Jesus. What a week.

Can we do a 3-1 trade?

Jacoby Jones, receiver/returner who played a pretty major role in the Ravens' latest title run, dies at 40, no details available yet.

The little kid from ALF also died

James B Sikking from Hill Street Blues too

the guy with the hat...

Legendary comedian Bob Newhart passed away

Bob Newhart Dead: Stand-Up Comic, Sitcom Legend Was 94

Man, I was just thinking of him yesterday too. Knew it would come sometime.

Dang. He was a funny guy.

Damn. RIP.

I often refer to myself as living in a Newhart sketch when I appear to be the only sane person surrounded by a bunch of whackos.

News anchor Lou Dobbs has passed away at the age of 78

Newhart dying is a gut punch. Loved that guy.

One of my favorites

Well I mean you do hang out here.

Newhart was great but also in that group of celebrities I swear died ten years ago.

One of the very best "straight men" out there. His comedic timing was top tier. One of my favorites for sure.

Newhart was a little before my time but he had a great career. Enjoyed him in Elf.

I liked Dobbs when he stuck to business, then he went in op-ed politics.

Here's a great Newhart clip from Mad TV:

The financial pundit version of Rudy Giuliani.

In his honor, I did one shot last night, but only one.

Saw this joke from Newhart and it made me laugh:

RIP Chi Chi Rodriguez

eulogy to be delivered by Les Nessman

Exactly what I was thinking. :)

I refuse to believe Greg Kihn is dead.

Nah uh uh uh uh uh uh uh.

In all seriousness, RIP. He had a good run in the early 80s with 2 or 3 memorable songs.

There have been about 5 people charged today with involvement of actor Matthew Perry's death including a live in caretaker and 2 doctors for taking advantage of his addiction and getting him to pay for ketamine.



Matthew Perry Death: Doctors, Assistant Arrested in Drug Investigation

good one. yeah I loved that era or late 70s early 80s rock.

he had some great songs. died of alzheimers

Jack Russell from Great White passed away as well.

I had seen some video of him speaking and knew he had some significant health issues. Apparently he had Lewy body dementia and "multiple system atrophy" which sounds frightening, frankly.

He'll always be associated with the Rhode Island fire that killed 100 people, although it's not clear-cut how much responsibility he should have taken for that. There is a good documentary about it I remember watching years ago.

Anyway, GW was a staple of the late 80s hair band rotation on MTV and had several big hits. RIP.

Great White seemed to open for every band which I didn't mind at all. Fantastic band.

I will NEVER forget this...

Peter Marshall X gets the Square has died at 98. I thought he had died a long time ago.

Wow. Yeah, I would have assumed he was long gone.

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Afa The Wild Samoan (Afa Anoa’i) Passes Away At The Age Of 81

The TV talk show trailblazer Phil Donahue died at the age of 88

Phil Donahue Dead: Pioneering Talk Show Host Was 88

Another one of those people who have been out of the limelight for so long that you forgot they weren't dead already.

Miss him. He was a different personality from what you would later see in the daytime. He would have the shocking subject matter at times, but he was more interested in understanding the subject than exploiting it.

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I would've thought he died ten years ago. Crazy, I just looked up and his show ended its run in 1996 (which, I guess kind of coincides with the last time I would have regularly been home during daytime hours and would have noticed it). I just looked up Sally Jessy Raphael and she is still alive at age 89 (show last aired in 2002).

RIP Phil Donahue. I’ll always remember your white mop and respectful (relatively) talk shows.

Yeah he definitely set the stage for people like oprah to come along and have serious discussions about uncomfortable topics-RIP and thanks

Feels like this is happening way too frequently anymore but as social media, and YouTube in particular, move deeper into their existence then losses are inevitable.

It was announced earlier this evening that content creator Paul Harrell has passed away after fighting valiantly against cancer.

