David Stern dead at 77
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28297623/nba-commissioner-david-stern-was-complete-force-nature?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true
Nice read on Sterns legacy
Don Larsen dead at 90
Sports world taking the 2020 hits so far
Sam Wyche dead at 74
You don't die in 2019! You die in 2020!!
Rush drummer Neal Peart dead at 67
Brain cancer. farg cancer high, hard and deep.
BMW motorcycle nerds will be in mourning. He was a prominent enthusiast.
morgan wootten. dude made so many nba players and supposedly amazing person.
Monty Python legend Terry Jones
i dont know a whole lot about monty python but i felt like i at least have heard all their names....never heard of this cat tho
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 22, 2020, 12:22:40 PM
i dont know a whole lot about monty python but i felt like i at least have heard all their names....never heard of this cat tho
He wrote Labyrinth.
Quote from: Diomedes on January 11, 2020, 07:47:18 AM
BMW motorcycle nerds will be in mourning. He was a prominent enthusiast.
I used to have an R1100R. Best bike I've ever ridden.
He rode 50,000 miles on his after his daughter and wife died within months of each other.
His journal is an incredible read if you ever get the chance.
rip jim lehrer
one of the best yet
Kobe. Wow.
Hopefully it's a hoax but looking like it might be true.
Oh man... that's awful.
Quote from: phattymatty on January 26, 2020, 02:39:16 PM
Kobe. Wow.
Hopefully it's a hoax but looking like it might be true.
Just announced on the Pro Bowl. Wow.
Helicopters are not the safest way to fly.
Now they're saying his daughters were with him on it.
Well that's far worse than just him.
My avatar is a pic of a dude who died in a helicopter crash.
Wait, that's not you?
Quote from: General_Failure on January 26, 2020, 03:19:39 PM
Now they're saying his daughters were with him on it.
Daughter and another teammate and parent.
Tragic, especially for the two teens who never had a chance to fully embrace life.
Quote from: Diomedes on January 26, 2020, 03:17:18 PM
Helicopters are not the safest way to fly.
Probably depends on how you measure it. Helicopters are more often doing dangerous things near the ground, like fighting fires, evacuating people, or zigzagging through terrain for tourists. I don't think there's much difference in safety when flying straight-line from helipad to helipad with a trained pilot. A lot safer than driving, I'm sure.
I can't think of too many celebrities who have died in chopper crashes, which is surprising since they are in them quite often. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Colin McRae (who was piloting), Gary Powers (who was piloting), who else?
Quote from: Rome on January 26, 2020, 04:40:53 PMWait, that's not you?
That's Bill Graham. Great American.
Quote from: QB Eagles on January 26, 2020, 05:05:14 PM.. who else?
Davey Allison, right? There must be others. Helicopters are strange.
Holy shtein. That's farging sad.
Now they're saying nine were on the helicopter.
am i a bad person if i dont feel anything about this? i mean its a tragedy all these people died, specifically the kids. but like kobe dying and the baseball coach dying and some dude in north philly dying are all the same to me.
maybe the constant violence of the world and non stop mass shootings has sanitized me
you are a much worse person for feeling the need to tell people you don't care than you are for not caring
thats a fair take but all im seeing today is people balling their eyes out and i just dont get it
im dead inside, carry on
yeah, a lot of fakers signalling their virtue...quick, let's get on the internet and show some tears over a dude we don't know
Everyone has lost someone close, so it's natural to feel empathy for those left behind.
But going to his high school gym to leave flowers? That's just strange. I've never dissolved into hysterics over the death of a stranger.
So no, you're not the only dead-inside robot, MDS.
if you're a fan of the nba, you've followed kobe since he was a teenager...so it's natural to mourn his death...the fact that his daughter passed as well makes it even more tragic...well, if you're an actual human.
Is it the same as losing one of my own? No, not quite, but when you follow someone's career for a long time, psychologically you grow a bond with the person, so there will be a sense of loss even if you did not truly know them personally.
