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johnnymk
11-28-2005, 08:18 AM
NEWPORT, Ky. The dream didn't last long for a couple who won a 65 million dollar Powerball jackpot five years ago.

Virginia Merida has been found dead in her Kentucky home at age 51. Police say her body had been in the home overlooking the Ohio River for days. They haven't determined the cause of death.

Her husband, Mack Metcalf, was 45 when he died in 2003, while living in a replica of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. His death followed multiple run-ins with the law.

When they won more the jackpot, the couple agreed to split the prize and go their separate ways to fulfill their dreams.

Authorities said a man died of a drug overdose in Merida's home last year. She used part of her winnings to buy a second home, but when she tried to evict the resident, the renter sued. A hearing was scheduled for Wednesday.

Copyright 2005 Associated Press.
bachviet
11-28-2005, 08:21 AM
That is a $32.5M waste. :disa:
mcs328
11-28-2005, 08:29 AM
Hmm...seems like a string of bad luck. Maybe I should aim for 2nd prize.
kgsilvas
11-28-2005, 08:56 AM
Guess money didn't buy her happiness.
KIISQueen
11-28-2005, 09:02 AM
Hmmmmmmmm
Jeffbx
11-28-2005, 09:30 AM
Maybe they used Hurley's numbers from 'Lost'
nickel
11-28-2005, 09:47 AM
Guess money didn't buy her happiness.
in the end it never does
DarkFury
11-28-2005, 10:01 AM
Guess money didn't buy her happiness.



in the end it never does

I still challenge ANYONE to give me the money so I can definitively prove/disprove this notion. :heh:


(BTW...with enough money, you still can RENT enough happiness to last you quite a long time.)
Grimm
11-28-2005, 10:13 AM
Guess money didn't buy her happiness.
Money can not buy happiness, but it can rent it.
Looks like she didn't make some very good choices.
DarkFury
11-28-2005, 10:17 AM
Money can not buy happiness, but it can rent it.
Looks like she didn't make some very good choices.
Heh... (Must still have me on "ignore". :D :wavey: )
nickel
11-28-2005, 10:19 AM
Heh... (Must still have me on "ignore". :D :wavey: )
noooo, really?
DarkFury
11-28-2005, 10:23 AM
noooo, really?
Funny girl... :hmm: Funnae :heh:

Guess he'll see it now... since you QUOTED me and all. :heh:
nickel
11-28-2005, 10:27 AM
Funny girl... :hmm: Funnae :heh:

Guess he'll see it now... since you QUOTED me and all. :heh:
not really... cause i might be with you
DarkFury
11-28-2005, 10:28 AM
not really... cause i might be with you
Tru dat. :D
attgig
11-28-2005, 10:35 AM
hahhaha.
funny.

but yeah, chasing happiness with a formula is chasing after an illusion. gotta know how to be happy in the present.
Thesifer
11-28-2005, 11:05 AM
I think it depends on the people that win. Certain people will just stay in their same pattern of self destruction.
RIVERWIDOW
11-28-2005, 04:49 PM
So what I want to know is " what happens to any $$ they still had left. Does
the state get it???:confused:
Agent Plissken
11-28-2005, 05:08 PM
Maybe they used Hurley's numbers from 'Lost'

:stupid: Thats what I was going to say ;)
bachviet
11-28-2005, 07:56 PM
So what I want to know is " what happens to any $$ they still had left. Does
the state get it???:confused:
Not if she has a will (at least in CA) to leave the money for somebody.
brainsmile
11-28-2005, 08:49 PM
it's like the kid who has everything... nothing is magical anymore