Obituaries for 2021

[Smokin Joe]

@Millee @Gefn Thanks. The first day is the hardest.

[skeeter]

Coyote. Lab/Husky cross, 12 years old. Great pal, very vocal, never failed to greet me when I came home, a friend and companion. Loved pizza and other people food. Lost his head over a female in heat and bit a family member. Passed by lethal injection about 4:30 CST, and left a gaping hole in our family and my heart.

I am right there with ya, Joe. Lost my friend over a year ago, don't think I'll ever completely get over it.

The way God made them for us, I do not doubt we'll see them again.

[sneakypete]

Coyote. Lab/Husky cross, 12 years old. Great pal, very vocal, never failed to greet me when I came home, a friend and companion. Loved pizza and other people food. Lost his head over a female in heat and bit a family member. Passed by lethal injection about 4:30 CST, and left a gaping hole in our family and my heart.

@Smokin Joe

Should have told that family member to just STFA from the pooch. Chances are they were at as much fault for this happening as the dog was,so why kill the dog?

[sneakypete]

I am right there with ya, Joe. Lost my friend over a year ago, don't think I'll ever completely get over it.

 

I lost my dobie in 1982 because I was at work and my buttcrack father let her suffer all day while trying to give birth to puppies that were trying to come out backwards. She spend hours in agony while I was at work not knowing anything about it,and that dipshit didn't bother to call me. If he had,I would have left work and took her to the vet immediately.

He died a couple of years later,and I still miss the dog,and don't miss him at all. I only came home to take care of him after my mother died out of a sense of duty. He never liked me to start with,and in my entire life never once called me anything but "boy". Never once did a single damn thing for me he didn't have to do,and bitched about that.

All in all,the dobie was the bigger loss.

[skeeter]

I lost my dobie in 1982 because I was at work and my buttcrack father let her suffer all day while trying to give birth to puppies that were trying to come out backwards. She spend hours in agony while I was at work not knowing anything about it,and that dipshit didn't bother to call me. If he had,I would have left work and took her to the vet immediately.

He died a couple of years later,and I still miss the dog,and don't miss him at all. I only came home to take care of him after my mother died out of a sense of duty. He never liked me to start with,and in my entire life never once called me anything but "boy". Never once did a single damn thing for me he didn't have to do,and bitched about that.

All in all,the dobie was the bigger loss.

I grieved for my dog like I haven't for anyone. Doesn't mean I don't love and miss family who are gone; there's just something about a dog.

[Smokin Joe]

@Smokin Joe

Should have told that family member to just STFA from the pooch. Chances are they were at as much fault for this happening as the dog was,so why kill the dog?

He is my grandson, just turned 18 and has lived with us since a toddler (we're his guardians). He and the dog got along well for the entire life of the dog. The dog had a snootful of female in heat and turned on him when he stopped him from bolting out the door. The dog should have obeyed, not bitten (literally) a hand that fed him. We have a rule in our house that no dog bites a family member, and the dog, at 12 knew that. It wasn't what I wanted, just had to be done.
All the what if in the world won't change what is.

[Smokin Joe]

I grieved for my dog like I haven't for anyone. Doesn't mean I don't love and miss family who are gone; there's just something about a dog.

True, that.

[sneakypete]

He is my grandson, just turned 18 and has lived with us since a toddler (we're his guardians). He and the dog got along well for the entire life of the dog. The dog had a snootful of female in heat and turned on him when he stopped him from bolting out the door. The dog should have obeyed, not bitten (literally) a hand that fed him. We have a rule in our house that no dog bites a family member, and the dog, at 12 knew that. It wasn't what I wanted, just had to be done.
All the what if in the world won't change what is.

@Smokin Joe

Ok,the dog knowing  the grandson for his entire life and living in the same house does make a difference.

Chances are the pooch was going senile,and would have only gotten worse.

Not that it makes it any easier on you. Or on your grandson,AFATG.

[Polly Ticks]

Coyote. Lab/Husky cross, 12 years old. Great pal, very vocal, never failed to greet me when I came home, a friend and companion. Loved pizza and other people food. Lost his head over a female in heat and bit a family member. Passed by lethal injection about 4:30 CST, and left a gaping hole in our family and my heart.

I'm so sorry, @Smokin Joe
I lost mine last month, but I still sometimes wake up in tears from dreaming about her. 
I will pray that your memories will comfort you in your time of grieving.

