

[Archae]

10. Err...slight mistake.

Frankie Yankovic is the "Polka King."

And is no relation to Weird Al.

But Frankie and Weird Al have met, and are friends.

[kalian]

2. Sad news.....

[GregorStocks]

3. WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

[JVS]

4. That's sad news

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Oh, man, what a terrible thing to discover

Very sad, indeed. Weird Al is a cool guy, and hios aprents sounded like very nice, decent people.

[ET Awful]

9. He always struck me as a really gentle guy too . . .

Like even with the sense of humor, when you heard him interviewed or just talking, he always seemed like a super mellow, really nice guy . . . I just saw this on a ticker on CNN and did a quick search to find the article.

It is really sad :(

[Piperay]

6. So sad...

what a terrible thing to happen. :-(

[Taverner]

7. The Polka King himself

[MuseRider]

8. He is supposed to be here

on Wednesday, my son was going to work the show. I hope he cancels and takes time off, this has to be very very hard.

[salinen]

11. Weird Al

shared the same dorm floor with me. I never knew him. Sad day for Al and family.

[louis-t]

12. Wow, I really thought Frankie was Al's dad!

no one has ever said otherwise to me. Sad.