Post Any Deaths of Players & Stars Here

[bronxbomber]

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

[palantri]

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

[maple19]

Football

John Karras Died Nov 6/08

Mike

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Basketball HOF Coach

Pete Newell

Mike

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Football

Bob Jeter Died Nov 20/08

Mike

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Baseball
Randy Gumpert Nov 25/08

John R Murff Nov 28/08

Mike

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Hockey
Pit Martin NHL Allstar Died Nov 30/08

Mike

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Two Sport Baseball & Football
Andy Tomasic Nov 27/08

Mike

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Forest Ackerman
Actor & Writer
Died Dec 4/08

Paul Benedict
Actor
Died Dec 1/08

[metrotheme]

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.