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.
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2019 Obituaries
Re: 2019 Obituaries
by Rupert Patrick » Wed Jul 31, 2019 12:10 pm
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.
"Every time you lose, you die a little bit. You die inside. Not all your organs, maybe just your liver." - George Allen
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Re: 2019 Obituaries
by Reaser » Thu Aug 01, 2019 12:48 am
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.
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Re: 2019 Obituaries
by Rupert Patrick » Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:17 am
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.
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Re: 2019 Obituaries
by Shipley » Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:28 pm
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.
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Re: 2019 Obituaries
by BD Sullivan » Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:18 pm
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
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Re: 2019 Obituaries
by bquinn » Fri Aug 02, 2019 11:40 am
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
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by JohnTurney » Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:59 pm
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Re: 2019 Obituaries
by Eagles One » Fri Aug 09, 2019 7:15 pm
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
https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/2019 ... dies-at-77
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Re: 2019 Obituaries
by Eagles One » Sun Aug 11, 2019 11:37 am
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
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/st ... li=BBnbfcL
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Re: 2019 Obituaries
by TodMaher » Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:45 pm
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.
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