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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #400 on: April 17, 2018, 11:42:44 pm »
News outlets reporting Barbara Bush has passed.
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #401 on: April 17, 2018, 11:44:48 pm »
News outlets reporting Barbara Bush has passed.

Just heard too. RIP Mrs Bush.  :patriot:
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #402 on: April 17, 2018, 11:45:02 pm »
News outlets reporting Barbara Bush has passed.

Yes..sad news
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #403 on: April 17, 2018, 11:47:37 pm »
Glad she went quickly and on her own terms.  RIP  Mrs Bush. 
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #404 on: April 17, 2018, 11:48:41 pm »
Glad she went quickly and on her own terms.  RIP  Mrs Bush.

Yes, she had a wonderful life!

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« Reply #405 on: April 17, 2018, 11:50:12 pm »
I think she deserves her own thread..
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #406 on: April 17, 2018, 11:50:42 pm »
Rest in peace, Gracious Lady.   And may God give comfort to your loved ones.

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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #407 on: April 17, 2018, 11:52:28 pm »
I think she deserves her own thread..

Break this one off.  You have the power.   :cool:
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #408 on: April 17, 2018, 11:54:43 pm »
I think she deserves her own thread..
I'm not going to object to that.
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #409 on: April 17, 2018, 11:55:57 pm »
She served this country well as our FLOTUS.  She lived a very long and seemingly wonderful life and died with grace and dignity, surrounded by loved ones.  Can't really ask for more than that.  Prayers for the Bush family as they deal with her passing.
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #410 on: April 18, 2018, 12:55:10 am »
Rest in peace, Gracious Lady.   And may God give comfort to your loved ones.

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« Reply #411 on: April 18, 2018, 05:00:05 am »
I'm not going to object to that.
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #412 on: April 18, 2018, 06:11:53 am »
The lady had heart, soul, and courage. You could ask her for no more.

RIP Mrs. Bush.


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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #413 on: April 18, 2018, 02:58:54 pm »
Bruno Sammartino, professional wrestler, dies at 82



In a profession where many of the greats didn't live to reach 70 years old, Sammartino was an aberration in many ways. One of the greatest professional wrestlers in history, Sammartino, whose acrobatics revolutionized the sport and moved it away from its mat-based origins, held the heavyweight title in what eventually became WWE continuously for an unprecedented (and unreplicated) eight years between 1963 and 1971, then won it back for another four years from 1973 to 1977.

He returned to professional wrestling in the mid-1980s as part of a contract settlement with Vince McMahon when Sammartino learned McMahon's father had cheated him out of a large sum of money during his wrestling days. Dismayed with the direction professional wrestling was going with the increased use of steroids, Sammartino left the sport in 1988, not returning until 2013.

Sammartino was born in Italy and fled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during World War II, calling that city home for the rest of his life.

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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #414 on: April 18, 2018, 03:09:28 pm »
R. Lee Ermey passed this morning.

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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #415 on: April 18, 2018, 03:42:02 pm »
Back to Gunny for a second.  Read this online and LOL'd

 Can't you see Gunny walking up to the pearly gate, and meeting St. Peter for the first time:
"Get a haircut. And loose the sandals."

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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #416 on: April 18, 2018, 04:11:34 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #417 on: April 18, 2018, 06:06:46 pm »
Bruno Sammartino was a Pittsburgh icon.
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...  Professional wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino has died at 82, WWE announced Wednesday.

A sickly, malnourished immigrant boy when he first came to America, Sammartino transformed himself into one of the strongest men in the world, winning the respect and love of legions of immigrants who found hope in his message that hard work brings reward. ...

 Fans adored him, during and after his reign.

They revered Sammartino as a fierce but honest fighter. They delighted in his astonishing feats of strength, including the time he lifted 640-pound Haystacks Calhoun over his head during an early match. They admired his principled resolve during a 25-year feud with professional wrestling owner Vince McMahon over what Sammartino called rampant drug use and sexual exploitation. And they sold out Madison Square Garden in 2013 when he finally agreed to be inducted into the sport's Hall of Fame.

“Everything I did was made possible by my fans,” Sammartino said moments before his induction ceremony. “I've never kidded myself to think I was a big deal. If I was, it was because of the fans. Any successes I've had, I owe it all to the fans.”   ...
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #418 on: April 18, 2018, 06:37:43 pm »
Back to Gunny for a second.  Read this online and LOL'd

 Can't you see Gunny walking up to the pearly gate, and meeting St. Peter for the first time:
"Get a haircut. And loose the sandals."

Or Show me your War Face!

No, I see him asking him "what do you call your gun? "

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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #419 on: April 18, 2018, 06:54:25 pm »
Randy Scruggs, a Grammy-winning musician, songwriter and producer, and the son of banjo innovator Earl Scruggs, died Tuesday night after a short illness. He was 64.

He began making music professionally when he was just 13, and worked with everyone from Waylon Jennings to Lisa Loeb. Over the course of his career, he played on two of country music's landmark albums, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken and John Hartford's Aereo-
Plain, produced the Dirt Band's subsequent two Circle volumes and co-wrote hits like We Danced Anyway and Angel in Disguise.

Randy Lynn Scruggs was the second of three sons born in Nashville to Earl and Louise Scruggs on Aug. 4, 1953. He grew up surrounded by music; greats like Maybelle Carter and Johnny Cash would stop by the house. Carter's autoharp fascinated six-year-old Randy.

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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #420 on: April 18, 2018, 07:12:55 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #421 on: April 18, 2018, 08:48:27 pm »
TV presenter Dale Winton dies aged 62

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43818226

TV presenter Dale Winton, who hosted Supermarket Sweep, has died at the age of 62, his agent says

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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #422 on: April 18, 2018, 10:27:52 pm »
TV presenter Dale Winton dies aged 62

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43818226

TV presenter Dale Winton, who hosted Supermarket Sweep, has died at the age of 62, his agent says

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Have no idea who that is but it came up on my Twitter feed.
I don't think Winton ever did anything in the U.S. (David Ruprecht was the host of Supermarket Sweep, a quite underrated game show if you ask me, over here in America.) I think the only thing he's known for here is his bit part in the cult British film Trainspotting.
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
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Re: Obituaries for 2018
« Reply #424 on: April 21, 2018, 09:15:16 pm »
Verne Troyer has died at the age of 49

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/21/entertainment/verne-troyer-obit/index.html

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