For me, Harry the K had more of a sense of personal loss because of the degree to which my childhood fandom was tied to his voice. With Kobe, it's more of a "wow" because of his youth and the more unexpected manner of death, as well as empathy for the families involved and their tragic loss.
Quote from: hunt on January 27, 2020, 08:24:09 AM
if you're a fan of the nba, you've followed kobe since he was a teenager...so it's natural to mourn his death...the fact that his daughter passed as well makes it even more tragic...well, if you're an actual human.
pretty much
Celebrity deaths that have a holy shtein effect on me are few and far between. But this is one where it shook me especially since his daughter was with him.
I found out while paying to park at the Houston Auto Show and the attendant told me. Everyone there was talking about it.
Hate the Lakers. Was never a Kobe fan. Was shocked he died so suddenly, especially with what happened the night before. I appreciate his place in basketball history. He farged up in the past but I grew to like him as a person. He was a huge Eagles fan and was a great father. The video of him celebrating holding his daughter after the birds won the SB showed he was just like us (he won 5 NBA championships and was still going nuts). Shame his daughter and other teens were onboard.
I think Reggie was maybe the last shock sports death of someone with that elite stature inside his game. There have been shock deaths of young stars (Sean Taylor, Jose Fernandez), and guys who were Hall of Famers but not quite legends (Doc, Junior Seau). This is like a Clemente or Earnhardt type deal where the whole sport is paralyzed by an all-timer suddenly snatched away, and the NBA in 2020 is bigger worldwide than any of these other leagues were when they lost the big name.
I also find it odd how people react to celebrity deaths but it's an extension of how odd people act about celebrity lives.
I'm usually pretty dead inside, especially when it comes to celebrity deaths, but this one definitely hits harder than most. Did not expect to be so sad. Maybe it was the age, we were in the same grade and a few months apart.
The thing that really gets me about it is how I found out from a non-sports kid, so I guess he did have a little reach outside the basketball world.
Other than that, it's weird to hear that somebody your own age is dead. He was in high school like 25 miles from where everybody in my high school was talking about him going pro. Now I'm wondering if any of those people are dead.
I'm gonna legit weep when one of you bastiches dies.
Also, Big Brother: when I die, please delete my account entirely, history and all. It's easily the best record of my life and no one needs to read that shtein after I"m gone.
farg that we are printing out your history and plastering the grave site
I wince to think of some of the crap I posted during the Iraq war....oh Jesus I was insufferable.
Not as bad as the shtein I posted about Vietnam, oh wait only about two of you were alive than.
And what happened to our plan of drinking poison potion and the space ship coming to get us? I thought we all agreed on this.
Tragic, absolutely. Sad for his family and the other families dealing with this but is all this worship over the fact he was amazing at putting a round bouncy ball into a cylinder or he was an incredible person? I never had anything against him, despise the Lakers but always respected Kobe.
Strange, while watching Lebron surpass Kobe Saturday night for some strange reason I googled Kobe's reaction to the Eagles winning the Super Bowl. It was pretty awesome as it was verbatim how we all reacted to the last hail mary - fear, panic, anxiety, shock, ecstasy.
This got me thinking about deaths/events where you will always remember where you were or what you were doing when you found out. I think this will be one for me.
I thought back and this is what I recall
Challenger explosion - 1st grade class watching the feed
Jerome Brown - flipping through channels and seeing a clip of Reggie crying
Roy Halladay - got a text from a customer while at work
Heath Ledger - walking the strip in Vegas
Philip Seymour Hoffman - putting in SB bets in Vegas at the SuperBook
9/11 - in bed but woken up by a phone call to put the news on - had it on about 10 minutes before the second plane hit
Tupac - just started my senior year and this was a Friday night so we found out after our football game
Columbia explosion - hungover laying on my mom's couch and heard what I thought was artillery practice on the base - but it was the shuttle
Michael Jackson - driving home from dinner with my ex
Harry Kalas - on my way to an appointment and had to cancel and go home
you deserve to be dead in 2020 for mentioning tupac and not biggie
I was only mentioning ones where I distinctly remember where I was or what I was doing. Of course I remember when Biggie died but I do not recall what I was doing when I heard.
