OT: Obituaries Thread

[MrNubbz]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/peter-yarrow-grammy-winning-musician-of-peter-paul-and-mary-fame-dies-at-86/ar-AA1x7SGI?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=246327b68671497da235032516df51c7&ei=15

Peter Yarrow, Grammy-Winning Musician of Peter, Paul and Mary Fame, Dies at 86

[847badgerfan]

RIP, Mr. Bob Uecker.

[LetsGoPeay]

RIP, Mr. Bob Uecker.

Must be in the front row of heaven. 

[SuperMario]

RIP, Mr. Bob Uecker.

wow this one sucks

[FearlessF]

damn

[MrNubbz]

Must be in the front row of heaven.

beat me to it by 4 minutes,read his book "Catcher in the Wry" pretty damn entertaining. RIP Bob and thanx for the laughs. Sorry badge you get the honor,think he was born in Wisconsin

[ELA]

RIP, Mr. Bob Uecker.

Damn, that one sucks

[MrNubbz]

https://youtu.be/DPh4iF76LbU

A National Treasure 🥳 🍺

[SuperMario]

@MrNubbz as a Clevelander, I thought you were going somewhere else first. Thanks for giving me the honor. His all-time best as a NEO kid born and raised.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPH9cWTJgdU

[MrNubbz]

Euker was just 10 days short of his 91st B-Day and the Pride of Milwaukee, Wisconsin when it was still the Beer Capital of the Country. Damn he had a good run

Brewers’ play-by-play man Bob Uecker published his autobiography: Catcher In The Wry. His book was overshadowed by the feats of Rollie Fingers, Robin Yount, and Paul Molitor. It was all for the best, though. Nobody excels at getting lost in the glory quite like Bob Uecker. Pronounced the same as J.D. Salinger’s iconic Catcher In The Rye, the Milwaukee native’s titular pun was so sharp it could’ve spiked a shortstop blocking second base. The main character from that other Catcher book, Holden Caulfield, isn’t entirely different from Bob Uecker. Maybe that seems like stretching farther than Jake Taylor did to leg out that bunt single in Major League, but it’s true. Both Holden and Bob are misfits who struggled in school and cut loose with booze benders. Each stood as individuals in the ’50s, a decade known for conformity. They shared cognizance of the absurdity of life, but they diverged in how they handled the storm. Holden sulked alone and charged his fellow humans with crimes of being phony. By contrast, Bob embraced absurdity, befriended it as though it was a kooky teammate.

When a callous pitcher insulted him during a visit to the mound, Bob shrugged, returned to the plate, and told the batter which pitch was coming next. Beneath his deadpan humor is a truthful man with no delusions. During his stint in “the show,” Uecker wisely preferred to be a benchwarmer. He writes: “The less I played the more likely I was to stay in the big leagues.”


https://youtu.be/VMkG69bD2iQ?t=435

[MarqHusker]

I've been laughing my ass off all day w tons of texts and stories of Uecker q friends all day.  

Some of things we remember him saying on broadcasts all of our lives.  How he hoodwinked every broadcast partner over and over.  

My side hurts.

RIP to the voice of my entire life 

[FearlessF]

loved Bob

[Gigem]

Wow I had no idea he was that influential. 

[MarqHusker]

Makes sense .