RIP Notable Figures

[84Cat]

Jacques Delors, architect of the modern EU and 'Mr. Europe,' dies at 98

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/27/12219050 ... union-dies

[UAEebs86]

Gaston Glock, Inventor Of Cult Guns, Dies At Age 94


https://www.barrons.com/news/gaston-glo ... D=ref_fark


Austrian engineer Gaston Glock, whose eponymous Glock pistol achieved global cult status, died on Wednesday, according to the company.

"In Memoriam Gaston Glock 07/19/1929 - 12/27/2023," read the company's site, showing a photo of Glock -- standing arms crossed in a dark suit with a maroon tie -- against a black background.

Though the notoriously private Glock may not have been world famous, his invention, wielded by police and outlaws alike, certainly made its mark worldwide, matched by few other weapons.

[84Cat]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ ... r-AA1mh1aB

[dovecanyoncat]

RIP Norm Snead

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/fo ... r-AA1n01gr

[Merkin]

[84Cat]

One of the good guys

[dovecanyoncat]

RIP Bob Edwards of NPR. I grew up on his bourbon-smooth voice. When he was unceremoniously replaced with Steve Inskeep I was personally wounded.

[UAEebs86]

[azgreg]

[dovecanyoncat]

96 huh? He must not have eaten many of his invention.

[Chicat]

That man who wrapped hardtack around the least amount of jelly possible to make it reasonably edible was a goddamn genius.

[scumdevils86]

I've probably had no more than 5 pop tarts in the last decade but damn was that not the holy grail of breakfast for me as a kid in the 90s

[dovecanyoncat]

In the 60s they had a distinct artificial flavor element hard to put your finger on. Kinda like a tasty asphalt shingle.

[Chicat]

I’m just glad the inventor of Pop-Tarts helped the government find a use for all the ships biscuits left over from the Spanish-American War.

[CalStateTempe]

I fucking live off these things on Mt Shasta climbs.

[dovecanyoncat]

I fucking live off these things on Mt Shasta climbs.

Your primary care physician is gonna bust your chops!

[pc in NM]

I listened to Bob Edwards from '79 thru his leaving in 2004 - woke up several morning a week to his reporting and interviews. Even followed him on SiriusXM for a few more years...

... he felt to me like a friend.

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/16568152 ... d-npr-host

'The voice we woke up to': Bob Edwards, longtime 'Morning Edition' host, dies at 76

February 12, 202410:45 AM ET



Bob Edwards, the veteran broadcaster and longtime host of Morning Edition who left an indelible mark on NPR's sound, has died. He was 76 years old.

NPR's Susan Stamberg says Edwards' voice became part of the morning routine for millions of Americans.

"He was Bob Edwards of Morning Edition for 24 1/2 years, and his was the voice we woke up to," she says.

When listeners first heard that voice, they might have imagined a figure of great authority, an avuncular newsman dressed in a pinstripe suit. But that was not Bob Edwards.
He was the consummate newsman

Margaret Low started at the company in 1982 as a Morning Edition production assistant. Now CEO of WBUR in Boston, she served for three years as NPR's senior vice president for news. She says Edwards always walked in the door right at 2:30 a.m., but he was casual.

"He was tall and lanky and wore jeans, and I think, if I remember right, was sort of pretty much always in an untucked flannel shirt."

Low says Edwards' seeming casualness belied a seriousness — about radio, about the news and especially about the art of writing. Like several of his contemporaries at NPR, he studied writing at American University with former CBS journalist Ed Bliss.

"He used to say that Ed Bliss sat on his shoulder as he wrote," Low recalls.

In fact, Edwards' Washington, D.C., office overlooked CBS News.

dwards eventually wrote a book about his radio friendship with Barber, the first of three he authored, including a memoir, A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio.
Edwards' approach helped set the tone for NPR

Edwards left NPR after the company decided to remove him as host of Morning Edition. Though his many fans protested mightily, Edwards closed out his last show on April 30, 2004. He ended his tenure just as it started, by interviewing one of his radio heroes, Charles Osgood.

"You were the first person I interviewed for Morning Edition, and I wanted you to be the last," Edwards told Osgood on air.

Edwards went on to host his own interview show at Sirius XM Radio and continued to be heard on many public radio stations on Bob Edwards Weekend. But Margaret Low says his contribution to NPR will never be forgotten.

"He sort of set the tone and the bar for all of us," she says. "He understood the power and the intimacy of our medium and captured the attention of millions and millions of people who are still with us today."

[84Cat]

[Chicat]

Chris Mortenson . . . RIP

Always knew I was getting the true inside scoop on the NFL when he came on to report.

[Merkin]

Without a doubt my favorite magazine as a kid. Still have some old ones stashed away some place.

[84Cat]

[azgreg]

[UAEebs86]

Does that mean No Labels is dead too?

[Merkin]

I truly thought he was a lot older, and actually thought he had died.

John McCain later said he regretted not picking him for a VP candidate. What a world it was back then when a Republican wishes he would have picked a Democratic VP.

Now any Republican supporting a Democratic idea would be censured.

[UAEebs86]

I truly thought he was a lot older, and actually thought he had died.

John McCain later said he regretted not picking him for a VP candidate. What a world it was back then when a Republican wishes he would have picked a Democratic VP.

Now any Republican supporting a Democratic idea would be censured.

The other day I saw an interview with him and it looked like he died an nobody told him.

Shame on him for trying to run a 3rd party and end up helping Trump.

What the fuck happened to him and Lindsey Graham, McCain's old buddies?

[Chicat]

I truly thought he was a lot older, and actually thought he had died.

John McCain later said he regretted not picking him for a VP candidate. What a world it was back then when a Republican wishes he would have picked a Democratic VP.

Now any Republican supporting a Democratic idea would be censured.

The other day I saw an interview with him and it looked like he died an nobody told him.

Shame on him for trying to run a 3rd party and end up helping Trump.

What the fuck happened to him and Lindsey Graham, McCain's old buddies?

In Lieberman’s case, he fell in love with hearing people say his name.

[UAEebs86]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... dies-at-94

[Merkin]

[Catintheheat]

Good-bye Orenthal. Time for reckoning. I don't feel good or bad for him. Frankly, i don't care about him at all.

[wyo-cat]

I remember the Bronco chase.

The Juice was getting squeezed.

[Chicat]

I hope the cancer ate his dick.

[pc in NM]

Good-bye Orenthal. Time for reckoning. I don't feel good or bad for him. Frankly, i don't care about him at all.

NDa disclosure - OJ post-mortem

[CalStateTempe]

As a dad I could never live with myself for taking a payout for my daughters suffering

[dovecanyoncat]

You can bet that along with the payout they threatened to slander the wimmins. We hope to avoid examining in vigorous detail every man you've ever dated, hung out with, or fucked in your past, especially Black athletes.

[CalStateTempe]

Good point Dove.

Fucking snakes

[Merkin]

That old A's team sure was fun to watch.

[UAEebs86]

[azcat49]

Always felt Herzog was the best manager in the 70’s and 80’s. His teams took advantage of the fast turf era and he was a genius at putting guys in motion.

[RichardCranium]

Always felt Herzog was the best manager in the 70’s and 80’s. His teams took advantage of the fast turf era and he was a genius at putting guys in motion.

Sparky Anderson says hi!

[Chicat]

[dovecanyoncat]

As a kid I used to watch him throw passes with three DLs hanging off him.

[EastCoastCat]

As a kid I used to watch him throw passes with three DLs hanging off him.

Me too at the Coliseum. Loved the Rams whites btw.

[Chicat]

For you Old Heads…

[Chicat]