I always liked the solemn announcement of the passing of Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov, the man who ordered up the Soviets’ violent suppression of the Hungarian uprising and Prague Spring: “Andropov Drops Off.” Then, of course, there was the Scrappleface-inspired “Axis of Weasel.”
But the headlines off the front page should get a little recognition, too: the best ever had to be the obituary for Ike Turner, the allegedly abusive ex of the still-thriving Tina Turner: “Ike ‘Beats’ Tina to Death.”