RIP Thread

mcdowell42 · Post by **mcdowell42** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:17 pm

Dennis Farina American actor 69.

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:14 am

Billy Smith, light middleweight boxer.

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/latest/ ... illy-smith

afcforever · Post by **afcforever** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:09 pm

QuartzGooner wrote:Billy Smith, light middleweight boxer.

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/latest/ ... illy-smith

Very sad story that, RIP.

Rugby Gooner · Post by **Rugby Gooner** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:25 pm

J.J. Cale,legendary musician!!!

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:44 pm

Ex-Birmingham City player Christian Benitez

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ly-27.html

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:57 am

Jazz musician George Duke, a top level keyboard player.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23592806

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:42 am

Ex world Welterweight champion Emile Griffith, age 75.

Not sure if he was well known outside of Boxing?
Boxing fans usually well aware of him, known for the death of opponent Benny Paret ten days after they fought.
Paret had called Griffith a "Maricon" at a press conference, a furious Griffith was actually gay but hid it until later in life.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/bo ... s/2585619/

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:56 am

QuartzGooner wrote:Ex world Welterweight champion Emile Griffith, age 75.

Not sure if he was well known outside of Boxing?
Boxing fans usually well aware of him, known for the death of opponent Benny Paret ten days after they fought.
Paret had called Griffith a "Maricon" at a press conference, a furious Griffith was actually gay but hid it until later in life.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/bo ... s/2585619/

I think we can all make up our own jokes about him being in the "ring".

Too soon...?

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:31 pm

Charles Pollock, furniture designer.

http://www.vosizneias.com/139327/2013/0 ... n-ny-fire/

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:32 pm

Elmore Leonard, crime novelist.

http://news.sky.com/story/1131053/elmor ... es-aged-87

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:16 pm

Sid Bernstein, legendary Rock and Pop promoter.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... stein.html

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:21 pm

Professor David Rees, mathematician.

One of the key figures behind the cracking of the German Enigma code in WWII, believed by historians to have shortened the war by two years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... -Rees.html

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:22 pm

Cedar Walton, superb Jazz Pianist.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... alton.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm4poXPHv60

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:25 pm

Gilbert Taylor, cinematographer for Star Wars.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23808854

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:45 am

My daughter's best friend's mum passed away on Saturday night. She was only 35. It was terrible trying to explain it to my 9 year old little girl. And what her lovely little friend and her dad must be going through. No child that young should lose a parent. Tragedies like this put everything into perspective. RIP.

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