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Re: 2019 Obituaries

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 12:10 pm
by Rupert Patrick
James wrote:Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... dies-at-78
Great player, and he did a lot of good work with his paralysis charity he set up after his son's injury, but I lost a lot of respect for him when he became a spokesperson for the Tobacco industry. I remember watching a segment on 60 Minutes about a number of teenagers dying of mouth cancer after using chewing tobacco and he was claiming there was no scientific evidence their cancers were due to tobacco use.

Re: 2019 Obituaries

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 12:48 am
by Reaser
Rupert Patrick wrote:Great player, and he did a lot of good work with his paralysis charity he set up after his son's injury, but I lost a lot of respect for him when he became a spokesperson for the Tobacco industry. I remember watching a segment on 60 Minutes about a number of teenagers dying of mouth cancer after using chewing tobacco and he was claiming there was no scientific evidence their cancers were due to tobacco use.
HBO had a documentary on him earlier this year, "The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti", that covered a lot of that.

Re: 2019 Obituaries

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:17 am
by Rupert Patrick
Reaser wrote:
Rupert Patrick wrote:Great player, and he did a lot of good work with his paralysis charity he set up after his son's injury, but I lost a lot of respect for him when he became a spokesperson for the Tobacco industry. I remember watching a segment on 60 Minutes about a number of teenagers dying of mouth cancer after using chewing tobacco and he was claiming there was no scientific evidence their cancers were due to tobacco use.
HBO had a documentary on him earlier this year, "The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti", that covered a lot of that.
I don't have HBO but only became aware of the documentary yesterday with his death. As luck would have it, this documentary is up on the youtube, so I'll watch it as he was a terrific player and I remember him more from "Inside the NFL" than from his playing career.

Re: 2019 Obituaries

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:28 pm
by Shipley
A Facebook page dedicated to the Pottstown Firebirds is reporting that former Broncos, Chicago Fire and Firebird wide receiver Jack Dolbin has died. Haven't been able to find an obit, probably because it may have just happened.

Re: 2019 Obituaries

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:18 pm
by BD Sullivan
James wrote:Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... dies-at-78
Sadly, his teammate Jim Kiick, has also been dealing with dementia. This SI article from two years ago showed he was already in bad shape:

https://www.si.com/mmqb/2017/05/09/jim- ... ted-living

Re: 2019 Obituaries

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 11:40 am
by bquinn
Shipley wrote:A Facebook page dedicated to the Pottstown Firebirds is reporting that former Broncos, Chicago Fire and Firebird wide receiver Jack Dolbin has died. Haven't been able to find an obit, probably because it may have just happened.
See here: https://www.fettermanevents.com/dolbin? ... E_jyNv8xK8

Cliff Branch gone

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:59 pm
by JohnTurney

Re: 2019 Obituaries

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 7:15 pm
by Eagles One
Dave Parks, former split end, tight end and wide receiver with the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints and Houston Oilers died on August 8th, at the age of 77:


https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/2019 ... dies-at-77

Re: 2019 Obituaries

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 11:37 am
by Eagles One
Darryl Drake, NFL wide receiver coach, Steelers, died on August 11th, at the age of 62:


https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/st ... li=BBnbfcL

Re: 2019 Obituaries

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:45 pm
by TodMaher
Eagles One wrote:Dave Parks, former split end, tight end and wide receiver with the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints and Houston Oilers died on July 8th, at the age of 77:


https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/2019 ... dies-at-77
He died on August 8th not July 8th.