Golf legend Arnold Palmer dead at 87. No links yet but multiple twitter reports.
I was drinking an Arnold Palmer tea when I heard the news. The Arnold/Jack rivalry my have been the best era of golf.
, the Israeli elder statesman who shared a Nobel Prize for forging a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, has died.Shimon Peres
I missed this one when it happened 17 days ago, but W.P. Kinsella, the author of Shoeless Joe, the book which inspired the movie Field of Dreams.
nytimes.com/2016/09/18/books/william-p-kinsella-author-of-shoeless-joe-dies-at-81.html?_r=0
He gave up "The Shot Heard 'Round The World."
The last one, wow. Almost makes it hard to believe that four Whiz Kids are still with us (Bob Miller, Paul Stuffel, Putsy Caballero & Curt Simmons, all in their late eighties). I remember in 1980, the Phillies had the last (or one of the last) surviving 1915 Phillie throw out the first pitch for one of the World Series games.
The Indians brought back the last member of the 1948 World Champions to one of the World Series games this year, Eddie Robinson.
I wonder how many Brooklyn Dodgers are still alive. Koufax and Newcombe come to mind. I wonder if there are any living Philadelphia A's?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/arts/television/florence-henderson-brady-bunch-dies.html?_r=0
Florence Henderson, Mom of ‘The Brady Bunch,’ Dies at 82
From Baseball Fever (seems to be current through September 2016) :
The end of an era, or at least the beginning of the end.
Thanks, PC!
Ron Glass of Barney Miller. The clip is funny and even more hilarious if you know the context.
Fidel Castro.
The Grim Reaper sure didn't take the holiday off.
Heisman Winner Rashaan Salaam Found Dead in Colorado Park
John Glenn:
RIP to an American hero. Godspeed.
I knew they both were pilots in the USMC but didn't know they were close. Great story about two of my heros, John Glen and Ted Williams.
Twins pitching prospect Yorman Landa killed in a car accident in Venezuela.
