Ok I Try To Keep Up I Watch a Lot of Sports on TV And Surf The WEB For Death Notices

I Would Like You Guys Help Me Out So We Don't Miss Any Players or Stars That Die So I Can Update Their Addy So No Ones Sends TTM To Them after Their Death..

So If You Hear of One Post It Here


Mike
maple19

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Also, please don't post about celebrities that have died over a month ago. And please search the thread before posting about a death, so as not to have repetition within the thread.

Thanks,
Stl_Cardinals_Fan

Recent baseball deaths:

Mickey Vernon
Ernie Andres
Don Gutteridge
Clancy Smyres
Todd Cruz
Em Lindbeck
Skip Carey

Paul Newman, racing - DOD 9/27/08

Baseball Ed Brinkman

CFL Great & HOF Ron Lancaster

Basketball Kevin Duckworth

Mike

Longtime St. Louis Cardinals official George Kissell has died after he was injured in a traffic accident in Florida.

Pinellas Park Police Capt. Sanfield Foreseth said Kissell died Tuesday night 07-Oct-08 at Tampa General Hospital.

Kissell had been with the Cardinals organization since 1940. He was a major league coach from 1969 to 1975.

Baseball : Bruce Dal Canton
Died Oct 7/08
mike

Basketball - Kevin Duckworth passed away in August.

Gene Upshaw head of NFLPA and former NFL Great has passed on

His office has been sending HOF stat cards to those of you that had a TTM request already sent to his office. That is just another classy move from such a great man. He will be missed.

Basketball HOF Coach & Player Don Haskins

Mike

Kevin Foster, who was drafted as infielder before becoming a pitcher and spending seven years in the majors and pitching mostly with the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, has died of cancer. He was 39.
He died in an Oklahoma City hospital Saturday 11-Oct-08 after a six-month bout with renal cell carcinoma.

E

Hockey : 19 Year Old Russian Alexei Cherepanov 07 Draft Pick NYR Died During Hockey Game

Mike

Sid Hudson, former Major League Pitcher passed away on 10/10/08

Actor Gil Stratton Died 11/10/08

mike

15-Oct-08
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former San Diego Chargers defensive lineman Chris Mims has been found dead in his downtown apartment.
Mims played eight seasons in the NFL, seven with the Chargers and one with the Washington Redskins. He retired in 2000

Former NY Yankee and 1962 AL ROY Tom Tresh passed away yesterday from a heart attack. I had just mailed a custom to him on 10/10.

Hockey : Cliff Malone Played For Montreal Canadiens

mike

Nick Weatherspoon (http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/11046117)

Actress Edie Adams
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/movies/16adams.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

NFL HOFer Gene Hickerson passed away today, he was 73 and had been in poor health for years, and hadnt signed autographs in quite a while, but it is still sad to lose another hall of famer

Ed

R&B Singer Dee Dee Warwick 18/10/08

Mike

After research I found that we have lost approx. 63 MLB players this year.
One recent death not mentioned here is:

Les McCrabb 10/08/08

baseball pitchers Preacher Roe and Herb Score both passed away this week

Football

John Karras Died Nov 6/08

Mike

Basketball HOF Coach

Pete Newell

Mike

Football

Bob Jeter Died Nov 20/08

Mike

Baseball
Randy Gumpert Nov 25/08

John R Murff Nov 28/08

Mike

Hockey
Pit Martin NHL Allstar Died Nov 30/08

Mike

Two Sport Baseball & Football
Andy Tomasic Nov 27/08

Mike

Forest Ackerman
Actor & Writer
Died Dec 4/08

Paul Benedict
Actor
Died Dec 1/08

I tried interviewing Tomasic about a year ago, but his wife had told me he had advanced stage Alzheimer's. She told me to send over some questions and she would try to do something for me, but I got nothing back.

Gumpert had brain surgery and was sick as of recent too.

Baseball
Sal Yvars
Died Dec 10/08

Actor
Robert Prosky
Died Dec 8/08

Actress
Beverly Garland
Died Dec 5/08

Mike

Football

CFL Great Won 6 Grey Cups in His Career

Joe King Krol
Died Dec 17/12/08


Mike

Sammy Baugh, HOF QB died today, Dec. 17, 2008. He was the last surviving member of the original Hall of Fame Class. He was 94 years old.

