Who is Alex Trebek at 80.
Amazingly courageous man.
Very sad to read it. He was extraordinary. RIP.
NHL legend and Hockey Night in Canada analyst Howie Meeker at 97. To be honest, I was surprised to learn he was still alive.
Alex was Mr. Personality. A real gentle soul. Will miss him. Watched him for close to 30 years,even when he had the mustache
The "master of the malaprop" Norm Crosby, 93. There is no question that people are living longer than when I was young. 90+ is becoming less unusual all the time.
WH Coronavirus task force. MIA and presumed dead.
@The Old Man posted:The "master of the malaprop" Norm Crosby, 93. There is no question that people are living longer than when I was young. 90+ is becoming less unusual all the time.
Glad to hear it. My dad will be turning 85 next month.
Paul Hornung. If you're a Packers fan like me, we've lost a couple of legends the last month or so.
@mneeley490 posted:Glad to hear it. My dad will be turning 85 next month.
Bary Player 85 What a ceremonial drive at first tee yesterday. Wish I was that good now
Paul H was a celebrity of sorts in Louisville many years ago. If I am not mistaken he is the only Heisman winner that was on a team with a losing record. He graduated HS from a Louisville school called Flaget that closed in 1974. Many outstanding sports players came from that school.
@italianwino posted:Paul H was a celebrity of sorts in Louisville many years ago. If I am not mistaken he is the only Heisman winner that was on a team with a losing record. He graduated HS from a Louisville school called Flaget that closed in 1974. Many outstanding sports players came from that school.
I don't know who this is. Did he not have a last name?
@The Old Man posted:I don't know who this is. Did he not have a last name?
Hornung.
@italianwino posted:Paul H was a celebrity of sorts in Louisville many years ago. If I am not mistaken he is the only Heisman winner that was on a team with a losing record. He graduated HS from a Louisville school called Flaget that closed in 1974. Many outstanding sports players came from that school.
You are correct, and would never happen today.
Writer Jan Morris at 94.
Didn’t want to start a thread on this....today is the 58th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. What a sad day and week that was. Those of us who are old enough to remember it personally will never forget it, just as you youngsters will not forget 9/11
I remember well that day. Today's media would have annihilated JFK. The list is long: The Bay of Pigs fiasco, Vietnam involvement, Exner/ Giancana, Monroe along with many others, his anti-semitic father ("Democracy is Dead") who helped him get elected, appointing his brother AG although he had never argued or tried a case. IMHO, the media today would have had him impeached. Instead, they called it Camelot.
@arsenal4ever posted:I remember well that day. Today's media would have annihilated JFK. The list is long: The Bay of Pigs fiasco, Vietnam involvement, Exner/ Giancana, Monroe along with many others, his anti-semitic father ("Democracy is Dead") who helped him get elected, appointing his brother AG although he had never argued or tried a case. IMHO, the media today would have had him impeached. Instead, they called it Camelot.
Blah, blah, blah, thanks for your critical "insights." I didn't know that the media impeaches presidents, I thought that was Congress. You sure are smart.
Hi TOM - Thought you might be old enough to remember these "insights". Too bad they cast doubt on Camelot. By the way, go fuck yourself (again).
@arsenal4ever posted:Hi TOM - Thought you might be old enough to remember these "insights". Too bad they cast doubt on Camelot. By the way, go fuck yourself (again).
I remember Kennedy standing up to the USSR and getting the nuclear missiles out of cuba. I remember when presidents could speak in full grammatically correct sentences and actually told Parade Magazine what books they were reading. Casting doubt on Camelot, on no! I don't think that most Americans even know that it's the title of a popular, so-so movie of the time, let alone what it means in regard to Kennedy. (Unless you're given to watching CNN documentaries, which the great majority of the country does not.) In case you're not aware of it, the legacy of JFK has been pretty well dissected at this point. Your "insights" are common knowledge to educated people.
By the way, did I ever mention you can't spell arsenel4ever without starting with an arse?