2025-They died this year

[rolltide_21]

I became a chef extraordinaire on a Foreman grill in college 😜. Our dorm would allow them. I wonder what he made off that little contraption.

RIP.

 

[Bazza]

I became a chef extraordinaire on a Foreman grill in college 😜. Our dorm would allow them. I wonder what he made off that little contraption.

RIP.

Good friend of mine got married - this was like 20 years ago. They had a registry set up and I chose a George Foreman grill for their wedding present. My friend must have brought that up at every opportunity when we talked about how much he loved that grill and it was the best of all the gifts they received. Who knew?

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Massachusetts, has died at age 88

Kitty Dukakis, the former first lady of Massachusetts and wife of 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, has died at age 88, her family confirmed.

www.wcvb.com

Kitty Dukakis has passed away.

 

[Crimson1967]

Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Massachusetts, has died at age 88

Kitty Dukakis, the former first lady of Massachusetts and wife of 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, has died at age 88, her family confirmed.

www.wcvb.com

Kitty Dukakis has passed away.

Does her husband want her killer executed?

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Does her husband want her killer executed?

I thought of saying that and opted to pass on it.
I got grief for something I said about Brutha Jimmeh when Carter passed so....

(I know she was actually glad Mike lost the election, which she admitted awhile later).

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

RIP Livingstone Bramble. I still remember when he beat Ray Boom Boom Mancini.

Livingstone (Ras-I Ajuah) Bramble dies at age 64

Ras-I Ajuah Bramble, better known as Livingstone Bramble and one of the most underrated lightweights of the talent-laden 1980s, died Saturday at age 64.

www.boxingscene.com

 

[Ledsteplin]

🙏

We did several of their songs at our Hootenannies. Yarrow was a great music man.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Former four-term U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston dies at 92 | louisianaradionetwork.com

One of the last of the old timey Southern Democrats, a guy who made the transition. Bizarrely enough, I was looking up some stuff on old senators and saw on his Wiki page he'd died TODAY (which was bizarre). Johnston won his Democratic primary when the incumbent opponent, Allen Ellender, died a few weeks before the election. (McGovern attended the funeral and sat next to Teddy Kennedy and begged him t take the VP slot after he'd fired Eagleton).


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Johnston may have played a crucial role in the makeup of the Supreme Court during the 1987 Bork hearings. Then Democrat Richard Shelby (Alabama) was inclined as a conservative to support Bork for the court, but Johnston took him aside and had a "you better count votes" moment with Shelby, telling him that he'd barely won in a region going more Republican by the year and that if he betrayed the black vote to expect a primary. Johnston even told him that the white Democrats would forgive him since he wouldn't be the decisive vote, but the blacks would never let him live it down if he voted in favor of Bork.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

RIP Livingstone Bramble. I still remember when he beat Ray Boom Boom Mancini.

Livingstone (Ras-I Ajuah) Bramble dies at age 64

Ras-I Ajuah Bramble, better known as Livingstone Bramble and one of the most underrated lightweights of the talent-laden 1980s, died Saturday at age 64.

www.boxingscene.com

Twice.

I had just come back to America from West Germany the first time and was introduced to MTV by my cousins that day; the second time, I saw the fight on satellite, and it was the first time Compubox scored the fight. And while I didn't even know what that was, I was for Mancini (he was sort of an inspirational Rocky type to us Southern white boys), but that fight was nowhere near as close as the final cards, Bramble beat him half to death.

Note: Johnny Bumphus suffered his first defeat the night of Bramble-Mancini I.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Twice.

I had just come back to America from West Germany the first time and was introduced to MTV by my cousins that day; the second time, I saw the fight on satellite, and it was the first time Compubox scored the fight. And while I didn't even know what that was, I was for Mancini (he was sort of an inspirational Rocky type to us Southern white boys), but that fight was nowhere near as close as the final cards, Bramble beat him half to death.

Note: Johnny Bumphus suffered his first defeat the night of Bramble-Mancini I.

To me, Mancini never was the same after the ring death of Du Ku Kim.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Emperor Palpatine has checked out.

R.I.P. Clive Revill: ‘Star Wars’ Actor Dead At 94 | Decider

 

[selmaborntidefan]

To me, Mancini never was the same after the ring death of Du Ku Kim.

Think about this: Mancini was 21 years old when he killed the 27-year-old Kim - and had already fought professionally 25 times (24-1).

I have no doubt it did something to him.
Bob Arum the promoter even said he was never the same.

"It's been with me forever, and it always will be. Other than the outcome, it was a great fight, the kind of fight that should be seen on ESPN Classic all the time - but it never will be."

 

[Crimson1967]

Mancini had three key advantages in a boxing career if you are trying to be marketable. He was flashy, had a great personality and was white.

He won four fights in about a year after Kim but then got knocked out by Bramble and then a decision rematch. He took four years off and lost a decision to Hector Camacho and then lost a KO to Greg Haugen four years after that.

Kim was a horrible tragedy and I can’t see anyone getting over that. On the other hand, Emile Griffith fought 79 times in 15 years after killing Benny Paret in 1962.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Mancini had three key advantages in a boxing career if you are trying to be marketable. He was flashy, had a great personality and was white.

And especially back then.

Do I think the tragedy affected him? Of course, it would get anybody.

But I don't think that had anything at all to do with Bramble beating him senseless, either. I didn't like Bramble, but he tore him up, in all honesty, both times.

When I lived in England, Alan Minter (probably a name familiar for the boxing fans of a certain age) was a big deal over there and just before we came back to the USA, he killed a guy named Angelo Jacopucci in Italy. The news coverage on BBC.....you would have thought that Reagan got shot.