[Smokin Joe]

@Smokin Joe

Ok,the dog knowing  the grandson for his entire life and living in the same house does make a difference.

Chances are the pooch was going senile,and would have only gotten worse.

Yeah, but that only makes it harder to deal with.
He was very vocal, being part husky, and made whistles and other noises to communicate, which he did often. After all those years, I could tell who was coming to the door by the sounds he made and his reaction. He announced the mailman's arrival with the same unique set of growls every day (not so much vicious as just guttural tones). He knew everything going on for a hundred or more yards in any direction, the sound of our vehicles from a couple blocks away, and was always happy to see me.  He didn't like the last room he was in, he wanted me to take him outside...

[skeeter]

Yeah, but that only makes it harder to deal with.
He was very vocal, being part husky, and made whistles and other noises to communicate, which he did often. After all those years, I could tell who was coming to the door by the sounds he made and his reaction. He announced the mailman's arrival with the same unique set of growls every day (not so much vicious as just guttural tones). He knew everything going on for a hundred or more yards in any direction, the sound of our vehicles from a couple blocks away, and was always happy to see me.  He didn't like the last room he was in, he wanted me to take him outside...

12 years is about all we have a right to expect from any dog. Thats a full life.

[GrouchoTex]

Coyote. Lab/Husky cross, 12 years old. Great pal, very vocal, never failed to greet me when I came home, a friend and companion. Loved pizza and other people food. Lost his head over a female in heat and bit a family member. Passed by lethal injection about 4:30 CST, and left a gaping hole in our family and my heart.

@Smokin Joe
I am very sorry to hear about your loss.
It's tough, I know.
I lost my beagle and my foxhound 6 weeks apart near the end of last year.
I didn't think it would hit me nearly as hard as it did.
I still dream about them.

[berdie]

This breaks my heart @Smokin Joe . I'm so very sorry.

[Smokin Joe]

12 years is about all we have a right to expect from any dog. Thats a full life.

Yes, but he was healthy, fit, and just once I'd like one to die of old age. I was hoping we'd have many more years yet. I guess I should just be grateful for what we had.

[Smokin Joe]

This breaks my heart @Smokin Joe . I'm so very sorry.

Mine, too, @berdie.

[deb]

Yes, but he was healthy, fit, and just once I'd like one to die of old age. I was hoping we'd have many more years yet. I guess I should just be grateful for what we had.

Difficult as that was, I’m sure you know you did the right thing.

[Smokin Joe]

Difficult as that was, I’m sure you know you did the right thing.

I know, I had no choice, really. That does not make it any less painful.  Events beyond my control.

[GtHawk]

Coyote. Lab/Husky cross, 12 years old. Great pal, very vocal, never failed to greet me when I came home, a friend and companion. Loved pizza and other people food. Lost his head over a female in heat and bit a family member. Passed by lethal injection about 4:30 CST, and left a gaping hole in our family and my heart.

Sorry for your loss @Smokin Joe

[Smokin Joe]

Sorry for your loss @Smokin Joe

Thanks, @GtHawk. I'm a tough old buzzard, former fireman, oilfield hand for decades, spent some time as a 'scooter tramp',  but this hurts enough that only now over 24 hours later can I talk about him and stay dry eyed (well, mostly). The first 24 hours are the toughest.

[GtHawk]

Thanks, @GtHawk. I'm a tough old buzzard, former fireman, oilfield hand for decades, spent some time as a 'scooter tramp',  but this hurts enough that only now over 24 hours later can I talk about him and stay dry eyed (well, mostly). The first 24 hours are the toughest.

I hear you @Smokin Joe. My buddy used to lay next to me at my computer and I swear I would still see him out of the corner of my eye, even now seven months later. And I still tear up thinking about him at times, it hurts so much because they are family.

[Smokin Joe]

I hear you @Smokin Joe. My buddy used to lay next to me at my computer and I swear I would still see him out of the corner of my eye, even now seven months later. And I still tear up thinking about him at times, it hurts so much because they are family.

There are times I think I hear him, and yes he used to lay next to me when on the computer or next to my chair when I watched TV. There were a couple of places that were 'his' spots, and every now and then I think I see him there, like you said, out of the corner of my eye...It will take time.

