New year, new Grim Reaper thread.

 

https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/02/rally-car-driver-ken-block-dead/
 

https://globalnews.ca/news/9161442/robert-cormier-dead-heartland-actor-finn-cotter/?dicbo=v2-94491dc4bfd0616a4a1754acdeaa2461

Edited January 3, 20233 yr by TrueBlue4ever

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/van-conner-screaming-trees-dead-dies-1235493452/

20 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/van-conner-screaming-trees-dead-dies-1235493452/

Ah, man, Lanegan just passed last year. 

there goes the last downtown movie theatre (I've seen a majority of them close, including both the Imax and the Globe at Portage place, not to mention the old famous players)

 

 

 

This year is off to a brisk start. Any guesses on the over/under? I think if this pace keeps it’s somewhere in the 200 range. 

was definitely waiting for this one

 

1 hour ago, GCJenks said:

This year is off to a brisk start. Any guesses on the over/under? I think if this pace keeps it’s somewhere in the 200 range. 

I don't know for last year I consider Sidney Poitier to be the first big one of the year and that was barely a week in

 

I started the last thread on the first day of the year, this one was started on the 3rd....I'm really hoping for under

 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tom-verlaine-singer-guitarist-seminal-224219305.html

Actress Annie Wersching, best known for role in '24,' has died at 45 following battle with cancer

Edited January 30, 20233 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

man Gomez is the last Addams standing (yes John Astin is still alive)

https://tvline.com/2023/01/29/lisa-loring-wednesday-addams-family-cause-of-death-obituary/

Edited January 30, 20233 yr by iHeart

 

 

 

Knowing what we know now about Bobby Hull's off-ice life..... it's tough to say a lot of good things about the man. Having said that, if not for Bobby Hull coming to town, there may not be hockey in YWG today, so everyone should be thankful for that. An absolute legend on the ice. 

20 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Knowing what we know now about Bobby Hull's off-ice life..... it's tough to say a lot of good things about the man. Having said that, if not for Bobby Hull coming to town, there may not be hockey in YWG today, so everyone should be thankful for that. An absolute legend on the ice. 

Given what we know about him, this is probably the most positive sentiment one could muster. It’s tough, we all grew up hearing about him being THE guy.
A person who at one point was the epitome of Winnipeg sports, who my Dad and uncles idolized turning out that way sucked. 
Closest comparable figure to me is Adrian Peterson. 

4 hours ago, iHeart said:

man Gomez is the last Addams standing (yes John Astin is still alive)

https://tvline.com/2023/01/29/lisa-loring-wednesday-addams-family-cause-of-death-obituary/

Loved him in Fenster and Dickens.

 

                    

1 hour ago, bigg jay said:

 

 

 

Peter Young is also an a-hole off the ice.

On 2023-01-12 at 7:44 PM, iHeart said:

She was at the Golden Globes two days ago

Lisa Marie Presley Was Taking Opioids, Weight Loss Drugs Before Death: TMZ

Lisa Marie Presley was undergoing an extreme weight loss regimen before her death because she wanted to look good while attending award ceremonies for Elvis, according to TMZ. Citing family sources, the outlet reports that Presley had plastic surgery and was taking weight loss drugs, shedding between 40 and 50 pounds in the six weeks before the Golden Globes on Jan. 10. Presley, who died two days later at the age of 54, was also taking opioids, relapsing into an addiction she’d battled for years, the sources tell TMZ. While her cause of death may not be revealed for months while toxicology results are still pending, Presley reportedly complained of abdominal pain on the morning of her death.

2 hours ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Given what we know about him, this is probably the most positive sentiment one could muster. It’s tough, we all grew up hearing about him being THE guy.
A person who at one point was the epitome of Winnipeg sports, who my Dad and uncles idolized turning out that way sucked. 
Closest comparable figure to me is Adrian Peterson. 

 

 

One of the all time great players no doubt, and was certainly one of the people who contributed to pro hockey (NHL now) here in Winnipeg. That's where we should leave it. 

Electrifying player and a great ambassador for the game, growing up I was a die hard Canadiens fan until Hull showed up in Wpg. and formed the "Hot Line" with Hedberg and Nilsson in the WHA.  Hands down the most exciting hockey I've ever witnessed to this day, also got Bobby's autograph at least 10 times, he was amazingly accommodating with fans. 

9 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Electrifying player and a great ambassador for the game, growing up I was a die hard Canadiens fan until Hull showed up in Wpg. and formed the "Hot Line" with Hedberg and Nilsson in the WHA.  Hands down the most exciting hockey I've ever witnessed to this day, also got Bobby's autograph at least 10 times, he was amazingly accommodating with fans. 

And like many ambassadors, largely evaded consequences for his actions.

I was a huge Hull and Blackhawks fan as a kid. I was thrilled to death when he came to Winnipeg. He changed hockey by empowering the players. He made the NHL a possibility in Winnipeg. The Hotline changed hockey when it became the basis of the Oiler championship years.His shot has yet to be equaled in my opinion. There are tons of stories about his willingness to sign autographs. Holding up team buses too so.A friend told me of being a kid and standing in a crowded group to get an autograph.Just as he approached an adult kind of shoved him to the side and stuck his paper infront of Bobby. Hull just reached over the guy ,took my friends paper , signed it and moved on without signing the adults paper.

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9 minutes ago, the watcher said:

I was a huge Hull and Blackhawks fan as a kid. I was thrilled to death when he came to Winnipeg. He changed hockey by empowering the players. He made the NHL a possibility in Winnipeg. The Hotline changed hockey when it became the basis of the Oiler championship years.His shot has yet to be equaled in my opinion. There are tons of stories about his willingness to sign autographs. Holding up team buses too so.A friend told me of being a kid and standing in a crowded group to get an autograph.Just as he approached an adult kind of shoved him to the side and stuck his paper infront of Bobby. Hull just reached over the guy ,took my friends paper , signed it and moved on without signing the adults paper.

**** that's a long post! 

My tablet went frigging nuts lol. I actually wanted to say that doesn't excuse what he did in his non hockey life. It should be a reminder that our childhood heros are not what we imagined at the time.