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Gary Coleman, the former child star of Diff'rent Strokes and California gubernatorial candidate has passed away after suffering a brain hemorrhage. [People, East Bay Express] More »
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Jack Kemp, best known for his work with supply-side economics and frequent runners-up Bob Dole and the Buffalo Bills, has lost another battle — this one to cancer. More »
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The passing of an 86-year-old former baseball player—even a Hall of Famer—may not elicit much more than a shrug from most, unless that old man played a pivotal role in your early sports life. More »
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It was a year ago today that Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was killed in a drunk driving accident. Since then, sports has learned its lesson, and no longer do alcohol advertisements appear on telecasts of sporting events. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=385203&view=rss&microfeed=true R.I.P., Joe Nuxhall. [Cincinnati Enquirer] More »
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This handsome, rambunctious gentleman is Sam Dana, a former college football player for Columbia who died yesterday at the age of 104. He was the oldest living former professional player. More »
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They say that no one on their deathbed ever says, "I wish I would have worked more" — other than Jack Donaghy, anyway — but one wonders if, ultimately, former Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz, who died this morning at the age of 77, would have secretly smiled to learn that the first line in his obit involve the phrase, "notorious for driving a hard bargain." We guess everybody's gotta be known for something. More »
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We send our condolences to the family and friends of former Timberwolves guard Eddie Griffin, who was killed last Friday when his SUV hit a moving train. Word of his death in Houston only came out yesterday. More »
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As you've surely heard by now, legendary 49ers head coach Bill Walsh has died. He was 75 years old, which is older than we realized; something about the guy always seemed young to us. More »
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John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil, a star player in the Negro leagues, and recent proponent of Negro league history, died last night. No cause of death was given (though being 94 years old is probably a good enough), but O'Neil had been in and out of the hospital recently. More »
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Randy Walker, head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats, died last night of a heart attack. The former Miami of Ohio coach — that school has produced an amazing number of coaches, by the way, from Woody Hayes to Bo Schembechler to Ara Parseghian — had just signed a contract extension in April that would have kept him in Evanston until at least 2011. He was 52 years old. More »
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As you've surely heard by now, Twins Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett died last night at the age of 45. Puckett was a player who was impossible to dislike; he played baseball the way we all imagine we would, if we had the chance. His post-retirement career was smeared by Frank Deford's famous Sports Illustrated piece, but as a player, no one was more popular than Kirby Puckett. Rest in peace, as they say. More »
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We know that this isn't necessarily sports-related — though we tossed up a picture of the vastly underrated The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, and we remind you of the great scene in Brewster's Millions when the Hacksensack team plays the New York Yankees — but we're sure you, like us, were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Richard Pryor over the weekend. Like many people our age, the first grownup we ever heard say a swear word was Richard Pryor, and we had no idea they could be so fucking funny. More »
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