|
|
Post by TTX on Aug 18, 2019 11:41:03 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by on_the_edge on Aug 18, 2019 15:45:20 GMT -5
I was living in the Chicago market when the Bears drafted Benson. I remember listening to talk radio and all the buzz over him and then his hold out. So while not a fan of his or the Bears this hit me for a loop when I saw this on ESPN. I think he had a lot of demons. What is weird is he is no longer on the Earth but RB's taken in same draft like Frank Gore and Darren Sproles are still in the league. I hope he finds peace he could not find on Earth.
|
|
|
|
Post by jimsteel on Aug 19, 2019 0:39:19 GMT -5
 Jack Whitaker, legendary CBS Sports announcer, has died at 95 By Brian Pascus August 18, 2019 / 2:58 PM / CBS News Jack Whitaker, legendary sportscaster and World War II veteran, died Sunday morning in his sleep in Devon, Pennsylvania, of natural causes. He was 95 years old. Whitaker was a CBS Sports announcer for 22 years, starting in the late 1950s. He covered everything from football and horse racing to golf. Whitaker called Super Bowl I for CBS Sports as well as the 1973 Triple Crown Race with Secretariat emerging victorious. After his time at CBS Sports, Whitaker worked at ABC Sports. Whitaker was born and raised in the Philadelphia area, where he attended Saint Joseph's University, before serving in World War II from April 1943 to November 1945. Whitaker began his broadcast career at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia. |
|
|
|
Post by jimsteel on Aug 20, 2019 0:00:16 GMT -5
 Home and Away actor Ben Unwin dies at age 41 Former Home and Away actor Ben Unwin has tragically passed away at the age of 41. The Australian star, who played Jesse McGregor on the popular TV soap, died last week. A NSW police statement to Yahoo Lifestyle said that on August 14: “Police attended Minyon Falls, Whian Whian, responding to a concern for welfare. “The body of a 41-year-old man was located. The death has not been treated as suspicious.” Ben famously played Jesse McGregor on Home and Away from 1996–2000 and then 2002–2005. His performance landed him a Logie nomination in 1997 for the Most Popular New Talent category. That same year he was also nominated for a British National Television award, again for his outstanding performance as a newcomer to the industry. |
|
|
|
Post by on_the_edge on Aug 20, 2019 2:11:43 GMT -5
Another young one.
|
|
|
|
Post by TTX on Aug 23, 2019 18:53:58 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by jimsteel on Aug 28, 2019 12:37:47 GMT -5
 Mythbusters' Jessi Combs Is Dead After Accident At Age 36 Professional racer Jessi Combs died in Oregon on Tuesday, August 27 after attempting to break her own land speed record. She was known to TV viewers for joining Mythbusters' Build Team in 2009, and also from many TV appearances on Xtreme 4x4, Overhaulin', and more. In addition to racing, she was a metal fabricator, builder, engineer, science educator, and "the fastest woman on four wheels." She was 36. Jessi Combs’ team member, Terry Madden, confirmed her death According to Road and Track, Jessi Combs held the title of "fastest woman on four wheels" after setting a record of 398 mph in in 2013, racing her jet-powered North American Eagle Supersonic Speed Challenger. In 2018, she took the same car to 483.227 mph, although that run ended with mechanical troubles and didn't qualify for a new title. The crash happened Tuesday afternoon Alvord Desert in southeast Oregon. According to local KTVZ news, the sheriff’s office and Bureau of Land Management are investigating the incident. Stay tuned for more updates as they come in. Jessi Combs was in 12 episodes of Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel. After the show was canceled in 2016, the Science Channel picked it up and also gave it a spinoff. |
|
|
|
Post by TTX on Aug 28, 2019 12:39:58 GMT -5
RIP Jessi.
|
|
|
|
Post by jimsteel on Aug 28, 2019 22:35:02 GMT -5
  Legendary Philadelphia Broadcaster Gene Crane Dies at 99 Crane died peacefully on Monday at the age of 99, according to his stepdaughter Gene Crane, a legendary Philadelphia broadcaster with a career spanning half a century, has passed away. Crane died peacefully on Monday at the age of 99, according to his stepdaughter. Crane’s career in broadcasting began in 1941 when he worked as an announcer at WJTN Radio while attending Syracuse University in Jamestown, New York. He then served four years in the United States Army in World War II before moving to Philadelphia in 1946, where he worked as a radio announcer for WCAU. After being let go and working briefly at WIP, Crane returned to WCAU-TV in 1948 when it first went on the air as Philly’s third television station. From the late 1940s through the 1950s, Crane conducted “Man on the Street” interviews and hosted three children shows as well as a daily talk show. |
|
|
|
Post by jimsteel on Aug 30, 2019 18:32:03 GMT -5
 Actress Valerie Harper, known for 'Rhoda,' 'Mary Tyler Moore Show,' dies at 80 |
|
