davidsf
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Post by davidsf on Dec 22, 2021 11:49:05 GMT -8
Every year, about this time, someone publishes a list, which we should reprint just in case we've missed someone. Celebrities We Lost in 2021
- Tanya Roberts (Oct 15, 1955 - Jan 04, 2021)
- Siegfried Fischbacher (illusionist) (June 13, 1939 - January 13, 2021)
- Sylvain Sylvain (guitarist) (February 14, 1951 - January 13, 2021)
- Randy Parton (Dolly's brother) (December 15, 1953 - January 21, 2021)
- Hank Aaron (February 5, 1934 - January 22, 2021)
- Song Yoo Jung (Actress, Model) (June 8, 1994 - January 23, 2021)
- Larry King (November 19, 1933 - January 23, 2021)
- Cicely Tyson (Dec 19, 1924 - Jan 28, 2021)
- SOPHIE (singer) (Sep 17, 1986 - Jan 30, 2021)
- Dustin Diamond (Screech) (Jan 07, 1977 - Feb 01, 2021)
- Christopher Plummer (Dec 13, 1929 - Feb 05, 2021)
- Rush Limbaugh (Jan 12, 1951 - Feb 17, 2021)
- George Segal (Feb 13, 1934 - Mar 23, 2021)
- Jessica Walter (Jan 31, 1941 - Mar 24, 2021)
- Paul Ritter (Dec 20, 1966 - Apr 05, 2021)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (June 10, 1921 - Apr 09, 2021)
- DMX (Dec 18, 1970 - Apr 09, 2021)
- Joseph Siravo (Feb 12, 1957 - Apr 11, 2021)
- Gavin MacLeod (Feb 28, 1931 - May 29, 2021)
- Norm Macdonald (October 17, 1959 - September 14, 2021)
Did not list all of them, you'll have to use the link... |
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SK80
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Post by SK80 on Dec 28, 2021 16:35:15 GMT -8
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Post by davidsf on Dec 28, 2021 16:54:41 GMT -8
With due respect, we can do better for a legend:
John Earl Madden April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021
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Post by billb on Dec 28, 2021 18:44:02 GMT -8
I remember him as an announcer.
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Post by frankieboy1 on Dec 28, 2021 19:28:34 GMT -8
Harry Reid. I don't say bad things about the dead. Had his political career ended by a treadmill named Guido.
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Post by duke on Dec 29, 2021 9:00:39 GMT -8
Lied about Mitt Romney paying no taxes, admitted it, and was proud of it as it helped BO. I don't have anything nice to say about this man.
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Post by davidsf on Dec 29, 2021 11:02:24 GMT -8
I also have nothing nice to say about the man, so since I alsodo not respect CNN, Harry Reid dies at 82Harry Mason Reid Jr. December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021 |
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Post by davidsf on Dec 29, 2021 12:06:29 GMT -8
I remember him as an announcer. I remember him as all three (coach, announcer, and Gamer)... When he coached the Faders, it was the only time I rooted for them... never since Al Davis took over. |
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Post by billb on Dec 29, 2021 12:33:22 GMT -8
I think he and Howard Cosell called the games together, didn't they? Maybe with Frank Gifford? It has been a long time.
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Post by duke on Dec 29, 2021 16:06:21 GMT -8
Pat Summerall and Al Michaels were who I remember being his broadcast partners.
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Post by MDDad on Dec 29, 2021 16:20:13 GMT -8
I think he and Howard Cosell called the games together, didn't they? Maybe with Frank Gifford? It has been a long time. No, Madden joined the broadcast almost 20 years after Cosell left. Cosell worked primarily with Frank Gifford and Dandy Don Meredith, plus a couple years with Alex Karras. |
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Post by Luca on Dec 29, 2021 17:25:38 GMT -8
John Madden was an interesting guy. Very honest and straightforward, and funny. He was one of the early announcers who actually understood line play and would often comment on it. He could see the field better than Brady. There'd be a 40 yard pass play and he'd point out the guard picking up a blitz and how it made the play work, etc. In 1958 he was drafted on the 21st round by the Eagles. He probably preferred not to mention that. (I looked it up and noted that Green Bay drafted THREE hall of famers that year - Kramer, Nitschke - the linebacker, not the philosopher Nietzsche - and Jim Taylor)
I understand he had a fear of flying (maybe why he retired young) and had a customized mega bus that would take him to the far off games when he was an announcer.
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Post by SK80 on Dec 29, 2021 19:15:07 GMT -8
Luca, he feared flying because his Cal Poly Team just two years after he graduated went down in a plane crash....
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Post by davidsf on Dec 31, 2021 11:40:43 GMT -8
I actually believed she would live forever. I'm more surprised than sad: BETTY WHITE DEAD AT 99
Betty Marion White January 17, 1922 - December 31, 2021Rest well, friend of all |
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Post by MDDad on Dec 31, 2021 11:43:01 GMT -8
Too bad she couldn't hang on for another 2 1/2 weeks to reach a hundred.
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