Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:53 pm

Russ Francis’s wiki page wrote: … Following the 1980 season, Francis retired from professional football. Two things that Francis has said contributed greatly to this decision were, one, when the Patriots refused to give him his promised bonus for making the Pro Bowl (because his injury from a motorcycle accident kept him out of the game); and, secondly, when his roommate, Darryl Stingley, was paralyzed by a Jack Tatum hit in August 1978, the Patriots tried to cancel Stingley's medical insurance. Francis was the first teammate at Stingley's side immediately after the hit, and he has said it was tough to play after that…(he later came out of retirement)…

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:50 pm

Former ESPN writer Jim Caple, 61, after battling ALS and dementia.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:16 pm

ALS AND dementia? Oh man that’s a bad draw.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:03 pm

Lady Cathy...wife of Sir Alex

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:52 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:16 pm ALS AND dementia? Oh man that’s a bad draw.

That's nightmare fuel right there. Poor, poor man.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:57 pm

We missed Rudolph Isley passing away this week. 84 is a good run for an Isley Brother.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Oct 14, 2023 1:08 pm

The original hit version of this song!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:01 pm

Piper Laurie

If you’ve never seen the classic 1961 film, The Hustler, you really ought to do yourself a favor and check it out. Starred Paul Newman (as Fast Eddie Felson), Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason (as Minnesota Fats).

(The 1986 film The Color of Money, was its sequel, starring Newman and Tom Cruise.)

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:05 pm

The Hustler was a fantastic movie. I just learned now that Minnesota Fats was the movie character before the real guy. This whole time I thought Jackie Gleason was playing a fictionalized version of the real Rudolf Wanderone.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:53 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:01 pm Piper Laurie

If you’ve never seen the classic 1961 film, The Hustler, you really ought to do yourself a favor and check it out. Starred Paul Newman (as Fast Eddie Felson), Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason (as Minnesota Fats).

(The 1986 film The Color of Money, was its sequel, starring Newman and Tom Cruise.)

She was great in The Hustler, but jesus godalmighty was she ever terrifying in Carrie

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:51 am

Ivor Robson, starter for the Open.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:21 am

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:56 pm

Yo, Paulie!

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:03 pm

Definitely thought Thornton Mellon's valet was already dead.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:57 am

I definitely did, too.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:41 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:03 pm Definitely thought Thornton Mellon's valet was already dead.

I thought he was 83 during Rocky.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:07 am

same - what is that phenomenon? I would have even *insisted* he died like 15 years ago.

(but RIP...again i guess)

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:32 am

He is survived by his sex robot wife, whom he met on the set of "Rocky IV".

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:33 am

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:07 am same - what is that phenomenon? I would have even *insisted* he died like 15 years ago.

(but RIP...again i guess)

Well I thought this was Burgess Meredith's character.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:53 am

He has been working and working and working. Based on his wiki he never really slowed down. Currently has 5 things that have TBA release dates.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:52 am

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:07 am same - what is that phenomenon? I would have even *insisted* he died like 15 years ago.

(but RIP...again i guess)

The Mandela Effect

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:29 am

Richard Roundtree

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:07 pm

Rock Brynner. Caught this head line and thought..huh so Yul Brynner's son was famous? Read the obit and wow what an interesting life. I mean mine, body guard for Ali, roadie with The Band, early investor in Hard Rock Cafe.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/book ... -dead.html

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:19 pm

So no one is gonna say it?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:30 pm

Very sad. He was a guest several times on Pod Save America.

He went viral after calling out Jeff Flake on an airplane several years ago.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:19 pm

Ken Mattingly, Astronaut Scrubbed From Apollo 13, Is Dead at 87

Ken Mattingly, who orbited the moon and commanded a pair of NASA shuttle missions, but who was remembered as well for the flight he didn’t make — the near-disastrous mission of Apollo 13 — died on Tuesday in Arlington, Va. He was 87.

His death was confirmed by Cheryl Warner, a NASA spokeswoman. She did not specify the cause or say whether he died at home in Arlington or in a hospital there.

Mr. Mattingly, a former Navy jet pilot with a degree in aeronautical engineering, joined NASA in 1966. But his first spaceflight didn’t come until April 1972, when the space agency launched Apollo 16, the next-to-last manned mission to the moon.

Played by Gary Sinise in the "Apollo 13" movie...

Post by **brian** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:34 am

Pretty soon there will be zero living humans who have walked on the moon and that will be a sad day for humanity.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:48 am

Former UH player and first round pick DJ Hayden was killed with other former UH players in a car wreck downtown.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Nov 12, 2023 7:56 pm

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:13 pm

George Brown won't be Celebrating Good Times

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:57 am

Mars Williams, Saxophonist in the Psychedelic Furs and the Waitresses

Pour out some nog the first time you hear Christmas Wrapping this year. Or this.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:58 am

A top tune for sure.

Post by **brian** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:44 pm

Willie Hernandez, 1984 AL Cy Young and MVP.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:56 pm

! Guillermo!

best 1 year team of my lifetime.

(although very likely both the worst MVP *and* Cy Young at the same time - most impressive)

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:10 pm

140 and a third innings out of the pen that year. And a 4.8 WAR for a reliever. Maybe that's not the MVP or Cy, but that's an all-time great relief season.

Post by **brian** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:21 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:10 pm 140 and a third innings out of the pen that year. And a 4.8 WAR for a reliever. Maybe that's not the MVP or Cy, but that's an all-time great relief season.

True. It was a different time. Justin Verlander won the Cy Young in 2022 - very, very deservedly - with 175 IP.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:22 pm

true, true. not saying it wasn't a great year and ok perhaps '92 Eck or that year ('87?) Steve Bedrosian won were worse (another thread?).

I figured that voters thought *someone* had to get both awards for Detroit's dominance that year (although Trammell...Whitaker...Gibson....). Still I remember Dwight Evans, Eddie Murray, Mattlingly, Hrbek maybe..? all having great seasons. the MVP was absurd even then (although who cares and i don't mean to detract from his death for real - i love that 1984 Tigers team)

...relievers were used so differently even in 1984 ... (wish i could remember whether "closer" was starting to be used, it was always "fireman" back then)

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:10 pm 140 and a third innings out of the pen that year. And a 4.8 WAR for a reliever. Maybe that's not the MVP or Cy, but that's an all-time great relief season.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:23 pm

2 verys?

brian wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:21 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:10 pm 140 and a third innings out of the pen that year. And a 4.8 WAR for a reliever. Maybe that's not the MVP or Cy, but that's an all-time great relief season.
True. It was a different time. Justin Verlander won the Cy Young in 2022 - very, very deservedly - with 175 IP.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:10 pm

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:56 pm ! Guillermo!

best 1 year team of my lifetime.

(although very likely both the worst MVP *and* Cy Young at the same time - most impressive)

They had the division wrapped up by the end of May

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:11 pm

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:22 pm (wish i could remember whether "closer" was starting to be used, it was always "fireman" back then)

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:10 pm 140 and a third innings out of the pen that year. And a 4.8 WAR for a reliever. Maybe that's not the MVP or Cy, but that's an all-time great relief season.

Do they still have the Rolaids Fireman award? How do you spell relief? R.o.l.a.i.d.s.