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RIP Joe Kubert

Joseph Kubert (September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was an American comic book artist and founder of The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. His sons, Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, have themselves become successful comic-book artists.

Kubert's other creations include the comic books Tor, Son of Sinbad, and Viking Prince, and, with writer Robin Moore, the comic strip Tales of the Green Beret.

Kubert was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1997, and Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998.

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RIP Johnny Pesky

John Michael "Johnny" Pesky (born John Michael Paveskovich; September 27, 1919 - August 13, 2012), nicknamed "The Needle", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He was a shortstop and third baseman during a ten-year Major League playing career, appearing in 1,270 games played in 1942 and from 1946-1954 for three different teams. He missed the 1943–1945 seasons while serving in World War II. Pesky was of Croat origin.

Pesky has been associated with the Boston Red Sox for 61 of his 73 years in baseball — from 1940 through June 3, 1952; 1961 through 1964; and from 1969 until his death. Pesky also managed the Red Sox from 1963–1964, and in September 1980. His biography is Mr. Red Sox by Bill Nowlin, published by Rounder Books.

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Slow down Cus!

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arseofacrow wrote:Slow down Cus!

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RIP Sergey Kapitsa

Sergei Kapitsa (14 February 1928 – 14 August 2012) was a Russian physicist and demographer. He was best known as host of the popular and long-running Russian scientific TV show Evident, but Incredible. His father was the Nobel laureate (Soviet-era) physicist Pyotr Kapitsa, and his brother was the geographer and Antarctic explorer Andrey Kapitsa.

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RIP Svetozar Gligorić

Svetozar Gligorić (2 February 1923 – 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslavian chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia. In 1958 he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia.

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RIP Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh

Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (May 26, 1945 – August 14, 2012) was an Indian politician and served as Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.

Vilasrao Deshmukh was a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, India. He has previously held the posts of Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj, Government of India and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India. He was a member of Rajya Sabha representing Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh was two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2008. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and originally belonged to Latur district in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

Critically ill with kidney and liver failures, Deshmukh died on August 14, 2012 due to multiple organ failure at Global Hospitals, Chennai

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RIP Harry Harrison

Harry Harrison (March 12, 1925 - August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction author, best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966); the latter was the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973). He was also (with Brian Aldiss) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.

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Anyone dead this morning, Cus? :rubchin:


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DB10GOONER wrote:Anyone dead this morning, Cus? :rubchin:


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just waiting for Ferguson to go then I'll stop checking.

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RIP Prince Philip... (just saving time)

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RIP Abune Paulos

Abune Paulos (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2012) was Abuna and Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1992–2012). His full title was "His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Fifth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot, Archbishop of Axum and one of the seven serving Presidents of the World Council of Churches."

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RIP McDowell's Online Gooner Membership

McDowell's Online Gooner Membership (17 August 2012 – 30 May 2013). Was a member of the Online Gooner Forum (4 November 2008 - 17 August 2012). Aged 43. Mental age 7. Claimed a height of 6'3". Was actually 5'5". His full title was "His Holiness The Culchie Swamp Monkey of Bullshit". Gained temporary notoriety as a starter of desperately shit transfer rumour threads. Was molested and insulted by resident stoner and shit mod Hlebby on several occasions before being banned for a year by Sammydroppedhisshorts. Presented with a personalised Gimp Mask and 12" dildo by infamous Brazilian Ladyboy brazilianGOONER in Brazil soon thereafter. Never seen again.


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DB10GOONER wrote:RIP McDowell's Online Gooner Membership

McDowell's Online Gooner Membership (17 August 2012 – 30 May 2013). Was a member of the Online Gooner Forum (4 November 2008 - 17 August 2012). Aged 43. Mental age 7. Claimed a height of 6'3". Was actually 5'5". His full title was "His Holiness The Culchie Swamp Monkey of Bullshit". Gained temporary notoriety as a starter of desperately shit transfer rumour threads. Was molested and insulted by resident stoner and shit mod Hlebby on several occasions before being banned for a year by Sammydroppedhisshorts. Presented with a personalised Gimp Mask and 12" dildo by infamous Brazilian Ladyboy brazilianGOONER in Brazil soon thereafter. Never seen again.


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RIP Bob Birch

Robert Wayne "Bob" Birch (July 14, 1956 – August 15, 2012) was an American musician. He was primarily a session musician and sideman to a variety of notable artists.
On August 15, 2012, Birch died in an apparent gunshot suicide.

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