Please add new deaths here.

It will be a better tribute to them over the year to be able to review, having them consolidated.
If a period of time goes by and there are no new deaths, this thread will fall down the list. A new death? Then add it here and it will pop back up to the top.

This will also clean up the OT board a smidge.
Thank you.

Here's your 2021 list so far, for starters.
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-deaths-in-2021-stars-weve-lost/

James Douglas Morrison, Poet: Dead at 27 Rolling Stone


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/james-douglas-morrison-poet-dead-at-27-40343/

George Schultz died today.

He had a PHD in economics from MIT, and to my surprise spent most his private sector life in academia, as a econ professor and then Dean of a UofChicago Business school. He was tapped for a job in the Eisenhower administration. As Secretary of Labor he imposed the first federal racial quota requiring black workers on construction projects. He the held positions in the Nixon and Reagan administrations for which he is better know, but did have short periods of employment at private companies like Bechtel, where he ultimately became CEO. He also was associated with various think tanks like the Hoover Tower folks.

He clearly was a Washington insider, and was known for such diverse policies at shuttle diplomacy, preventive war, ending the war on drugs (which never gained traction), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (banning nukes), and an early advocate in the fight against global warming (Buffet and Schultz proposed the carbon tax, which Gore championed, and which also gained no traction).

He was more recently involved in the Theranos scandal, where his grandson was a whistleblower. Schultz, a then Theranos Board member, initially counseled his grandson not to go to the media out of concerns for his grandson's career, but the grandson did follow his advise. The grandson was sued by Theranos for violating his NDA. Shultz subsequently praised his grandson publicly and issued an apology.

Shultz was a man of many accomplishments, who also was a controversial figure, with varying interests and views.

Note the timestamps.

Maybe ESPN Twitter person would like to check in with family and allow them to do the honors before pretending to be TMZ?
Maybe it happened that way but this comes off cold.

1982, and Biden states it's his 4th administration already. Holy shnikies!!

I certainly did not envision two new entries today.

concordtom said:

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Maybe ESPN Twitter person would like to check in with family and allow them to do the honors before pretending to be TMZ?
Maybe it happened that way but this comes off cold.

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I'm 100% certain that if ESPN PR is tweeting about it, then it was cleared with the family.

Leon Spinks
In Henderson, NV; FRI, 5 FEB 2021
Olympic boxing heavyweight champion with on;y 9 pro fights when he beat Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight Championship (decision) in 1978.

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
Canadian actor; FRI, 5 FEB 2021 in Connecticut.
Oldest (82) actor to win an "Oscar":
"Beginners" (2012); Best Supporting Actor.

Captain Sir Thomas Moore (aka "Captain Tom")
Bedfordshire, UK; TU, 2 FEB 2021.
British Army officer (ret) and businessman who raised money for charity in his "run-up" to his 100th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic.

George Schultz and his electric car


The Reagan Administration
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Reagan at his azs-cap best.

requiescant in pace..

https://www.khq.com/news/semi-truck-driver-hits-elk-leads-to-31-cows-dying/article_8007b6b2-6a53-11eb-8b24-7f6614c01bac.html

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POCATELLO, Idaho - Thirty-one cows being hauled on a cattle trailer died after the driver struck an elk that jumped into the roadway.

Idaho State Police said it happened Friday morning on U.S. 30 near Georgetown.

According to ISP, the driver lost control of the semi after hitting the elk. The semi rolled off the left shoulder.

The trailer was loaded with approximately 90 cows and 31 of them died at the scene.

The driver was wearing a seatbelt.

The crash closed the roadway for six hours while the accident was cleared.

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[ no word yet on the condition of the elk. ]

Longtime DB Cooper suspect dies at 94, leaving mystery of daring hijacker unsolved | The Independent


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/db-cooper-hijacker-suspect-dies-b1795284.html


*I have always really dug this Ballerus Supremacus

He died and did not make it out alive.

Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas) died Sunday after battling COVID-19, his family confirmed to The Dallas Morning News on Monday.
Wright, 67, tested positive for COVID-19 in late January. He said in a statement at the time that he was experiencing "minor symptoms."
The Texas Republican was also diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, and was admitted to a Dallas hospital in September 2020 due to complications from his treatment.
"As friends, family, and many of his constituents will know, Ron maintained his quick wit and optimism until the very end," the congressman's office said in a statement. "Despite years of painful, sometimes debilitating treatment for cancer, Ron never lacked the desire to get up and go to work, to motivate those around him, or to offer fatherly advice."

The statement notes that Wright's wife, Susan, was hospitalized with COVID-19 two weeks ago.
Wright is the first sitting member of Congress to die after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.), 41, died of the disease in late December, days before he was set to be sworn in.
Wright was reelected to his seat in November 2020.

concordtom said:

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He died and did not make it out alive.

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"That's what they'd like you to believe."

-Dick Martin

okaydo said:

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I check out his Twitter. Lot of maskless photos

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You mean like in the Bucs booth last night?
Super spreader. Just wait a month and someone will be dead from the super bowl.

