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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #400: September 19, 2021, 09:04:13 AM »
Jimmy Greaves, at 81 - the greatest goalscorer in English soccer history.  :(   :clap: :clap: :clap:

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« Reply #401: September 27, 2021, 04:02:29 AM »
Alan Lancaster (72) - bassist with the classic 'Frantic Four' Quo line-up.


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« Reply #402: October 02, 2021, 06:12:54 PM »
Albert Mantello (87) - Aussie Rules Legend, both as a player and administrator. :(

https://www.afl.com.au/news/682773/afl-remembers-former-commissioner-roos-great-albert-mantello

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« Reply #403: October 13, 2021, 08:59:55 PM »
A’s great Ray Fosse

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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #404: October 16, 2021, 10:03:16 AM »
Sir David Amess (69) - Member Of Parliament (MP) for Southend West. Murdered whilst holding a constituency surgery, yesterday afternoon, in what police are now describing as an 'incident of Islamic terrorism'.

A direct attack upon our democratic process, and our democracy.

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« Reply #405: October 16, 2021, 12:01:59 PM »
And a few years after some knuckledragging gap-toothed white power git killed MP Jo Cox at a constituency surgery.  Political violence at the retail level is getting quite common on both sides of the Atlantic.   
Sir David Amess (69) - Member Of Parliament (MP) for Southend West. Murdered whilst holding a constituency surgery, yesterday afternoon, in what police are now describing as an 'incident of Islamic terrorism'.

A direct attack upon our democratic process, and our democracy.

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« Reply #407: October 17, 2021, 10:31:11 PM »

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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #408: October 17, 2021, 10:39:37 PM »
No, I remember Andy having a GF but not Barney. 

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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #409: October 18, 2021, 08:12:42 AM »
Colin Powell passed away

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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #410: October 18, 2021, 08:23:35 AM »
Colin Powell passed away
84, complications from covid.

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« Reply #411: October 18, 2021, 08:34:50 AM »
Sad. Great man.  And admitted his mistakes.

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« Reply #412: October 18, 2021, 09:52:15 AM »
Colin Powell passed away
Sad to hear.  Hard to think of him as 84, but that pegs him as around early 50s at the time of Desert Storm.  Losing some large figures lately.


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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #414: October 18, 2021, 09:58:36 AM »
...despite being fully vaccinated (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/colin-powell-dead/2021/10/18/fdc71fde-c5db-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html).
I wonder if he had been boosted.  Probably not since the approvals weren't that long ago.  9/22 for Pfizer, or a month ago.  Hard to have gotten it, had it kick into effect, contract an infection, and have it progress to death in less than a month. Certainly not if he got Moderna. 

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« Reply #415: October 18, 2021, 10:13:29 AM »
Probably got the vaccine early on at his age and it’s wearing off. I read that Covid was the second leading cause of death in September for 45 to 54 year olds?  However still mostly a risk for seniors.  Hopefully it will keep going down and new variants will be weaker.

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« Reply #416: October 18, 2021, 10:13:45 AM »
I wonder if he had been boosted.  Probably not since the approvals weren't that long ago.  9/22 for Pfizer, or a month ago.  Hard to have gotten it, had it kick into effect, contract an infection, and have it progress to death in less than a month. Certainly not if he got Moderna. 

He was 84, it is likely he had other underlying health conditions.

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« Reply #417: October 18, 2021, 10:16:27 AM »
He was 84, it is likely he had other underlying health conditions.
IOW, high risk and in line for a booster but too late to have gotten one

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« Reply #418: October 18, 2021, 11:27:43 AM »
IOW, high risk and in line for a booster but too late to have gotten one

he was being treated for multiple myeloma and had a suppressed immune system according to newer reports.

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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #419: October 18, 2021, 01:30:43 PM »
A really good person and patriot. I saw him at a Nats game years ago sitting on the third base line . I greeted him when he walked up the aisle next to my section. Not many like him in the public sector any longer. RIP.

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« Reply #420: October 18, 2021, 01:35:51 PM »
Powell lived right around the corner from our house in EPWC.  Before we moved in.  And his kids went to my kids' elementary school.

 Yes, not many left like him. 

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« Reply #421: October 18, 2021, 01:44:22 PM »
he was being treated for multiple myeloma and had a suppressed immune system according to newer reports.
yes.  Phil Bump in the WaPo had an interesting take on that aspect.  I'll skip the link here as it belongs elsewhere ;)

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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #422: October 22, 2021, 08:35:52 PM »
Peter Scolari died. Just 66. Was in Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks and some other sitcoms.

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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #423: October 22, 2021, 09:04:45 PM »
Peter Scolari died. Just 66. Was in Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks and some other sitcoms.

Cancer.  Sux...

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Re: Deaths of famous people (2021)
« Reply #424: October 26, 2021, 09:40:53 PM »
Two rather different people:

Roh Tae-woo, former President of South Korea, at age 88.

Mort Sahl, comedian, at age 94.