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In reply to SBGold • 8:44p, 7/28/25
SBGold said:
My baseball and overall sports hero, Ryne Sandberg, passed away today at the age of 65.

RIP Ryno

Wow
How did he turn 65??

Sandberg announced in January 2024 that he had been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. He had chemotherapy and radiation treatments, and then said in August 2024 that he was cancer-free. But he posted on Instagram on Dec. 10 that his cancer had returned and spread to other organs.
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In reply to Cal88 • 10:02p, 7/28/25
Cal88 said:
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I heard Cal superfan and Rhetoric professor, and recent Berkeley Citation winner, Nad Permaul, passed away today.

RIP

Go Bears Forever


Before Bear Insider and Greybear's Cyberbears Growls, Nad was the original Cal sports online content creator, with the GoBears email newsletter which came out in the early 90s.



RIP Nad.

I very much remember those days and those posts.

Go Bears Forever
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In reply to Cal88 • 11:03p, 7/28/25
Cal88 said:
SBGold said:
I heard Cal superfan and Rhetoric professor, and recent Berkeley Citation winner, Nad Permaul, passed away today.

RIP

Go Bears Forever


Before Bear Insider and Greybear's Cyberbears Growls, Nad was the original Cal sports online content creator, with the GoBears email newsletter which came out in the early 90s.



RIP Nad.


I knew Nad when I was an undergrad and I think he was a grad, but it's been many years. Great guy; great Golden Bear. Is it confirmed that he passed away?
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3:58p, 8/3/25
Damn.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/entertainment/loni-anderson-dead

When you realize you aren't young anymore.

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In reply to SBGold • 4:22p, 8/3/25


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In reply to SBGold • 10:12p, 8/3/25
SBGold said:
Damn.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/entertainment/loni-anderson-dead

When you realize you aren't young anymore.

Go Bears Forever


When you realize she wasn't a blonde, that she was that old (79!).

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10:16p, 8/3/25
Oh, never mind the hair.
That's not why she became famous!

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In reply to concordtom • 9:52a, 8/4/25
Looks like she may have visited Augie the Augmentor.

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In reply to bearister • 2:06p, 8/4/25
Yes, I do believe she did.
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In reply to okaydo • 8:10p, 8/7/25
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John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790 and served as president from 1841 to 1845.

His last living grandson died over the weekend.

https://www.richmonder.org/harrison-ruffin-tyler-grandson-of-10th-u-s-president-and-longtime-richmonder-dies-at-96/







Nice add to this thread.
Though, I hope the late Mr Tyler doesn't take that personally.

He should have knocked up some women before kicking the bucket to ensure the family tradition.
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9:48p, 8/7/25

Daguerreotype by Edward Anthony and Jonas M. Edwards. Found in America's Affluent Age (1971) p. 94, by Floyd Rinhart, a historian of early American photography. Corroborated by an entry from the diary of John Quincy Adams, who was present at the studio the same day. Taken more than 15 years before the two more popular surviving photos of Tyler.
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7:43a, 8/10/25
R.I.P. Jim Lovell.

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4:10p, 8/21/25


There must be something about Rock guitarists, Georgia and fatal motorcycle accidents.

Mastodon rock legend dies in horror motorbike accident in Atlanta https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/mastodon-rock-legend-death-motorbike-35772934?utm_source=app

Bandleader Duane Allman Dies in Bike Crash https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bandleader-duane-allman-dies-in-bike-crash-74611/

Remembering Berry OakleyBrother B.O. https://www.longlivetheabb.com/p/remembering-berry-oakley-2023


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8:40p, 8/21/25
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/19/he-gave-me-a-massage-ive-never-been-in-more-pain-in-my-life-terence-stamp-remembered-by-paul-andrew-williams





~ 'Woodstock' director's next film, saw on release, too hard for soft gringos




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4:41p, 8/29/25

Cold case solved: Looks like ole Buford whacked his wife.
https://www.wgal.com/article/buford-pusser-wife-murder-1967-investigation/65935127
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In reply to bearister • 12:28p, 9/2/25
Oh no!
He was the best!!!
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2:55p, 9/2/25
George Raveling. Head basketball coach at Washington St, USC, Iowa. He was a character!
What I recall most was after his coaching days, he was the color guy on whatever network broadcasted Pac10 games and he went nuts watching Shareef Abdur-Raheem play for Cal. When he'd score, Raveling could only say, "RAHEEEEEEEEM!!!!!".
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3:38p, 9/15/25



*According to the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Boyce and Hart wrote more than 300 songs, and sold more than 42 million records as a partnership.Wikipedia
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4:18p, 9/15/25
longtime baseball coach Bob Milano passed.

paywall?
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/15/cal-berkeley-bears-baseball-bob-milano-oakland-bishop-odowd-college-world-series

> Bob Milano starred at Cal as a catcher before becoming the Golden Bears' winningest baseball coach

> In 22 seasons as the Golden Bears' head coach, Milano guided Cal to three College World Series appearances (1980, '88 and '92) and six NCAA Regional berths. The Bears finished third in the 1980 CWS.

> Twelve Cal players were All-Americans under Milano, and among the future Major Leaguers he coached were Giants manager Bob Melvin, Jeff Kent, Darren Lewis, Lance Blankenship, Xavier Nady and Jerry Goff (Jared Goff's dad).

# rip
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6:24a, 9/16/25
I think I've seen all of Robert Redford's relevant movies.

But drop your favorite here and maybe I'll watch it tonight.


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6:34a, 9/16/25
https://i.imgur.com/7CSGfMM.mp4

RIP
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In reply to Cal88 • 7:41a, 9/16/25
An obscure one that I saw in Berkeley shortly after getting my driver's license:

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12:13p, 9/16/25


~ saw upon release, too complicated for airline ind.





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In reply to prospeCt • 12:51p, 9/16/25
bonus redford content..
https://www.theguardian.com/film/live/2025/sep/16/robert-redford-dies-tributes-cinema-hollywood-legend-latest-news-updates

^ can't tell, are uk-guardian linked contents visible to non-subscribers?
tnx in adv.
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1:03p, 9/16/25
The Sting and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid are his biggest hits, paired with Paul Newman in both films. Great films from the golden era of Hollywood, they don't make them like they use to, and that applies to the films as well as actors of the caliber of Redford.

Another classics:








Great Gatsby


All the Presidents Men (thriller about Watergate)



Sneakers (spy thriller filmed in the Bay Area), with Dan Aykroyd






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In reply to Cal88 • 1:45p, 9/16/25
Cal88 said:
The Sting and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid are his biggest hits, paired with Paul Newman in both films. Great films from the golden era of Hollywood, they don't make them like they use to, and that applies to the films as well as actors of the caliber of Redford.

Another classics:








Great Gatsby


All the Presidents Men (thriller about Watergate)



Sneakers (spy thriller filmed in the Bay Area), with Dan Aykroyd








I think I'll watch Jeremiah Johnson, which I haven't seen and Barefoot in the Park.

I've seen his other 70s hits a few times each.
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In reply to Cal88 • 2:08p, 9/16/25
He played a real sh@it in this:



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2:10p, 9/16/25
This one got by me. Dan Pastorini's ex wife, June, died in July. Somehow it seems inappropriate to publish any images of her here.
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In reply to bearister • 2:52p, 9/16/25
She was 85.
He is 76.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Wilkinson
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3:52p, 9/16/25
Another obscure Redford film, co starring Brando and Jane Fonda:

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In reply to bearister • 6:03p, 9/16/25
Not exactly obscure given the director and cast, but yeah...
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