SAN DIEGO -- Dave Smith, a former All-Star closer who holds the Houston Astros record for games pitched, died Wednesday 17-Dec-08. He was 53.

Former big leaguer Tim Flannery said Smith apparently died of a heart attack but the official cause of death wasn't known.

Smith was an All-Star with Houston in 1986 and 1990. He had 216 saves in a 13-year career. He played with Houston from 1980-90 before finishing his career with two seasons with the Chicago Cubs.

His 563 outings with the Astros is tops on the club's list, and his 199 saves ranks second.

Baseball
Nick Willhite
Died Dec 14/08

mike

Former UFC Fighter
Justin Levens
Died Dec 19/08

mike

Dock Ellis
Died due to liver problems
63 years old

Actress Play Star Trek Nurse
Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Died Dec 18/08

Mike

Football
Pete Case
Died Dec18/08

Mike

WWE Wrestler
Mike Mad Dog Bell
Died Dec 21 /08

Mike

Football Player
Coy Bacon
Died Dec 22 /08

Football Player
George Karamatic
Died Dec 5/08

Mike

Negro League Baseball
Carlos Manuel Santiago
Died Dec 21/08

Mike

Actor Sopranos Played Johnny Cakes
John Costelloe
Died Dec 18/08

Hockey
Hank Goldup
Died Dec 14/08

mike

Singer & Actress
Eartha Kitt
Died Dec 25/08

Mike

Baseball
Dave Roberts
Died Jan 9/09

Actor {Dallas]
Don Galloway
Died Jan 8/09

Actor
Steven Gilborn
Died Jan 2/09

Host & Broadcaster
Cheryl Holdridge
Died Jan 5/09

Actor
John Scott Martin
Died Dec 6/09

Baseball
Preston Gomez
Died Jan 13/09

Baseball Negro League
Joe Henry
Died Jan 2/09

Actor
Ricardo Montalban
Died Jan 13 /09

Tennis
Sidney Wood
Died Jan10/09


Mike

Baseball -
Frank Williams
Jan 9, 2009

Nino Bongiovanni - played for the 1938-39 Reds.
Died 1/6/09 at age 97

Jose Torres
Died 1/19/09
Former Light Heavyweight Champ

Hall of Famer Dante Lavelli passed away today at age 85. He was a fantastic signer and this hobby will miss him.

Former Bronco and Falcon Shane Dronett died today. Age 38.

Bill Werber Died at age 100
Last living teammate of Babe Ruth

NC State womens basketball coach Kay Yow passed away from breast cancer last night at age 66

John Gordy, a former offensive lineman for the Detroit Lions and University of Tennessee who helped form the NFL Players' Association, died Friday. He was 73.

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James Whitmore, Fri. 2/6/09

Wonderful actor (Brooks from Shawshank) and I had the honor of seeing him in a Production of "Inherit The Wind" at the Peterborough Players a couple of summers ago. Even though he was small in stature, when he took the stage, he took over the stage without being hammy. A marvelous actor.

Jim Wilson, former Falcon and Georgia player. Was Vince Dooley's first All-American at UGA.

Mel Kaufman, a linebacker who played in three Super Bowls with the Washington Redskins and was a former scout for the NFL team, has died. He was 50. Kaufman died in his Santa Margarita home Saturday night.
He played on Washington's victorious Super Bowl teams in 1983 and 1988, and in the 1984 title game, when the Redskins lost to the Los Angeles Raiders. He scouted for the Redskins in the 1992 Super Bowl, when they beat the Buffalo Bills.

A defensive team leader and team captain with the Redskins from 1981-88, Kaufman was a starting linebacker on NFC championship games in 1982, '83 and '87. He started 78 of 91 games after making the team as a rookie free agent in 1981.

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Former major league outfielder Ted Uhlaender died at 68 years old from bone marrow cancer. Uhlaender played in the majors from 1965-72 with Minnesota, Cleveland and Cincinnati. He hit .263 with 36 home runs and 285 RBIs.

Former NY Giant Brad Van Pelt
http://www.giants.com/news/headlines/story.asp?story_id=35466

Former Bulls great and broadcaster Norm Van Lier has died at the age of 61.

