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

[dsjunior1388 81]

Roger Christian, Gold Medal winner in 1960 and co-founder of "Christian Brother's hockey sticks" has died at 76.

[jds 20]

Harry Morgan from Dragnet and MASH dies at 96

http://www.thespec.com/whatson/celebrity/article/635808--harry-morgan-m-a-s-h-s-col-potter-dies-at-96

[JR Boucicaut 3795]

Byron Donzis; his Air padding tech was licensed by Easton Hockey in gloves and protective

http://www.latimes.c...,0,880836.story

[skeeter14 0]

Byron Donzis; his Air padding tech was licensed by Easton Hockey in gloves and protective

Totally didn't know he was behind more than half the things the article listed (especially what became the reebok pump). Truly a multi-demensional innovator

[Fury of One 6]

Sarah Burke

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/32461/freestyle+skiing+star+sarah+burke+dies+from+injuries+sustained+in+halfpipe/

[EBondo 232]

Rest in peace, JoePa. It's a shame you had to go out this way.

[snuzzo24 0]

Joe Paterno dies at 85

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/34497800

RIP Joe Paterno

[Half 2]

Paterno's sons are saying he has not passed yet.

[Gummer12 134]

maybe not... family is refuting those claims as of now.

[steelnation248 101]

CBS posted an article about 20 minutes ago saying that he was in serious condition.

[snuzzo24 0]

His son Jay Paterno posted on twitter that he is still alive and fighting.

[EBondo 232]

....now it's official. RIP JoePa.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Not to turn this into a debate about his involvement in the scandal at PSU...But to hear some of the tributes the last few days you'd think that nothing happened. Call him a great football coach, a Penn State and NCAA legend (as a coach)...fine!! But to hear the people who are still talking about "class" and "high morality" and other character stuff makes me cringe a bit!

[Chadd 916]

Read the facts about the case and you'll see he did the right things. I won't go deeper because that belongs in the other topic

[jds 20]

Sweathog Robert Hegyes (aka Juan Epstein) dead at 60 from a heart attack.

[wrangler 157]

I'll believe that as long as it's not signed, "Epstein's mother".

[jds 20]

Don Cornelius from Soul Train at 75

Edited February 1, 2012 by jds

[JR Boucicaut 3795]

Check out Fred "Rerun" Berry at 1:07 in that clip...hilarious!

Love, peace, and souuuuuuuuuuuuuuul! RIP

[JR Boucicaut 3795]

RIP Angelo Dundee.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/7530790/muhammad-ali-legendary-trainer-angelo-dundee-dies-90

[team50 20]

Whitney Houston. 48 years old.

[wrangler 157]

Not much chance of missing that one.

[snuzzo24 0]

Adam Adamowicz, concept artist behind Fallout 3 and a lot of Skyrim

http://www.ripten.com/2012/02/10/adam-adamowicz-fallout-3-concept-artist-dies-mhib/

[RadioGaGa 162]

Gary Carter: http://tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=388022

[chippa13 1844]

He just seemed like on of those good guys of baseball, easy to root for.

[Chadd 916]

Being a catcher in little league when the mets won the world series, Carter was huge to me. About ten years ago, I got the chance to meet him when he was at the little league world series with one of the corporate partners. Sometimes you're just better off not meeting the people you grow up revering.