Archive for the ‘RIP’ Category

Swan Song for Astro-turf

Filed under: RIP, Real Salt Lake, Stadiums

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Chivas USA at Real Salt Lake, Saturday 7pm.

Last game at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

RSL opens the new stadium in Sandy against the NY Red Bulls on October 9th. Incredibly, RSL has not lost at Rice-Eccles this year (7 wins, 5 ties).

Image via Flickr

Posted on Sep 18th, 2008 by  FC Uptown 

Don LaFontaine R.I.P.

Filed under: RIP

Don LaFontaine

The voice of pretty much every movie trailer we’ve ever seen has passed away at the age of 68 on Monday.

Don LaFontaine, who’s voice over work covered 60 promotions per week, 750,000 television spots and over 5,000 movie previews entered Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on August 22nd with a collapsed lung due to a blood clot.


LaFontaine had been employed by NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network, all while able to cut at his own home.

“In a world…..” will never seem to have the same kick to it.

image via WNCN

Posted on Sep 2nd, 2008 by  dunny 

Julius Carey - Sho Nuff

Filed under: Movies, RIP, Videos


Sho Nuff, the meanest, the baddest mo fo low down around this town who made people bow down and kiss his converse has passed away from pancreatic cancer.

Julius Carey, who passed at the age of 56, had over 55 acting credits to his name but might be best remembered for his role in 1985’s The Last Dragon.

I remember wanting Leroy Green to whoop Sho Nuff’s ass as a little kid sitting in the movie theaters.  And I’ll never forget catching the bullet with his teeth.

Between The Last Dragon and Breakin, I was a karate fighting / break dancing killa!

Posted on Aug 21st, 2008 by  dunny 

Isaac Hayes Dead At 65

Filed under: RIP, Videos


Isaac Hayes has passed away today at the age of 65 at his home in Tennessee.

The man best known for Shaft (in which he was the first African-American honored with an Academy Award in a non-acting category) and Chef from South Park (from 1997 - 2006 before leaving the show after a dispute over Scientology) was found by his wife on the floor next to his still running treadmill.

Posted on Aug 10th, 2008 by  dunny 

Bernie Mac Dead at 50

Filed under: RIP

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Sad news with reports that Bernie Mac died early this morning at only 50 years old. Apparently the cause is complications from pneumonia.

Posted on Aug 9th, 2008 by  beans 

Juel Sears - July 27th, 2008

Filed under: RIP

Juel Sears

Thanks to the many who have shown their love and support for my sister in-law Juel Sears through her battle with Breast Cancer.

Yesterday at 9am at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Juel passed with her family at her side after a year and a half battle with Cancer that had started in her breast, but had made her way into her Spinal Fluid, Liver, Lymph Nodes and Sacrum.

Juel and Garrett

She was never one to complain or sit back and feel sorry for herself, and it showed during her first bout with Chemo that instead of losing her hair, she decided to rock the mohawk (while her husband Garrett shaved his head in show of support). This was Juel.

Juel’s Golf Tournament

She was a unifier and someone that could always put a smile on your face as can be seen by the amount to true friends she had.

Posted on Jul 28th, 2008 by  dunny 

George Carlin

Filed under: RIP

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Posted on Jun 23rd, 2008 by  beans 

RIP - Bo Diddley

Filed under: Music, RIP

The man who’s guitar crossed color barriers with his homemade guitar has passed at the age of 79.

I’ll never forget staying in a Glasgow Hotel back in 1997, the fire alarm going off, heading downstairs to the streets at 4 am and seeing Bo Diddley standing next to me.  The nicest guy you could have ever met.

“If you ain’t got no money, you ain’t got no honey” is the line I’ll never forget from Bo.

Posted on Jun 2nd, 2008 by  dunny