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Sam Wyche.
Hold on, I'm trying to see if Jack London ever gets this fire built or not.
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Buck Henry..screen writer for The Graduate, SNL, co-creator of Get Smart, directed Heaven Can Wait. Gave himself parts and showed up in all kinds of movies and tv shows.
https://theweek.com/5things/888456/come ... ry-dies-89
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A true legend.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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Mel Brooks said that he (Mel) deserves no credit for Get Smart and that his name was on it, just so Buck would have the chance to do it. The whole show was Buck's. One of my favorite shows when I was a kid.wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:11 am Buck Henry..screen writer for The Graduate, SNL, co-creator of Get Smart, directed Heaven Can Wait. Gave himself parts and showed up in all kinds of movies and tv shows.
https://theweek.com/5things/888456/come ... ry-dies-89
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Some truly iconic courses.
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Fantastic obit, ostensibly written by the deceased.
Interesting personal note, Ken wrote an article in the Register about my sister and brother-in-law's engagement. At the time they were working at competing TV stations in DSM.
Interesting personal note, Ken wrote an article in the Register about my sister and brother-in-law's engagement. At the time they were working at competing TV stations in DSM.
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Gene Corrigan. Duke lax player W&L and UVA lax coach and soccer coach. Athletic director (W&L, UVA, and Notre Dame), ACC commish, NCAA prez. Sons are an ESPN producer, head lax coach at Notre Dame, and NC State AD.
Gene was a lax hall of famer, VA sports hall of fame, and ,NC sports HOFer. One of his grandsons played lacrosse at Notre Dame, coaches at W&L last year, and is now at Harvard.
Gene was a lax hall of famer, VA sports hall of fame, and ,NC sports HOFer. One of his grandsons played lacrosse at Notre Dame, coaches at W&L last year, and is now at Harvard.
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Yeah, Corrigan was a giant in college athletics, and it seems like one of those guys that everyone liked. My mom taught several of his sons in high school when he was the AD at UVA.
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"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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Happened last week but Clayton Christensen, the author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. HBS professor and just great speaker. Also his son Matt was on the 2001 Duke National Championship Hoops team.
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Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare, widely considered the world's best known mercenary, has died aged 100. Inspiration for The Wild Geese.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51352075
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51352075
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"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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This one is pretty obscure...Bill Robinson. Canadian basketball ball of famer. 5'11" and no 3 point line. 1974 all tournament at the world championship. 1976 Olympic team Played at Simon Fraiser.
Only reason this one crossed my radar was his daughter is a friend from W&L.
Only reason this one crossed my radar was his daughter is a friend from W&L.
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Lyle Mays....keyboardist who played for many years with Pat Metheny...
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Ugh. This is shitty news.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:12 am Lyle Mays....keyboardist who played for many years with Pat Metheny...
THERE’S NOWT WRONG WITH GALA LUNCHEONS, LAD!
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Bill Sento. Loyola Soccer Coach HOF. If you read his bio, note what sport he did not play.
https://loyolagreyhounds.com/news/2020/ ... -away.aspx
https://loyolagreyhounds.com/news/2020/ ... -away.aspx
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And still got the opportunity. Wonder why?
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Women's softball?wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:51 pm Bill Sento. Loyola Soccer Coach HOF. If you read his bio, note what sport he did not play.
https://loyolagreyhounds.com/news/2020/ ... -away.aspx
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BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
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Kind of the Buckner of SS. Really good career overshadowed by the error, plus being Jeter’s Wally Pipp, plus being the other guy in the McGriff for Alomar and Carter trade.
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That sucks. He was one of my all time favourite players.
God he was a great fielder. I would argue that he would be in Cooperstown if he was a Dodger, Met or Yankee during the bulk of his career.
God he was a great fielder. I would argue that he would be in Cooperstown if he was a Dodger, Met or Yankee during the bulk of his career.
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For Blue Jays fans, Fernandez was the main guy in the trade. McGriff and Alomar were new and Carter was a journeyman. Fernandez was everyone's favorite player. The one time when Bill Madlock took Fernandez out on a slide and broke his elbow, i think Torontonians wanted him detained for questioning.
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I forgot about that.degenerasian wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:49 pmFor Blue Jays fans, Fernandez was the main guy in the trade. McGriff and Alomar were new and Carter was a journeyman. Fernandez was everyone's favorite player. The one time when Bill Madlock took Fernandez out on a slide and broke his elbow, i think Torontonians wanted him detained for questioning.
Been so long since I followed baseball, I forgot how much I used to hate the fucking Tigers.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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Kelly Nakahara Wallett
I used to watch MASH religiously. When I find it now on WGN or TV Land, I usually stop and watch. RIP Nurse Kelly.
I used to watch MASH religiously. When I find it now on WGN or TV Land, I usually stop and watch. RIP Nurse Kelly.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
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Katsuy Nomura..One of the greatest Japanese baseball players of all time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/spor ... -dead.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/spor ... -dead.html
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Author Clive Cussler...
I went through a big Cussler phase for a while, after reading "Raise The Titanic" (which is great).
I went through a big Cussler phase for a while, after reading "Raise The Titanic" (which is great).
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Tabby's star made him a household namewlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:40 pm Freeman Dyson
https://www.businessinsider.com/legenda ... age-2020-2
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Jack Welsh...General Electric's Guru and the reason you have to hear about six-sigma black belts.
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James Lipton. (I had no idea he was this old. That means he was well in his 80s when acting on Season Four of Arrested Development.)
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Okay this guy may be too obscure for even the obscure thread. But since the NY times Sports Section had a profile on his death..he gets posted ....becuase of his name...not his birth name of Matvey Natanzon....but rather what he was known as.....
Falafel the Backgammon King
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/nyre ... -dead.html
Falafel the Backgammon King
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/nyre ... -dead.html
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Wild story.
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BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
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Actor Max Von Sydow
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment- ... st+type%5D
Liked him in Three Days of the Condor
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment- ... st+type%5D
Liked him in Three Days of the Condor
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Knew him as BrewMeister Smith in Strange Brew but man that guy had a long run in some big movies.Baloney wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:37 am Actor Max Von Sydow
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment- ... st+type%5D
Liked him in Three Days of the Condor
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Saving a place for the first minor celebrity to die of COVID-19.
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I feel like that could be an answer to a Friday movie topic.wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:45 amKnew him as BrewMeister Smith in Strange Brew but man that guy had a long run in some big movies.Baloney wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:37 am Actor Max Von Sydow
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment- ... st+type%5D
Liked him in Three Days of the Condor
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A great actor.Giff wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:51 amI feel like that could be an answer to a Friday movie topic.wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:45 amKnew him as BrewMeister Smith in Strange Brew but man that guy had a long run in some big movies.Baloney wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:37 am Actor Max Von Sydow
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment- ... st+type%5D
Liked him in Three Days of the Condor
From Ingmar Bergman's films to "Strange Brew" and every conceivable stop in between.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."