The Cook County medical examiner's office says Van Lier died Thursday 26-Feb-09. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Quention Curtis says firefighters responding to a request for a well-being check found Van Lier unresponsive shortly before 1 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Sadly, on the same day that 'Stormin' Norman Van Lier died, Bulls legend Johnny “Red” Kerr has passed away on 26-Feb-09 at the age of 76.

Kerr, a native of Chicago, was a part of the Chicago Bulls organization in various capacities for 35 of the franchise’s 43 seasons, most notably as a team broadcaster for more than 30 years. He also served as the team’s first head coach in 1966, and earned NBA Coach of the Year honors for the 1966-67 season, when he directed the first-year Bulls to a playoff appearance. Kerr is the only head coach in NBA history to lead an expansion team to the playoffs during its inaugural season. As head coach of the Bulls, Kerr directed the team to a record of 62-101 (.380). “Red” was also the franchise’s business manager for two seasons (1973-74, 1974-75).
In addition to his Bulls ties, Kerr played 12 seasons (1954-1966) in the NBA for the Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia 76ers and the Baltimore Bullets. During his 12 years in the NBA, his teams never missed the playoffs, highlighted by Syracuse’s run to the NBA Championship in 1955. From 1954 to1965, Kerr appeared in a then-NBA record 844 consecutive games. A three-time NBA All-Star, he finished his career with more than 10,000 points and over 10,000 rebounds. In all, he appeared in 905 NBA games and averaged 13.8 ppg, 11.2 rpg and 2.2 apg in 30.7 mpg. In recognition of his significant contributions, for over 50 years, to the game of basketball as a player, coach, administrator and broadcaster, Kerr received the 2009 John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Brad Van Pelt Passed away this past sunday of a sudden heart attack
at his home here in Harrison MI.

Tom Sturdivant
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/03/02/yankees.sturdivant.ap/index.html

One of the better TTM signers, NFL HOFer George McAfee, passes away at the age of 90 years.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-me-george-mcafee6-2009mar06,0,1953523.story

Some Hockey ones this year:

Larry Regan
Cy Thomas
Sid Finney

WWE and TNA Wrestler Andrew "Test" Martin passed away last night

Two Baseball to Add -
Bennett "Ben" Flowers
Carroll "Whitey" Lockman

News about their passings are available - http://baseballhappenings.blogspot.com

Hockey
Saturday Night Vertern NHL Player Died
Walt Poddubny 49 Years Old

Mike

George Kell - passed away 3/24/09. A very sad day for the hobby. Mr. Kell was one of the truly great friends to autograph collectors and baseball fans.

Johnny Blanchard - passed away 3/25/09 from a heart attack.

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_11992522

Former Giant, Dodger and Cub Manager Herman Franks passed away 3/30/09 at the age of 95.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/RockiesFan33/HermanFranksCut.jpg

More on Herman Franks -

http://baseballhappenings.blogspot.com/2009/04/herman-franks-95-mlb-catcher-and.html

Herman Franks (http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frankhe01.shtml), pictured left with Willie Mays in Santurce, Puerto Rico, died March 30, 2009 at the age of 95 (http://www.legacy.com/saltlaketribune/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=125641948&IADID=Search-www.legacy.com-www.sltrib.com) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Franks played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Athletics and New York Giants over parts of 6 seasons from 1939-1949, compiling a .199 batting average in 403 career at-bats. He lost three-and-a-half years of his career due to his Naval service in World War 2.

Former Chicago Bears and Arkansas Razorbacks defensive lineman Ken Anderson has died of a heart attack at age 33.
Anderson's pastor, Dexter Howard of Life Harvester Church in Fayetteville, confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday that Anderson died Friday night. Anderson was a minister at the church and was living in the Fayetteville area.
Anderson lettered for the Razorbacks from 1994-97 and played for the Bears in 1999.

Former World Champion Cycling
Jobie Dajka Australian
Died 27 Year Old

mike

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Former NBA star Marvin Webster has been found dead in a bathtub at a Tulsa hotel.
The 56-year-old Webster was discovered in his room on Monday 06-Apr-09 in the downtown Ambassador Hotel, police said on Wednesday.

