Geraldyn “Jerrie” M. Cobb - Female aviation pioneer, has gone west:
Brian
Bradley Welsh, toast. Not mine, though…
James W. McCord Jr., Watergate conspirator, dead at 93. He died two years ago, but it’s just being reported now.
Writer of the legendary comic series Lone Wolf And Cub, Kazuo Koike, dead at age 82.
Does that make him a 7-point pick in the 2019 pool, a 9-point pick in 2019, or a retroactive 9-point pick in the 2017 pool???
Did anyone have him on their list back then?
Retroactive.
But no one had him.
Apparently his wife made the decision for him. At first she blamed his son but now she’s confessed. She’s getting life, not a medal.
John Singleton, director of Boyz n the Hood is in ICU after suffering a stoke.
Ominously, the brief statement says Singleton “suffered a stroke while at the hospital.” No word on why he happened to be at the hospital at that time.
It appears he went to the hospital with leg weakness while traveling (which sounds like it could have been a blood clot that traveled to the brain.) The stroke has been reported to be “minor”.
Owen Garriott, first man to operate an interstellar ham radio station.
Warren Adler, journalist and author best known for The War of the Roses.
Henry Bloch, the “H” in “H&R Block” has died at 96. Brother Richard died in 2004.
Owen Garriot is the father of Richard “Lord British” Garriot (author of the Ultima series)
Brian
He could never beat J.R., but at least he outlived him.
Stefanie Sherk, says goodbye at 63 points.
It’s now reported that the stroke was “major,” and he is in a coma.
Boston Celtics legend John Havlicek stolen by death at 79.
Ninja’ed by Stephe96!
Larry “Flash” Jenkins, perhaps best known as one of the joyriding valets who “borrow” Cameron’s dad’s car in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, has died at 63.