OT: Obituaries Thread

[MikeDeTiger]

I did a report on him in 5th grade for Black History Month.  He kind of became a caricature of himself in his later years, but his campaign was built on a lot of the things Trump won on, in an era where he did about as well as you could without being the committees pick.  He might have been the first major party candidate to realize the power of private companies in the election process

I did one on George Washington Carver, I think also in 5th grade.  I learned a lot of stuff about him, but the most amazing thing to me back then was that he came up with over 100 uses for the peanut.  That blew my little 10-yr old brain...I figured if you can find that many uses for a mundane legume, you must be a genius, and years later that's the main thing that's stuck with me.  

[MarqHusker]

speaking of funny SNL skits.   Eddie Murphy did a Black History Minute on Carver, that too was awesome.   

[FearlessF]

Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for his historic walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, has died at the age of 89.

Pirates owner Bob Nutting said “Maz was one of a kind, a true Pirates legend. ... His name will always be tied to the biggest home run in baseball history and the 1960 World Series championship, but I will remember him most for the person he was: humble, gracious and proud to be a Pirate.”

Mazeroski died Friday in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, the Pirates said. No cause of death was given.

[MarqHusker]

Wow.  Rondale Moore, suicide.   Rip.  

[Brutus Buckeye]

Lou Holtz

[SFBadger96]

Holtz was a weird guy, but a great college football coach. I never liked him (he also coached ND before I liked ND), but he was effective, and remains the last ND coach to win a national title. 1988 was a great championship season by the standards of the day. Until the advent of the current playoff system, few teams had better resumes on which to rest their MNC claims.

[OrangeAfroMan]

He took ND from horrible to a NC in like 3 years. 

He also showed morals by suspending good starting players in a bowl game...and then going out and winning big without them.

[847badgerfan]

Holtz was a weird guy, but a great college football coach. I never liked him (he also coached ND before I liked ND), but he was effective, and remains the last ND coach to win a national title. 1988 was a great championship season by the standards of the day. Until the advent of the current playoff system, few teams had better resumes on which to rest their MNC claims.

He had a really good DC for that MNC team.

[847badgerfan]

He took ND from horrible to a NC in like 3 years. 

He also showed morals by... suspending good starting players in a bowl game...and then going out and winning big without them.

...by landing his last three schools (Minnie, ND, USCe) on probation.

[SFBadger96]

Yeah, I think Holtz's "morals" depend on your perspective. Rumor is one of the reasons he left Notre Dame was fights with the administration over which players he could recruit. I think Randy Moss was involved? Imagine, he was complicated. Some good, some bad. People are like that.

My in-laws live near the Hartford airport, which is where the ESPN folks often fly in and out of. This memory was while he was doing ESPN work, I think before he took the South Carolina job. I remember seeing Holtz tearing through his carry on next to a gate, clearly frustrated while looking for something. It was such a human moment for such a big personality. They are all just people, even the ones with statues in front of stadiums.

[jgvol]

Regardless of Holtz's foibles, he was a master motivator.

The people with that particular ability are fascinating to me.

[medinabuckeye1]

I'm not trying to stir up a thread on Jesse  (RIP Jesse Jackson), full disclosure, my Dad had his protection detail during the '84 primaries.  he has some stories....

however, Jesse did one of the best skits of all-time on SNL in '84, 'The Question Is Moot'  Jesse as himself and gameshow host,  Gary Kroeger,  Julia Louis Dreyfus and Mary Gross.    fabulous satire.
link here

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54vjte

This was my favorite:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mqg4C0awA

[medinabuckeye1]

Regardless of Holtz's foibles, he was a master motivator.

The people with that particular ability are fascinating to me.

It always cracked me up how he would build up an opponent.  Notre Dame would be favored by 20+ against some patsy and Holtz would get interviewed and say something like "Well the little sisters of the poor have a really good tight end this year and we don't know how we are going to cover him."  

[Wildcat4E]

It always cracked me up how he would build up an opponent.  Notre Dame would be favored by 20+ against some patsy and Holtz would get interviewed and say something like "Well the little sisters of the poor have a really good tight end this year and we don't know how we are going to cover him." 

The one that stuck in my craw was when he was talking to his own team at a practice, and said their opponents were "not playing any Kansas State."  Of course, at the time, the shoe fit, but...still.

I posted on the stupid Fb group I'm in and compared his nasty court-room divorce from ND, where they essentially said Lou was nuts, to the present KSU basketball firing of Jerome Tang for cause.  We may save a big chunk of the $18.7M due to the language of the contract.  And NOBODY is going to remember the bad press in a couple of years, let alone players that are mainly after a paycheck no matter the logo on the uniform.