You remember a lot more of those than I do.
Challenger - Lunch line in HS. I was in Freshman Earth and Space Science and my teacher was inconsolable.
Jerome Brown - First summer in Florida (parents had just moved down), summer job at Cheeburger Cheeburger. Washing dishes for the umpteenth time that day.
Roy Halladay - At school. Student told me.
9/11 - Standing in the front of my classroom. Student first told me "a plane hit the WTC," but I didn't believe him. Verified it at lunch.
Columbia - Driving into a shopping center with my wife, heard it on the radio. At first I thought they were re-hashing the Challenger until I had listened for a few minutes.
Harry the K - At home, on Spring Break and turned on the TV to catch the game.
Not a death, but I heard about Reagan being shot getting on the school bus to get home. 4th grade.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on January 28, 2020, 12:06:41 PM
I was only mentioning ones where I distinctly remember where I was or what I was doing. Of course I remember when Biggie died but I do not recall what I was doing when I heard.
probably something super white...eating a mayo sammich or somethin'.
8)
Quote from: hunt on January 28, 2020, 12:18:43 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on January 28, 2020, 12:06:41 PM
I was only mentioning ones where I distinctly remember where I was or what I was doing. Of course I remember when Biggie died but I do not recall what I was doing when I heard.
probably something super white...eating a mayo sammich or somethin'.
8)
lol high school days...so yeah that could be
I was on CF when Corey Lidle died
Not so much the huge names, but I've heard about a ton of deaths from this thread. Always a little afraid when I check it that it's going to be a name I give a shtein about.
Chris Doleman
Bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark, 92.
Kirk Douglas, 103.
Robert Conrad, 84 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-conrad-dead-wild-wild-west-action-star-was-84-1119262)
Former Blue Jays shortstop Tony Fernandez, 57 (https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-legend-tony-fernandez-passes-away)
Monkees singer/bassist Peter Tork, 77 (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/peter-tork-monkees-dead-at-77-obituary-797269/)
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1232002769176973317
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 23, 2020, 04:41:38 PM
Monkees singer/bassist Peter Tork, 77 (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/peter-tork-monkees-dead-at-77-obituary-797269/)
Missed that, grew up watching The Monkees. The Monkees die-cast Corgi (probably only a few of the old farts remember Crogi) car was a must.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/17/entertainment/kellye-nakahara-mash-obit/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/17/entertainment/kellye-nakahara-mash-obit/index.html)
Nurse Kellye from MASH
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 23, 2020, 04:41:38 PM
Monkees singer/bassist Peter Tork, 77 (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/peter-tork-monkees-dead-at-77-obituary-797269/)
He died last year? Oh well, still missed it.
Quote from: Don Ho on February 24, 2020, 10:00:54 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 23, 2020, 04:41:38 PM
Monkees singer/bassist Peter Tork, 77 (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/peter-tork-monkees-dead-at-77-obituary-797269/)
He died last year? Oh well, still missed it.
Eh, missed the date. Whoops.
Quote from: General_Failure on February 24, 2020, 02:27:21 PM
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1232002769176973317
hotter katherine johnson
(https://static.vibe.com/uploads/2013/09/VIBE-Vixen-TarajiPHenson-600x400.jpg)
https://twitter.com/LEGO_Group/status/1231941903849009152
https://twitter.com/ABC7/status/1233661469289369600
Robert Wells. He was nobody, but so is everyone else in the end. His mother wrote a legit obit:
https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=robert-wells&pid=195479207
holy shtein just saw philadelphia's own mccoy turner...arguably the greatest pianist of all time...died
as i usually do ill attach this to hip hops golden era....this is on the short list of all time greatest rap songs and the piano loop you hear in it is mccoy.....but he was sooooo much more than that...was the backbone of a lot of coltranes earlier shtein and then had a crazy career of his own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayey5Iyd5GQ
rip gawd
Kenny Rogers.
