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Post by TTX on Dec 19, 2017 19:17:24 GMT -5
RIP Heather.
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 22, 2017 1:54:50 GMT -5
 Dick Enberg, the longtime sportscaster who got his big break with UCLA basketball and went on to call Super Bowls, Olympics, Final Fours and Angels and Padres baseball games, died Thursday. He was 82. Engberg’s daughter, Nicole, confirmed the death to The Associated Press. She said the family became concerned when he didn’t arrive on his flight to Boston on Thursday, and that he was found dead at his home in La Jolla, a San Diego neighborhood, with his bags packed. “He was dressed with his bags packed at the door,” wife Barbara told the Union-Tribune. “We think it was a heart attack.” Enberg retired in October 2016 after a 60-year career — and countless calls of “Oh my!” in describing a play that nearly defied description. He also was well-known for his baseball catchphrase of “Touch ’em all” for home runs. Raised in Armada, Michigan, Enberg’s first radio job was actually as a radio station custodian in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, when he was a junior at Central Michigan. He made $1 an hour. The owner also gave him weekend sports and disc jockey gigs, also at $1 an hour. From there he began doing high school and college football games. During his nine years broadcasting UCLA basketball, the Bruins won eight NCAA titles. Enberg broadcast nine no-hitters, including two by San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum against the Padres in 2013 and 2014. He said the most historically important event he covered was “The Game of the Century,” Houston’s victory over UCLA in 1968 that snapped the Bruins’ 47-game winning streak. “That was the platform from which college basketball’s popularity was sent into the stratosphere,” Enberg said. “The ’79 game, the Magic-Bird game, everyone wants to credit that as the greatest game of all time That was just the booster rocket that sent it even higher. … UCLA, unbeaten; Houston, unbeaten. And then the thing that had to happen, and Coach Wooden hated when I said this, but UCLA had to lose. That became a monumental event.” Enberg’s many former broadcast partners included Merlin Olsen, Al McGuire, Billy Packer, Don Drysdale and Tony Gwynn. He even worked a few games with Wooden, whom he called “The greatest man I’ve ever known other than my own father.” Enberg called Padres games for seven seasons and went into the broadcasters’ wing of the Hall of Fame in 2015. |
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Post by graymar on Dec 22, 2017 5:23:12 GMT -5
Dick Enberg, the longtime sportscaster who got his big break with UCLA basketball and went on to call Super Bowls, Olympics, Final Fours and Angels and Padres baseball games, died Thursday. He was 82. Engberg’s daughter, Nicole, confirmed the death to The Associated Press. She said the family became concerned when he didn’t arrive on his flight to Boston on Thursday, and that he was found dead at his home in La Jolla, a San Diego neighborhood, with his bags packed. “He was dressed with his bags packed at the door,” wife Barbara told the Union-Tribune. “We think it was a heart attack.” Enberg retired in October 2016 after a 60-year career — and countless calls of “Oh my!” in describing a play that nearly defied description. He also was well-known for his baseball catchphrase of “Touch ’em all” for home runs. Raised in Armada, Michigan, Enberg’s first radio job was actually as a radio station custodian in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, when he was a junior at Central Michigan. He made $1 an hour. The owner also gave him weekend sports and disc jockey gigs, also at $1 an hour. From there he began doing high school and college football games. During his nine years broadcasting UCLA basketball, the Bruins won eight NCAA titles. Enberg broadcast nine no-hitters, including two by San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum against the Padres in 2013 and 2014. He said the most historically important event he covered was “The Game of the Century,” Houston’s victory over UCLA in 1968 that snapped the Bruins’ 47-game winning streak. “That was the platform from which college basketball’s popularity was sent into the stratosphere,” Enberg said. “The ’79 game, the Magic-Bird game, everyone wants to credit that as the greatest game of all time That was just the booster rocket that sent it even higher. … UCLA, unbeaten; Houston, unbeaten. And then the thing that had to happen, and Coach Wooden hated when I said this, but UCLA had to lose. That became a monumental event.” Enberg’s many former broadcast partners included Merlin Olsen, Al McGuire, Billy Packer, Don Drysdale and Tony Gwynn. He even worked a few games with Wooden, whom he called “The greatest man I’ve ever known other than my own father.” Enberg called Padres games for seven seasons and went into the broadcasters’ wing of the Hall of Fame in 2015. RIP...but would this be considered wrestling death? |
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Post by TTX on Dec 22, 2017 8:07:48 GMT -5
This is the celebrity/non wrestling one.
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Post by throwingtoasters on Dec 26, 2017 12:50:32 GMT -5
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 26, 2017 13:18:29 GMT -5
 'SOUND OF MUSIC' STAR HEATHER MENZIES-URICH DEAD AT 68 Heather Menzies-Urich who played Louisa von Trapp in the iconic film, "The Sound of Music," is dead. Heather was 15-years-old when she was cast as Louisa von Trapp in the film which has become an all-time movie classic, which won 5 Oscars, including Best Picture. The actress died on Christmas Eve, surrounded by family. Her son, Ryan Urich, tells TMZ, "She was an actress, a ballerina and loved living her life to the fullest. She was not in any pain but, nearly 4 weeks after her diagnosis of terminal brain cancer, she had enough and took her last breath on this earth at 7:22 PM." Heather's late husband, Robert Urich, was also an actor who starred in the TV show, "Vegas." The year before being cast in "The Sound of Music," Heather, then 14, made her acting debut in the TV series, "The Farmer's Daughter." She's survived by her 3 children, a bunch of grandchildren and one great grandchild. Heather was 68 |
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Post by TTX on Dec 26, 2017 13:36:31 GMT -5
This is usually when we'll pick up some who had actually died earlier but they hadn't got reported.
RIP to all.
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 26, 2017 20:00:18 GMT -5
 Maple Leafs legend Johnny Bower dead at 93 Toronto goaltender led club to 4 championships Canadian hockey legend Johnny Bower has died. A statement from his family says the 93-year-old died after a short battle with pneumonia. |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 26, 2017 22:24:04 GMT -5
   Actor Alfie Curtis, famous for his portrayal of Dr. Evazan in the original Star Wars, has passed away at the age of 87. The actor also starred in films like The Elephant Man, The Wildcats of St. Trinian and Take It or Leave It. Curtis' character's name might not immediately ring a bell, yet he has the distinction of being one of the first characters to antagonize Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Mos Eisley Cantina. While Luke tried to purchase a beverage, he accidentally collided with Ponda Baba, forcing Evazan to interfere and tell Luke that he was so dangerous that he had a death sentence on 12 systems. The London-born Curtis, who was born in 1930, had a long career that also included roles in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man and on numerous British TV shows. |
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Post by TTX on Dec 28, 2017 21:35:00 GMT -5
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