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It's Post season time! And both of the local teams are out of it.
Requiescat in Pace
Aug. 7th, 2017 03:22 pm- Don Baylor, MVP and manager
- Darren Daulton, catcher
- Ty Hardin, actor
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Jul. 21st, 2017 06:15 am- Liu Xiaobo, Nobel laureate and dissident
- Christopher Wong Won (aka "Fresh Kid Ice"), co-founder of 2 Live Crew, rapper
- Frances Gabe, the self-cleaning house
- Barbara Weldens, singer
- Chester Bennington, singer (Linkin Park)
- Konrad Reuland, football player (December of last year); his heart lives on in Rod Carew.
Not in the Family
Jul. 1st, 2017 02:33 pmJim Bouton has brain disease leading to dementia.
He had a couple of strokes.
He pitched for the [hated] Yankees when we got back Stateside; I heard his name in the mid '60s all the time. Then not. Then Ball Four came out, and he turned up as a sportscaster, and then he disappeared again. (I remember him in The Long Goodbye.) From time to time I would run across his name; when Bill "Spaceman" Lee's book came out, it was compared to Ball Four. (I have the sequel to Ball Four. Somewhere.)
Never met him.
He had a couple of strokes.
He pitched for the [hated] Yankees when we got back Stateside; I heard his name in the mid '60s all the time. Then not. Then Ball Four came out, and he turned up as a sportscaster, and then he disappeared again. (I remember him in The Long Goodbye.) From time to time I would run across his name; when Bill "Spaceman" Lee's book came out, it was compared to Ball Four. (I have the sequel to Ball Four. Somewhere.)
Never met him.
In Memoriam
Jun. 26th, 2017 04:48 pm- Glenne Headly, actress (I forgot)
- Bill Dana, comic
- Gabe Pressman, TV journalist (I met him once, and the only thing i remember is that his makeup was thick and crumbling.)
- Pete Flynn, Mets groundskeeper
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Jun. 5th, 2017 10:28 pm- Jack O'Neill, surfers' wetsuits
- Jimmy Piersall, ballplayer
- Peter Sallis, voice actor (Wallace of Wallace and Gromet)
- Roger Smith, actor
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May. 27th, 2017 12:48 pmOn Saturday, too.
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor to President Carter and father to Mika (TV reporter)
- Jim Bunning, Hall of Fame pitcher (perfect game) and (*sigh*) conservative Senator from Kentucky
- Gregg Allman, musician (Allman Brothers Band). Full story as it unravels.
In Memoriam
Apr. 6th, 2017 03:24 pm- Gilbert Baker, the Rainbow Flag
- Katy Feeney, baseball executive
- Don Rickles, "Mr. Warmth," comic
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Dec. 6th, 2016 02:42 pm- Van Williams, actor (The Green Hornet)
- Margaret Whitton, actress (Major League, et seq.)
- Andrew Sachs, actor (Fawlty Towers)
108 Years is a Long Time
Nov. 3rd, 2016 07:07 amA blown kiss and quiet tear for all the players and fans who didn't live to see this day.
A speck of charitable feeling for George Will, at least until his next stupid pronouncement.
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Cubs win!!!!
World Series 2016
Oct. 23rd, 2016 12:44 am The Cubs have fooled everyone and are set against Cleveland Tuesday night.
This could get serious.
This could get serious.
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Aug. 16th, 2016 12:52 pm- Clarence "Choo-Choo" Coleman, original Met.
- Bobby Hutcherson, vibraphonist.
- Fyvush Finkel, actor and remnant of Yiddish theater.
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Jun. 29th, 2016 06:43 amNew York Times obits:
- "Dandy" Dan Daniel, disk jockey, WMCA Good Guy
- Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist
- Jim Hickman, original Met
- Scotty Moore, guitarist
- Pat Summitt, women's basketball coach
- Mack Rice, songwriter ("Mustang Sally")
- Bill Cunningham, photographer
- Anton Yelchin, actor (Chekov, Star Trek reboot)
- Michael Herr, chronicled the Vietnam War
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May. 20th, 2016 10:43 pm- Jim Ray Hart, SF Giants 3rd baseman
- Alan Young, actor (Mister Ed, et al.)
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Mar. 30th, 2016 12:13 pm NYTimes obits, the last week or so, until I run out.
It is odd that I never found Garry Shandling funny; I remember being exposed to the show (on HBO? in the '80s?) and being uninterested. I'll take your word that he revolutionized TV comedy, but *shrug*.
Patty Duke I grew up with. Um, alongside. Um, at the same time, in different circles and distant cities. (She was a few years older.)
- Joe Garagiola, catcher and broadcaster. A story about him.
- Rita Gam, actress
- Earl Hamner, Jr., screenwriter
- Santiago Erevia, soldier. Medal of Honor awarded in 2014
- Garry Shandling, comedian
- Lester C. Thurow, economist
- Patty Duke, actress
It is odd that I never found Garry Shandling funny; I remember being exposed to the show (on HBO? in the '80s?) and being uninterested. I'll take your word that he revolutionized TV comedy, but *shrug*.
Patty Duke I grew up with. Um, alongside. Um, at the same time, in different circles and distant cities. (She was a few years older.)
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Mar. 5th, 2016 10:39 am- Shannon Forde, New York Mets media relations (link to Faith and Fear in Flushing; they link to official ESPN obit, but I like theirs better).
- Pat Conroy, author (The Water is Wide, The Great Santini). The New York Times obit, somewhat more anecdotal.
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Feb. 22nd, 2016 08:36 pm- Samuel Willenberg, last survivor of Treblinka revolt.
- Douglas Slocombe, cinematographer
- Jim Davenport, ballplayer ("original" S. F. Giant)
In Memoriam
Feb. 19th, 2016 10:37 am- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former UN Secretary-General (first one from the African continent).
- George Gaynes, actor.
- Harper Lee, author (To Kill a Mockingbird).
- Denise Matthews, a/k/a Vanity, singer/actress/minister.
- ETA: Tony Phillips, infielder for Oakland Athletics, et al.
- EFTA: Umberto Eco, author/semiotician .
Only Good News So Far This Month
Jan. 14th, 2016 10:35 amPitchers and catchers report starting in 5 weeks!
In Memoriam
Jan. 12th, 2016 02:23 pmMonte Irvin, Hall of Fame ballplayer.
He has a park in Orange, New Jersey named after him. (Also, apparently we inherited his unlisted phone number when we moved to New Jersey in the late '60s. Gee, I hope that woman got her glove returned...)
This is one sad month already.
He has a park in Orange, New Jersey named after him. (Also, apparently we inherited his unlisted phone number when we moved to New Jersey in the late '60s. Gee, I hope that woman got her glove returned...)
This is one sad month already.
Requiescat in Pace
Dec. 28th, 2015 10:14 am- George Clayton Johnson, writer, who died Christmas Day, obit prematurely posted
- Meadowlark Lemon, Harlem Globetrotter
- William Guest, singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips
- Ellsworth Kelly, artist
- Haskell Wexler, cinematographer
- Dave Henderson, outfielder (NYTimes emphasizes his time with the Red Sox, but he also played on the Oakland championship teams '88 - '90.)
- ETA: Justin Chin, San Francisco poet (see comments)
