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______ Passed Away Today, RIP (1 Viewer)

Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
 
bcat01 said:
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
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I was a regular listener to his show and especially Sports or Consequences when I was growing up outside Dayton. I even called in a couple of times and got blown up once.
 
McBokonon said:
bcat01 said:
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
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I was a regular listener to his show and especially Sports or Consequences when I was growing up outside Dayton. I even called in a couple of times and got blown up once.
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I lived in Dayton for a couple years and was a faithful listener to all of those guys

RIP Mr Burbank
 
bcat01 said:
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
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Ah that's a shame. I lived in Cincinnati for about 10 years in the mid 80's to mid 90's. Used to listen to 700 WLW on the walk to campus and then on the drive into work after I graduated. RIP Earl/Gilbert/etc. and Gary.
 
McBokonon said:
bcat01 said:
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
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I was a regular listener to his show and especially Sports or Consequences when I was growing up outside Dayton. I even called in a couple of times and got blown up once.
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Loved it when the caller was dumb enough to ask a yes/no question like "Can you name....?"

Immediate response: NO!
WE DON'T
WE DON'T
WE DON'T MESS AROUND! HEY!
 
bcat01 said:
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
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Don't forget about Burbank's BBQ. It's been forever, but I think it was probably decent for suburban Cincinnati. Also had blues open mic night, which was pretty cool.
 
Lee Roy Jordan, former Dallas Cowboys linebacker, dead at 84. A five-time Pro Bowler, Jordan was the first player inducted into the Cowboy's ring of honor in 1989. He was on the Cowboy's Superbowl VI team. In college, he was the defensive leader on Alabama's 1961 national championship team and was an Associated Press All-American a year later. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
 
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fatness said:
Pauline Pusser, the wife of sheriff Buford Pusser, of Walking Tall fame.
She was murdered in 1967 and new evidence has been found implicating sheriff Buford Pusser, who has been dead since 1974.

abcnews.go.com

Famed Tennessee sheriff who inspired Hollywood movie 'Walking Tall' implicated in wife's murder

New evidence suggests that legendary Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser of "Walking Tall" fame killed his wife, police said.
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I'm glad her family knows the truth. I'm pretty sure they always suspected it.
 
Hastur said:
belljr said:
identikit said:
Graham Greene dead @ 73
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He was great. Loved him in the Maverick movie
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Maverick was great, and Graham did a fantastic job!

Underrated in Northern Exposure too.
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Green Mile too.

Feel like he's been no-hyperbole great in everything I've seen in him across TV and film.

Looked up his resume to remind myself- despite working a lot, its mostly small stuff I'd never heard of playing his native roots or one off episodes on TV. Shame- he's much better than the typecasting he seems to have been pigeonholed into.
 
World War II hero John 'Lucky' Luckadoo has died

John "Lucky" Luckadoo, of Dallas, the last surviving B-17 bomber pilot from the 100th Bomb Group during World War II, has died at the age of 103. Luckadoo, a native of Chattanooga, enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at the age of 19, according to the 100th Bomb Group Foundation, which documents the unit's history. He served as a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who participated in 25 missions over Germany between 1943 and 1944, including the Bremen mission during “Black Week” on October 8, 1943, according to the foundation.
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"I shudder to think that you're trying to paint me as a hero. Because I ain't no hero," Luckadoo said in 2022, as WFAA previously reported. "The real heroes are those who did not come home. And the real heroes are also those who stayed home and outproduced the world."
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He also served as a consultant for the Apple series "Masters of the Air." "Well, I'm trying to maintain some balance and equilibrium," he joked during a WFAA interview in 2024 when asked if he felt like a Hollywood celebrity given his role. "My fervent hope would be that they would recognize the futility of war," he said when asked about his hope for the movie's impact. "Hopefully it's going to impress on successive generations who weren't born then, what sacrifices were made on their behalf, or they wouldn't be here."
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it has been a rough 10 days a lot of great ones have moved on to the next adventure man take that to the bank brohans
 
