Obituary Thread, famous people, places & events.

[Bill Robertson]

Charlie Colin, a founding member of the group Train died a couple days ago. Fell in the shower. Damn!

[Brett]

Former OU quarterback and now Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel's mother has recently passed away.

Cynthia Heupel

[The]

Bill Walton dead @ 71 from cancer.

[Laramie]

Bill Walton dead @ 71 from cancer.

[okatty]

^The 30 for 30 on Bill Walton is fantastic if anyone has an interest. What a player and what a character.

[Dob Hooligan]

Willie Mays. The Say Hey Kid was a post war legend

[okatty]

^My favorite baseball player ever. Ernie Banks said he was the greatest player of all time and it wasn’t all that close. That can be debated but he was in a very small group of the greatest of the great.

[Laramie]

Growing up my favorite team and player was the Pittsburgh Pirates (Forbes Field) and Roberto Clemente & Willie Stargell (Oklahoman) were my favorite players. My best friend was a San Francisco Giants' fan (Willie Mays, Willie McCovey & Juan Marichal).

My favorite team in the American League was the Baltimore Orioles (Frank & Brooks Robinson, Jerry Adair (Oklahoman)

Don't follow baseball like I use too. Do remember the game from the 1960s to the 1980s and the great players Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson, Johnny Bench*, Mickey Mantle*, Roger Maris . . . Oklahoma (per capita), during those times produced a good share of MLB players.

[Laramie]

Shelia Jackson Lee - Born: January 12, 1950, Queens, NY, Died: July 19, 2024, Houston, TX
Served in Congress: 1995 - 1924

[mugofbeer]

Growing up my favorite team and player was the Pittsburgh Pirates (Forbes Field) and Roberto Clemente & Willie Stargell (Oklahoman) were my favorite players. My best friend was a San Francisco Giants' fan (Willie Mays, Willie McCovey & Juan Marichal).

My favorite team in the American League was the Baltimore Orioles (Frank & Brooks Robinson, Jerry Adair (Oklahoman)

Don't follow baseball like I use too. Do remember the game from the 1960s to the 1980s and the great players Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson, Johnny Bench*, Mickey Mantle*, Roger Maris . . . Oklahoma (per capita), during those times produced a good share of MLB players.

Just a sidenote, the depth of Willie Mays catch at the polo Grounds was about 425 feet. Only one park today has a depth longer than that catch - Minute Maid Park in Houston at 435. That would have been out or off the wall anywhere else today. Where he made 'the Catch" was at The Polo Grounds which had a depth of 483 feet! No home runs have been hit that far, so far, in 2024.

[poe]

Several more celebrity folks have passed in recent weeks: Donald Sutherland, Shelley Duvall, Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons, and Shannen Doherty.

[Bill Robertson]

Though it was Tuesday I just heard that Greg Kihn died. A bunch of us around our 60s remember when MTV first came on the air and played music videos 24/7. We would get home from work, turn MTV on and be mesmerized for hours. The Greg Kihn Band's "The Breakup Song" (They Just Don't Write Em Like That Anymore) was one of the songs played A LOT that first year or so. Sad loss.

[Dob Hooligan]

Though it was Tuesday I just heard that Greg Kihn died. A bunch of us around our 60s remember when MTV first came on the air and played music videos 24/7. We would get home from work, turn MTV on and be mesmerized for hours. The Greg Kihn Band's "The Breakup Song" (They Just Don't Write Em Like That Anymore) was one of the songs played A LOT that first year or so. Sad loss.

I have to say that I think the Weird Al parody of “Our Love’s In Jeopardy” as “I Lost on Jeopardy” was Al’s best ever.

[ManAboutTown]

Rest in peace to talk show host Phil Donahue. He died yesterday at the age of 88.

I also noticed last week that Jack Russell, former lead singer of the rock band Great White, passed away at the young age of 63.

[Martin]

Rest in peace to talk show host Phil Donahue. He died yesterday at the age of 88.

I also noticed last week that Jack Russell, former lead singer of the rock band Great White, passed away at the young age of 63.

obligatory:

[Brett]

Landscape contractor Roger Cook from This Old House has passed away.

Local obituary Roger Cook of This Old House landscaper dies at 70

[mugofbeer]

Landscape contractor Roger Cook from This Old House has passed away.

Local obituary Roger Cook of This Old House landscaper dies at 70

I've watched this show for decades and toward the end of Roger's run on the show he was getting noticeably thinner and just not quite right. The cause is unannounced but you could tell it was likely some type of neurological disorder.

[Harbinger]

Columbus Blue Jackets star forward Johnny Gaudreau, along with his brother, dies tragically in bicycle accident.

https://apnews.com/article/johnny-ga...83a9638e6aca32

[Harbinger]

Columbus Blue Jackets star forward Johnny Gaudreau, along with his brother, dies tragically in bicycle accident.

https://apnews.com/article/johnny-ga...83a9638e6aca32

[Plutonic Panda]

A lesser known rapper nowadays, but one of my favorites passed away at 53 on stage. Fatman Scoop: https://okcfox.com/news/entertainmen...n-connecticut#

[Jeepnokc]

A lesser known rapper nowadays, but one of my favorites passed away at 53 on stage. Fatman Scoop: https://okcfox.com/news/entertainmen...n-connecticut#

The world lost a great talent. James Earl Jones passes

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/enter...ath/index.html

[Martin]

great and versatile actor... 93 is a good run.

[Urbanized]

I knew it had to happen someday soon, but I still wasn't ready for it.

[Swake]

One of the all time greats. A true icon.

[Bill Robertson]

What a voice he had. First syllable of anything he said you knew who it was.