RIP Bull.
'This world may be another planet's hell.'{Aldous Huxley}
'After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.'{Aldous Huxley}
See post above yoursOriginally Posted by Eremius
Wow. It seemed like he was doing so well with his recovery, too.
I did not before posting :-)
He could have been perfectly sober. He played two hours of pickleball, then went home and got in the hot tub. Depending on temperature and how long he was in it, someone with his health history could easily have either had a heart attack or passed out when he went to stand up. Both of those situations could lead to him drowning. We'll have to wait on the autopsy.
I hope so for his sake just in the hopes that he got to enjoy some more life without dependency.
It's no less of a tragedy either way, though. 54 is too young.
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Throw a chair tonight to remember him:
Legendary basketball coach Bob Knight dies at 83
https://apnews.com/article/rosalynn-...d9d1da461d95c1
Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dead at 96
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Henry Kissinger 100
https://apnews.com/article/henry-kis...863c219cee77e8
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100
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Unfortunately, it seems that for that bit of happy cheer, someone elected to trade in Shane MacGowan.
https://news.sky.com/story/the-pogue...at-65-13008760
At the graveside of Cúchulainn we'll kneel around and pray
And God is in his Heaven and Billy's down by the bay
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Meanwhile, in a bit of happenstance:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...615346112.html
Boys of the NYPD Choir finally sing Galway Bay
It is one of the spinetingling moments in The Pogues’ legendary Christmas song ‘Fairytale of New York’, as Shane MacGowan croons: “The boys of the NYPD Choir were singing Galway Bay...”
However, it is well known that that there never was an NYPD choir to sing ‘Galway Bay’.
Now the Epic Museum in Dublin has decided to make it come true – by bringing together a group of retired New York police officers to form the ‘NYPD Choir’ in a touching tribute to Irish emigrants and the global Irish diaspora.
Just in time for Christmas, the NYPD Choir was joined by a group of local amateur singers as they gathered in a recording studio in New York City to sing ‘Galway Bay’.
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Meanwhile, Epic is also launching an exhibition with Hot Press entitled ‘They Gave The Walls a Talking – The Extraordinary Story of The Pogues and Shane MacGowan’ .
It will be an exploration of various themes, such as ‘songs of emigration’ and ‘the creation of Fairytale of New York’, which has been named the most played Christmas song of the 21st century.
“The Pogues are one of the greatest Irish bands of all time,” said Nathan Mannion, head of exhibitions and programmes at Epic. “They were part of an increasingly successful wave of Irish emigrant artists who made it big in Britain in the 1980s and ‘They Gave the Walls a Talking’ charts the marvellously wild, fiercely fiery, sometimes drunken and – in the end – wonderfully inspiring contribution The Pogues have made to music in Ireland and across the world,” he added.
The exhibition will open on December 1 and run until the end of January 2024.
How would the pool score if the subject comes back to life? Scientists to bring the Dodo bird back:
https://www.cnn.com/dodo-de-extincti...scn/index.html
They still died before. No rule that says you can't double dip, right?
Per rules of the thread we have not made any against resurrection or necromancy
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
https://www.tmz.com/2023/12/12/andre...-dead-died-61/
Andre Braugher at 61. Probably best known for Homicide: Life on the Street and Brooklyn 9-9.
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
Or not.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/15/enter...ort/index.html
At best, he tried to self-medicate using drugs he was already taking for legitimate purposes and OD'ed. At worst, he was using ketamine recreationally and didn't realize how it would interact with his medical conditions and other medications in his system.
Apollo Creed KO'd for the final time:
https://news.yahoo.com/sports/footba...194311167.html
when I read of this yesterday, I was, for the first time in regards to a celebrity, deeply saddened for the first time in a very long time.
The last celeb to have this effect on me was perhaps Robin Williams.
Some relationships with celebrities simply do not need explanation, such as with Robin.
With Carl Weathers, the very first film I saw that was rated R was Predator.
I couldn't understand all of its korea/vietnam nuances, but I could understand how Weathers made a great antagonist.
He looked cool, he was fierce, he was confident, but just a little restrained in almost every role. It made him convincing. He was a commercials guy, but he knew it was his lifestyle, so his characters did to. He was an entire set of character actor in the most simple of forms.
It wasn't until about 10 years ago that I only just watched the first Rocky.
He played such a convincing villain, but one that didn't give any reason to stand against him.
Every single one of his roles of notoriety played to an idea that was just *fun* to see him take the role in.
I am saddened that we will ne'er see him in something new again.
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