Minter fought 11 more times and went 8-3, the most famous probably being his third round knockout at the hands of Marvin Hagler, the fight where Hagler won the title he eventually "lost" to Leonard.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Bruce Glover, who played Mr Wint in “Diamonds Are Forever” and Deputy Grady Coker in the “Walking Tall” movies has died at 92. He died March 12 but his son, Crispin, announced it today.

Bruce Glover, ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ Villain, Dies at 92

Bruce Glover, a character actor who played the assassin Mr. Wint in "Diamonds Are Forever," died March 12.

variety.com

 

[Crimson1967]

And especially back then.

Do I think the tragedy affected him? Of course, it would get anybody.

But I don't think that had anything at all to do with Bramble beating him senseless, either. I didn't like Bramble, but he tore him up, in all honesty, both times.

When I lived in England, Alan Minter (probably a name familiar for the boxing fans of a certain age) was a big deal over there and just before we came back to the USA, he killed a guy named Angelo Jacopucci in Italy. The news coverage on BBC.....you would have thought that Reagan got shot.

Minter fought 11 more times and went 8-3, the most famous probably being his third round knockout at the hands of Marvin Hagler, the fight where Hagler won the title he eventually "lost" to Leonard.

Hagler-Minter was a fun fight to watch with the beer bottles flying into the ring after the fight was stopped.

I mentioned Griffith above. His final fight was against Minter. The fight was about a year before Minter killed the Italian guy.

Boxing has fallen quite a bit since I was young. I just looked it up and I have never heard of any of the current heavyweight champs. Boxing was even an NCAA sport until 1960 when someone died. George Wallace was on the boxing team at Alabama.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Richard Chamberlain, TV’s Dr. Kildare, ‘Shogun,’ ‘Thorn Birds’ Star, Dies at 90

Richard Chamberlain, star of TV's 'Dr. Kildare,” 'Shogun' and 'The Thorn Birds,' has died. He was 90.

variety.com

Handsome leading man Richard Chamberlain, who came to prominence in the 1960s medical series “Dr. Kildare” and then became king of the miniseries with such ratings blockbusters as “Shogun” and “The Thorn Birds,” has died. He was 90.

Chamberlain’s death was confirmed to Variety by publicist Harlan Boll. The actor died Saturday, March 29 in Waimanalo, Hawai’i, of complications following a stroke, according to Boll.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Boxing has fallen quite a bit since I was young. I just looked it up and I have never heard of any of the current heavyweight champs. Boxing was even an NCAA sport until 1960 when someone died. George Wallace was on the boxing team at Alabama.

Boxing color commentator Larry Merchant addressed this a little over 20 years ago. If you think about it, the last champion that actually mattered - the one where everyone lined up to see his fights, buy the PPVs - on a NATIONAL scale was Mike Tyson. Merchant touched on this and said that one of the big reasons for the decline in boxing is that it used to be a way out of poverty for tough kids back 70 years ago and every town had a "fight club" that is largely found in Hispanic sections if at all today. Also, not everyone finished school back then, either, and college wasn't happening.

He capped his observation by saying, "People keep asking me where are the next great heavyweights, and I tell them, 'There are a hundred of them, and they're all playing middle linebacker.'"

I'm just barely old enough to remember when boxing was an EVENT. Like the night we drove to my grandparents in Missouri, stopped at my uncle's - and Ali was fighting Spinks on ABC. We had to all come in and see the fight before driving out to the farm.

 

[Bazza]

Richard Chamberlain, TV’s Dr. Kildare, ‘Shogun,’ ‘Thorn Birds’ Star, Dies at 90

Richard Chamberlain, star of TV's 'Dr. Kildare,” 'Shogun' and 'The Thorn Birds,' has died. He was 90.

variety.com

Handsome leading man Richard Chamberlain, who came to prominence in the 1960s medical series “Dr. Kildare” and then became king of the miniseries with such ratings blockbusters as “Shogun” and “The Thorn Birds,” has died. He was 90.

Chamberlain’s death was confirmed to Variety by publicist Harlan Boll. The actor died Saturday, March 29 in Waimanalo, Hawai’i, of complications following a stroke, according to Boll.

Growing up in the 60's, the hospital shows/dramas were "Dr Kildare" or "Ben Casey" w/Vince Edwards.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

Hagler-Minter was a fun fight to watch with the beer bottles flying into the ring after the fight was stopped.

I mentioned Griffith above. His final fight was against Minter. The fight was about a year before Minter killed the Italian guy.

Boxing has fallen quite a bit since I was young. I just looked it up and I have never heard of any of the current heavyweight champs. Boxing was even an NCAA sport until 1960 when someone died. George Wallace was on the boxing team at Alabama.

It's fallen off a lot since I was a kid too.

I grew up in the 80's and Tyson had all of us in awe because of how vicious his KOs were. He just seemed like an unstoppable force of nature.

I still remember where I was when me and my friends heard on the radio the upset loss to Buster Douglas.

After that Evander Holyfield was really popular for a bit and I guess to a certain extent Lennox Lewis.

The Klitschko brothers were popular for a bit too in the 00s

But yeah I'd say Tyson in his Prime was the last MUST SEE Heavyweight Fighter.

Roy Jones Jr was a great draw and a great fighter but mostly fought in lighter weight divisions.

Fwiw since we're talking about boxing for a second..

The trilogy of fights between Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti is some of the finest examples of Pro Boxing ever that I have watched.... They went to absolute WAR for 3 straight fights all 30 rounds and all 3 won Ring Magazine's Fight of the Year.