Former Globetrotter Curly Neal
jesus Rufus Thomas
I always say this but maybe with nothing else to do it will happen
I could but i won't post my regular songs that sampled him
Joseph Lowery, 98 (https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/27/us/joseph-lowery-dead/index.html)
Joe Diffee, 61, from Covid-19 (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/joe-diffie-country-singer-dead-obituary-974556/)
whoa....bill withers...thats a BIG one
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 03, 2020, 10:17:32 AM
whoa....bill withers...thats a BIG one
Well, now I know what I'll be listening to while trying to teach online.
RIP
this is for the true fans...the real brothers that still with us...and "i know i know i know" like bill withers
You can lean on me...if you're not strong enough to deal with his death
Kicker Tom Dempsey (https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/tom-dempsey-former-nfl-record-setting-kicker-dies-at-73-after-battle-with-coronavirus/ar-BB12blCZ), 73, Covid-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjqiq4S9bqA
Al Kaline, 85 (https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2020/04/06/al-kaline-dies-detroit-tigers/505371001/)
Honor Blackman, best known as James Bond's Hoyda Galore, 94 (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/06/honor-blackman-james-bond-Hoyda-galore-avengers-dies-aged-94)
https://twitter.com/RealGlenMacnow/status/1247596138636685317
Dropping like flies right now. Lord, have mercy.
Linda Tripp, 70. Pancreatic cancer.
https://twitter.com/Eagles/status/1248743683907870723
Mort Drucker, 91, Caricaturist of Mad Magazine (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/arts/mort-drucker-dead.html)
QuoteEdmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday morning after suffering a brain bleed earlier in the week. He was 25.
Cave was airlifted Tuesday to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto and had been in a medically induced coma after having emergency surgery to remove a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on his brain.
Tarvaris Jackson dead at 36 from a car accident
That's sad, damn.
Look on the bright side, guys. https://twitter.com/RobertKlemko/status/1249716012599083010
Hank Steinbrenner
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2886537-yankees-co-owner-hank-steinbrenner-dies-at-63-from-longstanding-health-issue?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=referral
Former Royals, Cubs manager Jim Frey, 88 (https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29035030/former-royals-cubs-manager-jim-frey-dies-age-88)
Thankfully had George Brett playing in, worried about a bunt from Mike Schmidt in the 9th inning with the Phils down by one in Game 5 of the 1980 World Series.
This one got me in the feels...
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1250535368648282115
https://twitter.com/wwe/status/1250790077854334981
Actor Brian Dennehy dead at 81
Loved him in Rambo
Don Shula
https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2020/05/04/don-shula-the-winningest-coach-in-pro-football-history-has-died/
Ted from Scrubs died over the weekend
https://twitter.com/TVMoJoe/status/1258928922382618624
I'll bet it was really that bitch Carole Baskin
https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1259115923442675712
turn it up as loud as you can...RIP one of the Greats...can't overstate the talent
https://youtu.be/NMzX72GOOEQ
this one really surprised me because I thought he died years ago.
i dont know if anyone here other than maybe dio has been but theres an all time HOF bar in NYC called jimmys corner....its a perfect dive...one of my favorite bars in the world...the owner jimmy was a former corner and cut man for some semi famous boxers and only allowed soul music on his juke...i cant count the amount of times ive been there over the years but everytime i was jimmy was there to greet me and anyone else that would come in...the greatest thing about the place might have been that it was in times square...places like jimmy dont exist in times square anymore but his somehow did...
anyway jimmy took the covid L the other day....really sad
pour one out for jimmy tonight
Jerry Stiller, 92 (https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/us/jerry-stiller-death-natural-causes/index.html)
Quote from: Diomedes on September 26, 2018, 06:59:28 AM
Mike Labinjo, 38 years old
https://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2018/09/former_michigan_state_lb_mike.html
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/05/11/police-call-former-eagles-linebacker-mike-labinjos-death-suspicious/
Doubly sad if he was killed. In the end his life was worth less than a couple of minor football trinkets.
https://twitter.com/TheReal_KDubb/status/1261139653664669700
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1261797497703407616
https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1261727395704430595
Damn, that's a bummer
Jerry Sloan, from Parkinson's and dementia.