[verga]

Coyote. Lab/Husky cross, 12 years old. Great pal, very vocal, never failed to greet me when I came home, a friend and companion. Loved pizza and other people food. Lost his head over a female in heat and bit a family member. Passed by lethal injection about 4:30 CST, and left a gaping hole in our family and my heart.

Condolences

[Smokin Joe]

Condolences

Thanks, @verga.
 

[PeteS in CA]

Reggae legend Bunny Wailer, Bob Marley’s former bandmate, dead at 73

https://nypost.com/2021/03/02/bunny-wailer-bob-marleys-former-bandmate-dead-at-73/

Reggae legend Bunny Wailer — a founding member of the Wailers with Bob Marley — passed away early on Tuesday. He was 73.

Wailer died at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. No cause of death was reported, although he had been in and out of the hospital since suffering a second stroke in July 2020.

[jafo2010]

It is indeed a major loss to lose one's best friend.  My wife calls our dog her best friend.  She makes us laugh all day long.  She literally runs our whole house.  She is smarter than all the dogs combined that I had, and she senses everything.  If one of us is down, she knows and does things to support us.  Is it so endearing. 

My wife was on the verge of crying one day in the kitchen, over work related crap, and the dog sat next to her looking up and she started to cry in a tone that was very unique.  My wife was so upset she did not notice until I pointed it out to her.  It made my wife go from tears welling up in her eyes to joy at seeing the dog sense how she felt.  She bent down and picked her up, hugging her with great joy.

I cannot imagine being here without her.  She has become such a prominent force in our lives.  Yesterday, she jumped on the bed and woke me up, telling me it was time to get up.  She often does this.  She is so funny.  I think I mentioned this before, but she will give a little hmmmf, and does it 3-4 more times a little louder each time.  She woke me up with the first one, but I pretend to sleep, so she nudges me with her paw, and I stay still, and she nudges me 3-4 more times, a little harder each time.  I still lay there pretending to sleep.  Then she pulls the bedspread, blanket and sheet down to the foot of the bed, and by then I just can't keep a straight face.  She is a real hoot.  And she is always very serious with her looks when she is doing this.

So, my sincerest sympathy for the loss of your good friend.

[sneakypete]

It is indeed a major loss to lose one's best friend.  My wife calls our dog her best friend.  She makes us laugh all day long.  She literally runs our whole house.  She is smarter than all the dogs combined that I had, and she senses everything.  If one of us is down, she knows and does things to support us.  Is it so endearing. 

My wife was on the verge of crying one day in the kitchen, over work related crap, and the dog sat next to her looking up and she started to cry in a tone that was very unique.  My wife was so upset she did not notice until I pointed it out to her.  It made my wife go from tears welling up in her eyes to joy at seeing the dog sense how she felt.  She bent down and picked her up, hugging her with great joy.

I cannot imagine being here without her.  She has become such a prominent force in our lives.  Yesterday, she jumped on the bed and woke me up, telling me it was time to get up.  She often does this.  She is so funny.  I think I mentioned this before, but she will give a little hmmmf, and does it 3-4 more times a little louder each time.  She woke me up with the first one, but I pretend to sleep, so she nudges me with her paw, and I stay still, and she nudges me 3-4 more times, a little harder each time.  I still lay there pretending to sleep.  Then she pulls the bedspread, blanket and sheet down to the foot of the bed, and by then I just can't keep a straight face.  She is a real hoot.  And she is always very serious with her looks when she is doing this.

So, my sincerest sympathy for the loss of your good friend.

@jafo2010

The word "God" was a misspelling by a dyslectic . He meant to write "Dog". No matter who you are or how long you get to live,you will never have a more faithful friend.

[verga]

It is indeed a major loss to lose one's best friend.  My wife calls our dog her best friend.  She makes us laugh all day long.  She literally runs our whole house.  She is smarter than all the dogs combined that I had, and she senses everything.  If one of us is down, she knows and does things to support us.  Is it so endearing. 

My wife was on the verge of crying one day in the kitchen, over work related crap, and the dog sat next to her looking up and she started to cry in a tone that was very unique.  My wife was so upset she did not notice until I pointed it out to her.  It made my wife go from tears welling up in her eyes to joy at seeing the dog sense how she felt.  She bent down and picked her up, hugging her with great joy.

