Thursday, January 14, 2010

He Died, You Win: Teddy Pendergrass

Elliot played He Died, You Win for Teddy Pendergrass on Thursday. The R&B soul singer who became a reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure after a car accident that left him paralyzed, died Wednesday of colon cancer. He was 59.



In case you missed He Died, You Win, here's how it went...

1.) Teddy Pendergrass sang a duet with a mega-star who later went on to star in The Bodyguard and marry Bobby Brown? ANSWER: Whitney Houston

2.) Teddy Pendergrass returned to the public stage in 1985 during a massive concert in his hometown of Philadelphia. Black Sabbath, Run DMC, Rick Springfield, Judas Priest and Madonna also played this concert? ANSWER: Live Aid

3.) Just like Teddy Pendergrass, this famous physicist is bound to a wheelchair, and recently retired from the University of Cambridge where he was a professor? ANSWER: Stephen Hawking

4.) This US President served 4 terms in office and, to this day, is the only president to have served more than two terms? ANSWER: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

5.) This famous actor was known as the Man Of Steel until he ended up bound to a wheelchair after an equestrian accident? ANSWER: Christopher Reeve

6.) The Red Wings defenseman spent his entire NHL career in Detroit which ended in a limo accident 6 days after winning the Stanley Cup? ANSWER: Vladimir Konstantinov

7.) Mark Zupan is a former in-studio guest who starred in a movie about wheelchair rugby. What was the name of the movie? ANSWER: Murderball

R.I.P. Teddy Pendergrass...

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