An absolute treasure in the firearms/2A content niche, Paul had an exceptional gift for engaging while educating, for entertaining while informing, for making an hour seem like a few minutes. He also provided a considerable contrast to many creators in the niche, softspoken and measured in his words while somehow also coming across as authentic and honest.

He was among the very best of the best at what he did and I'm going to miss him.

My condolences to his family and crew and fans, may his legacy of educating live on through them and through his work.

Rest in peace

RIP Paul Harrell

Came here to post this, but Jon beat me to it (and said it much more eloquently than I would have),

It looks like Rich Homie Quan has died of a drug overdose at the age of 34. I don't really know his music, but I have met him before and even been in his home. He seemed a nice enough guy, but was definitely into some shady stuff.

More details please

Sorry, meant to get back to this. A few years ago I was working with a company that did bed bug heat treatments. I was called out to do an inspection for a house in a "Mcmansion" type neighborhood. I didn't recognize the name on the account (obviously wasn't under his stage name), and even if it were I had never heard of him. As I was inspecting the house I saw the high end professional recording studio and the gold records on the wall, so I figured out who he was.

This was just a short while after he had been arrested in South Georgia on drug and gun charges (they were dropped two years later). I went into one room, and there was an AK propped up next to a window looking out the front. When I gave them the report I mentioned that any weapons and ammo would have to be removed during treatment, a women that was with him said "oh, we don't have any guns." I looked at him, and he looked at me knowingly and sort of quickly shook his head. I just smiled and went on. There was also huge amounts of wees everywhere, but that is pretty common.

We didn't end up doing the treatment.

James Earl Jones has passed

James Earl Jones Dead: Darth Vader Voice, 'Field Of Dreams' Star, EGOT Winner

Dang. Rest in peace.

Tito Jackson rip

Nelson DeMille was one of my favorite writers for a couple of summers when I was working a quiet night shift gig between college semesters.

Sad to see him go. (I haven't read anything he's written in the last 25 years, so not overly sad, I guess.)

Very similar to me - I read all of his books back in and just after college and really enjoyed them, but haven't read anything from him in probably close to 20 years. Spencerville was one of my favorites for a long time. I would have sworn he died several years ago, but I guess I am thinking of Clive Cussler.

RIP - losing authors is always kind of sad. Knowing there won't be anything new from folks that have been writing for 30 or 40 years puts a certain perspective on aging.

Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89. She was such a great actress to the end.

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RIP Professor McGonagall

Kris Kristofferson died at 88.

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Dikembe Mutombo passes away at 58 due to brain cancer - On3

Didn't even know he was sick. RIP

Wow. So young.

Damnit. Did we know he had cancer, or is this out of the blue?

EDIT: Nevermind, I see in that article that he announced he was undergoing treatment back in 2022.

Wow. Crazy.

RIP Dikembe

One of the most memorable sports voices of all time.

I first got into college basketball around the time he and Alonzo Mourning were at Georgetown together. That era of basketball in the Big East was so much fun with all of the stars and different coaching personalities (John Thompson, Jim Boeheim, Lou Carnesecca, Rollie Massimino, and Jim Calhoun).

WHO WANTS TO SEX MUTOMBO?

Really cool player that seemed like a fun guy to be around. The finger wag remains one of the most iconic taunts in sports. RIP.

Pete Rose has passed away. Two different kind of sports figures to die on the same day.

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I shouldn't have been but I was shocked to see he was 83.

Sooooo does baseball have a moment of silence for the passing of the game's all time hit leader?

He must have missed on a big parlay involving Arizona making the MLB playoffs

Idk. I'm personally all for recognizing players for their on the field accomplishment while also recognizing they may personally be POS. Baseball has taken such a hard stance on him, and probably rightfully so.

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Ichiro died?

Damn. Ex-Eagles or Flyers better be careful.

Those numbers only count in OOTP.

Frank Fritz, from American Pickers, passed away at the age of 60

Frank Fritz Dead: 'American Pickers' Co-Host Was 60

John Amos, actor best known for his work on Good Times and Roots, passed away at the age of 84

John Amos Dead: 'Good Times' Dad, 'Roots' Actor Was 84

Grim Reaper working overtime.

