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**maple19** · 12-13-2008, 04:00 PM

Baseball
Sal Yvars
Died Dec 10/08

Actor
Robert Prosky
Died Dec 8/08

Actress
Beverly Garland
Died Dec 5/08

Mike

**maple19** · 12-17-2008, 12:52 PM

Football

CFL Great Won 6 Grey Cups in His Career

Joe King Krol
Died Dec 17/12/08

Mike

**203gunner** · 12-17-2008, 09:47 PM

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.

**arfmax** · 12-18-2008, 03:13 PM

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.