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DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

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Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck; died while training to climb Everest.
 
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Sounds like a Swiss Miss.
 
Scarlet said:
He committed suicide. So sad. :(

The year Miracle came out, I was at the Hockey East tournament and former poster (Big Poppa Pump for those who remember) came to sit with me and Jack O'Callahan's dad was sitting next to me. I've known him since I started to follow BU. Anyway, BPP and I were talking about the movie and he said how he was trying to impress some girl at school (he went to George Washington) that he played hockey with Mike growing up as they were both from the same area. The guy in front of us turns around and says "How do you know my son?" I asked if he was Mike Mantenuto's dad and when he said yes, I pointed to Mr. O'Callaghan and said "Do you know who this guy is?" And when he said no, I introduced him - the father of the kid who portrayed Jack O'Callahan in the movie - to Jack O'Callahan's actual father. It was a fun moment.
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That's a great story
 
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Rumors for Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth has called all hands to Buckingham Palace.
 
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Hammer said:
He's retiring from public appearances. That tells us right there that he's not doing well at all. He'll be 96 next month.
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But with those genes...

Oh.
 
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Wow! Not quite sure what adjectives I'd use to describe this one:

When musician Bruce Hampton collapsed on stage Monday night, his band thought it was a theatrical end to a celebratory night and kept on playing for several minutes.

The guitarist/singer/bandleader was performing at Atlanta’s Fox Theater for his 70th birthday surrounded by over 30 of his acolytes, including members of the Allman Brothers Band, Phish, REM, Blues Traveler and Widespread Panic. They were all there because they consider Mr. Hampton a primary musical inspiration.

The sold-out show concluded with the musicians on stage smiling broadly as Mr. Hampton led them through Bobby Bland’s “Turn On Your Lovelight.” He pointed to 14-year-old Brandon Niederauer to solo on guitar and then went to one knee, collapsed and died. It was several minutes before the band stopped and EMTs rushed on stage to try and revive Mr. Hampton.

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Mr. Hampton’s influence and revered place in the jam band universe stemmed from the Aquarium Rescue Unit, which performed from 1988-1993. The band was akin to the Velvet Underground, a group which never sold many records but had tremendous influence on others, notably Phish, Blues Traveler, Widespread Panic, and the Dave Matthews Band, inspiring them to take chances, “play music, not instruments” and never focus on showing off.

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“There was an incredible feeling in the building that it was a family reunion as much as concert,” says Widespread Panic’s John Bell. “Everyone rose to the occasion, including Bruce, who was playing and singing as well as I’ve ever seen him. He was in command until the last second and it was glorious to see. I believe he went from fully present in this world to fully present in another world, with very little in the middle.”
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Apparently Chris Berman's wife was killed in a car accident.
 
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state of hockey said:
US bobsledder Steven Holcomb, 37.

http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/...37-found-dead-room-us-olympic-training-center
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This is terrible for me. Holcomb had the same eye disorder that I do, keratoconus. It can be debilitating for someone who has it. I don't have it as bad as he did, but Holcomb used his Olympic celebrity and earnings to shed light on the disease, and research has grown leaps and bound because of him. Hopefully, it wasn't due to his battle with alcohol and depression and it was just natural causes. RIP Mr. Holcomb. :(
 
jericho said:
This is terrible for me. Holcomb had the same eye disorder that I do, keratoconus. It can be debilitating for someone who has it. I don't have it as bad as he did, but Holcomb used his Olympic celebrity and earnings to shed light on the disease, and research has grown leaps and bound because of him. Hopefully, it wasn't due to his battle with alcohol and depression and it was just natural causes. RIP Mr. Holcomb. :(
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Everything I've read seems to indicate it was natural causes, but the long-term impact of severe substance abuse on the heart is well-documented. So it could be a combo of bad genes and his prior struggles. Very sad, regardless.
 
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Former umpire and current Major League umpire supervisor Steve Palermo reportedly has passed away. Good guy and when he was still on the field was a great umpire. He was shot and seriously wounded during a robbery attempt in 1991 when he came to the aid of the victims.
 
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WeAreNDHockey said:
Former umpire and current Major League umpire supervisor Steve Palermo reportedly has passed away. Good guy and when he was still on the field was a great umpire. He was shot and seriously wounded during a robbery attempt in 1991 when he came to the aid of the victims.
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****. Met him in Toronto. I'm not ashamed to admit I copied some of his style in my umpiring career. :http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/article150497922.html
 
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Powers Boothe. F*!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">R.I.P. former <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flyers?src=hash">#Flyers</a> director of player personnel Marcel Pelletier. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHL?src=hash">#NHL</a> <a href="https://t.co/2fbON8NS41">pic.twitter.com/2fbON8NS41</a></p>— Ken Schott (@slapschotts) <a href="https://twitter.com/slapschotts/status/863967396624834560">May 15, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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