Author Topic: Deaths of famous people (2022) (Read 18892 times)

HondoKillebrew · « **Reply #100 on:** April 16, 2022, 07:26:49 pm »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on April 16, 2022, 01:10:11 pm

That’s very sad. RIP.

It is. A kick in the gut. She was a force of nature who both informed and brightened the days of so many. RIP and thanks, Wendy.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #101 on:** April 22, 2022, 08:37:48 am »

Guy Lafleur. What a great player he was.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #102 on:** April 22, 2022, 09:14:11 am »

Quote from: imref on April 15, 2022, 08:39:22 pm

Liz Sheridan aka Mrs. Seinfeld at 93.

A bit late to this, but also - Mrs. Costanza aka Estelle Harris had died shortly before that, also in her 90s. Crazy how that worked out.

imref · « **Reply #103 on:** April 22, 2022, 09:18:28 am »

Quote from: KnorrForYourMoney on April 22, 2022, 09:14:11 am

A bit late to this, but also - Mrs. Costanza aka Estelle Harris had died shortly before that, also in her 90s. Crazy how that worked out.

If there's a Del Boca Vista (Phase 2) in Heaven, there's a whole lot of yelling going on right now.

1995hoo · « **Reply #104 on:** April 22, 2022, 09:51:55 am »

Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur at 70.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #105 on:** April 22, 2022, 10:43:49 am »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on April 22, 2022, 08:37:48 am

Guy Lafleur. What a great player he was.

One of the greatest before numbers started to explode. Just so smoothe and effective. Even at the height of Bruins-Canadiens rivalry in the '70s, you never heard a Bruins fan take a swipe at his play.

IIRC, he was the last player the Canadiens grabbed in the Gallic draft. They used to be able to take the top french-surnamed player out of Quebec.

Five Banners · « **Reply #106 on:** April 22, 2022, 10:51:31 am »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on April 22, 2022, 10:43:49 am

IIRC, he was the last player the Canadiens grabbed in the Gallic draft. They used to be able to take the top french-surnamed player out of Quebec.

Scholars must still be debating whether that had an effect on their cup success before and after that point.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #107 on:** April 22, 2022, 11:18:53 am »

Quote from: Five Banners on April 22, 2022, 10:51:31 am

Scholars must still be debating whether that had an effect on their cup success before and after that point.

of course it had an effect (I/M/O - but I'm not an expert). I think Larry Robinson was the first great non-Gallic surnamed player for them. I think Dryden was post the Gallic draft. Richard x2, Bellevue, Lafleur, Tremblay . . .

I suppose the counter was that, up through the 60s, the Leafs did pretty well.

If only Exposfan87 was here to settle the issue.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #108 on:** April 22, 2022, 12:01:23 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on April 22, 2022, 11:18:53 am

of course it had an effect (I/M/O - but I'm not an expert). I think Larry Robinson was the first great non-Gallic surnamed player for them. I think Dryden was post the Gallic draft. Richard x2, Bellevue, Lafleur, Tremblay . . .

I suppose the counter was that, up through the 60s, the Leafs did pretty well.

If only Exposfan87 was here to settle the issue.

Gump Worsley
Frank Mahavolic
Doug Harvey.

Those come to mind.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #109 on:** April 22, 2022, 06:57:55 pm »

Came upon this. Lafleur was drafted after Montreal acquired the pick from the California Golden Seals. Major seal. I mean steal. He was picked over Marcel Dionne. People also forget he had a slow start to his career.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #110 on:** April 22, 2022, 07:03:11 pm »

So not gallic draft?

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #111 on:** April 22, 2022, 07:42:39 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on April 22, 2022, 07:03:11 pm

So not gallic draft?

Not by then.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #112 on:** April 22, 2022, 08:39:32 pm »

Might have been Cournoyer then. I'm pretty sure there was an outrageous pick up that killed it.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #113 on:** April 22, 2022, 08:56:31 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on April 22, 2022, 08:39:32 pm

Might have been Cournoyer then. I'm pretty sure there was an outrageous pick up that killed it.

That might be an urban (Boston) legend.

https://thehockeywriters.com/habs-french-canadian-rule/

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #114 on:** April 22, 2022, 09:07:16 pm »

So, apparently the story is the Canadiens had the right to 2 best french Canadians for about 6 years in the 60s. Marc Tardiff might be the best player they took that way. When Gilbert Perrault would have been selected, the nhl ended it. The abilty to pick 2 French Canadians was compensation for their predraft abilty to get more or less everyone from Quebec
https://thehockeywriters.com/habs-french-canadian-rule/

imref · « **Reply #115 on:** April 24, 2022, 11:09:51 pm »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on April 22, 2022, 06:57:55 pm

Came upon this. Lafleur was drafted after Montreal acquired the pick from the California Golden Seals. Major seal. I mean steal. He was picked over Marcel Dionne. People also forget he had a slow start to his career.

Here’s the tribute from the arena tonight.

Have tissues ready.

https://twitter.com/spittinchiclets/status/1518371094683697154?s=21&t=a932KPaPwEFYl7zmqf7puA

They even covered the boards in tribute.

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #116 on:** April 25, 2022, 01:49:48 am »

Orrin Hatch, 88

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #117 on:** May 01, 2022, 03:41:40 pm »

Naomi Judd, at age 76.

English Natsie · « **Reply #118 on:** May 01, 2022, 06:38:21 pm »

Regine (Zylberberg) (92) - the 'Queen Of The Night', and (self-proclaimed) inventor of the discotheque.

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #119 on:** May 02, 2022, 01:56:39 pm »

Maybe not super-famous, but Spinal Tap loses another drummer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Parnell

Technically two drummers, since Parnell was drummer Mick Shrimpton in the original mockumentary and played drums as his twin brother Ric Shrimpton in Spinal Tap appearances after the film.

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #120 on:** May 07, 2022, 11:36:38 pm »

Mickey Gilley, at age 86.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #121 on:** May 11, 2022, 09:19:16 am »

Bob Lanier. NBA great.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #122 on:** May 11, 2022, 09:22:51 am »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on May 11, 2022, 09:19:16 am

Bob Lanier. NBA great.

two of the biggest feets in basketball.

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #123 on:** May 13, 2022, 05:58:49 pm »

Fred Ward, AKA Remo Williams and Earl from Tremors.

wj73 · « **Reply #124 on:** May 18, 2022, 03:15:48 pm »

Maggie Peterson, who played Charlene Darling on the old Andy Griffith show.