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WASHINGTON — An Alexandria “Living Legend” died Thursday: Just days after sharing Grand Marshal duties with his wife in the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade he founded 37 years ago, Pat Troy has died at age 76.Troy was born in Ireland, but has called Alexandria, Virginia, home for 40 years. He was known as a prominent business leader and a beloved member of the community.“So many people knew him; he couldn’t walk down the street without being stopped,” Alexandria Mayor Allison Silberberg said. “He just had all these lasting friendships. It’s amazing. Across the board, up and down the generations. He really will be missed.”Silberberg said Troy and his wife’s Grand Marshal honor during this year’s parade on a bright, beautiful day was a fitting tribute to Troy, just days before his death. “How incredible it is that he was able to enjoy this moment and the city was able to salute him,” Silberberg added.The mayor described Troy as “very positive” and an embodiment of the American dream, arriving in the U.S. nearly penniless but with an entrepreneurial spirit. For 34 years, Troy and his wife, Bernadette, owned a popular Old Town watering hole, Ireland’s Own, and took over The Irish Walk import store in Alexandria in 1974.
Pat Troy, Old Town Alexandria legend.https://wtop.com/alexandria/2018/03/alexandria-st-patricks-day-parade-founder-local-leader-pat-troy-dies-at-76/Performing the Unicorn song for the last time at Ireland's Own before selling the pub in 2012.
I think I went there with my folks back in the 90s. My mom loved President Reagan's corner.
Rusty Staub has died at the age of 73, due to multiple organ failure after a long illness that began as pneumonia.
best pinch hitter ever?
I'd put Matt Stairs and Cliff Johnson ahead of him.
Lenny Harris would be at or near the list of most. Also Mark Sweeney. https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pinch_hitter
Shake, Rattle and Rollhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Smoky_Burgess
I was always partial to Tony Taylor. He doesn't make the lists because he only pinch hit his last few years. Greg Gross (GG) was a hit machine also. Don't remember much of Smoky. He was in the AL when I first started watching baseball.
Did I mention that Smoky played in Western PA?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/r-lee-ermey-dead-golden-globe-nominee-full-metal-jacket-was-74-1102863
Man, when I saw this thread refreshed I thought .... Mrs. Bush. Ermey will be missed at Rolling Thunder. He was always in the parking lot with the people. Years ago, took my son to something at the Convention Center where Ermey was signing pictures. Boy and I got up to the table we immediately started an extended bullcrap session. My FiL was a Navy medic in Korea ... spent over 30 years in the Navy. So Ermey volunteered to sign another picture for him. "Dear Doc" ...
https://www.google.com/www.foxnews.com/sports/2018/04/16/hal-greer-basketball-hall-famer-and-philadelphia-76ers-legend-dead-at-81.amp.htmlWhen I pass through Huntington WV I notice they have a boulevard named after him. Only guy I can remember who jump shot his free throws.
He was a member of a team that helped fuel my "hatred" of the Celtics.
