Notable death

@rookie54 said
"I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life."

Gale Sayers

rip

he was the smoothest runner I had ever seen
he could glide

@lemondrop

Remember the TV movie, "Brian's Song" - about Sayers teammate Brian Piccolo?

A real tearjerker. Sayers was a great humanitarian.

@earl-of-trumps said
@lemondrop

Remember the TV movie, "Brian's Song" - about Sayers teammate Brian Piccolo?

A real tearjerker. Sayers was a great humanitarian.

I remember

Juliette Greco, the iconic French singer, has died at the age of 93.

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@rookie54 said
"I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life."

Gale Sayers

rip

NFL Hall of Fame - 1977

Another NFL Hall of Famer, Walter Payton (1993), played with the Bears also, and passed on in 1999.

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah dies at age 91

Helen Reddy, age 78

“If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman.”

Rest in power, goddess.

@hakima said
Helen Reddy, age 78

“If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman.”

Rest in power, goddess.

Indeed, another cultural icon gone.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/30/918651061/i-am-woman-singer-helen-reddy-is-dead-aged-78

i had an opportunity to see her in concert and i chose to do a thing that i cannot remember
my regret will be forever

70s’ Singer Songwriter Mac Davis

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/songwriter-mac-davis-dead-at-78_n_5f7485a4c5b66377b27bae07


this is enough
i am quite aware of my own mortality

@rookie54 said
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/30/918651061/i-am-woman-singer-helen-reddy-is-dead-aged-78

i had an opportunity to see her in concert and i chose to do a thing that i cannot remember
my regret will be forever

same thing with me
dolly parton
she'll outlive me
no regrets

At 84, Bob Gibson, Baseball Hall of Famer, from pancreatic cancer.

May be the best pitcher I ever saw in my lifetime. And a great human being.

EDDIE VAN HALEN
DEAD AT 65
https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen-dead-dies-cancer-65/

@rookie54 said
EDDIE VAN HALEN
DEAD AT 65
https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen-dead-dies-cancer-65/

Just seen this, damn sad.

I Can See Clearly Now
Johnny Nash has passed away at age 80

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