Deaths of famous people (2016)

[GburgNatsFan]

Sorry, Skippy, I wasn't trying to pick on your post. It doesn't surprise me at all either that an 83 year old woman had a heart attack after her daughter died.

I was just feeling empathy for Todd. That's a lot to go through in a couple of days. And chances are good that he was a buffer in the dysfunctional mother/daughter relationship, so it's probably a really difficult time for the poor guy.

Yea that was unfair, it's obviously awful for him to lose his sister and then his mom but I can understand dying of a broken heart if God forbid I ever lost one of my kids, it just didn't surprise me I guess.  I don't know, I recently had a death in the family so my judgment is probably completely screwed up so I'll just shut up now.

[wj73]

We've been watching the original Star Wars movies this week as a tribute to Carrie Fisher.  Now I'll have to throw Singin' in the Rain in the mix. 

I hate 2016. 

[mitlen]

Lavell Edwards coached a few great ball players:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/legendary-byu-coach-lavell-edwards-dies-at-age-86-182113668.html;_ylt=A0LEVjVnV2VYYnoAwyUnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEyNTlhNXM1BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjMyNTlfMQRzZWMDc2M-

His teams also had some of the greatest quarterbacks in BYU history, including Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Ty Detmer and Steve Sarkisian.

[imref]

Because 2016 hasn't been cruel enough, the inventor of the red solo cup has died.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/health/red-solo-cup-death-trnd/index.html

[tomterp]

A family spokesman confirmed former NFL running back Rashaan Salaam, 42, died Monday, according to a release on the University of Colorado's official athletics website and ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Salaam, the 1994 Heisman Trophy winner    ...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2680320-former-heisman-trophy-winner-rashaan-salaam-dies-at-age-42?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

Rashaan Salaam, the former college football standout whose body was found in a Boulder, Colo., park earlier this month, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the Boulder County Coroner's office.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/29/507426874/former-football-star-rashaan-salaams-death-ruled-a-suicide

[mitlen]

The Boulder County Coroner's office says it offered to test Salaam's brain for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, but his family denied consent, citing religious reasons.

[GuyFromCO]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/29/507426874/former-football-star-rashaan-salaams-death-ruled-a-suicide

It was fairly obvious, given the note and all, but good DD from BoCo. Very sad story. A lot of local guys interviewed afterwards on sports radio and mentioned they had just lost touch with him.

[Slateman]

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/MASH-Actor-William-Christopher-Dies-409038385.html

One more for 2016

[imref]

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/MASH-Actor-William-Christopher-Dies-409038385.html

One more for 2016

   

[imref]

Mariah Carey's career?

[Squab]

Mariah Carey's career?

That was amazing.

[mitlen]

   

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