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Post by jimsteel on Aug 9, 2022 12:50:06 GMT -5
Motown songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier dead at 81 Lamont Dozier, the middle name of the celebrated Holland-Dozier-Holland team that wrote and produced “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Heat Wave” and dozens of other hits and helped make Motown an essential record company of the 1960s and beyond, has died at age 81. Dozier's death was confirmed Tuesday by Paul Lam
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Post by jimsteel on Aug 10, 2022 9:07:29 GMT -5
Dean Carlson, a former NFL quarterback, passed away at the age of 72. Carlson began his collegiate career at Rochester State Junior College and was named All-Region sophomore after leading all junior college passers with 2,090 yards and 21 touchdown passes. He transferred to Iowa State University and was named the Cyclones starter going into his first season with the team. He finished the year with 1,391 yards with 11 touchdown passes and 16 interceptions while rushing for 169 yards and four touchdowns. As a senior, he completed 141 of 285 passes for a school-record 1,671 yards with 14 touchdowns and 19 interceptions and rushed for an additional seven touchdowns for a Cyclone record 21 total touchdowns as Iowa State went 8–4 and played in the first bowl in program history in the 1971 Sun Bowl. After the season, Carlson played in the 1972 Senior Bowl and started in the 1971 North–South Shrine Game. Carlson was selected in the seventh round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. He spent the 1972 season on the Chiefs practice squad and was on and off the active roster in 1973. He was traded to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for a third-round draft pick and was the Packers' third-string quarterback until he was waived on October 22, 1974. He was signed by the Chiefs shortly afterwards and made his only appearance in an NFL game in the final game of the season, completing 7 of 15 pass attempts for 116 yards with one interception and rushing twice for 17 yards in relief of starter Len Dawson.
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Post by jimsteel on Aug 10, 2022 18:46:40 GMT -5
Tom Woodcock, a former NHL trainer and a Phats/Sphem Hall of Fame honoree, passed away at the age of 89. In 1967-1968, Woodcock was the first trainer for the new franchise, the Saint Louis Blues. beginning his career in the NHL. He was with the Blues from 1967-1982. After St Louis he went onto the Hartford Whalers in 1983-1990. From there he again went onto a new team, the San Jose Sharks, from 1991-2004 after which he retired from the NHL. Tom was inducted into the National Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003, PHATS Hall of Fame in 2003, and into the RI Reds Hall of Fame in 2022." Tom worked with the USA Hockey Team, and in 1985 he was the trainer for the United States National Hockey team world Championship.
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Post by Vegas on Aug 10, 2022 19:51:36 GMT -5
RIP to Darryl Hunt of the Poguesat 72.
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Post by jimsteel on Aug 10, 2022 22:42:11 GMT -5
Raymond Briggs, Who Drew a Wordless ‘Snowman,’ Dies at 88 An author and illustrator of children’s books sensitive to emotions, he used comic-strip-like panels to explore the joys and struggles of workaday British life.
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Post by neilybob on Aug 11, 2022 6:13:08 GMT -5
RIP Dean Carlson
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Post by jimsteel on Aug 11, 2022 9:25:49 GMT -5
Singer-Songwriter Yoshifumi Ushima Passes Away Singer-songwriter Yoshifumi Ushima passed away on August 7 because his esophageal varices ruptured due to chronic liver cirrhosis. He was 55. His funeral is a private burial at his and his family's request. Ushuma was born on September 9, 1966. Ushima performed, arranged, and wrote lyrics for both opening theme songs for the G-Gundam anime, as well as the second opening theme song and an insert song for the H2 anime.
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Post by jimsteel on Aug 12, 2022 15:20:24 GMT -5
Actress Anne Heche died after her life support was turned off, a week after her fiery car crash in Los Angeles, She was 53
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Post by jimsteel on Aug 12, 2022 22:33:02 GMT -5
Togo Palazzi, a former small forward in the NBA, passed away at the age of 90. He played with the following Pro Basketball teams during his career. 1954–1956 Boston Celtics 1956–1960 Syracuse Nationals 1960–1962 Scranton Miners A 6'4" forward/guard born and raised in Union City, New Jersey, Palazzi played at Union Hill High School, where he was recognized as one of the top prep basketball players nationwide. He played at the College of the Holy Cross in the 1950s and was captain of the Crusaders team that won the 1954 NIT Championship and was named MVP of the tournament. Palazzi was selected by the Boston Celtics with the fifth pick of the 1954 NBA Draft. He played six seasons in the NBA as a member of the Celtics and Syracuse Nationals and averaged 7.4 points per game in his career. He was part of the first Celtics championship squad in 1956-57. He coached the Holy Cross women's team from 1980 to 1985, going 103-28 as coach; he coached them to an NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament appearance in his final year, the first ever appearance by the women's team.
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Post by TTX on Aug 13, 2022 5:33:41 GMT -5
RIP
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