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Indeed, and his music was so catchy and fun. His life style was unique and interesting too.
RIP...... He did good.... On HIS terms and without hurting anyone.

 

I am surprised he lived this long. He apparently had a huge drinking problem. I've heard a few stories of people going to his shows where he was so drunk he couldn't remember his lyrics and an older co-worker said he went to one where he sang part of one song, vomited everywhere, and then left the stage and they didn't get their money back.

 

He is another example of where success and money are superficial and hide a tortured person. Those reports of his behavior indicate how troubled he was. One can consider that his "high energy" was false too. (chemically induced ...Marguarias are chemicals of a rather potent variety.
A very unhappy person can feel the need to drink himself into oblivion.

He was never "free" to be who he really was.

 

I am not sure if he was a drunk who found a gig that worked for him or if his job turned him into a drunk TBH. I don't know a lot about his history or personal life. A friend of my Dad's spent about 15 years on the road with various big ticket country acts running the sound for their shows. He said it is a pretty miserable lifestyle all on its own so he could see how easily people fall into the drugs/alcohol traps. That guy saved all his money, talked up everybody he could to make the contacts, and eventually started his own studio so he could keep doing sound but didn't have to go on the road.

 

Could he have become president:

 

"Mr Oriole" Brooks Robinson a great baseball player with the Baltimore Orioles has passed away. During his carrer he played in 2,896 game at 10,654 at bats, Scored 1,232 He got 2848 hits, hit 268 home runs with 1,357 RBIs and a career batting Averge of .267. He was selected Selected Most Valuable Player in 1964. and was an All-Star and a Golden Glove winner numerous times. RIP Brooks Robinson

 

Dianne Feinstein, the Senate’s longest-serving woman, dies at 90

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a vocal advocate of gun control measures who was known for trying to find common ground with Republicans during her three decades in the Senate, has died. She was 90.

Feinstein was the oldest member of the Senate, the longest-serving female senator and the longest-serving senator from California.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/co...Szuo+L8wHuHht0xa2DHHFTjTFwyfieq3/A7vhQy4UAQAA

An incredible lady, and person. Achieved so much in her long life. Literally worked until the end. A work ethic that defies description. A trail blazer.
She visited the senate the day before she passed. A symbolic and final good by.
RIP.........a life filled with purpose is a wonderful legacy.

 

Two from the sportsworld have recently passed away.

Baseball star Tim Wakefield a knuckle ball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox passed away at 57. He was an all star and played in two World Series with the Red Son in 2004 and 2007. He worked with Joe and Phil Niekro on mastering the knuckleball.

Russ Francis who was with the New England Patriots (1975-1980 and 1987-1989) and the San Francisco 49ers (1982-1987) was killed in a plane crash in Lake Placid, NY. Francis was in Super Bowl XIX with the 49ers defeating Miami 38-16 at Stanford Stadium on January 20, 1985. Francis was a professional wrestler and was NWA Hawaii Tag Team Champion in 1988. He rand for a Hawaiian senate seat and was defeated. He also did other things like host a few radio programs and contributed to a Polynesian Football Hall of Fame as well as many other things.

RIP Tim Wakefield and Russ Francis.

 

He will probably be celebrated across the NFL:

 

Dick Butkus' legacy:Chicago Bears great was brutal, fierce and mean on the field. He was the NFL.

 

Suzanne Somers passed away at the age of 76. Lovely person. That's all I can say

 

Richard Roundtree passed away at 81. He was Shaft in the '70s. Great performer.

 

Astronaut Frank Borman is dead at 95. He commanded Apollo 8, the first manned mission to orbit the moon and return safely to Earth.
After Apollo 8, Mr. Borman joined NASA administration as deputy director of flight crew operations. Later, as chief executive of Eastern Air Lines, he piloted the carrier through a turbulent business climate that led to its takeover and eventual demise.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obit..._campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert

What can one say about someone that contributed so much to science, exploration, and furthering our collective knowledge of the world beyond.?
The mans story speaks for itself.
RIP..........a life fully lived and a job well done. One for the history books.

RIP ....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obit..._campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert

 

Matt Ulrich, who won Super Bowl XLI with the Indianapolis Colts, died at 41 on Wednesday. The cause of death has not been announced.

The Colts defeated the Bears by the score of 29–17. The game was played on February 4, 2007, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Ulrich was part of the Indianapolis Colts squad that won it.

In the baseball world, former MLB Pitcher Dick Drago died at the age of 78. The teams he played for were the Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox (which he played twice for) California Angels, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners. Drago died on November 2, 2023, at the age of 78.[7] The Red Sox and Royals shared their condolences through posts on their social media accounts.

 

They had a falling out in recent years:

 

Rosalynn Carter, former first lady and humanitarian, dies at 96
Rosalynn Carter, the Georgia-bred former first lady who provided constant political counsel to her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, has died. She was 96.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obitua...t87QQY+Hm1SAUhARui40os4G3i9v9xh/O0CsAKAEAAA==

A life lived to the fullest doing service of one kind or another.
Time to RIP.

 

Rosalynn Carter was one such first lady America could up to at the time. It was time for her to go. Former President Jimmy Carter will probably follow suit.

 

Charlie Munger, friend and business partner of Warren Buffett, dies at 99

Charlie Munger, a billionaire and longtime friend and business partner of Warren Buffett, has died. He was 99 years old.

Berkshire Hathaway said in a press release that Munger passed “peacefully” on Tuesday morning in a California hospital. No cause of death was given.

“Berkshire Hathaway could not have been built to its present status without Charlie’s inspiration, wisdom and participation,” CEO Warren Buffett said in the release.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/28/inve...TcFwlFTW6lcpwUldXM9y+NEO2&bt_ts=1701207111360

 

: Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state whose complicated legacy shaped decades of U.S. policy, dies at 100

Henry Kissinger, the toweringly influential former secretary of state who earned a reputation as a sagacious diplomat but drew international condemnation and accusations of war crimes for his key role in widening the American presence in Vietnam and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia, died Wednesday. He was 100.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...9zo9xInaBm1eD1BASuDU2osoW9nbf/cMv7EPtnzkBAAA=

RIP Mr. Kissinger.

 

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the justice who held the court’s center for more than a generation, died Friday, a court spokesperson said in a statement.

Her cause of death was complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness. She was 93.
She was appointed by then President Ronald Reagan. It was her time to go. RIP Sandra Day O'Connor

 

Norman Lear, the influential television impresario who dominated the American prime-time comedy lineup in the 1970s and smashed barriers with topical sitcoms that wrung humor out of the country’s fierce culture wars, has died. He was 101.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture...4TONMrIObV6PUEDP4NTWiaqXePq33N39Ues9qJAEAAA==

 

Norman Lear and Henry Kissinger, both made it to 100

 

Oriole players may be wearing 5 patch on their jerseys this 2024 season in honor of Brooks Robinson.

 

Ryan O’Neal, ‘Paper Moon’ and ‘Love Story’ actor, dies at 82

Ryan O’Neal, the actor who rose to fame for his starring role in “Love Story” in the early 1970s, has died, his son said. He was 82.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture...7jLdBdTjB5dtXbWHN4OdYjaYgvHycrxd+AZjGlA0+AQAA

RIP.

 

Comedian Tom Smothers, who with his brother performed as the singing comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, has died, according to a family statement shared by the National Comedy Center. He was 86.

Dick Smothers, Tom’s brother and co-star of their “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” said his brother was at home at the time of his death related to cancer.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/ente...mUjVfinPhzzwhM02a/PWf39IO&bt_ts=1703696981269