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Post by jimsteel on Jul 16, 2022 19:32:44 GMT -5
Former NASCAR driver Bobby East fatally stabbed at CA gas station; suspect killed at 37
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 16, 2022 19:41:40 GMT -5
Stand-Up Comedian & Bust Down Star Jak Knight Dead at 28 -- Comedy World Mourns Death of 'Young Icon'
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Post by on_the_edge on Jul 16, 2022 20:07:15 GMT -5
Job? That implies he gets paid. It is more like a hobby. Or a passion.
Personally, I think he and the grim reaper have a deal. Long as Jim keeps posting the reaper's work, the reaper won't come a knockin' on his door.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 18, 2022 18:01:37 GMT -5
Mickey Rooney Jr. — a musician and actor who was the son of the late movie legend — died at his home in Glendale, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He was 77.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 18, 2022 20:36:49 GMT -5
Larry Jeffrey, a former left winger who played in the NHL for 8 seasons passed away at the age of 81. Jeffrey began his National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings in 1961. He also played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers. He retired after the 1969 season. He won the Stanley Cup in 1967 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was on the following teams during his career: 1961-1962 to1964-1965 Detroit Red Wings, the 1965-1966 to 1966-1967 Toronot Maple Leafs and the 1967-1968 to 1968-1969 New York Rangers. During his career Jeffrey played in 368 games with 39 goals and 62 assists.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 19, 2022 22:39:00 GMT -5
Charles Johnson, a former #1 pick by the Steelers died at the age of 50. Johnson was a former NFL wide receiver who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round (17th overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft. He played his college football for the University of Colorado, Johnson played nine seasons in the National Football League from 1994 to 2002 for the Steelers, the Philadelphia Eagles, the New England Patriots, and the Buffalo Bills. He was a part of the Patriots team that won Super Bowl XXXVI. Johnson’s cause of death was unknown.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 20, 2022 20:11:16 GMT -5
Jim Dillard, a former running back in the CFL, passed away on the 19th of July at the age of 83. He played for the following teams in the CFL the 1962–1964 Calgary Stampeders, the 1965–1966 Ottawa Rough Riders, and the 1967–1968 Toronto Argonauts. In addition, he was a CFL East All-Star in 1965, 1967 and a CFL West All-Star in 1962 The following is an excerpt from Dillard's online obituary: "During this time he was named Outstanding Back in the conference, was named All-American, All-State and MVP. Jim attended Oklahoma State on a full-ride football scholarship from 1958 to 1962. He also participated in the Senior Bowl, the Blue-Gray Game, the coaches All-American Game and was named to OSU All Decade team. Jim was drafted by both Baltimore and Oakland, but chose to play in the Canadian Football League, playing for seven years. He was named to the CFL East All Stars as well as the CFL West All-Stars. Jim returned to the NFL, playing for the Minnesota Vikings in 1969. In 1975 he was awarded the Jim Thorpe Award for the all time greats in Oklahoma football for the decade of the 1950’s. Jim was united in marriage to Brenda Carol Jones on December 24, 1960 in Fairfax, OK. To this union, three children were born. After Jim’s football career ended due to a knee injury, Cleveland hired him as a football/track coach and he also started the girl’s track team. In 1971, Jim and family moved to Tulsa where he coached football, track, swimming and taught history and Drivers Education; and was an assistant coach for the Tulsa Knights in 1974 & 75. In December of 1975, they moved to Cleveland where Jim became a State Farm Agent until retirement in May of 2017."
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 20, 2022 22:29:03 GMT -5
Claes Oldenburg, Pop Artist Who Monumentalized the Everyday, Dies at 93 Claes Oldenburg, whose oversized sculptures of everyday objects made him one of the leading artists of the Pop art movement, died in his home on Monday at 93. He had been recovering from a fractured hip. Representatives for Paula Cooper Gallery and Pace Gallery, both of which represent Oldenburg, confirmed the news. Oldenburg, who often worked in collaboration with his late wife Coosje van Bruggen, made sculptures that raised objects as diverse as a nondescript light switch, a hamburger with a pickle on top, and a shuttlecock stood on its end to the status of high art. If spotted in the real word, none of these would be particularly big objects, but Oldenburg rendered them larger than life, literally, so that they loom over viewers’ heads. During the ’60s, these oddly charming creations made Oldenburg one of the leading artists of Pop, a movement that embraced the visual language of advertisements and consumerism, and allowed it to invade art spaces that were still dominated by abstraction.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 21, 2022 10:55:54 GMT -5
Phil Petty, a former free agent who signed with the Tennessee Titans in 2001 as a quarterback, passed away at the age of 43. Petty was a standout QB at the University of South Carolina under Lou Holtz. Petty in 2000 led the Gamecocks to an 8-4 season. As a senior in 2001, Petty saw individual success as well as being a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Award, given to the nation’s top quarterback. He won two Outback Bowl games in his junior and senior seasons. He was part of the greatest single-season turnaround in NCAA Division I history as the team went 0-11 in 1999 before going 8-4 the next season. Although signed to a contract by the NFL Titans, he never appeared in a regular-season game. Recently he was an asst coach for East Carolina.
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Post by TTX on Jul 21, 2022 11:48:25 GMT -5
RIP to all who have passed.
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