RIP 2024

[Bovidae]

Dene O'Kane

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350279222/new-zealand-snooker-legend-dene-okane-dies-aged-61

[canefan]

@Bovidae said in RIP 2024:

Dene O'Kane

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350279222/new-zealand-snooker-legend-dene-okane-dies-aged-61

Shit that's sad. Far too young

[MiketheSnow]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7225dy596eo.amp

[booboo]

@MiketheSnow boo

[Catogrande]

@MiketheSnow
Now there’s a man.

[sparky]

[sparky]

[Catogrande]

@sparky

Irish-American? Did he change citizenship?

Edit: It appears not although he did have homes in the US.

[pakman]

Going, Going….gone!

[sparky]

@Catogrande He lived in America in the 1970s and 1980s, Pittsburgh I think, while Heinz President and Chief Executive. He moved back to Ireland full time in the 1990s.

[Machpants]

Sharkey Ward, CO 801 Sqn during the Falklands, 3 kills (like my grandad) and an opinionated gobshite - but lead his men well and knew how to have fun.

Sharkey Ward - Wikipedia

[dogmeat]

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[Victor Meldrew]

My Grandma loved him. Only thing I really know about the bloke was the Fred Dagg description of something unusual happening: "it stood out like a moment of fun at a Frank Ifield concert"...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0vv1ngrq5yo

[booboo]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2024:

My Grandma loved him. Only thing I really know about the bloke was the Fred Dagg description of something unusual happening: "it stood out like a moment of fun at a Frank Ifield concert"...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0vv1ngrq5yo

Frank Ifield. I Remember You.

[Victor Meldrew]

@booboo said in RIP 2024:

Frank Ifield. I Remember You.

Vaguely remember that on Sunday lunch requests on 2ZB....(I feel old)

[MiketheSnow]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/arts/morgan-spurlock-dead-super-size-me.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20240524&instance_id=124397&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=58678656&segment_id=167703&te=1&user_id=64e88309341bf9e2caae97d27de1dabb

https://archive.md/JDhqo

[canefan]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnz3ze3l7o

No paywall. It was cancer, not a heart attack from all that Macca's

[MiketheSnow]

@canefan said in RIP 2024:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnz3ze3l7o

No paywall. It was cancer, not a heart attack from all that Macca's

Maybe from the beef

[canefan]

@MiketheSnow said in RIP 2024:

@canefan said in RIP 2024:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnz3ze3l7o

No paywall. It was cancer, not a heart attack from all that Macca's

Maybe from the beef

All the preservatives more likely....

[MN5]

@canefan said in RIP 2024:

@MiketheSnow said in RIP 2024:

@canefan said in RIP 2024:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnz3ze3l7o

No paywall. It was cancer, not a heart attack from all that Macca's

Maybe from the beef

All the preservatives more likely....

I’m going to have Maccas for dinner in his honour