RIP Christo
https://twitter.com/PostSports/status/1267819372396994562
Reche Caldwell
https://youtu.be/Be0D_FYD6nk
From way back in January: Former Phils utility infielder Ramon Aviles, 71 (https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/beisbol/notas/fallece-el-exgrandesligas-ramon-aviles/)
Joel Schumacher, of Batman nipple fame, dead at 80.
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1277310134864265217
One we missed from Apri: Former Phil Ed Farmer, 70 (https://ripbaseball.com/2020/04/03/obituary-ed-farmer-1949-2020/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRWStLcvF9E
Damn.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1277956948168790017
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1278754014189031424
https://twitter.com/CMT/status/1280179148061843457
Former Phils player and coach "Irish" Mike Ryan.
https://twitter.com/PhilliesRandom/status/1281731616499478528
Actress Kelly Preston, 57 (https://www.today.com/health/kelly-preston-dies-after-battle-breast-cancer-t186540)
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 13, 2020, 06:15:33 AM
Actress Kelly Preston, 57 (https://www.today.com/health/kelly-preston-dies-after-battle-breast-cancer-t186540)
That's a damn shame
this poor woman
one of the hottest women on the planet in the 80s and into the 90s. charlie sheen coked up insanity utterly destroyed her and sent her into the safe, gay arms of john travolta, who then indoctrinated her into that nutty scientology cult, which in turn prevented her from seeking medical treatment on her cancer diagnosis.
tragic.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1282885465683697665
https://twitter.com/matt_breen/status/1283774255029780483
https://twitter.com/ajc/status/1284035102117441537
Rest in peace, Rep. Lewis. :'(
https://twitter.com/NAACP/status/1284331221313626112
Damn. That one hurts.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 17, 2020, 11:46:20 PM
Rest in peace, Rep. Lewis. :'(
https://twitter.com/NAACP/status/1284331221313626112
RIP to a giant in the civil rights movement. Legend.
Even at 23 he was making an impact.
The corksucker GA governor and Moscow Mitch putting statements out offends me.
https://twitter.com/PhillyDailyNews/status/1285383295770013697
great blues and rock guitarist Peter Green
Regis Philbin.
Final answer?
Natural causes.
I guess Joy is available then?
(https://media2.giphy.com/media/939nGNsw4sumR1Sy3L/giphy.gif)
Has there ever been a bigger game show phenomenon than when Millionaire came on? That shtein was must watch tv for like the whole country
Actor John Saxon, 83.
Olivia de Havilland. 104
https://twitter.com/theroots/status/1288571089019265025
https://twitter.com/dlippman/status/1288598896562896896
Please add your crying eagle in front of the twin towers images here.
:CF
Quote from: General_Failure on July 29, 2020, 06:51:27 PM
https://twitter.com/dlippman/status/1288598896562896896
Please add your crying eagle in front of the twin towers images here.
Charlie Kirk will probably go the Gohmert route and blame Covid particles getting stuck in a mask
the brimster
Did the beetus get him?!
Kamala, the Ugandan Giant. 70, COVID complications.
https://twitter.com/mattfarmer93/status/1292639524317622272
Summer Redstone, a name so fake sounding he could only be a billionaire, dead at 97. His holding company controls ViacomCBS.
One of the worst humans ever to steal oxygen. Good farging riddance.
Howard Mudd dead at 78
Trump's kid brother.
It is what it is
I really don't care. Do u?
I prefer siblings that didn't get covid.
Did he die of COVID? That would be delicious news.
They'd never say if he did, but that shouldn't stop us from saying he did.
