This is very sad news. My condolences to his family.
You will be missed GB71.
R.I.P.
You will be missed GB71.
R.I.P.
SanseiBear;841958508 said:
Wholeheartedly agree!
Jill70;841958833 said:
<One memory I have is a phone discussion we had during the '06 or '07 season, we talked for a while about Rugby, and Cal football. At some point he mentioned that he had never been to the Rose Bowl to watch any sort of game, ever. That same year I had plans to go with my cousin(Bruin grad), and asked Gary if he wanted to tag along. We were all planning to go, but with one twist of events after another, none of us made it that year. I never did think to ask if he ever made it to the Rosebowl Stadium.>
He actually did make it to the Rose Bowl for the 2008 game with fUCLA. We picked up our youngest son from UC Santa Barbara to go with us. We had a great week-end. Seems like of the few road trips were we actually won the game!
Ldbcalbear;841958427 said:
Dear Cal Fans:
It's my sad and somber duty to report that Gary Moore, who was known throughout the Cal cyber community as Gldnbear71, died today after a lengthy battle against appendix cancer. He was 64.
Gary Leon Moore grew up in Visalia. He graduated from Mt. Whitney High School in 1965 and from College of The Sequoias in 1967, then matriculated to Berkeley where he earned his bachelors degree in engineering in 1971. At Cal he met his future wife, the former Jill Mickelberry. He is survived by her, by their children Mike, Tom, Sarah, Teresa and Danny, and five grandchildren.
Gary was a diehard and loyal Cal fan who attended numerous Golden Bear games, both home and away. For football he always liked to sit in the endzone so he could see how the plays developed. He was a frequent poster on the various Cal fora on the Internet, from the old GoBears mailing list to Cyberbears.org to The Bear Insider. He loved Cal and wasn't afraid to say so. He'd take on Trojan Warrior or any other poster who dared to say anything bad about his beloved Golden Bears, let them have it with both barrels and put them in their place. I loved reading his posts.
And he was one of my best friends. We went to many Cal games together, and often met at Kips or LaVals for pizza, ravioli and beer after Golden Bear home games. I visited him often at his cabin in the Sierra above Bass Lake, where we would watch videos of Cal games and talk at length about the Golden Bears, or sports in general or anything else. We had a lot of fun on those trips. Spending a week with him up there was the highlight of my summer for over a decade.
Gary Moore was a loyal Californian who's heart was strong and bold. I'm sure has already been greeted in heaven by my dad and the many loyal Cal fans there. He will be missed. May he rest in peace.
Larry Barker
Fallon, NV
Ldbcalbear;841958427 said:
Dear Cal Fans:
It's my sad and somber duty to report that Gary Moore, who was known throughout the Cal cyber community as Gldnbear71, died today after a lengthy battle against appendix cancer. He was 64...
Ldbcalbear;841958427 said:
Dear Cal Fans:
It's my sad and somber duty to report that Gary Moore, who was known throughout the Cal cyber community as Gldnbear71, died today after a lengthy battle against appendix cancer. He was 64.
Gary Leon Moore grew up in Visalia. He graduated from Mt. Whitney High School in 1965 and from College of The Sequoias in 1967, then matriculated to Berkeley where he earned his bachelors degree in engineering in 1971. At Cal he met his future wife, the former Jill Mickelberry. He is survived by her, by their children Mike, Tom, Sarah, Teresa and Danny, and five grandchildren.
Gary was a diehard and loyal Cal fan who attended numerous Golden Bear games, both home and away. For football he always liked to sit in the endzone so he could see how the plays developed. He was a frequent poster on the various Cal fora on the Internet, from the old GoBears mailing list to Cyberbears.org to The Bear Insider. He loved Cal and wasn't afraid to say so. He'd take on Trojan Warrior or any other poster who dared to say anything bad about his beloved Golden Bears, let them have it with both barrels and put them in their place. I loved reading his posts.
And he was one of my best friends. We went to many Cal games together, and often met at Kips or LaVals for pizza, ravioli and beer after Golden Bear home games. I visited him often at his cabin in the Sierra above Bass Lake, where we would watch videos of Cal games and talk at length about the Golden Bears, or sports in general or anything else. We had a lot of fun on those trips. Spending a week with him up there was the highlight of my summer for over a decade.
Gary Moore was a loyal Californian who's heart was strong and bold. I'm sure has already been greeted in heaven by my dad and the many loyal Cal fans there. He will be missed. May he rest in peace.
Larry Barker
Fallon, NV
calumnus;841958491 said:
Larry, thanks for letting us know. He was a great Bear. My condolences to you and the Moore family.
Are you going to be at the ASU game? I'd like to get together and drink a toast to Gary.
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Gary Moore, also known as GldnBear71 passed away yesterday (9/23/12) after fighting cancer for the last year. He was my dad, and having seen him so many times over the years staying up into the wee hours of the night posting to these boards and heckling people just to get a rise out of them, I can tell you how much he loved it and loved this community. Thank you all for your support and prayers during this time. And even though I am a bulldog, I was raised on Cal football, so Go Bears! (and bulldogs.)
you might think of starting a new post re: this, to make sure everyone sees it; sounds like a really nice ideacjbarker;841959776 said:
Hi calumnus-
Larry's not on these boards much anymore so I'll take the liberty of answering for him. He won't be at ASU or ucla due to work commitments, but will be at the big game and maybe a couple of the later ones. You can email him - ldbcalbear@aol.com.
I know from Gary's family that Gary didn't want any kind of memorial, but I think it would be great if some of us from this board could get together and just toast him this saturday. I've been thinking about making my way to his old seats- just above the old south tunnel, behind the south endzone- in the final minutes of the 4th quarter, watching the end of the game and the post game show from there is his honor, and drinking a special toast to him before leaving. Would be delighted to join with others in doing something like that.