NEAR death:


British boy wakes from nearly year-long coma unaware of COVID pandemic

NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) - A British teenager is slowly emerging from a coma nearly a year after being hit by a car, and he has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic even though he has caught the virus twice.
Joseph Flavill, 19, suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was hit by the car in the central English town of Burton-on-Trent on March 1 last year, about three weeks before a first national lockdown was imposed to curb the spread of the virus.
During that time his family has been largely unable to be near him and hold his hand due to coronavirus restrictions, mostly trying to communicate with him via video link.
"Recently Joseph has started to show small signs of recovery, which we are thrilled about... We know now he can hear us, he responds to small commands," his aunt, Sally Flavill, told Reuters.
"When we say to him 'Joseph, we can't be with you, but you are safe, this is not going to be forever', he understands, he hears you, he just can't communicate," she said, adding that he now signalled 'yes' with a blink and 'no' with two blinks.
Since Joseph's accident, Britain has registered nearly four million COVID-19 cases, including more than 110,000 deaths, in a pandemic that has turned life upside down worldwide, shuttering schools, universities, shops and many other places.
"I don't know how Joseph will ever understand our stories of this lockdown," his aunt said, adding that he was still very ill and faced a "very, very long journey" back to some kind of normal life.
Joseph, who before the accident was a keen sportsman, is now receiving treatment at a care centre in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, and his family has started a fund-raising campaign https://www.josephsjourney.co.uk to help support his long-term recovery.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/amp/Rescuers-in-India-digging-for-37-trapped-in-15932586.php

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prospeCt said:

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www.sfgate.com/news/amp/Rescuers-in-India-digging-for-37-trapped-in-15932586.php

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uh oh..
> Officials said the focus was on saving 37 workers who are stuck inside a tunnel at one of the affected hydropower plants. Heavy equipment was brought in to help clear the way through a 2.5-kilometer (1.5-mile) -long tunnel and reach the workers, who have been out of contact since the flood. "The tunnel is filled with debris, which has come from the river..

Marty Schottenheimer,
NFL head coach with 4 teams (Browns, Chiefs, Chargers, Washington); never the SB.
Charlotte, NC; 8 FEB 2021.
Multiple CoY.

Something tells me this thread is going to be a very long one.
My goodness. I was just trying to clear the deck. This deck is stacked.

joe amos yaks said:

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Marty Schottenheimer,
NFL head coach with 4 teams (Browns, Chiefs, Chargers, Washington); never the SB.
Charlotte, NC; 8 FEB 2021.
Multiple CoY.

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200 NFL coaching wins is 7th most.
Most without a Super Bowl title (of those who coached during SB era)

^ = HOF Coach
* = active coach

Rank Coach Wins

1 ^ Don Shula 328
2 ^ George Halas 318
3 * Bill Belichick 280
4 ^ Tom Landry 250
5 ^ Curly Lambeau 226
6 * Andy Reid 221
7 Marty Schottenheimer 200
8 ^ Chuck Noll 193
9 Dan Reeves 190
10 Chuck Knox 186
11 Jeff Fisher 173
12 ^ Bill Parcells 172
13 Tom Coughlin 170
Mike Shanahan
15 ^ Paul Brown 166
16 Mike Holmgren 161
17 ^ Bud Grant 158
18 ^ Joe Gibbs 154
19 ^ Steve Owen 153
20 ^ Bill Cowher 149
21 * Mike Tomlin 145
* Pete Carroll
23 * Sean Payton 143
^ Marv Levy
25 ^ Tony Dungy 139
26 John Fox 133
27 ^ Hank Stram 131
Marvin Lewis
* Mike McCarthy
30 ^ Weeb Ewbank 130
31 * John Harbaugh 129
32 Jim Mora 125



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_head_coach_wins_leaders

Charles Robinson and Terez Paylor host what has become the only NFL podcast I regularly listen to, the Yahoo Sports NFL podcast.

Yesterday, I listened to most of their post-Super Bowl recap. This morning I listened to the last remaining minutes.


This afternoon, I find out that Terez Paylor has died at age 37.

He also just voted in the Hall of Fame over the weekend.

Do me a favor: Give it a listen. He was a great, insightful, well-connected dude, especially when it came to QBs.

Damn......A lot of sports writers are dying like crazy.

Wonder Woman vet Lynda Carter breaks silence on death of her husband

Wonder Woman vet Lynda Carter breaks silence on death of her husband



https://mol.im/a/9246327

bearister said:

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Wonder Woman vet Lynda Carter breaks silence on death of her husband

Wonder Woman vet Lynda Carter breaks silence on death of her husband



https://mol.im/a/9246327

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This article called Lynda Carter a "lounge singer"?

For real?

bearister said:

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Larry Flynt dead at 78: Controversial publisher who founded Hustler has died of heart failure


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9247393/Larry-Flynt-dead-78-Controversial-publisher-founded-Hustler-died-heart-failure.html

Anyone with the stones to wear this to a hearing before the SCOTUS is a first ballot Baller Hall of Fame, easy.




*My Dad was an appellate specialist and his reaction at the time: AWESOME!

I just remembered this:

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Larry Flynt was a ******. Good riddance.