Dale Hawerchuk
Frankie Banali, drummer for Quiet Riot and W.A.S.P. 68.
who?
Justin Townes Earle, 38
damn
Holy crap
Chadwick Boseman dead at 43. Colon cancer
Just came to post it. So depressing. So many little kids idolized Black Panther.
https://twitter.com/ap/status/1299531180702863360
Damn...that one stings a bit
Seems like his sickness wasn't really known and he was filming through radiation and chemo
Former Blazer Cliff Robinson dead at 53
John Thompson
This one hit me. Those early 90s Hoyas teams got me hooked on basketball. The mid 80s Ewing teams were just a little before my time but my first sporting event ever was Gtown - Villanova with Mutombo and Mourning on the team.
I used to run into him fairly often at this steakhouse in Arlington, VA about 10 years ago. Gigantic human being.
Quote from: Munson on August 28, 2020, 10:24:55 PM
Just came to post it. So depressing. So many little kids idolized Black Panther.
Just watched the ABC special. He was at a children's hospital visiting cancer patients in 2018. He was being interviewed with the main cast of BP during the premier and two of the kids he really bonded with passed. He breaks down during the interview...such a good dude. I hated 42 and Draft Day was god awful but he was perfectly cast for the role of BP.
42 was pretty bad but think we're in a minority there
still had a lot more to give as an actor and just another sign there is no god because genuinely decent people get debilitating diseases while utter monsters like trump eat buckets of kfc grease all day and live to be 100
Yeah I liked it
Tom Seaver, 75 (https://baseballhall.org/discover/hall-of-fame-pitcher-tom-seaver-passes-away)
Lewy Body Dementia and COVID
Damn. That sucks
Not terrific or amazing either. Just kinda sucks for someone my age who actually remembers seeing him play in his prime.
Damn...
https://twitter.com/theaceofspaeder/status/1301322657019957248
Not that any way of death is good but the dementia is one of the more sadder ways I believe
Lou Brock, 81
https://twitter.com/stltoday/status/1302734861027991562
Toots Hibbert
a giant..am sad over this one
funkiest reggae head ever
https://youtu.be/U79o7qwul48
Gale Sayers
Animal from the legion of doom/road warriors
Former Phil Jay Johnstone passed away on Saturday.
https://twitter.com/baseballhall/status/1310757448928686080
EDIT: Obituary (https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/jay-johnstone-1945-2020-two-time-world-series-champion/)
Complications from COVID-19.
Bob Gibson dead at 84
One of my favorite pitchers to watch throw. Obviously never saw him in his playing days but loved seeing the old footage.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 02, 2020, 10:56:36 PM
Bob Gibson dead at 84
One of my favorite pitchers to watch throw. Obviously never saw him in his playing days but loved seeing the old footage.
Met him at a card show 30 years ago. Thought he was already dead
Gibson started 482 games in his career. He completed 255 of them. His 1.12 ERA in 1968 was astounding but his 13 shutouts was even more impressive. Think about that. 13 shutouts. My god.
Eddie Van Halen, 65.
Quote from: Rome on October 04, 2020, 06:19:00 AM
Gibson started 482 games in his career. He completed 255 of them. His 1.12 ERA in 1968 was astounding but his 13 shutouts was even more impressive. Think about that. 13 shutouts. My god.
more impressive was in 68 he made 35 starts and was never pulled from a game other than to be pinch hit for
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 06, 2020, 08:00:11 PM
Quote from: Rome on October 04, 2020, 06:19:00 AM
Gibson started 482 games in his career. He completed 255 of them. His 1.12 ERA in 1968 was astounding but his 13 shutouts was even more impressive. Think about that. 13 shutouts. My god.
more impressive was in 68 he made 35 starts and was never pulled from a game other than to be pinch hit for
My dad used to tell me stories about watching him at Connie Mack. The reverence he spoke with about Gibson was something else. I'm sorry I missed out on his prime. I would have loved to have seen him in person.
https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1313645456715636736
wow I thought bob Gibson died like before I was born.
