RIP Thread... pile them up in here

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    Golfer Lee Edler.........the FIRST man of colour to play in the Masters in 1975.

    He missed the CUT.

    He was 87 years old and this man single handedly open the Door for many.

    Rest in peace Lee.
     
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    Sen. Bob Dole. The most wicked sense of humor the Senate ever saw. The guy could be hysterical. He ran for President in '96 and lost. After that, he did an old Snickers candy bar commercial. Remember that?...... "Not going anywhere?"
     
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    Al Unser just passed also... he was 82
     
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    Seems like we’re getting a flurry here to end the year.
     
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  16. Willie Head Coach Manager News & Notes Vikings

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    John Madden, football legend, dies at 85

    John Madden, a legendary figure known to one generation as a Hall of Fame coach, another generation as the sport’s greatest announcer, and yet another generation for the video game that bears his name, has died at the age of 85.

    The NFL announced Madden’s passing today.

    Madden’s influence on the sport of football is impossible to overstate. He was the youngest head coach in pro football when Al Davis hired him to coach the Oakland Raiders, and he led them to a Super Bowl title while having so much success that he still has the all-time highest winning percentage among all coaches who won at least 100 games.


    But as great a coach as he was, he did more for the sport after he retired from coaching. In the broadcasting booth, Madden became a sensation, not just the best broadcaster in football but one of the most popular figures in America, as famous as any movie star but as down-to-earth as any guy you’d talk about sports with at the barbershop. Everyone loved him.

    And then Madden had his video game, which he didn’t just lend his name to but took an active role in developing, always insisting that it needed to be as realistic as possible. The youngest generation of football fans that can’t even remember him as a broadcaster, let alone as a coach, is still influenced by Madden’s giant presence in the sport.

    Even in the final years of his life, Madden had an important role in the NFL, advising the league and advocating for rule changes that would protect players from brain injuries.

    John Madden may have been the single most influential person in the history of the sport of football.
     
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    Think they will serve a turduckin after his funeral?

    Caught the end ofmthe madden team special the other night and i didnt think he looked well and who knows when it was taped.
     
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    One final punch in the dick from 2021 on the way out the door…

    Betty White, 99
     
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    The apocolyose is upon us
     

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