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Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
So sad! Goodbye, Bowman the Showman. I remember him saying during his competitive days that he had a part in The Lost Boys movie.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 11:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qc_xvHRyvRE

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Thx for the Youtube Darrell. I was unfamiliar with him.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
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.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
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..)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 4:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Sir Edmund Hillary, dead at 88

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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.




Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Well, there's one I had no idea was still alive, Sir Edmund.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
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.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I didn't know he was still alive, either.

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
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

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
LOL Beek, I never heard that before. It's HILarious!

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 12:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
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)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, January 14, 2008 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
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..

Racsan
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04-09-2004

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Racsan a private message Print Post    
Brad Renfro dies at 25

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
Just like Chris Bowman, everyone's first words are "Was it drugs?"

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
They have determined that it WAS cocaine that killed Ike Turner.

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 5:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Chess great Bobby Fischer has died. His obit is pretty colorful.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_on_re_eu/obit_fischer

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    


Bobby Fischer then and now.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
He was a great chess player.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
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.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
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.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Same here, he was frozen in time in my mind, even though I had read a biography.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
:-( 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.

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
Georgia Frontiere, who owned the St. Louis Rams after her husband died from drowning past away today

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 12:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
Sam the Butcher has passed away.

"Brady Bunch" actor Allan Melvin dies in Los Angeles at 84
http://www.elpasotimes.com/obituaries/ci_8013348