Kim Batiste. Probably the last time I really enjoyed a baseball team.
Crazy to hear that news today. Just yesterday I watched a clip of him being interviews after his GM1 NLCS walkoff and googled him to see if he was still in baseball coaching or whatever.
The baseball deaths continue with Whitey Ford. Another dude who I thought croaked sometime around 1992.
baseball continues to lose guys
Joe Morgan has died
None of whose names most anyone under 40 has ever heard.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 12, 2020, 10:49:51 AM
baseball continues to lose guys
Joe Morgan has died
great announcer...one of my great childhood memories was watching TWIB then the national game with joe
Every kid my age did the Joe Morgan arm snap.
Quote from: Diomedes on October 12, 2020, 10:51:46 AM
None of whose names most anyone under 40 has ever heard.
That's literally everyone in baseball.
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 12, 2020, 11:04:14 AM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 12, 2020, 10:49:51 AM
baseball continues to lose guys
Joe Morgan has died
great announcer...one of my great childhood memories was watching TWIB then the national game with joe
I enjoyed him and Jon Miller on ESPN. I think Miller is one who has been underrated. He was overshadowed by Vin, Jack Buck, Harry, etc.
yeah miller was phenomenal....made a big mistake leaving baltimore for san fran...that basically killed his career
Damn I forgot he was in BAL.
Speaking of which I kinda like Gary Thorne falling games too
im with you
gary thorne is great
great on hockey, yea
Damn
Sean Connery dead at 90
Damn
Alex Trebek dead at 80 from the pancreatic cancer
Damn it. We had one good day.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 08, 2020, 12:28:06 PM
Damn
Alex Trebek dead at 80 from the pancreatic cancer
What is "Why 2020 Still Sucks?"
I've auditioned for Jeopardy a couple times, never got the call to do the show though. Was really hoping to get to meet him some day.
Ken Spears, co-creator of Scooby Doo, 82.
Tommy Heinsohn dead at 86
The homerist of homers when it comes to local broadcasters
Quote from: General_Failure on November 09, 2020, 05:55:41 PM
Ken Spears, co-creator of Scooby Doo, 82.
Zoinks. I'd have figured he'd have been older than that. Must have invented Scooby pretty young.
https://twitter.com/PennStateFball/status/1327396763934842886
Country singer Hal Ketchum, 67, from early-onset dementia.
Maradona dead at 60
That's a big one
Dave Prowse, 85. The actor for Darth Vader.
Former Phils Whiz Kid Bob Miller, 94 (https://6abc.com/sports/former-phillies-pitcher-bob-miller-has-died-at-94/8360883/)
miguel algarin...he was the founder of the mythical nuyorican poets cafe in the LES...it was where slam poetry was birthed and played to some of the most incredible underground nyc hip hop acts and shows in the mid to late 90's of which i used to travel from philly to nyc on the train to see all the time...some unbelievably fun and memorable nights were had there and i am so glad i could say ive been at all much less numerous times....it also was a downtown cultural eco system spot for grass roots activism
rip to a true legend
Hugh Keays-Byrne, 73, actor who played Toecutter in Mad Max and Immortan Joe in Fury Road.
Pat Patterson, 79, professional wrestler who got caught molesting the underage boys on the ring crew in the 90s.
Lon Adams, Slim Jim jerky recipe creator, dies of COVID-19 (https://www.nbc12.com/2020/12/02/lon-adams-slim-jim-jerky-recipe-creator-dies-covid-/)
David Lander, 73. He played Squiggy.
aw, man....happy memories of his watching his performances..
Wow
John Smallwood dead at 55
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 06, 2020, 06:10:33 PM
Wow
John Smallwood dead at 55
Damn
Really good dude met him a few times loved talking sports
He was one of the few sports writers I actually liked.
longtime Senator from MD Paul Sarbanes. His son John is a U.S. Rep.
farg.
https://twitter.com/DickAllen_15/status/1336028426097078281
Well damn.
