*Official* In Memoriam Thread

[Hornsby]

Fantastic...RIP King.

[TranaGreg]

Wow. He was an American icon. I wonder who will take over the show for him? RIP.

and a Canadian one too (he was from Sudbury, central Ontario city)

[rhd]

Basketball HOFer Tommy Heinsohn is dead at 86 y/o. He won 8 titles as a player and another 2 as a coach. He is in the HOF both as player and as a coach. He also was a long-time broadcaster. RIP.

[Judge Jude]

a couple of years ago, Jeopardy had Football as a category.

maybe not ideal, as one or even two of the contestants might have no chance at any answers.

in this case, none of the three did - so they tried to avoid the category, to no avail.

hijinks ensued:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...rebek-s-dismay

[Gregg]

a couple of years ago, Jeopardy had Football as a category.

maybe not ideal, as one or even two of the contestants might have no chance at any answers.

in this case, none of the three did - so they tried to avoid the category, to no avail.

hijinks ensued:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...rebek-s-dismay

Wow. Thanks for posting that. Delightfully awkward!

[revo]

Soccer legend Diego Maradona died of a heart attack at age 60. RIP.

[rhd]

Former NYC mayor David Dinkins died on 11/23. He was NYC's 1st black mayor. He was 93 y/o. RIP.

[madducks]

David Prowse, the British actor who played Darth Vader (with James Earl Jones voice) in The original 'Star Wars' Trilogy has died at the age of 85. RIP.

[revo]

WWE legend Pat Patterson died at age 79. RIP.

1960 Olympic decathlete champion Rafer Johnson has died at age 86. RIP.

[madducks]

Actor David Lander, best known as Squiggy on the ABC sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” died Friday evening of complications related to multiple sclerosis, which he battled for 37 years. He was 73 years old. RIP.

[madducks]

Michael McKeon and David Lander first met while they were students at Carnegie University in Pittsburgh. It was here that they developed the Lenny and Squiggy characters that they would become famous for.

[madducks]

US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as "The fastest man alive," has died.

After months of flights with the X-1, Yeager broke the sound barrier with his aircraft, which he named the Glamorous Glennis on October 14, 1947, over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California.
The X-1 reached Mach 1.06 or 700 mph, making Yeager the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound and earning him the title of "The fastest man alive."

Chuck Yeager was 97 years old. RIP.

[revo]

US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as "The fastest man alive," has died.

After months of flights with the X-1, Yeager broke the sound barrier with his aircraft, which he named the Glamorous Glennis on October 14, 1947, over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California.
The X-1 reached Mach 1.06 or 700 mph, making Yeager the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound and earning him the title of "The fastest man alive."

Chuck Yeager was 97 years old. RIP.

In addition, he was also a WWII flying ace with 14 confirmed kills in the European Theater.

[Gregg]

Michael McKeon and David Lander first met while they were students at Carnegie University in Pittsburgh. It was here that they developed the Lenny and Squiggy characters that they would become famous for.

Awesome clip. Those boys brought a lot of laughs back in the day.

[madducks]

Actor Tommy “Tiny” Lister, who played Deebo in the “Friday” movies and was also a professional wrestler, has died of COVID-19 at the age of 62. RIP.