Deaths of Famous People (2020)

[skippy1999]

Van Halen was my first concert, man I freaking loved this band.  RIP to one badass crazy talented musician

[Natsinpwc]

Eddie Van Halen dead at 65 from throat cancer

Damn cancer sticks. 

[OldChelsea]

Johnny Nash, 80, famous for 'I Can See Clearly Now' in 1972.

Not even 08.00 and we've already had two obituaries today in music.

[1995hoo]

President John Tyler's grandson, Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., has died at age 95, some 175 years after his grandfather left the White House.

His older brother is still alive.

[imref]

President John Tyler's grandson, Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., has died at age 95, some 175 years after his grandfather left the White House.

His older brother is still alive.

if you are ever on the campus of William and Mary, there's a Tyler family garden with busts of all the family members who attended the school.

[1995hoo]

if you are ever on the campus of William and Mary, there's a Tyler family garden with busts of all the family members who attended the school.

Thanks. I'll ask my brother about that since he's an alumnus. I haven't been to William & Mary since 1999 and don't know when I might pass that way again.

[imref]

Thanks. I'll ask my brother about that since he's an alumnus. I haven't been to William & Mary since 1999 and don't know when I might pass that way again.

https://tribetrek.wm.edu/items/show/12

[Natsinpwc]

52 is way too young. 

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/phillies/1993-phillies-kim-batiste-dies

[bluestreak]

RIP Whitey Ford. This has been an absolutely awful year for Hall of Famers.

[varoadking]

RIP Whitey Ford. This has been an absolutely awful year for Hall of Famers.

Man...time flies...I met him at the Chicago White Sox Boys Camp in Wisconsin 55 years ago.  He was a guest instructor.  RIP

[GburgNatsFan]

Man. One of my heroes in black and white in the early 60s. He was probably declining by then (what five year old remembers) but my father would talk about him with
a little reverence in his voice. Like he used to talk about Willis Reed a decade later.

RIP Whitey Ford. This has been an absolutely awful year for Hall of Famers.

[varoadking]

Man. One of my heroes in black and white in the early 60s. He was probably declining by then (what five year old remembers) but my father would talk about him with
a little reverence in his voice. Like he used to talk about Willis Reed a decade later.

He was pitching royalty...back when starting pitchers had complete games...and made $10,000+/- a season...

[Natsinpwc]

He was pitching royalty...back when starting pitchers had complete games...and made $10,000+/- a season...

Whitey Ford
Whitey Ashburn
Whitey Rigsby (Villanova basketball player)
Whitey Bulger

I am sure there are others.

No one gets called whitey anymore.  Well not officially. 

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Whitey Ford
Whitey Ashburn
Whitey Rigsby (Villanova basketball player)
Whitey Bulger

I am sure there are others.

No one gets called whitey anymore.  Well not officially. 

you haven't conversed with MDS lately.

[Natsinpwc]

you haven't conversed with MDS lately.

Whitey Herzog. 

[DCFan]

Whitey Herzog. 

Whiteys Restaurant.

[Natsinpwc]

Whiteys Restaurant.

Good one.

[skippy1999]

you haven't conversed with MDS lately.

[imref]

you haven't conversed with MDS lately.

post of the year

[HondoKillebrew]

Good one.

Broasted chicken.  "Eat or go to your room."

[imref]

Joe Morgan at 77.  God needed some hitting to go with the influx of pitching.

RIP to a legend. One of the greatest players for one of the greatest teams in MLB history.

2B WAR: 1930-2020
1. Morgan 100.5
2. Carew 81.2
3. Whitaker 75.1
4. Grich 71.0
5. Canoe 68.9

[Natsinpwc]

Joe Morgan at 77.  God needed some hitting to go with the influx of pitching.

RIP to a legend. One of the greatest players for one of the greatest teams in MLB history.

2B WAR: 1930-2020
1. Morgan 100.5
2. Carew 81.2
3. Whitaker 75.1
4. Grich 71.0
5. Canoe 68.9

Great player. He and Jon Miller on Sunday Night baseball were so much better than what they have now.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Joe Morgan at 77.  God needed some hitting to go with the influx of pitching.

RIP to a legend. One of the greatest players for one of the greatest teams in MLB history.

2B WAR: 1930-2020
1. Morgan 100.5
2. Carew 81.2
3. Whitaker 75.1
4. Grich 71.0
5. Canoe 68.9

that 100.5 bWAR is 31st all time.   He's behind Rogers Hornsby, Eddie Collins, and Nap LaJoie if you include guys from the segregated era for whom there are stats.  Among active players, only Pujols has more bWAR,

I hated him on Sunday night baseball.  Loved Miller. 

[skippy1999]

that 100.5 bWAR is 31st all time.   He's behind Rogers Hornsby, Eddie Collins, and Nap LaJoie if you include guys from the segregated era for whom there are stats.  Among active players, only Pujols has more bWAR,

I hated him on Sunday night baseball.  Loved Miller. 

There was an entire website devoted to firing him lol
Sad to lose another great, RIP Mr. Morgan.

[DCFan]

Roberta McCain, 108. Mother of the late Sen. John McCain.