QuoteOf the 1,020 players in MLB history to amass at least 5,000 plate appearances, Dick Allen ranks 59th in WAR per 162 games played at 5.437, with fellow third basemen Chipper Jones just to his north at 56th (5.530 WAR/162) and George Brett to his south at 69th (5.302 WAR/162).
My old man used to tell me Allen had Willie Mays level talent he was just too lazy to develop it
https://www.inquirer.com/sports/john-smallwood-death-philadelphia-daily-news-inquirer-nba-basketball-20201207.html
Chuck Yeager dead at 97
Former Phils hitting coach Denis Menke
Former Phils coach Billy DeMars, 95
https://twitter.com/LarryBowa10/status/1337060153863122946
Deebo from Friday up in heaven stealing bikes - dead at 62
Covid got Charley Pride, pour one out for a country music great.
https://youtu.be/BrbB5eCnHfg
who?
listen to the song and recognize talent, he was great
Carol Sutton
John le Carré
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is directly responsible for one of my favorite television characters, Garak from Deep Space 9.
Jeremy Bulloch (original Boba Fett)
rip stanley cowell maker of one of the most gorgeous pieces of music ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIePECMivcs
Former Steeler and Panthers legend Kevin Greene, 58.
Utah RB Ty Jordan shot and killed
He was just named Pac12 freshman of the year too
Professional Wrestler Brodie Lee, 41. Non-covid lung illness.
Phil Neikro dead at 81
ecstacy from whodini passed last week. not sure if it was posted here. :(
https://youtu.be/WaVIPfN5HPg
Mr. Clark
Dawn Wells, Maryann from Gilligan's Island, 82, of COVID-19. (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dawn-wells-dead-mary-ann-gilligans-island-was-82-1149549)
noticing that one is a huge deal for the old heads....thinking how many hot soup loads were dropped to her in the 70s
Lolol
Quote from: MDS on December 30, 2020, 08:23:24 PM
noticing that one is a huge deal for the old heads....thinking how many hot soup loads were dropped to her in the 70s
she was actually like janet on threes company...ginger was chrissy and the one that everyone lusted after
Lol they lusted after em all
more people wanted to farg gilligan than mary ann
The disrespect for Mrs. Howell in here.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqiAHPcUUAA4lPz?format=jpg&name=small)
would eat marry ann
Brunette, petite dark complexion girl next door type with a sweet ass is right up my alley. Had a thing for ginger when I was younger but as I grew older I preferred Mary Ann.
id hit mary ann way before ginger myself but thats not how she was looked at...she was basically the good girl nerd and ginger was the tall drink of water vixen
jesus christ igy you talk like she look like rosie odonnell or something
she a sweet piece of ass
or, was
huh?
literally just said I'd tap her first
Gilligan's Island: The Untold Story...
"Ginger was the one everyone wanted. She blew everyone off because she was secretly a lesbian and was getting it on with that dirty whore Mrs Howell. The professor settled for MaryAnn and she turned out to be as good in the hammock as she was baking coconut cream pies."
MF Doom, 49.
Actress Tanya Roberts, 65.
Alexi Laiho, lead guitarist and lead vocalist for Children of Bodom, 41. Long-term health complications.
Quote from: General_Failure on January 03, 2021, 10:28:45 PM
Actress Tanya Roberts, 65.
Damn shame she was a piece of ass back in the day. I tried to rewatch Beastmaster but only made it 30 minutes before having to bail
evidently she is alive lol
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/1cv7Gwf0Utdeg/200.gif)
She's dead for real now. Dr Dre may be following her soon, he had a brain aneurysm.
Quote from: General_Failure on January 05, 2021, 08:14:41 PM
She's dead for real now. Dr Dre may be following her soon, he had a brain aneurysm.
They don't know what caused it...I do. He's going through a divorce and she's demanding $2 million per month. Bitch never sang a note and wants $24 million a year. I laugh at most celeb deaths Dr Dre is embedded in my life so it would sting