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One of professional wrestling's biggest stars during the 60's and 70's and a Pittsburgh hometown favorite. Bruno Sammartino set a world record in the bench press with a lift of 565 pounds in 1959. Bruno was also proud of the fact that he sold out Madison Square Garden more times than Frank Sinatra. In 2017, his original home town of Pizzoferrato, Italy which he and his family left for Pittsburgh when he was 15, dedicated a statue in his honor. He was 82 years old. RIP Bruno.
Danny Kirwan, early Fleetwood Mac guitarist, died in London on Friday, according to the band. He was 68 years old. RIP
Eunice Gayson, the first "Bond girl" who played Sylvia Trench in "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love" has passed away according to a tweet from the franchise's page. She was 90 years old. RIP
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
I saw him speak at a lecture way back in the 80's; super-cantankerous but hugely entertaining - I remember needing to go to the can but not daring to 'cause anyone who got up got a full treatment from him. He was really something.
For those who don't know him, he was a sci-fi writer, who worked in all kinds of media ... he wrote the City on the Edge of Forever episode from the original Star Trek.
It certainly feels that way. But I'm distrustful of that feeling and am curious about evidence.
WWF legend Nikolai Volkoff died at age 70. Back in the pre-internet days, when knowing the real name of wrestlers was like finding out a state secret, we used to joke that he was an "Italian from Staten Island" (he was really from Croatia), RIP.
Strangely, two other WWF wrestlers also died today: Brickhouse Brown, 57 Brian Christopher Lawler, 46
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