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* waits for Ben *

John Amos is one of those guys I always thought had died and then he would show up in something. His character's death in "Good Times" was so traumatic that it scarred my brain.

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John Amos actually died in August. The family just held off announcing it.

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He's one of those actors that I can pretty much hear his voice in my head when I see a picture of him. RIP.

I'd give every celebirty ever to have my brother back

I'm old enough to have watched him in "Good Times" during its original broadcasts in the late 70's. My favorite John Amos role was Admiral Fitzwallace on "West Wing."

:(

I either missed it, or no sports news service thought it was important enough to mention that Luis Tiant died yesterday.

I know he actually had basically 2 careers, but it's the Red Sox one that I remember most. RIP to the dude with the fu manchu mustache and unique windup.

fwiw, ESPN did have a story at least for a while, 'cause that's the only reason I knew about it yesterday.

I guess I should clarify, ESPN, MLB. and any other sports app I get notifications from didn't think his passing was important enough to send a notification out. Aside from going there to get to the WatchESPN portion of their website, I can't recall the last time I actually visited ESPN.com (or, frankly, most sports/news websites) without being directed there straight from a link to a specific article.

In fact, when I just typed ESPN.com into my browser, what came up was ESPN.com/activate, which makes a ton of sense.

I tried to get to the ESPN NCAAF scores page from my phone the other day and it automatically opened up the app (where I couldn't easily find how to filter the scores). Hey, if I wanted the app I'd have looked in the app. (Need to delete the app.)

I saw mentions of his death on Twitter, but more from sports follower/adjacent types.

I rarely if ever use Twitter anymore. It's basically when one of my kids DMs me something funny, or someone I have notifications on for posts something I can't just read on the notification.

The tweets about Helene and NC confirmed that I need to stay away from that place. Even the useful posts were mixed with or came from people whose timelines were a cesspool of garbage. No thanks.

Multiple reports that Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, yeeted himself off a roof in Argentina. Sounds like he was having personal and legal troubles.

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Evidently my niece is apoplectic about it. I guess the next generation is starting to reach that age where it's not crazy their people will start dying.

An hour before he died, he was doing an Snapchat live and seemed fine.

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But I also read that police were called to deal with someone with erratic behavior as if they were on drugs or alcohol. Odd.

Conspiracy theories are off the charts about this.

Liam Payne's blood work has come back, and it would be easier to list the drugs that were not in his system.

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The end of Farnandomania

Dodgers legendary pitcher Fernando Valenzuela dies at 63 - ESPN

RIP Fernandomania.

I remember seeing him play against the Pirates in the mid-90s, right after I graduated high school. He was pitching for the Padres and smoked a 3-run home run down the line. I looked at his reference page and he actually hit 10 career homers, which surprised me since he never appeared to be the most athletic or fit guy.

Looking over his career, he had a pretty awesome one for achievements. Won RoY, Cy Young, 2 World Series rings, a Gold Glove, 2 Silver Sluggers, made a half dozen all star teams, and pitched a no hitter. I mean, if you were setting a goal list as an MLB pitcher, he pretty much checks all the boxes except 300 wins and Hall of Famer.

Also amusing is that he was listed as 5'11 and 180 lbs.

Oh yeah, he was a good hitting pitcher. Just a .200 hitter but only 12 DPs in over 1,000 PA and only a 13.8% strikeout rate. That's a lower whiff rate than 17 of the top 20 (BA) hitters in the NL this past season. (only Arraez, Betts, and Donovan were better)

John Kruk hit 100 career home runs

What? No....

Fernando dying, or Kruk hitting 100 HRs?

Kruk.

Oh Phil. Love those Phil bombs he did from time to time. Fantastic bass player he was.

RIP Teri Garr

Not Teri Garr. Man, it sucks getting old.

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