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This Ohio Lottery Commission photo from Jan. 12 shows Deborah McDonald smiling during her appearance on the Ohio Lottery’s Cash Explosion. McDonald was killed after being struck by a car while she was walking on U.S. 6 in Margaretta Township on Tuesday. Earlier Tuesday, she’d received her winnings of $5,520. Story here. (AP Photo/Ohio Lottery Commission via The Sandusky Register)
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hereinidaho on January 28 at 10:25 a.m.
Well this certainly wasn’t what I wanted to read to start my day. I think I will go kick one of my dogs.
Cindy_H on January 28 at 10:41 a.m.
That is awful!
FHB don’t kick your dog. That’s worse :-(
jreighley on January 28 at 10:51 a.m.
Lottery winners are rarely as lucky as the State markets them to be.
It is a sad lie and a false promise.
scootermom on January 28 at 11:04 a.m.
Reminds me of an episode of “Lost.”
Sad.
dustinhurst on January 28 at 12:41 p.m.
Wasn’t this part of an Alannis Morisette song?
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/alanis+morissette/ironic_20005433.html
Well, she wasn’t exactly right on everything. McDonald is a woman and she died on the same day.
Still ironic though.
nic on January 28 at 12:58 p.m.
“Still ironic though.”
Not really. Dying the same day that you win the lottery is not ironic. Not much in that Alanis song is ironic (infact the only ironic thing in Alanis’s song is the title). Highly inconvenient - YES. Ironic - no.
Now if I said that Deborah McDonald won $5520 in the lottery and blew it all in a day - that would be ironic.
dustinhurst on January 28 at 1:02 p.m.
Eh. If we are going that route, I would say death, overall, is more than “highly inconvenient.”
JohnA on January 28 at 1:14 p.m.
I would think a more appropriate song would be “Old McDonald Bought the Farm’.
Or maybe not.
dustinhurst on January 28 at 1:20 p.m.
Ouch.
Escapee on January 28 at 8:35 p.m.
The cruel irony of life itself. Now the five grand goes to pay for the winner’s funeral. Whoopee. I think I’ll go and sulk now.
spokelooneh on January 29 at 12:22 a.m.
Now now, you have to grant Alanis a little “artistic license”. I mean, c’mon.
I see this situation as tragic. RIP Ms. McDonald.