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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 2, 2007 19:05:42 GMT -5
Speaking of this kind of shooting, there was a little blurb in the USA TODAY about a middleweight boxer who was killed after an early-morning dispute in a "restaurant" at about 4AM Sunday. He was involved in "an argument" about their native Eastern Europe (this goof was from Montenegro) that spilled outside. At that point one of the arguing men got into an SUV and drove onto the sidewalk, hitting and killing this guy.
Another club, another argument, another death.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 2, 2007 19:08:09 GMT -5
SUVKO.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 7, 2007 13:02:33 GMT -5
Yet another oddball athlete death.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. -- Southern California kicker Mario Danelo was found dead Saturday about 120 feet down a rocky cliff near Point Fermin lighthouse.
The body was reported by a passer-by at about 4:30 p.m., said Martha Garcia of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Danelo, the 21-year-old son of former NFL kicker Joe Danelo, made 15 of 16 field goals this season and led the Trojans in scoring with 89 points. The junior made two field goals in the Rose Bowl on Monday to help USC beat Michigan 32-18.
Speaking on behalf of Trojans coach Pete Carroll, USC spokesman Tim Tessalone said, "We were stunned to hear about this tragedy. This is a great loss. Mario was a wonderful young man of high character.
"He was one heck of a kicker. He was a key ingredient in our success the past two years. The thoughts and prayers of the entire Trojan family go out to the Danelo family on this sad, sad day."
The family declined to comment.
A former San Pedro High School linebacker and soccer player, Danelo made the Trojans as a walk-on in 2003. In 2005, he received a scholarship and earned the starting kicking job.
He only missed two field goals in his career, going 26-for-28, and was 127-of-134 on extra points. In 2005, he set NCAA single-season records with 83 extra points and 86 attempts.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 7, 2007 13:44:15 GMT -5
Did he land in bounds?
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Post by nyyanksagain on Jan 7, 2007 14:55:28 GMT -5
i just reported a dead cat to its owners who have lost signs up for a while
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 7, 2007 16:14:36 GMT -5
Thats a pretty funny practical joke.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 7, 2007 21:23:58 GMT -5
Sigh. As a racing fan, I had followed this ordeal. I had though the guy was going to make it. Bobby Hamilton, the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series champion and a four-time winner in the Cup Series, died Sunday. He was 49.
Hamilton, a native of Nashville, had been battling cancer for nearly a year. He announced in March 2006 that he was undergoing treatment for neck cancer. www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/truck/01/07/bhamilton.passes/index.html
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 9, 2007 13:06:44 GMT -5
Not a celebrity tale, but a death nonetheless, that I saw fit to mention.
Some idiot died yesterday from neck injuries he suffered when he dived into a wave during the stupid annual "Polar Plunge" at Coney Island.
Only 32 years old. Sad, surely. But can you imagine going that way? What a stupid way to go.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 9, 2007 15:30:57 GMT -5
Ok, seems like I have quite the consecutive posting streak going on in here. See ya, creator of Scooby Doo.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a career that spanned more than six decades, Iwao Takamoto assisted in the designs of some of the biggest animated features and television shows, including "Cinderella,'' "Peter Pan,'' "Lady and the Tramp'' and "The Flintstones.''
But it was Takamoto's creation of Scooby-Doo, the cowardly dog with an adventurous heart, that captivated audiences and endured for generations.
Takamoto died Monday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Warner Bros. spokesman Gary Miereanu said. He was 81. Takamoto said he created Scooby-Doo after talking with a Great Dane breeder, and named him after Frank Sinatra's final phrase in "Strangers in the Night.''
The breeder "showed me some pictures and talked about the important points of a Great Dane, like a straight back, straight legs, small chin and such,'' Takamoto said in a recent talk at Cartoon Network Studios.
"I decided to go the opposite and gave him a hump back, bowed legs, big chin and such. Even his color is wrong.''
Takamoto also created other famous cartoon dogs such as Astro from "The Jetsons'' and Muttley, the mixed-breed that appeared in several Hanna-Barbera animations. He also directed the 1973 feature "Charlotte's Web.''
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 9, 2007 15:32:23 GMT -5
Rat sucks.
