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brian wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:53 am
Joe K wrote: Wed Oct 31, 2018 4:42 pm In the least surprising news of the week, it’s being reported that Bulger was killed by a mafia hitman from Massachusetts.
Honestly kind of impressed the mafia still has that kind of reach. Reports of its demise might have been overstated.
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normally not even worthy of mention (But maybe the sweet science thread would disagree), but if you go out this way...you get a post
https://www.si.com/boxing/2018/11/06/ma ... king-boxer
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:26 pm normally not even worthy of mention (But maybe the sweet science thread would disagree), but if you go out this way...you get a post
https://www.si.com/boxing/2018/11/06/ma ... king-boxer
That's gotta be a top-10 weirdest way to go
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I'd take it.
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I'd have put that in the headlines thread.

One of the things I've always thought about death is that you don't want to shuffle off this mortal coil in such a way that people will find it funny.

Here he is losing to Michael "La Boulanger" Moorer. I think he lasted longer against the pastry.

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Roy Clark
Best remembered as one of the hosts of the embarrassingly cornball tv show Hee Haw. But, that doesn't diminish the fact that he was an outstanding guitar, banjo and mandolin player. He was one of my father's favorites.


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Back in the 70s, he was everywhere.

Used to go on the talk shows and juxtapose his aw shucks comedy and his instrumental virtuosity.

Not my cup of tea.
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Hee Haw was appointment viewing in the Sabo household during his youth. The comedy stuff was terrible, but the music wasn't too bad.

ETA: I'm surprised he was still alive. Not sure why, but I figured he'd died a long time ago.
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rass wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:27 pm

This clip in the Twitter thread made it all worth while

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Borderline own-thread guy: Legendary screenwriter William Goldman.
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Sabo wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:49 pm Hee Haw was appointment viewing in the Sabo household during his youth. The comedy stuff was terrible, but the music wasn't too bad.

ETA: I'm surprised he was still alive. Not sure why, but I figured he'd died a long time ago.
I'm in the same boat...would have bet he passed on already.

I just read somewhere that it was either him or Buck Owens regretted doing the show because people stopped taking them seriously as musicians.

I also can't believe Hee Haw ran for 23 seasons.
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Johnny Carwash wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:46 am Borderline own-thread guy: Legendary screenwriter William Goldman.
He is a legend, if only for writing The Princess Bride.
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sancarlos wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:00 pm
Johnny Carwash wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:46 am Borderline own-thread guy: Legendary screenwriter William Goldman.
He is a legend, if only for writing The Princess Bride.
One of the best.

"All The President's Men," "Princess Bride," "Butch Cassidy," "Misery," "The Hot Rock"

All great movies.
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The first movie of his referenced in the posted obit is the same name as my first born and I'd never heard of it. Going to try and check it out soon. Butch Cassidy is one of my all-time favorites.
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Giff wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:19 pm The first movie of his referenced in the posted obit is the same name as my first born and I'd never heard of it. Going to try and check it out soon. Butch Cassidy is one of my all-time favorites.
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Johnny Carwash wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:46 am Borderline own-thread guy: Legendary screenwriter William Goldman.
"Nobody knows anything."

Greatest quote of all-time.
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rass wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:27 pm
That's a great thread. Thanks for posting it...

I remember as a kid, on KTVU out of Oakland, Hee Haw and Soul Train would run back-to-back on Saturday evenings. Guessing not much of a crossover audience between the two.
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Former NHL ref Mick Mcgeough


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degenerasian wrote: Sat Nov 24, 2018 9:49 am Former NHL ref Mick Mcgeough

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I enjoyed him, as much as anybody enjoys a ref. He looks like my long-time boss and they act the same too. Always excited.
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Ricky Jay, Master Magician and Actor in ‘Deadwood,’ ‘Boogie Nights,’ Dies at 72

Ricky Jay, a master magician who also acted in films and TV shows such as “Boogie Nights,” “House of Games” and “Deadwood,” died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 72.

Jay’s manager, Winston Simone, said he died of natural causes, adding, “He was one of a kind. We will never see the likes of him again.”

His attorney Stan Coleman confirmed his death. His partner in the Deceptive Practices company, Michael Weber, tweeted, “I am sorry to share that my remarkable friend, teacher, collaborator and co-conspirator is gone.”

A New Yorker profile called him “the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive,” and Jay was also known for his card tricks and memory feats.

He appeared in several David Mamet movies, including “House of Games,” “The Spanish Prisoner,” “Things Change,” “Redbelt” and “State and Main.”
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Oh, I liked Ricky Jay. He wrote a couple of really cool books too.

Bernardo Bertolucci

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Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants.

Spongebob got the A_B household through some late nights, early mornings and long car rides.
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A_B wrote: Tue Nov 27, 2018 1:51 pm Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants.

Spongebob got the A_B household through some late nights, early mornings and long car rides.
Definitely on the Mount Rushmore of animated series.

Brought a lot of joy to a lot of people.
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Great show.
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For those out there that watch the Tour De France...

Paul Sherwen has died, aged 62


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Fuck this shit. How terrible
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Yup. Was he even sick? It seemed from his Twitter feed that he was just enjoying his life in Uganda.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 12:26 pm Yup. Was he even sick? It seemed from his Twitter feed that he was just enjoying his life in Uganda.
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Tom Billington, aka The Dynamite Kid, died on his 60th birthday.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/05/british- ... y-8210963/

I read his autobiography “Pure Dynamite” a few years ago. It was an odd book because he complained about so much during his career, but ended the book saying he wouldn’t change a thing. And he absolutely HATED his tag team partner Davey Boy Smith (and their dog, Mathilda). But damn, he was a masterful technical wrestler.



Interesting side note: One of the first matches of Mick Foley’s career was against the British Bulldogs. Foley wrote the Bulldogs pretty much beat the hell out of him simply because they could.

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Pete Shelley singer in the Buzzcocks.

Back in the day, they were as good as it got.

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That's sad. I liked The Buzzcocks.
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Hugely influential. Great pop songs, played as punk.
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I liked the Buzzcocks a lot. Always sorta pigeonholed them into a category I called "punk bands that don't suck ass (like the Ramones)."

Also in that list were Mission of Burma, Wire and The Fall. Oh and I guess I should include Guided By Voices. Not sure I should include Built to Spill or not, cuz they're not really punk.
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Sigi Schimdt. One of the great US soccer coaches.
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Man, he was just coaching. Although judging from the Galaxy’s play there may have been a Weekend at Bernies thing going on there
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Bob Einstein, maybe best known as Super Dave Osborne to many folks around our age.

ETA: He's Albert Brooks' brother as well, which I literally just learned.
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