Duke-forum Death Pool 2013 - bfactor leads

[dkst0426]

 

[aiw]

He is who I thought he was.

 

[CK86]

Longtime ESPN anchor John Saunders dead at age 61.

 

[torontoduke]

Ryerson University graduate (a fine school). Saunders was known to be a true gentleman.

Longtime ESPN anchor John Saunders dead at age 61.

 

[dkst0426]

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Mr. Fuji

 

[dkst0426]

RIP Gene Wilder, off to the Great Chocolate Factory in the Sky

 

[physicsfactor]

Not the Waco Kid!

 

[physicsfactor]

Had no idea his name was Jerome. Should have known with that Jew fro.

 

[deepdarkblue]

Jewrome.

That one makes me sad. He was the best Willy Wonka, but my favorite was Young Frankenstein.

eta, wow @ 83. I thought he was only late 60s - early 70's.

I think this says everything we need to know about what sort of person he was:

His nephew said in a statement, “We understand for all the emotional and physical challenges this situation presented we have been among the lucky ones — this illness-pirate, unlike in so many cases, never stole his ability to recognize those that were closest to him, nor took command of his central-gentle-life affirming core personality. The decision to wait until this time to disclose his condition wasn’t vanity, but more so that the countless young children that would smile or call out to him “there’s Willy Wonka,” would not have to be then exposed to an adult referencing illness or trouble and causing delight to travel to worry, disappointment or confusion. He simply couldn’t bear the idea of one less smile in the world.

 

[aiw]

Jose Fernandez. Wtf?

 

[torontoduke]

That is horrible news, such a young guy with so much waiting for him.

 

[torontoduke]

Bill Nunn ('Radio' from Do the Right Thing)

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/bill-nunn-do-the-right-thing-actor-dead-at-62-w441869

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Fernandez announced last week that his girlfriend was pregnant:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BKkAGyzAY68/

Girlfriend may have been one of the others not identified in the boating accident yet.

Fernandez saved his mother's life in a boating incident as a kid:


Fernandez was #1 in baseball in K/9 and FIP this season. He turned 24 recently. Reasonable to project him as a multiple Cy Young award winner and Hall of Famer with $400 million career earnings by the end.

 

[aiw]

Arnold Palmer. What a day.

 

[aiw]

Mister Rogers was one year ahead of him at Latrobe HS.

 

[CK86]

2016 is the year of celeb deaths, damn.

 

[dkst0426]

2016 is the year of celeb deaths, damn.

This year just sucks.

 

[torontoduke]

Mylan Hicks of the Calgary Stampeders

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...rs-nelson-lugela-murder-charge-laid-1.3779126

 

[dkst0426]