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Post by nyyanksagain on Jan 9, 2007 16:06:39 GMT -5
ah u beat me to it
RIP SROOBY ROO creater Iwao Takamoto
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 9, 2007 16:10:57 GMT -5
You know whats funny about this? The Grim Reaper apparently came to see him, but the Mystery Machine zoomed up and they unmasked him as some old man that used to run the abandoned carnival under a mask, and not the Grim Reaper after all. He was quoted as saying, "I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasnt for you meddling kids!"
While all this was going on, the poor guy happened to have a heart attack and died from all the excitement.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 9, 2007 16:22:16 GMT -5
Astro was a ripoff of Scooby Doo. Way to recycle.
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Post by Chris on Jan 9, 2007 17:50:02 GMT -5
Speaking of old kids shows....GREAT Electric Company reference on Family Guy this past Sunday.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 9, 2007 18:52:06 GMT -5
I believe that was a repeat. Either that, or they keep dipping into the same well, which would be sort of corny.
There's a Best of Electric Company offering out on DVD. Thats on the old wish list.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 9, 2007 19:19:54 GMT -5
It was indeed a repeat. There is also a Best of the Best of Electric Company DVD. Shorter than the first one.
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Post by BigAl115 on Jan 9, 2007 20:19:37 GMT -5
I also believe that Electric Co. reference was a repeat ...brought back memories none the less.....BTW T I told you to put together a list of DVDs and email it to me ...I have pretty much everything..
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 10, 2007 15:48:55 GMT -5
Lily Munster died at the age of 84. I had no clue she was still alive.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 10, 2007 16:07:25 GMT -5
Ah, great. Get ready for another TV-Land Munsters marathon.
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Post by Chris on Jan 10, 2007 16:09:22 GMT -5
She's not really dead...it's all part of the spooky shtick.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 10, 2007 16:11:18 GMT -5
I wonder if that hand in the box is going to be a pallbearer.
Oh, wait, I think that was the Addams Family. Oh well, same thing.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 10, 2007 16:41:54 GMT -5
She was already undead.
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Post by nyyanksagain on Jan 10, 2007 17:12:32 GMT -5
anyone know how many more days til the flags are done with half staff
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Post by crazilyz on Jan 10, 2007 18:23:41 GMT -5
anyone know how many more days til the flags are done with half staff I think until the 26th.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 10, 2007 18:55:29 GMT -5
anyone know how many more days til the flags are done with half staff
LOL. You sound like you are offended.
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Post by nyyanksagain on Jan 10, 2007 21:20:29 GMT -5
i knew it was 30 days i just wasnt sure....
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Post by Jason Giambi on Jan 10, 2007 22:11:25 GMT -5
she was quite the dish, back in the day
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 13, 2007 10:43:53 GMT -5
Well, looks like people are are going to have to go out and find their own money now.
Missouri 'Secret Santa' Dies of Cancer By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER AP
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 13) - Larry Stewart, a millionaire who became known as Secret Santa for his habit of roaming the streets each December and anonymously handing money to people, died Friday. He was 58.
Stewart died from complications from esophageal cancer, said Jackson County Sheriff Tom Phillips, a longtime friend.
Stewart, who spent 26 years giving a total $1.3 million, gained international attention in November when he revealed himself as Secret Santa. He was diagnosed in April with cancer, and said he wanted to use his celebrity to inspire other people to take random kindness seriously.
"That's what we're here for," Stewart said in a November interview, "to help other people out."
Stewart, from the Kansas City suburb of Lee's Summit, made his millions in cable television and long-distance telephone service.
His private holiday giving started in December 1979 when he was at a drive-in restaurant nursing his wounds from having been fired. It was the second year in a row he had been fired the week before Christmas.
"It was cold and this carhop didn't have on a very big jacket, and I thought to myself, `I think I got it bad. She's out there in this cold making nickels and dimes,"' he said. He gave her $20 and told her to keep the change.
After that, Stewart hit the streets each December, handing out money, often $100 bills, sometimes two and three at a time. He also gave money to community causes in Kansas City and his hometown of Bruce, Miss.
Stewart said he offered the simple gifts of cash every year because it was something people didn't have to "beg for, get in line for, or apply for."
Stewart gave out $100,000 between Chicago and Kansas City in December. Four Secret Santas whom Stewart "trained" gave out another $65,000.
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Post by 9 on Jan 13, 2007 11:18:56 GMT -5
Cable, huh? That's odd. I've worked for a trade news-magazine that covers the cable industry for more than 11 years, and I've never heard the guy's name.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 13, 2007 13:04:10 GMT -5
Namedropper!
Oh, wait...
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