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Post by jimsteel on Dec 23, 2022 22:23:11 GMT -5
 Saving Mr. Banks star Ronan Vibert dies following a battle with a 'short illness' at the age of 58 |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 24, 2022 0:49:02 GMT -5
 Big Scarr's cause of death revealed: Memphis rapper, 22, passed away from accidental prescription drug overdose, |
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Post by TTX on Dec 24, 2022 6:04:45 GMT -5
tough run on basketball players. RIP.
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Post by on_the_edge on Dec 24, 2022 19:40:59 GMT -5
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 24, 2022 19:47:20 GMT -5
 Cotton Davidson, a former quarterback and punter in the American Football League, passed away at the age of 91. Davidson attended Baylor University, and played professionally for the National Football League's Baltimore Colts (1954, 1957), and the American Football League's Dallas Texans (1960–1962) and Oakland Raiders (1962–1968). Davidson was selected in the first round of the 1954 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts. In addition to playing quarterback, he was also a placekicker and punter. An original Dallas Texan, Davidson was the first starting quarterback for the franchise. After the 1954 NFL season, Davidson received word that he had been drafted by the U.S. Army. He served in the Army for two years and did not take part in the 1955 NFL season or the 1956 NFL season. By the time Davidson returned to the Colts for the 1957 NFL season, John Unitas was the team's starting quarterback. While in the military, Davidson played quarterback for the Fort Bliss Falcons from 1955 to 1957. A game between the Fort Bliss Falcons and the Cannonneers in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, was played for a trophy called "The Little Brown Dud." The Cannoneers won the game and took home the Little Brown Dud. Cotton was awarded All-Army Quarterback in 1955. On July 2, 1962, the Texans signed Len Dawson, thus ending Davidson's career as the Dallas quarterback. After the 1962 season opener, he was traded to the Oakland Raiders for the first overall selection in the 1963 American Football League Draft, which was used by the Chiefs to select future Hall of Famer Buck Buchanan. Just two weeks later, Davidson started at quarterback in his first game with the Raiders. Playing against his former team, he threw for 248 yards and rushed for a touchdown in a 26–16 loss to the Texans. The highest moments of his career were being selected to the American Football League All-Star Game twice: in 1961 and in 1963. He was honored as the MVP of the 1961 AFL All-Star Game while with the Texans. |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 24, 2022 19:50:24 GMT -5
 Faithless founder and vocalist Maxi Jazz has died at 65. The musician co-founded the dance group alongside Rollo and Sister Bliss, fusing trip hop, house, techno, and more. His inimitable spoken word vocals became their hallmark, with Faithless achieving massive global success. Debut album ‘Reverence’ landed in 1996, with second album ‘Sunday 8PM’ spawning the huge chart hit ‘God Is A DJ’. Festival favourites, Faithless called it quits in 2011 with their ‘Outrospective’ album, before returning in 2015. |
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Post by Vegas on Dec 25, 2022 8:24:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I have been out of the country the past few days (currently still in Germany waiting for a new/delayed flight) and I was sorry to just find out on Facebook that Stephan Bonnar passed away. For awhile, he was a regular member of the FSW roster in Las Vegas. I only got to meet him very briefly but he seemed really cool in person. RIP. |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 25, 2022 11:14:18 GMT -5
 Demetrious Johnson, a former NFL defensive back and safety, passed away at the age of 61. Johnson was a native of St. Louis who grew up in the Darst-Webbe Housing Project. He was the youngest of eight children and was raised by a single parent. With the odds against him, Johnson was able to stay focused and graduated from McKinley High School, and earned a full athletic scholarship to attend the University of Missouri at Columbia. During his years at Columbia, Johnson was recognized as a premier defensive back, including Big 8 All-Star. Johnson graduated with a bachelor's degree in Education with a major in Counseling Psychology. Upon graduation, the Detroit Lions drafted Johnson. Johnson’s professional football career lasted five years. During his career, Johnson was the Lions' defensive captain and earned numerous awards, including Player of the Week. Johnson ended his professional football career with the Miami Dolphins in 1987. During his career he played in 65 games and recorded 5 interceptions. Following his retirement from pro football, Johnson joined Sherwood Medical Company, which is now Covidien, as the National Sales Manager for the Athletic Sports Medicine Division. Understanding the importance of the community recreation center during his childhood, Johnson started exploring ways to give back to his community. With a deep desire to encourage and support underprivileged children to reach their potential, Johnson founded the Demetrious Johnson Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Foundation’s motto is, “Helping today’s youth towards a better tomorrow.” Its mission is to help better the lives of inner-city youth by providing mentoring, financial, vocational/tutorial and scholastic assistance programs. |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 25, 2022 12:59:14 GMT -5
  Star Trek actress Maggie Thrett passed away at the age of 76. She's most known as playing Ruth in the episode "Mudd's Women" in the original series. For a lot of Star Trek fans, they never forgot seeing Karen Steele, Susan Denberg and Thrett together in that entry. In that episode, the Enterprise crew was helpless against their charms. (Well, except for Spock.) Roger Carmel's dastardly Harry Mudd has been giving the three women a drug called Venus to get them to do his bidding. The actress was born Diane Pine in 1946. She had some other appearances on hit TV of that era. Wild, Wild West, McCloud, and I Dream of Jeannie especially. Thrett also found success in the 1968 comedy Three In the Attic alongside Christopher Jones, Judy Pace and Yvette Mimieux |
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Post by TTX on Dec 25, 2022 17:15:01 GMT -5
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