Scarabin Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 My comments back then must have stung you for you to feel the need to take such a shot at me, especially at this time of year. My own preference is to hope for tolerance of everything and everyone but the intolerant, so I wish you...as well as everyone else who plays any role in BBF, a happy holiday season (for those for whom this is a holiday season). Thanks mikeh, Fully reciprocate your sentiments but still find your logic puzzling. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 Let's keep this thread on topic, for discussion of the deceased, not meta-discussions. If you really feel the need to discuss tolerance in general, start a new thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Allan Cokin. This notice appears on the ACBL website: Allan Cokin, a top player who came back from expulsion by the ACBL to make a positive contribution to bridge, died of cancer on Jan. 1 in West Palm Beach FL. He was 71. Cokin and Steve Sion were accused of and found guilty of using pre-arranged signals during bridge competition and were expelled in July 1979. They applied for and were granted reinstatement five years later after agreeing to never play together again. By most estimates, Cokin made up for his mistakes by working as a coach and mentor, often without monetary compensation. Sion was expelled in 1997 for another violation and has been out of bridge since. Former ACBL President Barbara Nudelman said Cokin more than made amends for the ethical violations. "He was a fabulous teacher," Nudelman said, "and a fabulous coach. There are thousands of women in Palm Beach County who he taught to play bridge. He was a model citizen, very helpful and supportive of bridge." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Philip Seymour Hoffman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Seymour_Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onoway Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Pete Seegar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger I remember seeing him perform years and years ago and how he came across as having a wonderful gentle sense of humor and strong sense of humanity as well as putting on a great concert. As for so many in this thread, when comes such another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Shirley Temple Black Remarkable woman who had a really impressive/admirable life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Pete Seeger came to Cornell to do a concert back in the early 70s. Somebody printed up a bunch of counterfeit tickets, which resulted in a number of people not being able to get into the auditorium even though they had legitimate tickets. Not to mention a whole bunch of people showed up with no tickets and couldn't (big surprise) get in. When Pete heard about this, he finished the indoor concert, then went outside and did another - for free. And yeah, it was a great concert. B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Sid Caesar. There was a string of years where I never missed Your Show of Shows. From http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20660793,00.html To say Caesar caused a sensation on TV is to understate the case. For eight years, beginning in 1950, he delighted America each week with a crazy salad of skits, pantomime and gentle satire. Your Show of Shows, which Caesar helped script, produced such stellar comedy writers as Larry Gelbart, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen and Neil Simon and also made a star out of his madcap sidekick, the incomparable Imogene Coca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Bob Casale http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/devo-guitarist-bob-casale-dead-at-61-20140218 "are we not men" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia has died aged 66 in Mexico, reportedly of a heart attack while playing with his children on a beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroclo Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Guido Ferraro http://neapolitanclub.altervista.org/eng/guido-ferraro-passed-away.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddub47 Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Ron Borg - a top player in the Pacific Northwest and Canada for many years http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theprovince/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-peter-borg&pid=169899814 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 https://movies.yahoo.com/news/mickey-rooney-legendary-actor-dies-93-030147434.html Mickey RooneyMickey Rooney, Legendary Actor, Dies at 93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 And Rooney was still professionally active up to the end. He was filming a role in a new "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" movie, and IMdb says that he was cast in two other films that are in pre-production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, scholar, book lover, pianist, Wikipedian, and rock climber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ron Borg - a top player in the Pacific Northwest and Canada for many years http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theprovince/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-peter-borg&pid=169899814I knew of Ron for many years before I got to know him at all well. He and Sandra were living in my now-wife's basement when I started seeing Debbie. They were between homes at the time, for reasons that I no longer recall. They were a delightful couple. I later got to play a few times with Ron, and he was one of those players who bring out the best in his partners, as well as being a true expert himself. I don't think he ever went on the trail, but in the late 1960s and into the 1970s the Borg Machine dominated bridge in Vancouver. He was a truly good human being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Donald Sterling's reputation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Donald Sterling's reputation.That died years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 We were also asked to stop posting about this kind of stuff years ago. http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/28392-rip/page__view__findpost__p__634114 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMB1 Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Rik Mayall (actor/comedian) - no longer a young one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Rik Mayall (actor/comedian) - no longer a young one Sad, comedy gold and not just on screen, this image is a little NSFW http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/rik-mayall-dead-a-fan-once-asked-for-his-autograph-here-is-his-brilliant-written-response-9516428.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 This morning I got a call that Chris Larsen died. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Louis Zamperini, Olympic track star and WWII hero, dies at 97 A long life for an amazing person. His memoir is a good read. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Tommy Ramone, the last of the original 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYh1lRR1m6Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Louis Zamperini, Olympic track star and WWII hero, dies at 97 A long life for an amazing person. His memoir is a good read. The article mentions that there is an upcoming movie of his life coming out this Christmas directed by Angelina Jolie. I saw the trailer for it for the first time tonight at Dawn of Planet of the Apes and it looked quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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