famous COVID-19 deaths

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  1. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Trini Lopez, who was famous for the 1965 hit "Lemon Tree", a horrible, horrible song. His death is very sad to me because I am now reminded of it.

    James Harris, a professional wrestler who was part of the WWF as the tribal Ugandan "Kamala" in the late 1980's and 90's. I wasn't into wrestling, but my brothers were at the time and we only had the one TV so I remember him being repeatedly beat by whoever the top white guy was at the moment and people chasing him with snakes because his character was afraid of them.
     
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  2. luftmensch

    luftmensch Member+

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    United States
    May 4, 2006
    Petaluma
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He actually featured prominently in a wrestling documentary I can't remember the name of, it showed him later in his career when he was working the independent circuit. I'd watched him in the WWF back when I was a kid so it was a trip to see that a perfectly average (albeit very large) African American man was behind Kamala the Uganadan giant.
     
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  3. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Donald Trump's brother.
     
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  4. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He was probably happy to GTFO of this mess.
     
  5. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That was a particularly bad cover.
     
  6. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    tom seaver.jpg

    Tom Terrific -- Aged 75

    Dementia and COVID 19

    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29797239/tom-seaver-hall-fame-pitcher-mets-legend-dies-75


    Seaver was called "the toughest pitcher I ever had to face" by arguably the best hitter of their generation, Hank Aaron. When Seaver, in the midst of a Rookie of the Year season, introduced himself to Aaron at the 1967 All-Star Game, Aaron told him, "Kid, I know who you are, and before your career is over, I guarantee you everyone in this stadium will, too."
     
  7. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    His "as told to" book was my second favorite as a kid, after Bob Gibson's From Ghetto to Glory.

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    We watched his near-perfect game live on WGN. ********ing Jimmy Qualls.
     
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  8. KCbus

    KCbus Moderator
    Staff Member

    United States
    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    F*** 2020.
     
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  9. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    With a little help from fkn trump.
     
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  10. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  11. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Toot, toot, Tootsie, good-bye! :(
     
  12. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Tommy DeVito: Four Seasons founding member dies of Covid aged 92.
     
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  13. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Kenzo Takada - 80+ y.o. fashion designer.
     
  14. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    On a related note,RIP Bob Gibson.
     
  15. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Peter Sutcliffe aka "the Yorkshire Ripper", a serial killer who preyed on prostitutes.
     
  16. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  17. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Former French President Valery Giscard D'Estaing aged 94.

    He was a social and economic liberal, modernizing the French economy while loosening the grip of the Catholic Church over such things as divorce, abortion and birth control.

    (Since D'Estaing won office, the percentage of French people identifying themselves as Catholic has fallen from over 80% to well under 50%).
     
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  18. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Ben Bova, prolific science fiction author and 6 time winner of the Hugo award died on November 29.
     
  19. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  20. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Republican speaker of the House in New Hampshire.
     
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  21. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Appointed last week.
     
  22. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Charley Pride
     
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  23. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My aunt was a big fan.
     
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  24. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So were both of my paternal grandparents. Their entire record collection was maybe three dozen country albums, and several of them were his.
     
  25. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Disturbing if this is what gave him the Rona

     
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