2023 RIP Thread

[Toddrn]

Orioles 3b hall of famer Brooks Robinson dies at 86. One of the greats of all time. RIp

One of my favorites growing up. Always loved how the bill on his batting helmet was shorter than the other players.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

One of my favorites growing up. Always loved how the bill on his batting helmet was shorter than the other players.

They don't make em like him anymore. Didn't much care for Baltimore, but always enjoyed watching him. I think he played for them his whole career.

 

[TexasBama]

Great actor. He played LBJ in a TV movie iirc

Michael Gambon, veteran actor who played Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter' films, dies at age 82

Michael Gambon, the Irish-born actor knighted for his illustrious career on the stage and screen and who went on to gain admiration from a new generation of moviegoers with his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” films, has died. While the Potter...

www.yahoo.com

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Great actor. He played LBJ in a TV movie iirc

Michael Gambon, veteran actor who played Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter' films, dies at age 82

Michael Gambon, the Irish-born actor knighted for his illustrious career on the stage and screen and who went on to gain admiration from a new generation of moviegoers with his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” films, has died. While the Potter...

www.yahoo.com

He was also very good in The King's Speech. RIP

 

[TexasBama]

He was also very good in The King's Speech. RIP

Open Range, Layer Cake, Page Eight etc. he could play a villain equally well as a good guy.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

I had forgotten about Open Range. What a great Western.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Russ Francis, who played for the 80s dynasty 49er teams, has been killed in a plane crash in Lake Placid, NY.

Report: Former Patriot Russ Francis killed in Lake Placid plane crash (timesunion.com)

In a cruel twist of fate, Francis was an avid skydiver who, in 1980, was scheduled as a backup if nobody showed up for a particular event. They all arrived, leaving Francis at home - and their plane crashed, killing all on board en route to a drop into Aloha Stadium before a Univ of Hawaii football game.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Russ Francis, who played for the 80s dynasty 49er teams, has been killed in a plane crash in Lake Placid, NY.

Report: Former Patriot Russ Francis killed in Lake Placid plane crash (timesunion.com)

In a cruel twist of fate, Francis was an avid skydiver who, in 1980, was scheduled as a backup if nobody showed up for a particular event. They all arrived, leaving Francis at home - and their plane crashed, killing all on board en route to a drop into Aloha Stadium before a Univ of Hawaii football game.

He was a good tight end. Always enjoyed watching him play. Plane crash is a tough way to go. But I guess they all are. RIP

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Former Alabama Football Running Back Dead at 42
Ray Hudson played 2001-2004 RIP

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...29d4bd7bf912081998cfb4d&ei=9#image=BB1dZaaz|1

 

[Crimson1967]

NFL HOFer Dick Butkus.

‘He was Chicago’s son’: Dick Butkus, the Hall of Fame Bears linebacker known for his toughness, dies at 80

Perhaps no player in the Chicago Bears’ 104-year history better epitomized the team’s tough and determined identity than Dick Butkus. A product of Chicago’s working-class South Si…

www.chicagotribune.com

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

NFL HOFer Dick Butkus.

‘He was Chicago’s son’: Dick Butkus, the Hall of Fame Bears linebacker known for his toughness, dies at 80

Perhaps no player in the Chicago Bears’ 104-year history better epitomized the team’s tough and determined identity than Dick Butkus. A product of Chicago’s working-class South Si…

www.chicagotribune.com

One of my favorites of all time. He would bring it on every play. Also, a Bear for life. RIP

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Longtime MLB reliever Jim Poole dies of ALS at age 57
Was pitching for Cleveland and gave up the home rum to Justice clinching the WS for Atlanta.
Much too young. RIP


https://nypost.com/2023/10/07/longtime-mlb-reliever-jim-poole-dead-at-age-57/

 

[Crimson1967]

Walt Garrison, who was both a Dallas Cowboy and a rodeo cowboy, dies at the age of 79. Probably best known for his smokeless tobacco ads.

Ex-Dallas RB Garrison, who also did rodeos, dies

Walt Garrison, who led the Big Eight in rushing as an Oklahoma State Cowboy, won a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys, and in the NFL offseason competed as a rodeo cowboy, has died. He was 79.

www.espn.com

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Walt Garrison, who was both a Dallas Cowboy and a rodeo cowboy, dies at the age of 79. Probably best known for his smokeless tobacco ads.

Ex-Dallas RB Garrison, who also did rodeos, dies

Walt Garrison, who led the Big Eight in rushing as an Oklahoma State Cowboy, won a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys, and in the NFL offseason competed as a rodeo cowboy, has died. He was 79.

www.espn.com

Walt Garrison is probably the most famous graduate of the high school from which my son graduated (Lewisville High Fighting Farmers, Lewisville, TX).

He used to do commercials for Bill Utter Ford about a mile from my workplace.

(The more famous commercial around here, though, was Burton Gilliam - the guy in "Blazing Saddles" that challenges the slaves to do "the Camptown Races" at the start - doing car commercials that were too loud).

 

[Bazza]

Walt Garrison, who was both a Dallas Cowboy and a rodeo cowboy, dies at the age of 79. Probably best known for his smokeless tobacco ads.

Ex-Dallas RB Garrison, who also did rodeos, dies

Walt Garrison, who led the Big Eight in rushing as an Oklahoma State Cowboy, won a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys, and in the NFL offseason competed as a rodeo cowboy, has died. He was 79.

www.espn.com

In high school here in NSB ('71 & '72) I had two other buddies and we all had our favs in that NFC Eastern division. Mine were the Redskins since I grew up in Virginia. The others guys had the Cowboys and the Eagles. Every Monday we'd take turns ribbing each other depending on the games went on Sunday. I remember Walt Garrison from those days.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I actually met Rudolph Isley at church one time.

He graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center, where the uncle of my now ex has been the staff photographer for 40 years. We were visiting them and the uncle had to explain to me exactly who he was. (I had heard of the Isley Brothers but didn't know what they sang at the time, I was young).

Rudolph Isley, Founding Member of the Isley Brothers and Co-Writer of ‘Shout!', Dies at 84 (msn.com)

 

[Bamaro]

Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927 – October 11, 2023) was an American actress, with a career spanning over fifty years. She was best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Piper Laurie, three-time Oscar-nominated star of 'Carrie' and 'The Hustler', dies at 91
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...e-oscar-nominated-star-carrie-hustler-dies-91

Also was great in Twin Peaks. Great actress. RIP

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927 – October 11, 2023) was an American actress, with a career spanning over fifty years. She was best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman.

She might have been my favorite Lois Lane. RIP

 

[Crimson1967]

Suzanne Somers dies at 77 minus one day.

Suzanne Somers, 'Three's Company' and 'Step by Step' Actress, Dead at 76

Suzanne Somers died on Oct. 15 at 76. The actress was best known for her roles on 'Three's Company' and 'Step by Step.'

people.com