'Das Boot' and 'Air Force One' Director Wolfgang Petersen Dead at 81

(08-16-2022 07:01 PM)WRC1975 Wrote:  Steve Worster - the great UT wishbone fullback. I would be interested to hear from any former Rice football players who played against him.
https://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/ar...38446.html

Not from a Rice football player, but one of my Baker College friends, Tommy Boothe, once told me about an experience he had as an undersized safety for Anahuac, which was in the same 3A league as Worster's Bridge City team

On one play, Worster broke through the line. Tommy said he was the last line of defense between the hard-charging RB and a TD. He dug in to make the tackle ... but didn't remember what happened. Because he woke up flat on his back with the Bridge City folks cheering the score.

Former Houston Oilers receiver Charlie Frazier dead at 83

Golfer/golf architect Tom Weiskopf passes at age 79.

Len Dawson, passed away at the age of 87. The Alliance native was the MVP of Super Bowl IV, then went on to a successful broadcast career (including more than 20 years hosting Inside the NFL.

R.I.P. to Nicola Materazzi, 83, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari 288 GTO, Ferrari F40, Bugatti EB 110).

Tributes pour in following death of Ferrari F40 and Bugatti EB 110 legend Nicola Materazzi

Song for the times...

Artist: Mable John
Song: "Your Good Thing (Is About To End)"
Songwriters: Isaac Hayes, David Porter
1969 Stax Records




And her thing just ended...
Mable John, Motown’s First Female Solo Artist, Dead at 91
Blues singer and older sister of Rock Hall-inductee Little Willie John also recorded for Stax Records and as a longtime member of Ray Charles' Raelettes

Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91: Russian media



For an all-too brief moment, there was something good in Russian leadership. Together with Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Saint Pope John Paul II, they brought down the Iron Curtain, and the qworld was a safer place for all.

(08-30-2022 05:24 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91: Russian media



For an all-too brief moment, there was something good in Russian leadership. Together with Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Saint Pope John Paul II, they brought down the Iron Curtain, and the qworld was a safer place for all.

+1

Gorbachev was an important part of history and changed the world dynamics in ways that helped transform the globe during the end of the 20th century. Unfortunately after he lost his leadership position in Russia his short-lived stint as head coach of the Owls produced a 3-19 record over 2 seasons. When we will the Owls ever learn not to recycle old world leaders as head coaches….??

(08-30-2022 05:46 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(08-30-2022 05:24 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91: Russian media



For an all-too brief moment, there was something good in Russian leadership. Together with Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Saint Pope John Paul II, they brought down the Iron Curtain, and the qworld was a safer place for all.

+1

Pretty sad..."A month before Mikhail Gorbachev's death, a close friend said the former USSR president was upset at the current state of Russia and felt that his "life's work" had been ruined."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mikhail-gorba...28139.html

I was very involved in helping energy companies attempt to invest in Russia and other former Soviet Union countries in the early 90's and it is incredibly sad how it turned into a gigantic mess with absolute fraud grabbing the "goods" by the very few and transferring wealth to Cyprus, Switzerland and London. They had a real chance to do something very different, but nothing has changed in Russia in hundred's of years, just different names and window dressing......

Former Baylor Bears football coach, NFL offensive lineman Guy Morriss dies at 71

Quote:Morriss coached Kentucky in 2001 and 2002 and then spent the next five seasons leading Baylor, going 27-54 with the two universities. He later coached Division II Texas A&M-Commerce for four years.

Down the Drain: Herb Kohler passes away at age 83

He was a fair faucet major...

Turned to Mush: Alaska legend Lance Mackey, 4-time Iditarod champ, has died at age 52

His life was the subject of an independent 2015 documentary, “The Great Alone.”

(09-07-2022 11:16 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Former Baylor Bears football coach, NFL offensive lineman Guy Morriss dies at 71

Quote:Morriss coached Kentucky in 2001 and 2002 and then spent the next five seasons leading Baylor, going 27-54 with the two universities. He later coached Division II Texas A&M-Commerce for four years.

Fantastic starting center for Dick Vermeil's Phila Eagles in the late 70's/early 80's.

Queen Elizabeth

Ramsey Lewis, jazz/pop pianist, 87.

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/12/112255418...dies-at-87

"The 'In' Crowd" ... by the Ramsey Lewis Trio:

Ken Starr, Bill Clinton's Javert and part of Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team, 76, died due to complications from surgery.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/13/k...ies-at-76/

Fred Franzia, 79, the man behind Trader Joe's "Two Buck Chuck" and other "value-priced" wines.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/business/...index.html