I cannot imagine being here without her.  She has become such a prominent force in our lives.  Yesterday, she jumped on the bed and woke me up, telling me it was time to get up.  She often does this.  She is so funny.  I think I mentioned this before, but she will give a little hmmmf, and does it 3-4 more times a little louder each time.  She woke me up with the first one, but I pretend to sleep, so she nudges me with her paw, and I stay still, and she nudges me 3-4 more times, a little harder each time.  I still lay there pretending to sleep.  Then she pulls the bedspread, blanket and sheet down to the foot of the bed, and by then I just can't keep a straight face.  She is a real hoot.  And she is always very serious with her looks when she is doing this.

So, my sincerest sympathy for the loss of your good friend.

That is how it is with our Raimo. Blind, Epileptic, Heart Murmur, Kidney disease, and he is developing Arthritis, but he is the happiest dog you want to meet. This morning I had to stop back at the house to grab a different shirt. Vergette was walking him. As soon as he smelled my car, he ran up the drive to greet me. He has been very needy since our other dog Cassie passed. He will go up to Vergette when she is sitting on the couch and bump her with his nose until she picks him up. When my back is hurting and I am sleeping on the recliner, he comes up and humps me until I pick him him up. 

[mountaineer]

Carla Wallenda, member of famed high-wire act, dies at 85
By TERRY SPENCER
2 hours ago

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Carla Wallenda, a member of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act and the last surviving child of the famed troupe’s founder, has died at the age of 85.

Her son, Rick Wallenda, said on social media she died Saturday in Sarasota, Florida, of natural causes. She was the daughter of Karl Wallenda, who had founded the troupe in Germany before moving to the United States in 1928 to great acclaim. She was the aunt of aerialist Nik Wallenda.

Carla Wallenda was born on Feb. 13, 1936, and appeared in a newsreel in 1939 as she learned how to walk the wire, with her father and mother, Mati, looking on. But she said her first time on the wire was much earlier. ...  Associated Press

[mountaineer]

Former Red Sox Reliever Rheal Cormier Dies At 53 After Battle With Cancer
March 8, 2021 at 4:48 pm

BOSTON (CBS) — Former Red Sox reliever Rheal Cormier died Monday after a battle with cancer. Cormier was 53.

Cormier had two different stints with Boston, in 1995 and from 1999-2000, during his 16-year MLB career. Initially drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1988 out of the Community College of Rhode Island, Cormier played for five teams throughout his career. ...

WBZ Sports

[Gefn]

Roger Mudd, probing TV journalist and network news anchor, dies at 93

Roger Mudd, the longtime political correspondent and anchor for NBC and CBS who once stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president, has died. He was 93.

CBS News says Mudd died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at his home in McLean, Virginia.

During more than 30 years on network television, starting with CBS in 1961, Mudd covered Congress, elections and political conventions and was a frequent anchor and contributor to various specials. His career coincided with the flowering of television news, the pre-cable, pre-Internet days when the big three networks and their powerhouse ranks of reporters were the main source of news for millions of Americans.

Besides work at CBS and NBC, he did stints on PBS’s “MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” and the History Channel.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/roger-mudd-longtime-network-tv-newsman-dies-93-76350072

[mountaineer]

Great question with which to stump a candidate. 

[Gefn]

Great question with which to stump a candidate. 

And yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Walter Cronkite signing off. I feel so old...

[andy58-in-nh]

Coyote. Lab/Husky cross, 12 years old. Great pal, very vocal, never failed to greet me when I came home, a friend and companion. Loved pizza and other people food. Lost his head over a female in heat and bit a family member. Passed by lethal injection about 4:30 CST, and left a gaping hole in our family and my heart.

I've been where you are, and more than once.

I'm sorry. Please know that it gets better, and that the love you have shared with him will forever be in your heart, in a very, very good way. 
 

[Fishrrman]

"Roger Mudd, the longtime political correspondent and anchor for NBC and CBS who once stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president, has died."

No matter what else one might have to say towards Mr. Mudd, he did America a great favor by "asking the question" that prevented Kennedy from becoming president.

[jafo2010]

And that question was a softball question.  Everyone should be able without thinking to answer that question.  Donald Trump would be quick to answer that very same question.

Kennedy did not rise up to the sole of his brothers.  Plus, he was a drunk if not mistaken.  Grossly overrated!

[sneakypete]

And yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Walter Cronkite signing off. I feel so old...

@Gefn

And it was 40 years too late. SOB should have never been allowed near a tv camera and a microphone.