Known as "The Human Eraser," Webster played nine seasons in the NBA, including six with the New York Knicks. He also played for Denver, Seattle and Milwaukee. He averaged 7.1 points and 7.0 rebounds.

Webster was on Seattle's first team to play in the NBA finals in 1978 and averaged 16.1 points during the SuperSonics' playoff run. He signed with the Knicks the following season.

His best statistical year came with Seattle, when he averaged 14 points and finished ninth in the NBA with 12.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks a game. The Sonics lost the finals to Washington in seven games that year, one season before winning their only NBA title.

-arfmax

Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident early Thursday morning 09-Apr-09, just hours after throwing six shutout innings, according to multiple media reports.

Adenhart, 22, was killed when someone driving a minivan blew through a red light, causing the Mitsubishi that Adenhart was riding in to hit a light pole, TMZ reported. Three people were killed in the crash, including Adenhart.

-arfmax

I'm so bummed over that Adenhart news. He was a good kid and I have been pulling for him for a while. RIP Nick.

I was so upset when I heard about Nick's death too. RIP

http://baseballhappenings.blogspot.com/2009/04/bob-scherbarth-83-boston-red-sox.html

Former Boston Red Sox Catcher, Bob Scherbarth died January 31, 2009 according to the Villas County News. As you are reading this, you might scratch your head as to remember the name, as it doesn't exactly sit among the likes of Doerr, Pesky and Williams ....

CFL Great,HOF won 6 Grey Cups

Frank Morris
Age 85
Died 09/04/09

mike

WASHINGTON -- Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas has died at the age of 73, team president David Montgomery said Monday.

Kalas, who also filled a voiceover role for NFL Films since 1975, was taken to a hospital Monday after passing out in the broadcast booth before Monday's game against the Washington Nationals.

The 73-year-old Kalas, known for his distinctive "Outta here!" call on home runs, was found by the Phillies director of broadcasting at about 12:30 p.m., Montgomery said.

Kalas joined the Phillies in 1971. Before that, he was an original member of the Houston Astros' broadcast team from 1965-70.

In 2002, he received the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for his contributions to the game.


-arfmax

The last week has just been brutal for baseball fans. I went to college to get into sports radio and Harry has been one of my idols for a long time. I am so sad to hear about his passing. Dang. Just got him back in the mail last week on a custom as well.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/RockiesFan33/HarryKalas-1.jpg

Mark "The Bird" Fidrych 4/13/09

BOSTON (AP) -- Former All-Star pitcher Mark "the Bird" Fidrych was found dead Monday in an apparent accident at his farm. He was 54.
Worcester County district attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. saids a family friend found Fidrych about 2:30 p.m. Monday beneath a pickup truck at his Northborough, Mass., farm. He appeared to be working on the truck, Early said.
The colorful right-hander was the American League rookie of the year in 1976 when he went 19-9 with a 2.34 ERA. He spent all five of his major league seasons with the Detroit Tigers, compiling a 29-19 record and a 3.10 ERA.
His career was cut short by injuries.

R.I.P Bird. Everyone will always remember the quirky pitcher who burst onto the scene in 1976, you will be missed.

I sat down today and wrote the Fidrych family a letter of sympathy. I also thanked them for sharing Mark with the rest of the world. He made baseball fun and entertaining in his own way.
Instead of sending out fan mail today, write these families and extend your sympathy.

http://www.bnd.com/167/story/732939.html
Former big league pitcher Ed Blake dies in SwanseaHad a memorable career in minors

BY NORM SANDERS - News-Democrat
Former major league pitcher Ed Blake, who grew up in East St. Louis and played for the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Athletics, died Wednesday at Rosewood Care Center in Swansea after a long illness.
Blake was 83. He is survived by his close companion of 10 years, Belleville alderman Catherine Kreher, son Ed Blake Jr. and his wife Irene, and a daughter, Peggy Gleeson, of Houston, Texas. He also is survived by his sister, Maxine St. John, of Orlando, Fla., and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Carol Jean Blake, as well as his parents, Edward and Katherine Blake.

http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/belleville.news/breaking_news;c2=breaking_news;c3=breaking_news_ho mepage;%21category=breaking_news;template=article; pos=center6a;group=rectangle;sz=300x250;ord=%27+_k rdDartOrd+%27? (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/belleville.news/breaking_news;c2=breaking_news;c3=breaking_news_ho mepage;%21category=breaking_news;template=article; pos=center6a;group=rectangle;sz=300x250;ord=%27+_k rdDartOrd+%27?)Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at George Renner and Sons Funeral Home in Belleville. Additional visitation is from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Belleville, followed by a funeral Mass at 10 a.m.

