Well what do you know? I guess I did. I’d forgotten that. Thank you.
Alice Stewart, political commentator and political advisor, dies at 58.
Did anyone pick Ebrahim Raisi?
Looks like 37 points just gone up in smoke.
Jim Otto, who played center for the Oakland Raiders, passes away at age 86.
He didn’t miss a game in his 15-year career and was the only all-Pro center in the AFL’s 10 years of existence.
Even though I was a Chiefs fan and hated (and still hate) the Raiders, I admired this guy, plus he wore the coolest jersey number ever: 00.
surprisingly, no one picked him (in either pool)
I’ve got the Hamas leadership, the Ayatollah, but none of the Republican Guard folks that were hit in the consulate strike. Too many bad guys to include them all.
Ivan F. Boesky, scammer trader of the highest order, leaves only money, a gift link, some memes and 13 points behind.
I remember seeing him in a HBO documentary. I have a vivid memory of them filming him getting out of bed with all of the pops a crackles that happened when he just did normal movements. That was in 1985. It’s amazing he lived as long as he did with all his health issues. He apparently was a hell of a businessman. Back in the 80s he already owned a large number of fast food franchises.
I did find the documentary on YouTube. I won’t link to it since it’s hardly an authorized copy. The name was Disposable Heroes. It also has a pre-murder O.J.
There was a time when he had the only number retired by the Raiders - not by choice (I think Al Davis had a policy not to retire numbers), but because the NFL outlawed the number 00. In 2023, the NFL started allowing the number 0 again, but I don’t think 00 is allowed.
Computer pioneer Gordon Bell logs off:
Brian
There was a line from John Cleese, “One of my ex-wives died recently. Unfortunately it was the wrong one.”
Like that, only it’s a band.
“Spider” John Koerner passed away May 18 at 85. A true legend.
Train’s original bass player Charlie Colin died from a slip and fall in the shower. His body was discovered after his friends returned from a five day trip. He was 42 points old.
Morgan Spurlock finally proved that fast food is deadly.