This one might just resonate with Canadia(e)ns and hockey fans, but Ken Dryden passed away today at the age of 78 after a cancer battle.
I was a youngster when Dryden began playing goalie for the Montreal Canadiens and he was a revelation. I still remember him standing upright in the net leaning on his goalie stick when play was in the other end of the rink.
He looked cool as a cucumber.
He wrote some great books about the game of hockey too.

www.nhl.com

The Montreal Canadiens mourn the passing of Ken Dryden | Montréal Canadiens

Hall-of-Fame goaltender won six Stanley Cups with the team
www.nhl.com www.nhl.com
 
northern exposure said:
This one might just resonate with Canadia(e)ns and hockey fans, but Ken Dryden passed away today at the age of 78 after a cancer battle.
I was a youngster when Dryden began playing goalie for the Montreal Canadiens and he was a revelation. I still remember him standing upright in the net leaning on his goalie stick when play was in the other end of the rink.
He looked cool as a cucumber.
He wrote some great books about the game of hockey too.

www.nhl.com

The Montreal Canadiens mourn the passing of Ken Dryden | Montréal Canadiens

Hall-of-Fame goaltender won six Stanley Cups with the team
www.nhl.com www.nhl.com
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RIP to an all-time great and one of the smartest guys in NHL history. His book The Game is a must read for hockey fans - the hockey equivalent of Jim Bouton’s Ball Four.

Holds a strong place in USA hockey as well, as he was the analyst alongside Al Michaels for the Miracle on Ice game (as well as the entire 1980 Olympics).
 
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Maj. Gen. Joseph McNeil of Legendary A&T Four Passes Away at 83

McNeil was part of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at A&T, which helped inform his idea of how to mobilize group action around a goal. He was also a strong believer in the idea that the Civil Rights movement could only achieve its goals with a nonviolent approach to change, one that included religion. He frequently spoke with a local member of the NAACP, Ralph Johns, about organizing a sit-in, and shared his ideas with the other members of the Four. Together, they hatched a plan.

On the afternoon of Monday, Feb. 1, they walked downtown to Woolworth’s. After purchasing a few items from the store, they seated themselves at the store’s “whites-only” lunch counter and asked to be served. Shocked that anyone would challenge their approach to only serving Black patrons at a window at the back of the store, Woolworth’s staff refused to take their orders. The Four stayed in their seats until the store closed.

Back on campus, word of their actions spread quickly. They returned the next day, accompanied by 20 other students. They returned the following day, this time with 60 fellow protesters. By the end of the week, the store and surrounding area were taken over by the now very large protest. McNeil’s ROTC training became significant as the protest grew and expanded to additional restaurants across town. Along with students from A&T, Bennett College, Dudley High School and the University of North Carolina Greensboro, McNeil and his classmates kept the Woolworth’s protest going while coordinating activity at multiple locations in an era long before cell phones, text messages and email. In mid-March, even President Dwight Eisenhower weighed in on the nationally prominent protest, expressing sympathy with the students and their work to “enjoy the rights of quality that are guaranteed by the Constitution.”

On July 25, 1960, Woolworth’s finally served four Black patrons, and service policies at most of its stores throughout the South soon changed.
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zamboni said:
northern exposure said:
This one might just resonate with Canadia(e)ns and hockey fans, but Ken Dryden passed away today at the age of 78 after a cancer battle.
I was a youngster when Dryden began playing goalie for the Montreal Canadiens and he was a revelation. I still remember him standing upright in the net leaning on his goalie stick when play was in the other end of the rink.
He looked cool as a cucumber.
He wrote some great books about the game of hockey too.

www.nhl.com

The Montreal Canadiens mourn the passing of Ken Dryden | Montréal Canadiens

Hall-of-Fame goaltender won six Stanley Cups with the team
www.nhl.com www.nhl.com
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RIP to an all-time great and one of the smartest guys in NHL history. His book The Game is a must read for hockey fans - the hockey equivalent of Jim Bouton’s Ball Four.

