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Postby crusherstasiak » Wed Oct 07, 2020 6:47 pm

*snicker*
I first heard that bit about 30 yrs ago :)
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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:04 am

RIP Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., Grandson of the 10th President, Dies at 95

He and his brother, grandsons of John Tyler, were the third of three generations that remarkably spanned almost the entire history of the American experience.
Aww man... This has been one of my favorite historical quirks of all time. Still one living grandson left.

A living person in 2020 whose grandfather wasn't born, but was ELECTED POTUS in 1841, still boggles the mind.
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Postby Gaucho » Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:10 am

So one grandson is still alive?
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Postby faftorial » Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:13 am

So one grandson is still alive?
Yes, the younger brother at 91.
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Postby Gaucho » Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:14 am

Creepy somehow.
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Postby Beveridge » Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:25 am

So one grandson is still alive?
Yes, the younger brother at 91.
Surprised they haven't cancelled him with Tyler's ties to the Confederate, haha.
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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:52 pm

A living person in 2020 whose grandfather wasn't born, but was ELECTED POTUS in 1841, still boggles the mind.
That's interesting, because I tend to have the opposite response. To me, it underscores just how young we are as a nation, and that things we colloquially think of as 'ancient history' really weren't all that long ago.

I've been in pubs in Europe that are older than this country. :lol:
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Postby dodint » Thu Oct 08, 2020 6:07 pm

Top shelf tif post.
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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:11 pm

No idea he was still alive.
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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:11 pm

Man... This has been a rough month for baseball legends
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Postby Orlando Penguin » Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:24 pm

Another winning entry in my death pool picks.
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Postby RonnieFranchise » Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:42 pm

I'd have guessed that Whitey Ford died around 1997.
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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:22 am

Another baseball legend:

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Postby NAN » Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:28 am

Damn.
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Postby faftorial » Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:37 am

RIP Joe with the chicken wing.

Phil Garner used to live in Danville too. My cousins lived there in the 70's.
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Postby Gaucho » Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:03 pm

damn
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Postby AuthorTony » Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:28 pm

Man, I think someone's killing these HOFers.
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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:37 pm

Another baseball legend:

Damn it, this sucks. Sunday Night Baseball used to be appointment television for me, used to love listening to him call games with Jon Miller. I grew up with them.
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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Oct 12, 2020 1:01 pm

Bill James ranked Morgan as the best 2B of all time, and it is hard to disagree. He had a higher WAR than anyone else in the league during the 1970s.
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Postby faftorial » Mon Oct 12, 2020 3:48 pm

RIP John McCain's mother at 108.
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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:15 pm

RIP John McCain's mother at 108.
She was one hell of a woman. RIP.
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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:22 pm

Seaver, Gibson, Ford, Morgan and Brock all within just over a month

And none of them were from COVID right?

Edit: never mind, Seaver had a combo of Lewy body dementia and COVID
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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:19 pm

Here’s her obit:

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:32 pm

One of the most powerful scenes in LOTR is in 2 when Theoden mourns his son and says “no parent should ever have to bury their child”

I can’t imagine what that feels like re: Roberta McCain and John, especially when the son lives a happy and full life

I guess there’s a degree of melancholic poetry to it but still super depressing.
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