The family asked that memorials be made toward the completion of Whitey Herzog Field in Belleville through the Belleville Parks and Recreation Department.
"He just had lost so much weight, but he hung in there and was a tough guy," Kreher said. "The past three weeks he went down really fast."
While he went on to pitch in 15 professional seasons, mostly in the high minor leagues, Blake got a special thrill as a teenager during the 1943 World Series in St. Louis.
"He always said the highlight of his baseball career was pitching batting practice in the 1943 World Series for the Cardinals when he was 17 years old and fresh out of high school," Kreher said. "He said that was truly the most memorable moment. He always took time to greet people and share a baseball story with them."
Blake was signed by the Cardinals in 1944 and compiled a 5-6 minor-league pitching record before entering the U.S. Army during World War II.
He served as an infantryman and was wounded in the Philippines, which kept him out of baseball until spring training in 1946.
After three straight losses with Columbus, he won 13 in a row and finished the season 16-8. It took him five more minor-league seasons until he reached the majors in 1951 with the Cincinnati Reds.
The Reds picked up Blake in a 1949 trade with the Cardinals for Mike Schultz.
In six major-league games during his career with the Reds and Kansas City Athletics from 1951-53 and in 1957, Blake was 0-0 with a 6.23 ERA. He pitched a total of eight innings.
"He always enjoyed talking about his time in baseball and very much enjoyed people who wanted to talk to him about it," said daughter Peggy Gleeson, who got to watch her father pitch in the minors. "There's still stacks of envelopes and letters and cards from people wanting autographs, they're everywhere. He really enjoyed that part of it."
Blake was 148-126 in 15 minor-league seasons, including 124 victories at the Class AAA level. One of his favorite minor-league stops was Toronto, where he picked up 66 victories from 1954-58.
In 2007, Blake and Kreher traveled to Canada and finished the trip in Toronto. They were surprised when their tour guide remembered Blake playing there in the minor leagues.
The guide returned to the hotel the next day with scrapbooks and clippings from Blake's career in the city.
"After that on our tour, Eddie was like an instant celebrity because other people didn't know he was a baseball guy," Kreher said. "That was just amazing. To see that people appreciated what he had done after all of those years was just amazing."
As a youngster, he was a teammate of former New York Yankees great Hank Bauer at Central Catholic High in East St. Louis.
After his playing career ended, Blake spent nearly 50 years in the plumbing business and was a past president of Plumbers Local 360.
Blake's son, Ed Blake Jr., also was a talented baseball player who spent three years in the minor leagues from 1970-73 after being drafted by the Baltimore Orioles. He is a Belleville attorney with Blake & Allen, P.C.
His grandson, Edward "Jay" Blake III, is a junior pitcher at John Burroughs High in St. Louis. Following in his father and grandfather's footsteps, he is 2-0 this spring with a 1.00 ERA.
Contact reporter Norm Sanders at nsanders@bnd.com or 239-2454.

Felix "Doc" Blanchard died Sunday of pneumonia at home in central Texas. Blanchard won the Heisman Trophy in 1945. He was 84.

Beatrice Arthur
Actress :Golden Girl
Died 25/04/09

Mike

Pro wrestler "Playboy" Buddy Rose passes away at age 56 on 4/28

Jack "Lucky" Lohrke - passed away 4/29/09.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/RockiesFan33/JackLohrke.jpg

Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative," died Saturday. He was 73. Kemp, a former quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, represented western New York for nine terms in Congress, leaving the House for an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988.

