OT: Obituaries Thread

[MarqHusker]

Loved watching Betty White get 'cuckooed' on Pyramid as a kid.  I was always wondering.. what did she say?

[MrNubbz]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/reaction-to-the-death-of-former-nfl-coach-player-dan-reeves/ar-AASl3lE

“Legendary NFL player and coach Dan Reeves passed away, peacefully and surrounded by his loving family at his home in Atlanta, GA, early this morning at age 77 due to complications from dementia. His legacy will continue through his many friends, players and fans as well as the rest of the NFL community.” -- Reeves family statement.

[MrNubbz]

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-news-hall-of-famer-10-time-celtics-champion-sam-jones-dies-at-88-192543605.html

Hall of Famer Sam Jones, who won 10 titles during the Boston Celtics' dynasty in the 1950s and 1960s, died Thursday, the team announced. He was 88.

He was the Celtics' No. 8 overall pick in the 1957 draft by iconic coach Red Auerbach. Auerbach had never been to North Carolina Central to see the young star play, but had heard of him while in North Carolina to scout the Tar Heels.

Jones averaged 17.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists for his career. He led the team in scoring five times, including the 1963 champion run. That roster had eight Hall of Famers. He averaged 18.9 points throughout the club's postseason runs.

[MaximumSam]

Oh man Bob Saget died

[OrangeAfroMan]

He had perhaps the widest chasm between notable roles/public persona vs how he really was/would like to be.  Not in a bad way.  
Hokey dad on a family sitcom + hokey host of a funny video show vs the dirtiest jokes ever.  I think that's awesome...he was smart enough to get paid, but comedians and friends knew it.

[medinabuckeye1]

He had perhaps the widest chasm between notable roles/public persona vs how he really was/would like to be.  Not in a bad way. 
Hokey dad on a family sitcom + hokey host of a funny video show vs the dirtiest jokes ever.  I think that's awesome...he was smart enough to get paid, but comedians and friends knew it.

I didn't realize that until he died.  I was never a Full House fan but I was aware of his role and also his role on the funny video show.  Also, he voiced "Old Ted" on How I Met Your Mother which was basically another "hokey dad" role.  Thus "Hokey dad" was how I saw him but apparently his stand up was seriously raunchy.  

I wonder how many fans of Full House / Funny Videos / HIMYM bought tickets to his stand up expecting a bunch of dad jokes and got the real Bob Saget?  

[ELA]

I wonder if you could even pull that off now.  He signed those deals back when unless you saw a stand up live, it was only the absolutely biggest names (Carlin, Pryor, Clay) who would get HBO specials, so you weren't otherwise seeing their material.

Now, almost every comedian you even might have heard of, has a Newflix or Amazon special, and the lesser known ones still have a podcast or their stuff up on YouTube.  You couldn't stick a blue comedian on a family show, knowing that nobody has seen their comedic persona.

[MrNubbz]

Back in like '85 Saget did Dangerfield's Young Comedian Special where Kinnison,Rose Ann,Louie Anderson,Yakov Smirnoff and a few others put together maybe the best hour of stand Up I've seen

[Brutus Buckeye]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHeZS3mGDKY

[MarqHusker]

A bit off the radar but biographer, playwright and long time Drama critic for the WSJ, Terry Teachout died today at 65.  Small-town Missouri roots, just fantastic writer, covered theater productions all over the country, probably my favorite critic to read on anything, music, drama, whatever.  His biography on Louis Armstrong was fabulous. He also wrote a lot in Commentary and other publications over the years.

I'll add, he was absolutely the most genuine person I've ever witnessed on Twitter.   Not an ounce of cynicism or bs.  I think he and Vin Scully are the world's most honest users of the medium in history.  

[FearlessF]

Lead singer of the Ronettes

Ronnie Spector


https://youtu.be/GM5r0Ve8Las

[MrNubbz]

She was dish before our time and a hell of a set pipes to go with it .RIP Ronnie

[MarqHusker]

Rip Ron Franklin,  79.  The voice of ESPN college football during some of my formative years working w Gottfried,  Dr Jerry Punch and Fran franchilla.    

Not a bad pbp guy.  His verbal tic was always saying a kick 'had the distance' whether it did or didn't off the foot.    Probably hung on too long but certainly a 'college football' guy which made him superior to blowhards like Tessitore and others today.

[utee94]

He was the University of Texas radio broadcast PBP guy for several years in the 80s before moving on to television and ESPN, and to me, his is THE voice of college football, even moreso than Keith Jackson.

RIP