http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090214/Death.By.Exercise/
It won't let me cut and paste. Let's just say there's:
a really weird way to kill someone;
someone with an obsession about movie star names;
gender reassignment;
and a rather odd marriage.
I thought it was a weird story before I got to the end. That last little bit just takes the cake. Wow there are some screwed up people in this world.
Gotta hand it to Kentucky for being so bi-gender "progressive"......or something.
Here is some more disturbing bits from another source
http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/geauga/1234604078230130.xml&coll=2
Vallandingham underwent gender reassign mentsurgery in 1993 and changed his name to Chris Newton-John, in honor of his favorite singer, Olivia Newton-John, Stehlik said.
Mason had been friends with the Vallandingham family since before his future wife was born.
He lived in a boarding house operated by Newton-John's grandmother and for a time shared a bedroom with John Vallandingham.
And a photo of Newton-John
Ummm... yeah... so.... er.... FAIL.
well.. I have to say this.. she looks better than some real women in my neighborhood
mad_machine wrote: well.. I have to say this.. she looks better than some real women in my neighborhood
I'm guessing your neighborhood has a "Haus Frau" or two that look more like John Travolta's "Edna Turnblad" in "Hairspray" ?
'Honor' ONJ? He/she/it's got a weird take on the concept of 'honoring' someone. 
Jensenman wrote: 'Honor' ONJ? He/she/it's got a weird take on the concept of 'honoring' someone.
no kidding
" A woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool, repeatedly refusing to let him leave the water.
Surveillance video showed Christine Newton-John, 41, pulling James Mason around the pool by his arms and legs, said Middlefield police Chief Joseph Stehlik
The chief said he counted 43 times in which Newton-John prevented her husband from leaving the water, and Mason rested his head on the side of the pool several times while gasping for breath.
"The video is bone-chilling," Stehlik said. "The whole case is very sinister."
Mason had a heart attack on June 2 after the extended swim session. An officer who had investigated previous complaints that Mason was being abused pursued the case because he suspected there was more to the death, Stehlik said.
Newton-John pleaded guilty Thursday and faces up to five years in prison. No sentencing date was set.
Police did not immediately respond to a call Saturday seeking comment on a motive.
The video would have had a profound effect on a jury, Geauga County Prosecutor David Joyce said. But that wouldn't have been enough for a conviction if Newton-John had been charged with murder.
"You can see the man struggling for his life on the tape, but there is no audio, so we couldn't hear what he was saying," he said.
Geauga County Chief Public Defender Robert Umholtz, who represented Newton-John, declined to comment.
Mason was a longtime friend of his wife's family. He knew her as John Vallandingham before she had gender reassignment surgery in 1993 and changed her name in honor of the singer and star of the hit movie version of the musical "Grease."
The couple were wed in 2006 in Kentucky, where people can change their gender on their birth certificate."
Chebbie_SB wrote:mad_machine wrote: well.. I have to say this.. she looks better than some real women in my neighborhoodI'm guessing your neighborhood has a "Haus Frau" or two that look more like John Travolta's "Edna Turnblad" in "Hairspray" ?
no.. just big, ugly, and mean looking people.
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