[mountaineer]

And that question was a softball question.  Everyone should be able without thinking to answer that question.  Donald Trump would be quick to answer that very same question.

Any candidate who hasn't prepared for that question is an idiot. Of course, we are talking about Teddy Kennedy.

[mystery-ak]

Roger Harrison Mudd was born on Feb. 9, 1928, in Washington, the Post reported. The family was distantly related to Samuel A. Mudd, a Maryland doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken leg after Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

I remember Roger talking about this..he and his other descendants have spent years trying to clear Dr. Samuel Mudd.

[Smokin Joe]

Roger Harrison Mudd was born on Feb. 9, 1928, in Washington, the Post reported. The family was distantly related to Samuel A. Mudd, a Maryland doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken leg after Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

I remember Roger talking about this..he and his other descendants have spent years trying to clear Dr. Samuel Mudd.

Yep, I knew a couple when I lived back East, and they were working on that still.

[Gefn]

In the obituary it states that Dr Mudd had been cleared.

Mudd, who was born in Washington, was a distant relative of Dr. Samuel Mudd, the doctor who was arrested for treating an injured John Wilkes Booth shortly after Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. The doctor, who was eventually pardoned, said he hadn’t been aware of the killing when he aided Booth.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/roger-mudd-longtime-network-tv-newsman-dies-93-76350072


According to Wikipedia, President Johnson pardoned Dr. Mudd in February, 1869.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Mudd

[mountaineer]

 Whenever we can take our Virginia civil war trip, we hope to include a stop at the Mudd museum. Not sure whether it's reopened, post-covid.

[GtHawk]

Any candidate who hasn't prepared for that question is an idiot. Of course, we are talking about Teddy Kennedy.

And Teddy wasn't just any old idiot, I would have said he was the reigning idiot...............but then Joe Biden said 'hold my beer'.

[Slide Rule]

Marvin Hagler RIP


Thomas Hearns Says Marvin Hagler Was ‘In ICU Fighting The After Effects Of The Vaccine’

Absent from all the news coverage and ensuing obituaries has been Hagler’s cause of death.

That lack of disclosure drew attention to a couple of social media posts from fellow boxing legend Thomas “Hitman” Hearns,
with whom Hagler had arguably his greatest triumph in the ring back in the 1980s. Hearns said on Saturday prior to Hagler’s
death that his former rival was suffering health problems due to “the vaccine,” using an exclamation mark for emphasis.
Hearns posted that message to his verified Instagram account and asked his followers to pray for Hagler, who he called
“the king,” and his family.

“He’s in ICU fighting the after effects of the vaccine!” Hearns claimed in the post without offering any proof or specifying which vaccine.


https://newsone.com/4105374/tommy-hearns-marvin-hagler-cause-death/


And another one bites the dust.
I guess it was a jab he could not recover from.

[catfish1957]

“He’s in ICU fighting the after effects of the vaccine!” Hearns claimed in the post without offering any proof or specifying which vaccine.

Any idea where Hearns got his MD from, or coroner training?

[PeteS in CA]

Any idea where Hearns got his MD from, or coroner training?

Calypso Louie School of Medicine?

[Slide Rule]

The questions are few.

1) Did Hagler receive a vaccine shot?
2) Was Hagler in ICU and what was the treatment?
3) Is there a medical record?

Hagler and Hearns were friends as old opponents sometime become.


Hearns received an honorary doctorate of persuasion years ago.

[PeteS in CA]

The little I've seen is that Hagler was rushed to the hospital with chest pains and difficulty breathing. Absent any basis for Hearns' claim, it should not be taken any more seriously than my claim that Hearns is an ambisexual walnut ... whatever that is.

[catfish1957]

Calypso Louie School of Medicine?

Go Land Crabs!!!!!!!

[Smokin Joe]

Y'all go ahead and make fun of the messenger, but there have been some serious adverse reactions to these vaccines, just like any other.

The Swine Flu vaccine under Ford turned out to kill more people than the disease.https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/rush-create-flu-vaccine-1970s-led-outbreak-deadly-illness-scientists-say/6BMGRZDSPJHCHNCMCXVATDCGMQ/

There is no real reason to believe that this vaccine will be different. Reports of adverse reactions are not being touted like they would be if Trump was POTUS, because Biden is taking credit for the vaccine.

[Mod2]

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