Re: Celebrity Death List MMXVII/The Death Thread 2017

by tricycle Fri 13 Jan 2017, 18:48

John Jacobs. One of the greatest people in golf has passed away aged 91. Unfortunate news.

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And no post about Jacobs can be made without the brilliant 3 part article about him
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by lardbucket Fri 13 Jan 2017, 21:57

Antony Armstrong-Jones, philanderer

by Big Dog Sat 14 Jan 2017, 09:18

There were three names in the local obituaries that i knew today. Friday 13th was a truly qunt of a day.

by skully Sat 14 Jan 2017, 11:12

Big Dog wrote:There were three names in the local obituaries that i knew today. Friday 13th was a truly qunt of a day.

Yikes, that's sad, Mr Dog. Commiz.

by taipan Sat 14 Jan 2017, 12:50

Big Dog wrote:There were three names in the local obituaries that i knew today. Friday 13th was a truly qunt of a day.

I had two last week.

by Fred Nerk Sun 15 Jan 2017, 03:08

RIP 'Hymie'

by horace Sun 15 Jan 2017, 03:20

by Big Dog Mon 16 Jan 2017, 06:04

RIP Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka,

by skully Mon 16 Jan 2017, 23:29

RIP Gene Cernan

"The last person to leave footprints on the moon has died. NASA reported that Gene Cernan died Monday at the age of 82, surrounded by his family.

Gene Cernan flew in space three times, including twice to the moon. Cernan was big, brash and gregarious. And if he hadn't been lucky, he could have missed his chance to walk on the moon.

Cernan challenged himself his whole life. When he entered the military, he chose to be a naval aviator. Landing on an aircraft carrier is perhaps the hardest thing to do in aviation. Cernan did it because it wasn't easy. He said he was constantly pushing himself to do better and be better."

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RIP to one with the Right Stuff.

by JGK Wed 18 Jan 2017, 12:09

Big Dog wrote:RIP Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka,

Legend of the sport.

by JGK Wed 18 Jan 2017, 12:09

Fred Nerk wrote:RIP 'Hymie'

Hymie?

by JGK Wed 18 Jan 2017, 12:11

Freaking typical if I miss this by a few weeks:

Elder Bush suffered 'shortness of breath'

Reuters10:44PM January 18, 2017

Former US president George HW Bush has been hospitalised in Houston since the weekend after he experienced a shortness of breath, a family spokesman says.

Bush, 92, the oldest living former American president, has been at the Houston Methodist Hospital since Saturday and "has responded very well to treatments", spokesman Jim McGrath said in an email to Reuters.

"Doctors and everyone are very pleased, and we hope to have him out soon," he said.

Bush is the father of former President George W Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who sought the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

The elder Bush, a Republican like his sons, served as vice president during Ronald Reagan's two White House terms before being elected president in 1988.

He served four years in the White House.

Bush has used a wheelchair in his later years and was hospitalised twice in 2014 - once for seven weeks with pneumonia and again for breathing difficulties.

In July 2015, he broke a bone in his neck in a fall at the family home in Maine.

Bush's public appearances have been rare since he entered his 90s.

by Fred Nerk Wed 18 Jan 2017, 12:19

JGK wrote:
Fred Nerk wrote:RIP 'Hymie'

Hymie?

HFNWH!

by Fred Nerk Wed 18 Jan 2017, 12:23

At least if George 1 checks out in the next 60 or so hours he'll avoid the Trump presidency.

Have many other ex-POTI lived to such an age? (From mem Ronnie was 90)

by taipan Wed 18 Jan 2017, 12:30

Fred Nerk wrote:At least if George 1 checks out in the next 60 or so hours he'll avoid the Trump presidency.

Have many other ex-POTI lived to such an age? (From mem Ronnie was 90)

Ford and Reagan both got to 93. Carter is only a few days behind Bush.

by Fred Nerk Wed 18 Jan 2017, 12:42

Thanks....forgot Carter was still alive

by horace Wed 18 Jan 2017, 18:45

Ronny had been dead for years before he realised he was.

by Nath Wed 18 Jan 2017, 20:24

JGK wrote:
Big Dog wrote:RIP Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka,

Legend of the sport.

aside from the whole murder cover-up thing...

by Bradman Thu 19 Jan 2017, 00:10

I bumped Cernan for David Prowse at the last minute.

by skully Thu 19 Jan 2017, 01:55

That's unfortunate. Cool

by WideWally Thu 19 Jan 2017, 02:33

by JGK Thu 19 Jan 2017, 06:58

skully wrote:That's unfortunate.

Not for Prowse...

by embee Fri 20 Jan 2017, 03:37

Miguel Ferrer

RIP

by skully Fri 20 Jan 2017, 04:48

Cancer is a qunt. RIP.

by tricycle Fri 20 Jan 2017, 07:11

tricycle wrote:John Jacobs. One of the greatest people in golf has passed away aged 91. Unfortunate news.

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And no post about Jacobs can be made without the brilliant 3 part article about him
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Just spotted this video when having a look at the scores

http://www.europeantour.com/videoaudio/video/videoid=318351.html

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