OT: Obituaries Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

I thought he had pulled out of their tours recently.  I distinctly remember my parents seeing their Voodoo Lounge Tour, worried it would be their last chance to see them.  That was 30 years ago.

I saw them in 1999(?) and was supposed to go to their SARS benefit concert in 2003 in Toronto with Rush and Our Lady Peace, but the US-Canadian border became stricter post 9/11.  I had no passport, and getting my birth certificate, would require telling my.parents I was going to Toronto.  Simpler times, simpler pandemics

Way back when I was in school at Ohio State in the mid-90's the Stones played the Horseshoe one fall weekend when the Buckeyes had a road game.  It was the only road game that E. Gordon Gee ever attended while President of tOSU.  At the time he said that he left town because "the rock stars are now older than the University Presidents".  That was 25 years ago and somehow they are STILL touring.  

I saw the mid-90's tour and I distinctly remember seeing "old" people there in their 70's era Stones Concert T-Shirts.  Then when I saw them again a few years ago, I wore my 90's era Stones Concert T-shirt and suddenly realized that I had become the "old" guy in the ~20 year old T-Shirt.  

[MarqHusker]

Very similar to my last Metallica concert.  Plenty of parents bringing kids and Mom and Dad wearing Metal Up Your Ass shirts from '86.

[betarhoalphadelta]

I saw Rush in the late 90s in Tinley Park, IL. It was the strangest collection of concertgoers I've ever seen. All ages and demographics were covered...

[utee94]

Yeah I saw Rush in Austin in '94 and it was definitely a strange mix.

[MrNubbz]

Yeah I saw Rush in Austin in '94 and it was definitely a strange mix.

Well it was Austin

[medinabuckeye1]

Very similar to my last Metallica concert.  Plenty of parents bringing kids and Mom and Dad wearing Metal Up Your Ass shirts from '86.

That is before I was able to drive myself to concerts but I still have my "Wherever We May Roam" T-Shirt that I bought at the Richfield Coliseum (outside of Cleveland, where the Cavs used to play) on December 1, 1991 when I was 16.  

[FearlessF]

saw Rush Signals tour in Omaha around 1983

didn't seem strange to me

[Riffraft]

Just heard that Sam "the bam" Cunningham died.  As an Ohio State fan, you had to dislike him after what he did to the Bucks in the Rose bowl, but he was quite the fullback.

[MrNubbz]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/norm-macdonald-dies-influential-comedian-former-snl-weekend-update-anchor-was-61/ar-AAOrnmK?ocid=winp1taskbar

RIP Norm McDonald dies at 61,use to watch the Norm Show in the late'90's unique and gifted style.Also doing Turd Ferguson in SNL spoof of Jeopardy as Burt Reynolds

[Mdot21]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/norm-macdonald-dies-influential-comedian-former-snl-weekend-update-anchor-was-61/ar-AAOrnmK?ocid=winp1taskbar

RIP Norm McDonald dies at 61,use to watch the Norm Show in the late'90's unique and gifted style.Also doing Turd Ferguson in SNL spoof of Jeopardy as Burt Reynolds

FK cancer. That succcccks. I LOVE Norm MacDonald. Easily one of the best comedians ever and right up there with John Belushi, Phil Hartman, Eddie Murphy, and Chris Farley as the best SNL has ever produced.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Damn... Way too young.

He was never one of my personal favorites as a comedian or actor, mainly just stylistically, but being a fan of comedy, I respected his work.  

[Mdot21]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9EsIFBs26o

[Hawkinole]

Just heard that Sam "the bam" Cunningham died.  As an Ohio State fan, you had to dislike him after what he did to the Bucks in the Rose bowl, but he was quite the fullback.

How did Sam the Bam die? I thought he was younger than me, but he was several years older. I still see him leaping over defensive linemen, when no one else did that, and it seems like yesterday(year).

[MrNubbz]

RIP Commander Cody - A Michigan Grad


https://youtu.be/868DSi85odQ