Leon Spinks already died in 2021, so who’s hightailing it to Samara to foil the trifecta?
His brother Michael is alive.
Formerly Hanks
Martindale is now getting a bit more than 40 winks.
< spit-take > Damn you, Gato! 
I hear they’ve replaced him with his brother, J. J.
Sometimes I’m dense, I don’t get it.
I’m aware of the Simpsons joke, but that only works because it transfers to naughty words.
Wink and Binks, formerly Hanks, translates to…
Hank’s Wank and Banks?
(is it soley because of the work “wank” in there?)
mmm
Yes, but it blindsided me. I thought it was clever enough!
Filipino actress Nora Aunor has died at 71.
Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football trainer legend, dead at 82:
And it is not every day that a translator makes it to the NYT. RIP Tim Mohr, you were brilliant:
45 points down the drain. Life’s unfair, death even more so.
Amusing (to me, anyway) – Beenhakker is Dutch for “leg chopper.” Great name for a soccer coach, no?
That was amusing to all who knew, and the press made sure it was widely known.
Best known for sending the Brady boys into those scary Hawaii caves:
Wow, my celeb list is MASH themed and I did not have Ho-Jon on it. I can’t believe BJ and Hawkeye and others have outlived Ho-Jon.
Here’s one (NYT also has an obit, but it’s paywalled):
Did Steve poke a hole in her too?
Anyone remember these posters?
Jay Sigel, who was widely viewed as America’s best amateur since Bobby Jones, has died of pancreatic cancer, the U.S. Golf Association said Sunday.
The USGA said Sigel died Saturday at age 81. Along with his two U.S. Amateur titles and three U.S. Mid-Amateur victories, Sigel played in nine Walker Cup matches, twice as a playing captain.
JD Vance visited the Pope this week-end. Now he is dead. The Pope, not VP JD.
I saw an announcement of his death on Facebook but it was from one of those click bait sources so I didn’t believe it. Damn.