Dude was a legend
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Dude was a legend
I've only watched pro wrestling occasionally over the past several years, but even I was struck by this guy's work. He was one of the company's few truly compelling characters of the last decade, although the bookers often didn't seem to know what to do with him.
Former WWE champion Bray Wyatt dies at age 36 - ESPN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i_lEYCaY14
I've read that he developed heart complications from COVID, and died of a heart attack. So young. So which wrestler will finish off the three?
In a just world, Hulk Hogan.
Definitelysad about Bray - by all accounts he was beloved by everyone. Met him when he was~2or 3 -my stepdadwas doing somework for Bray's grandfather, Blackjack mulligan.MikeRontunda came out and brought toddler Bray with him.
If any one family was put on Earth specifically for pro wrestling, it was that family. Not only Blackjack, but also Mike Rotunda and Bray's uncle, Barry Windham, are unfairly overlooked these days. Barry, in particular, was terrific in his prime -- there's a good case to be made that he was in the best series of matches that Ric Flair ever had, with the exception of the Steamboat trilogy.Quote:
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Bob Barker, former host of The Price is Right
After the whupping he laid on Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore, I guess he counts as #3.
Wow, that is an icon gone.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66694147 Jimmy Buffett. 76.
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Damn
Possibly on deck: Celine Dion.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...192226981.html
Suffering from Stiff Person Syndrome, which is a progressive neuromuscular disorder that causes muscular spasms and/or rigidity.
I've been a huge Jimmy Buffett fan since the mid-70s, the guy could write a great song. Seemed like a very fun guy to have for a friend, too.
Getting to the age where our childhood icons are all passing. I hit the big 60 earlier this summer. [emoji52]Quote:
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Oh yeah I know what you mean, I hit 62 in June. It's strange to me, too, I just don't feel like I should be that old, but I guess I don't get a say in it. :cool:Quote:
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Lead singer of Smash Mouth might show up on the list soon. Assuming TMZ sources are accurate, Steve Harwell is in hospice care.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/03/smash...-days-to-live/
TMZ sources are usually very accurate. He's been on deck for ages - I had him in a death pool for 2022. (At least four of the ten people on my 2022 list have died in 2023 - oops!)
I guess he's officially gone now?
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ry-1234817636/
Yeah. He just passed away :-(
Dianne Feinstein. No surprise, given her issues lately. I imagine in the long run, it won't have much effect on the balance of power in the Senate, because Newsom will appoint some of the same party, and then Californians will elect someone of the same party -- the Golden State hasn't elected a Republican to the Senate since Pete Wilson.