Holds a strong place in USA hockey as well, as he was the analyst alongside Al Michaels for the Miracle on Ice game (as well as the entire 1980 Olympics).
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Regarding international hockey, Dryden also wrote a great book about the 1972 Summit Series vs the Russians. He isn't as synonymous with that series as Paul Henderson is for Canadians, but he was in net for the series winning Game.
 
northern exposure said:
zamboni said:
northern exposure said:
This one might just resonate with Canadia(e)ns and hockey fans, but Ken Dryden passed away today at the age of 78 after a cancer battle.
I was a youngster when Dryden began playing goalie for the Montreal Canadiens and he was a revelation. I still remember him standing upright in the net leaning on his goalie stick when play was in the other end of the rink.
He looked cool as a cucumber.
He wrote some great books about the game of hockey too.

www.nhl.com

The Montreal Canadiens mourn the passing of Ken Dryden | Montréal Canadiens

Hall-of-Fame goaltender won six Stanley Cups with the team
www.nhl.com www.nhl.com
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RIP to an all-time great and one of the smartest guys in NHL history. His book The Game is a must read for hockey fans - the hockey equivalent of Jim Bouton’s Ball Four.

Holds a strong place in USA hockey as well, as he was the analyst alongside Al Michaels for the Miracle on Ice game (as well as the entire 1980 Olympics).
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Regarding international hockey, Dryden also wrote a great book about the 1972 Summit Series vs the Russians. He isn't as synonymous with that series as Paul Henderson is for Canadians, but he was in net for the series winning Game.
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Just looked up a picture of Ken Dryden in equipment, he was tall and the equiment was so skinny compared to what they wear today. Hard to beleive he was that good with 75% of the net open compared to about 25% today.
 
Da Guru said:
northern exposure said:
zamboni said:
northern exposure said:
This one might just resonate with Canadia(e)ns and hockey fans, but Ken Dryden passed away today at the age of 78 after a cancer battle.
I was a youngster when Dryden began playing goalie for the Montreal Canadiens and he was a revelation. I still remember him standing upright in the net leaning on his goalie stick when play was in the other end of the rink.
He looked cool as a cucumber.
He wrote some great books about the game of hockey too.

www.nhl.com

The Montreal Canadiens mourn the passing of Ken Dryden | Montréal Canadiens

Hall-of-Fame goaltender won six Stanley Cups with the team
www.nhl.com www.nhl.com
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RIP to an all-time great and one of the smartest guys in NHL history. His book The Game is a must read for hockey fans - the hockey equivalent of Jim Bouton’s Ball Four.

Holds a strong place in USA hockey as well, as he was the analyst alongside Al Michaels for the Miracle on Ice game (as well as the entire 1980 Olympics).
Click to expand...
Regarding international hockey, Dryden also wrote a great book about the 1972 Summit Series vs the Russians. He isn't as synonymous with that series as Paul Henderson is for Canadians, but he was in net for the series winning Game.
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Just looked up a picture of Ken Dryden in equipment, he was tall and the equiment was so skinny compared to what they wear today. Hard to beleive he was that good with 75% of the net open compared to about 25% today.
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its funny to look back at goalies from that era and earlier and see just how much of the net is available.

Way before Dryden's time but how could you not score! :D. oh wait, no curves and sticks likely weighed 5 pounds.
 
kupcho1 said:
Jayrod said:
For Pete's sake.

We are talking about Charlie Kirk.

He was shot and it is likely he won't make it but it hasn't been confirmed yet officially.
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I have no idea who this is, but thoughts and prayers regardless.
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He's a right-wing political activist that is very popular on social media, especially with young conservatives.

He tours the country doing public forum type debates/discussions on college campuses. It was at one of these in Utah where he was shot.
 
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