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Message 641 of 1282 (826093)
12-22-2017 7:08 AM


Dick Enberg
Dick Enberg, one of the greatest sports broadcasters of all time, has died at his home at age 82.
Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Enberg dies at age 82
--Percy

  
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Message 643 of 1282 (827026)
01-15-2018 7:58 PM


Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson, the voice of college football and many Olympics, dead at 89: Keith Jackson was the sound of college football
--Percy

  
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Message 676 of 1282 (840412)
09-29-2018 10:25 AM
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09-28-2018 11:29 PM


Re: Marty Balin, 76
--Percy

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Message 681 of 1282 (841600)
10-16-2018 9:54 AM
Reply to: Message 680 by Diomedes
10-16-2018 9:37 AM


Re: Paul Allen
A little MS-DOS history can be found here, and here.
--Percy

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Message 716 of 1282 (851519)
04-26-2019 8:19 AM
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04-25-2019 10:43 PM


Re: John Havlicek, 79
Johnny Most does the call:
--Percy

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Message 723 of 1282 (852545)
05-13-2019 1:52 PM
Reply to: Message 721 by ramoss
05-13-2019 9:41 AM


Re: Doris Day dead at age 97
From The Man Who Knew Too Much:
--Percy

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Message 734 of 1282 (853319)
05-26-2019 8:15 AM


Murray Gell-Mann,1929-2019
A Nobel Prize winner and one of the great physicists of the 20th century, Gell-Mann introduced the concept of the quark.
Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel-winning physicist who developed quark idea, dies at 89
--Percy

  
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Message 763 of 1282 (861646)
08-24-2019 4:48 PM
Reply to: Message 762 by Faith
08-24-2019 3:12 PM


Re: David Koch
I don't think anyone should be denigrated in this thread. David Koch was a strong supporter of libertarian and conservative causes and a generous philanthropist.
--Percy

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Message 769 of 1282 (861675)
08-25-2019 2:02 PM
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08-24-2019 8:52 PM


Re: David Koch
Theodoric writes:
Evil should always be called out for the evil it is. But your house, your rules.
I'm not moderating this thread so you don't have to listen to me.
--Percy

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Message 782 of 1282 (862850)
09-14-2019 9:35 AM
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09-13-2019 12:18 PM


Re: Eddie Money
He once collaborated with Ronnie Spector, she of Ronnie and the Ronettes (Be My Baby).
--Percy

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Message 796 of 1282 (864293)
10-09-2019 8:09 PM
Reply to: Message 795 by 1.61803
10-09-2019 10:33 AM


Re: Ginger Baker
Adding a couple details. Ginger Baker, Superstar Rock Drummer With Cream, Is Dead at 80:
quote:
Ginger Baker, who helped redefine the role of the drums in rock and became a superstar in the process, died on Sunday in a hospital in southeastern England. He was 80.
I've queued this up to the beginning of the drum solo:
--Percy

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Message 896 of 1282 (882359)
09-18-2020 8:06 PM


Ruth Bader Ginsberg
The lamps are going out all over America, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.

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Message 948 of 1282 (884267)
02-02-2021 4:52 PM
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02-02-2021 3:16 PM


Re: Tom Moore (1920-2021)
I don't know how many of us Yanks, like me, had never heard of him, but the story appeared on the top level webpage of both the Post and the Times:
--Percy
Edited by Percy, : No reason given.

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Message 949 of 1282 (884270)
02-03-2021 8:57 AM
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02-02-2021 3:16 PM


Re: Tom Moore (1920-2021)

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Message 1004 of 1282 (888361)
09-16-2021 11:28 AM
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09-16-2021 12:25 AM


Re: John Shelby Spong, 1931-2021
I own several of his books. My favorite was Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism.
--Percy

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