Archive for the 'RIP' Category

February 7th, 2012
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R.I.P. :: U.S. World Cup Defender Harry Keough Passes Away At Age 84

via USSoccer CHICAGO (Feb. 7, 2012) – Former U.S. Men’s National Team defender Harry Keough, one of the key players on the U.S. squad that upset England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 84 at his home in St. Louis. “We are all saddened by the loss of such an important man in the history of U.S. Soccer,” ...
February 4th, 2012
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RIP :: Nigel Doughtry (December 1957 – February 2012) – Nottingham Forest FC owner found dead today

image source via the guardian The Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty, who stepped down as the club's chairman in October after a decade in the role, has been found dead at his home in Lincolnshire. Doughty, who was 54, was discovered in the gym at his home in Skillington on Saturday. He is believed to have died from natural causes and ...
February 1st, 2012
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Video :: Riot at Egyptian Soccer Match kills more than 70 people and injures 1000s

**Updated** Post title has "1000s" when it should be "100s" - sorry, fat-fingered that one. via the guardian (Reuters) - Seventy-three people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, in what a deputy minister called [it] the biggest disaster in the nation's soccer ...
February 1st, 2012
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RIP :: Soul Train creator Donald Cortez “Don” Cornelius (September 1936 – February 2012)

image source via LA Times: A family member of Don Cornelius arrived at his Mulholland Drive home in Encino on Wednesday morning and found the "Soul Train" creator with a gunshot wound to the head, authorities said. He was rushed to Cedars Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to law enforcement sources. His death is ...
January 20th, 2012
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R.I.P. :: Etta James (1938 – 2012)

via Reuters Etta James, the singer who found her greatest success with the 1961 hit "At Last," died Friday morning due to complications from leukemia. She was 73. James, who was hospitalized in May for a life-threatening blood infection, had been diagnosed with dementia, leukemia and hepatitis C. In December, James' manager told Entertainment ...
January 19th, 2012
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R.I.P. :: Freestyle Skier Sarah Burke Passes Away At Age 29

via Complex 'Nine days ago Sarah Burke hit her head at the base of a superpipe at Park City Ski Resort in Utah during training; she'd been in a coma ever since. This morning, shortly after 9 a.m., Burke passed away from injuries sustained during the fall. Burke played an instrumental role in getting women included in competitive action sports, ...
January 2nd, 2012

Gary Ablett, Liverpool And Everton FA Cup Hero, Losses Battle With non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma At The Age Of 46

via Guardian Gary Ablett, the only man to win the FA Cup with Liverpool and Everton, has died following a long battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. He was just 46. The Liverpool-born defender died on New Year's Day having been diagnosed with the illness in the summer of 2010 while working as an assistant to Roy Keane at ...
December 28th, 2011

Video :: “This is My Story” by Ben Breedlove – Texas teen with heart condition leaves youtube video [RIP]

Texas teen dies on Christmas but leaves an online message telling his story A Texas teenager who said he cheated death three times despite a dangerous heart condition died Christmas night from a heart attack, but not before posting a two-part video on YouTube Dec. 18 titled "This is my story." One week later, on Christmas night, he suffered a ...