Dom Deluise

Actor Mickey Carrol, played several "munchkin" roles in The Wizard of Oz

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=174748&catid=3

Former NASCAR Driver Kevin Grubb
May 6th 2009

Former Phillies manager Danny Ozark, 85.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20090507_Former_Phillies_manager_Danny_Ozark_dies. html

Dom DiMaggio
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090508&content_id=4623958&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Chuck Daley
Ex Pistons Coach
Died age 78
May 9/09

Mike

Wayman Tisdale, 44, died today at 44. He played 12 seasons in the NBA with the Pacers, Kings, and Suns. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4168852

Auto Racing

Larry Rice Age 63
USAC Champion
Died 21/05/09

mike

Hockey

Peter Zezel
Died May 26 /09
Age 44

mike

Former Detroit Lions great Terry Barr, a rookie on the franchise's last championship team in 1957, has died. He was 73.

The team says Barr died Thursday 28-May-09 after an extended illness.

Barr was a standout football and track athlete at Grand Rapids Central High School and a star running back and defensive back at the University of Michigan.

He was a third-round draft pick in 1957 and played defensive back for the Lions, returning an interception for a touchdown in the team's 59-14 NFL title game over the Cleveland Browns.

Barr later switched to receiver and made two Pro Bowl appearances, in 1963 and 1964. He played nine seasons with the Lions.

Former NBA star Randy Smith died today at age 60 of a massive heart attack.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/06/05/smith.ap/index.html

Don't know if this exactly belongs, but I figured I'd post it anyway.

Former Cleveland Indians owner Richard Jacobs. Helped bring a new ballpark to the city of Cleveland. He was 83.
http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090605&content_id=5159342&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle

Former Browns and Patriots' DL passes away. Pio Sagapolutele.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/06/08/former-browns-defensive-lineman-passes-away/

Woodie Held - passed away from cancer at age 77. 6/10/09

Passed away on June 17, 2009.

RIP

Football
Coy Bacon (Rams,Chargers,Bengals,Redskins)
Dec.22,2008

http://www.irontontribune.com/news/2008/dec/22/coy-bacon-dies-66/

He was shot in the head in Nashville

http://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/07/hubert-bert-simmons-85-1924-2009-former.html

Former Negro League pitcher and outfielder Hubert "Bert" Simmons died on Wednesday July 8, 2009 at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center in the Baltimore area at the age of 85. The link above is a piece I wrote about Simmons from my encounters with him at the Judy Johnson Foundation tributes at the Wilmington Blue Rocks stadium.

Former Boxer Found Dead in Brazil


Canadian & IBF Junior Lightweight

Arturo Gatti

mike

Former Boxer Alexis Arguello found dead July, 1. Gunshot to the chest. He was one of my favorites.

Nelson Munsey, who played six seasons for the Baltimore Colts in the 1970s, has died of heart disease.

Walter Kronkite CBS News Anchor Man
92 Years Old at his Home with Family Today

mike

Boxer Died 22/07/09

Mexican Junior Welterweight

Brain Injuries From Fight

Marco Antonio Nazareth




mike

Veron Forrest Boxer AGE 38
Died 25/07/09

mike

Rick Bryan, an All-America defensive end at Oklahoma who played his entire NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons, died on 25-Jul-09. He was 47.

Bryan was a three-time All-Big Eight selection and a two-time All-American. He holds the OU record for tackles by a lineman with 365.

Bryan started for Oklahoma from 1981 to 1983 and was drafted ninth overall by the Falcons in 1984. He had 29 sacks over the next 10 seasons with the Falcons. He retired to Coweta to farm.

Jim Johnson - Eagles Defensive Coordinator
Died from Cancer
7/28

John Hughes
Writer/Director
Sixteen Candles,Home Alone,National Lampoon's Vacation,etc.

Rock and guitar legend Les Paul passed away today

Aug 14 at the age 83

Ted Teeder Kennedy { Hockey }
HOF Captain of th Toronto Mapleleafs

Mike

Columnist CNN Crosssfire Host
Robert Novak
Dies Aug 18/2009
Brain Tumor
Was 78



mike

Former NY Giant All Star Davey Williams passed away on August 17. He was 81.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/RockiesFan33/DaveyWilliams.jpg

Ted Kennedy 77 Years Old
Senator USA
Died Aug 25/09

mike

CFL HOF Great
Sam {The Rifle} Etcheverry
79 Years old
Died
Aug 29 /00

Mike

Former Tennessee Vols DT Jesse Mahelona died in a car wreck on 9/4/09 in Hawaii. He played with the Titians in 06 & the Falcolns in 07. He was only 26. He was a beast in college!

