adminTHE curse of Aaron Ramsey has just claimed another celebrity casualty in former United States First Lady Nancy Reagan. Nancy, widow of Hollywood star and former US President Ronald Reagan, is the latest victim of Arsenal’s very own Grim Reaper and his scything right foot.Over the past eight years, a spate of celebs succumbed to illness or injury — and all of them a day after the Welshman scored.
But, true to grim form, Reagan died a day after Ramsey’s latest goal against Tottenham in the North London derby draw.
Before Saturday, the curse had already entered fan folklore — and people jokingly wondered who would perish on the next day.
But what was once shrugged off as coincidence has now become just plain spooky.
The midfielder himself insists the theory is ridiculous, though joked at least he has taken out some “baddies”.
He said: “The most ridiculous rumour I’ve heard is that people die after I score.
“There have been loads of occasions where I’ve scored and somebody has died.
“That’s just a crazy rumour. Although I took out some baddies!”
The jinx claimed its first casualty in 2008, when Ramsey’s cultured volley dispatched Fenerbahce — and cultural icon David Lloyd Meredith a day later.
Then, nobody could have connected the two events and foreseen the string of victims Ramsey was to later claim.
After he netted against Portsmouth in 2009, it was Ted Kennedy’s turn to shuffle off this mortal coil.
The US senator and scion of the legendary political clan had already survived a string of tragic deaths that blighted his family and those close to it — but even Kennedy wasn’t immune to the Welshman’s fatal right foot.
People began to notice Ramsey’s curse after he rippled the net against Manchester United and claimed his most famous victim, Osama Bin Laden.
The notorious founder of Al-Qaeda was the world’s Most Wanted criminal and had been hunted by the United States ever since Bill Clinton’s administration.
Sure enough, a day after Ramsey slotted home Bin Laden was killed after a raid on his Pakistan compound.
Things got really spooky that same year when Ramsey put his foot in it again — this time against Spurs. Having netted in the derby, Apple entrepreneur Steve Jobs died on the following day.
Later that same month, tyrant Colonel Gaddafi was put to the sword and, after a goal against Sunderland, soul singer Whitney Houston was found dead in her bathtub.
In 2013, Ramsey returned home to Cardiff — bagging a brace against his former club. On the same day, star of the Fast and Furious franchise Paul Walker wrecked his Porsche and died.
A matter of months later another A-list actor, Robin Williams, was found dead after Ramsey scored against Manchester City in the Community Shield.
After sparing the celebrity world in 2015, a glut of goals in early 2016 restored the curse.
Following the Welshman’s goal against Sunderland, David Bowie died a day later. It was after Ziggy Stardust was repaired to the stars that people began to wonder whether there was really something to the curse.
Although superstition has lost its place in the modern society, morbid jokes began to give way to nervous consternation.
And, when Alan Rickman of Harry Potter fame died four days later after Ramsey’s effort helped vanquish Liverpool, the question of who Ramsey would claim next became inevitable.
So when Ramsey flicked home this weekend, it was almost fitting that he’d claim a member of the family name famous for flicks.
Reagan’s marriage to ex-President Ronald was described as the greatest love affair in US presidential history. — The Sun
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