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EBondo

The "people you may have heard about but probably didn't" death thread.

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215BroadStBullies610    435

215BroadStBullies610
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Dave Strader. Completely missed the news that he was dealing with cancer. One of my favorite guys to listen to because I felt he was good at using just the right amount of words to announce a game. More the exception in the current day of sports TV.

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Stewie    721

Stewie
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2 hours ago, 215BroadStBullies610 said:

Dave Strader. Completely missed the news that he was dealing with cancer. One of my favorite guys to listen to because I felt he was good at using just the right amount of words to announce a game. More the exception in the current day of sports TV.

Yeah, very sad. When he was the play by play guy for the Wings he came to a restaurant I was working at with Mickey Redmond and they were both very cool and approachable. Always partial to him as that's the voice of hockey I heard growing up, but I think he was the best in the league. 

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boo10    323

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2 hours ago, IPv6Freely said:

Gord Downie

It feels like a little bit of Canada has died :61_sob:

Non-Canadians may not understand his place in our collective psyche and Canadian Hockey culture.  Every time I hear Wheat Kings, I'm profoundly aware of the injustices that are going on in the world today.  Gord had a way of making a statement without being 'In your face".

 

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IPv6Freely
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18 minutes ago, boo10 said:

Non-Canadians may not understand his place in our collective psyche and Canadian Hockey culture.  Every time I hear Wheat Kings, I'm profoundly aware of the injustices that are going on in the world today.  Gord had a way of making a statement without being 'In your face".

 

For any non-Canadians who don't understand what Downie meant to our country, all you have to do is watch our Prime Minister's reaction to the news... 

 

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RadioGaGa    162

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On 11/20/2017 at 2:52 AM, IPv6Freely said:

Charles Manson. Rot in hell.

Waiting to hear that Marilyn Manson is going to take his remains/ashes and turn it into the ink for his next albums liner notes. 

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