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03-21-2023 , 03:49 PM

#5026

Dominic

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Willis Reed, 80

NY Knicks great and 2-time NBA champion. My dad used to take me to MSG to watch that early 70s er Knicks team. So much fun.

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03-21-2023 , 03:56 PM

#5027

golddog

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Strange, was just thinking of him watching Creighton the other night. He was coach when I was student manager of Drake's team, both were in the Valley at that time. Remember a game where Drake unexpectedly bombed them in an otherwise forgettable season.

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03-21-2023 , 05:41 PM

#5028

John Cole

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Willis Reed limping onto the court in game seven to inspire the Knicks win over the Lakers.

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03-21-2023 , 10:20 PM

#5029

Phat Mack

Twat-Waffle

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Whenever anyone asks what NBA team I root for, I always say, 1970 Knicks!

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03-22-2023 , 05:32 AM

#5030

Zeno

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Originally Posted by John Cole

Willis Reed limping onto the court in game seven to inspire the Knicks win over the Lakers.

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He was the greatest!

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03-23-2023 , 02:02 AM

#5031

Gioco

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Gloria Dea, the original Las Vegas Strip magician, forgotten for many years but emerged from obscurity several years ago, died on March 18, 2023, in Las Vegas.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obitu...n-dies-at-100/

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03-23-2023 , 09:00 AM

#5032

Phat Mack

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and playing a mourner in filmmaker Ed Wood’s “Plan 9 From Outer Space” (1957), widely considered the worst movie of all time.

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03-24-2023 , 04:07 AM

#5033

Zeno

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Fame comes in many guises!

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03-24-2023 , 08:33 PM

#5034

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

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hey guise, what's going on?

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03-25-2023 , 02:51 AM

#5035

Dominic

Tripod

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hey guise, what's going on?

Death. Lots of death.

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04-09-2023 , 09:08 PM

#5036

MSchu18

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Michael Lerner, the busy Oscar-nominated character actor who had memorable turns as bombastic types in Barton Fink, Harlem Nights, Eight Men Out and so much more, has died. He was 81.

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04-10-2023 , 09:05 PM

#5037

I_AM_EVIL

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Al Jaffe

The "fold in" cartoonist for Mad Magazine died at the age of 102.

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04-21-2023 , 09:42 PM

#5038

Phat Mack

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RIP Marc Gilutin. OG poker player and gamer. Hosted the O8 game at the Bike for years. Musician, manager, AR man. AKA Occupant and Apecage.

Great guy to play poker with. Great guy to talk music with. A lot of the old timers here knew him.

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04-22-2023 , 01:00 PM

#5039

lastcardcharlie

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Barry Humphries. Funny guy.

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04-25-2023 , 05:17 AM

#5040

Zeno

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Insane to the core. Great tie. Interesting stains on the suit which I bet are from spills of liquor.

I hope his body was tossed off the cliffs of Dover when he died to feed the fishes.

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04-25-2023 , 10:12 AM

#5041

Gioco

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Harry Belafonte, dead at age 96, at NYC on April 25, 2023.

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04-25-2023 , 11:00 AM

#5042

John Cole

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Harry Belafonte, dead at age 96, at NYC on April 25, 2023.

Day O

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04-25-2023 , 12:31 PM

#5043

Dominic

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John stole my Day O

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04-27-2023 , 11:34 AM

#5044

Gioco

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Jerry Springer, dead at age 79, on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Despite his TV image, he was a gentle, warm and compassionate man, a good mayor, and a TV news anchor who went undercover and lived with homeless people to report on their situation long before things like that were popular, he cared deeply for his daughter, and he was an excellent attorney, fair and reasonable, representing his clients' interests without being obnoxious. I met him as opposing counsel on many occasions and was involved with wage negotiations with him when he was the mayor of Cincinnati.

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04-27-2023 , 11:37 AM

#5045

Zeno

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Jerry Springer?! Host of TV’s Best all time Show?! I’m confused?!

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04-27-2023 , 11:39 AM

#5046

kioshk

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The best thing about Jerry Springer is the story about him paying a prostitute with a check that was used against him later; this is back when he was legit too, rising young star mayor. He was a fascinating man and an important cultural figure.

I also saw that Dick Groat died, really good Pirate from a little before my time.

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04-27-2023 , 02:13 PM

#5047

Phat Mack

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Groat. Listed as 5' 11" but looked smaller. Played hoops for Duke and the Pistons in the NBA. Played for the 1960 Pirates World Champions that sent my Yankee-fan friends kicking and screaming to their long winter of discontent. What a player. He would have tortured teams playing the shift. As good as Rizzuto at placing the ball. Overlooked for HOF.

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04-27-2023 , 02:22 PM

#5048

Zeno

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Note, no candy-a*s batting gloves.

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04-27-2023 , 02:55 PM

#5049

Gioco

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It was a bad check, it bounced and that's what got him in trouble, the sex worker went to the DA and complained. Interestingly, after resigning and pleading to the charge, he ran for mayor again and was re-elected.