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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:07 am
So sad! Goodbye, Bowman the Showman. I remember him saying during his competitive days that he had a part in The Lost Boys movie.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 11:03 am
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qc_xvHRyvRE
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 11:55 am
Thx for the Youtube Darrell. I was unfamiliar with him.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 12:57 pm
This is just heartbreaking all around. My girls were big fans of his back in the day. We had our own rivalry going. They cheered for Christopher while I was staunchly in the Paul Wylie camp. I was just watching some old VHS tapes a couple of weeks ago and watched Christopher skate. He was loaded with talent, but squandered it all away. After a life of total chaos, May he rest in peace.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 4:04 pm
He was an amazing talent, but had fatal flaws, I guess. But he certainly entertained me back in the day. (oops, I didn't notice Mary said "back in the day" too..)
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 4:24 pm
Sir Edmund Hillary, dead at 88
http://www.respectance.com/EdmundHillary
quote:Bio New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer the world's highest peak Mount Everest, died in hospital in Auckland on Friday morning. He was 88. Following are five facts about Hillary. BEE KEEPER, MOUNTAINEER: Born in Auckland in 1919, Hillary followed in his father's footsteps after school and became a beekeeper. This summer job allowed him time to climb mountains in the winter. EVEREST AND KNIGHTHOOD: As Hillary trekked away from his successful expedition up Nepal's Mt Everest in 1953, a runner arrived bearing a letter addressed to "Sir Edmund Hillary KBE". Hillary was reported to be somewhat peeved that someone had accepted a knighthood from Britain's new queen on his behalf. NATIONAL HERO: Many Kiwis affectionately call Hillary "Sir Ed" and believe his earthy directness and dry humour epitomised the best in their countrymen. On announcing news of Hillary's death New Zealand Prime Minister described him as a "quintessential Kiwi". FIVE DOLLAR NOTE: Hillary became the first living New Zealander to appear a bank note in 1990. The five dollar note pictures Hillary alongside Mount Cook/Aoraki, the highest mountain in New Zealand, and a Massey Ferguson tractor, the model he used, with minor adjustments, in his 1958 trek to the South Pole, the world's first by motorised vehicle. OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS: After Everest, Hillary led a number of expeditions. He and son Peter, also a mountaineer, became the first to introduce jetboats to India's Ganges river during a 1977 expedition to find the great river's source in the Himalayas. He returned many times to Nepal, dedicating his later years to improving life for people living in the mountains.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:13 pm
Well, there's one I had no idea was still alive, Sir Edmund.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:42 pm
He was really active in providing higher education for kids in Nepal. Evidently he was so modest that he never once admitted that he was first on top of the peak until after Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, his Sherpa guide and friend, had passed on. One of the best books about Everest I've read was written by Tenzing Norgay's son.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:06 pm
I didn't know he was still alive, either.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:34 pm
Remember when Hilary Clinton claimed to have been named after him? Then it turned out she was born before anyone knew who he was. lol
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:38 pm
LOL Beek, I never heard that before. It's HILarious!
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 12:10 am
Carl Karcher, founder of Carl's Jr. has died at the age of 90. I once met him when I worked at D-land. He gave me one of his business cards, which was good for a free hamburger meal when signed by him. I still have that card somewhere (probably out in the garage with my 8-tracks)
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, January 14, 2008 - 7:43 pm
I gather he was still giving out those cards in his last days in the hospital! I certainly didn't share some of his views, but at least it is said that he did NOT approve of many of the commercials for the brand when it was out of his control..
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Racsan
Member
04-09-2004
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 9:19 pm
Brad Renfro dies at 25
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 7:28 am
Just like Chris Bowman, everyone's first words are "Was it drugs?"
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 6:57 pm
They have determined that it WAS cocaine that killed Ike Turner.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 5:30 am
Chess great Bobby Fischer has died. His obit is pretty colorful. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_on_re_eu/obit_fischer
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 8:07 am
 Bobby Fischer then and now.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:07 am
He was a great chess player.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:08 am
OMG! In my mind, I see him as pictured on the left. (He wasn't supposed to age!) I will definitely read that obit, Ny. Thanks for posting this.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:20 am
Althought the film has nothing to do with Bobby Fisher, let me put in a plug here for the movie "Searching for Bobby Fisher". I just love this film, and I don't even know how to play chess! That obit was a very interesting read.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:20 am
Same here, he was frozen in time in my mind, even though I had read a biography.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:25 am
It's a very sad day for VinBlanche, who loves chess and is a formidable chess player himself. He had some interesting things to tell me about Bobby Fisher's bio.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 6:58 pm
Georgia Frontiere, who owned the St. Louis Rams after her husband died from drowning past away today
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 12:31 am
Sam the Butcher has passed away. "Brady Bunch" actor Allan Melvin dies in Los Angeles at 84 http://www.elpasotimes.com/obituaries/ci_8013348
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