Former Brookly Dodger Jackie Collum passed away on 9/3/09. Age 82.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/RockiesFan33/JackieCollum-1.jpg

Actor

Patrick Swayze
Lost his Battle to Cancer
age 57

mike

Olympic Bronze Boxer Metal Winner
Darren Sutherland
Age 27
Mon Sept 14/09

mike

Former Brooklyn Dodger, Lonny Frey, 99 - Read more here -
http://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/09/lonny-frey-99-former-brooklyn-dodger.html

Singer Peter ,Paul & Mary
Mary Travers
Died From Leukemia
Sept 16/09
Age 72

mike

NCAA President Myles Brand died yesterday (9-16-09) of cancer at age 67

Miami Dolphins offensive line coach & assistant to Don Shula during both Super Bowl wins in 1972-73. Former Head Coach of the Detroit Lions. He was 72 years old.

CFL HOF
Ray Nettles
Passaway 29/09/09


Mike

Former Brooklyn Dodger, Don Thompson, passed away on 9/28/09. He was one of the few living Brooklyn signatures that I was unable to get since I started my collection in 2007.

Former Brooklyn Dodger, Don Thompson, passed away on 9/28/09. He was one of the few living Brooklyn signatures that I was unable to get since I started my collection in 2007.

I will be posting part of an interview I did with Thompson on my site this week. I managed to get a hold of him earlier this year.

http://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/10/billy-benny-felder-84-negro-league.html

Billy "Benny" Felder, 84, Negro League Shortstop, 1925-2009

Former Newark Eagles and Indianapolis Clowns shortstop Billy "Benny" Felder died at his Tampa home Friday October 2, 2009 at the age of 84. Felder became the shortstop for the Eagles at the start of the 1946 season after the departure of future Hall of Famer Willie Wells to Baltimore. This allowed Felder to be the shortstop behind Leon Day's opening day no-hitter in 1946 against the Philadelphia Stars.

Former Phillie and Cards pitcher Barry Lersch, October 4th.

Here is my write up of Thompson's passing mixed with some quotations from an interview I did with him in April 2009.
http://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/10/don-thompson-85-former-brooklyn-dodger.html

Donna Mae Mims
Heart Attack
Age 82
Nickname Pink Lady
First Women to Win Sports Car Club of America

mike

Humberto Robinson, 79, 1930-2009
Former MLB Pitcher

http://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/10/humberto-robinson-79-1930-2009-paved.html

While Mariano Rivera is closing the door on games for the Yankees during the 2009 postseason, a tribute must be paid to the man who opened the door for Panamanians to play in Major League Baseball. Humberto Robinson was the first Panama native to play in the Major Leagues, making his debut with the Milwaukee Braves in 1955, posting a 3-1 record in 13 games that season. Robinson would pitch in the Majors again in 1956 and then from 1958-1960 with the Braves, Indians and Phillies.

Larry Jansen - passed away 10/10/09 at the age of 89. He was the winning pitcher in the 1951 NL pennant tie-breaker game that gave us "The Shot Heard Round The World".

A great friend to our hobby. RIP Mr. Jansen.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/RockiesFan33/LarryJansen-1.jpg

Capt. Lou Albano

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/14/obit.albano/index.html

Soupy Sales, he was 83.

Howie Schultz, 87, Former Brooklyn Dodger and Minneapolis Laker, 1922-2009 (http://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/10/howie-schultz-87-former-brooklyn-dodger.html)

Howie Schultz (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schulho01.shtml?redir), pictured second from left with Jackie Robinson (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinja02.shtml) two spots to his right, passed away on October 30, 2009 at the age of 87 (http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/67634007.html). Schultz was the Dodgers first baseman for 4 seasons until Robinson arrived in 1947.

I hate seeing this thread show up with new posts. Another Brooklyn Dodger gone. Sad day.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/RockiesFan33/HowieSchultz2.jpg

Bob Dillinger - passed away 11/9/09 at age 91.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/RockiesFan33/BobDillinger.jpg