This guy rarely got plaudits, but he won more than 200 games, took three franchises to the playoffs and made four Super Bowl appearances with teams that probably had no business being in the big game in the first place, so he clearly knew something:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...player-dies-77
Kenyan paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey dies at 77
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Sunday evening.
The cause of death was not announced.
Leakey, the son of globally known anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey, also held a number of public service leadership roles including director of the National Museums of Kenya and what became the Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenyatta’s statement said.
“We are deeply saddened to learn about the news of the death of our founder,” the conservation group WildlifeDirect said.
The group’s CEO, Paula Kahumbu, said Leakey had “a natural sense of leadership, old-fashioned but straightforward. His memory was super sharp and his ability to hold many ideas in the air at once to find common threads was phenomenal. He will be dearly missed.”
The weird looking (thanks to grossly abused plastic surgery) Bodganoff brothers, both dead from Covid
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebri...?ocid=msedgdhp
Christos Achilleos, one of my favourite artists, died in December last year, that utterly BLOWS!!!
He was amazing, did the covers for so many great novels and games in the 1970s and 80s, Dr Who, Robert Howard, Fighting Fantasy, games Workshop, you name it, cannot recommend his art work enough!
Still have one of his posters up on my wall (Orc's war banner)
Sigh, past 2 years fekkin suck
https://boingboing.net/2021/12/10/le...ead-at-74.html
chris achilleos orcs war banner.jpg
I remember watching him play for the Cowboys when I was a kid, he was one tough player, and like you said, underrated coach. Hell, I even half cheered for the Giants simply because he was their coach. This video is one of my favorites from his playing days (sorry it's blocked here, but you can watch it on Youtube):
'This world may be another planet's hell.'{Aldous Huxley}
'After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.'{Aldous Huxley}
Peace out, Syd. You lived an amazing and fruitful life.
"consider the lillies if the field. They toil not, and neither do they spin."
https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/07/sidne...7S2nDewj3AJ29o
Sydney Poitier, 94
Oof. Bob Saget.
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bob...st-1235149876/
WTF, Bob Saget was 65? Felt like he was perpetually gonna be the age he was Full House and America's Funniest Home Videos.
Yvette Mimieux
damn she was cute in "The Time Machine", sigh
https://deadline.com/2022/01/yvette-...ywmgRG0-sP7lcY
I just watched "The Black Hole" (which she is in) a couple of weeks ago, since I'd only ever seen it once in a school assembly in grade seven and didn't really remember much of it. She was in her late 30's in that film and still stunning.
Meat Loaf, 74
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60080934
Today we sail
On the Solar Rail
For there's much we just don't know
So farewell with a kiss
Then it's fast for the mist
Till we're sleeping in the cold below
Louie Anderson
68
https://deadline.com/2022/01/louie-a...er-1234917040/
'This world may be another planet's hell.'{Aldous Huxley}
'After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.'{Aldous Huxley}
'This world may be another planet's hell.'{Aldous Huxley}
'After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.'{Aldous Huxley}
Best known for one of my favorite comedy series ever, WKRP in Cincinnati, Howard Hesseman (Dr. Johnny Fever).
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/a...5c922fdfe03089
'This world may be another planet's hell.'{Aldous Huxley}
'After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.'{Aldous Huxley}
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60370984
Ivan Reitman 75.
Today we sail
On the Solar Rail
For there's much we just don't know
So farewell with a kiss
Then it's fast for the mist
Till we're sleeping in the cold below