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  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,841
    For those of us – of a certain age – that are baseball fans, the past year as been tough. I didn’t even post following the recent deaths of Tommy Lasorda (Jan 7th) or Don Sutton (Jan 18th), because it hurts so much to see these guys leave us and I’ve become almost numb to the constant stream of bad news.

    Henry Aaron was an important figure not just in baseball history, but in American history as well.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hank-aaron-dead/2021/01/22/2d11719a-5cc6-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html

    https://www.facebook.com/MLBNetwork/videos/its-so-hard-to-see-my-baseball-cards-move-on-by-chuck-d/151877156558905/
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    edited January 2021 Posts: 7,021
    lPciMIS.jpg

    Here's a young mattjoes, being held in the arms of mattjoes senior, in front of the Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral.

    I love my father, and I'm going to miss him dearly. Here's hoping one day I'll get to see him again, if the circumstances allow it. In the meantime, I've taken to writing down the things he used to say, the things he used to do, the things that made him what he was. He also leaves an unfinished novel, full of his unique sense of humor, that I'll take the time to get to the finish line. I love you, Dad!

    Edit: My father was not a die-hard Bond fan, but perhaps he was slightly more than a casual fan. He had seen every Bond film made to date. His favorite Bond was Connery, and his favorite films were FRWL and GF-- he loved those two. He also had a fondness for AVTAK. A couple of years ago he watched LTK again and liked the film and Dalton. He said he wished Dalton had continued. He wasn't a big Brosnan and Craig fan. While watching the helicopter scene in the PTS of Spectre, I remember him saying "Bond has been in every kind of vehicle, car, boat, helicopter, camel", or words to that effect. A bit of Tanaka in that sentence!

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    @ToTheRight, I hope you are able to find serenity.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    mattjoes wrote: »
    lPciMIS.jpg

    Here's a young mattjoes, being held in the arms of mattjoes senior, in front of the Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral.

    I love my father, and I'm going to miss him dearly. Here's hoping one day I'll get to see him again, if the circumstances allow it. In the meantime, I've taken to writing down the things he used to say, the things he used to do, the things that made him what he was. He also leaves an unfinished novel, full of his unique sense of humor, that I'll take the time to get to the finish line. I love you, Dad!

    Edit: My father was not a die-hard Bond fan, but perhaps he was slightly more than a casual fan. He had seen every Bond film made to date. His favorite Bond was Connery, and his favorite films were FRWL and GF-- he loved those two. He also had a fondness for AVTAK. A couple of years ago he watched LTK again and liked the film and Dalton. He said he wished Dalton had continued. He wasn't a big Brosnan and Craig fan. While watching the helicopter scene in the PTS of Spectre, I remember him saying "Bond has been in every kind of vehicle, car, boat, helicopter, camel", or words to that effect. A bit of Tanaka in that sentence!

    ---

    @ToTheRight, I hope you are able to find serenity.

    Wonderful post, @mattjoes.
  • ResurrectionResurrection Kolkata, India
    Posts: 2,541
    So sorry to hear about your father @mattjoes . My condolences to you and your family. Do finish that novel when you get time, would love to read it one day.
  • BeatlesSansEarmuffsBeatlesSansEarmuffs
    Posts: 3,566
    Dwayne wrote: »
    For those of us – of a certain age – that are baseball fans, the past year as been tough. I didn’t even post following the recent deaths of Tommy Lasorda (Jan 7th) or Don Sutton (Jan 18th), because it hurts so much to see these guys leave us and I’ve become almost numb to the constant stream of bad news.

    Henry Aaron was an important figure not just in baseball history, but in American history as well.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hank-aaron-dead/2021/01/22/2d11719a-5cc6-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html

    https://www.facebook.com/MLBNetwork/videos/its-so-hard-to-see-my-baseball-cards-move-on-by-chuck-d/151877156558905/

    As a lifelong fan of the San Francisco Giants, I too was saddened by the passing of Tommy Lasorda. The Giants/Dodgers rivalry is one of the greatest rivalries in sports, and Lasorda was a manager we Giants fans loved to tease whenever his team was in town. Hank Aaron's passing is an even deeper blow to anyone who understands and appreciates the impact of sports on American culture. Rest well, Hank. There are all too few of your contemporaries left...
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,179
    I'm sorry to hear about your father, @mattjoes. My condolences, friend.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,135
    Sorry for the loss of your father @mattjoes it's easy to tell from your post your father was a great man. I'm so happy to read you'll continue his book, I'm sure it'll be a good read.
    Thoughts to you and your family my friend.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    @mattjoes, great that you do that for your father. You are obviously capable enough. A work of love.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,179
    I agree, @mattjoes. As far as tributes go, you're doing something that most fathers can dream of. We have never spoken physically and yet I get how much you love your father. I have nothing but respect for you, friend. And I hope that one day, when the novel is finished, I will get a chance to read it.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    My Condolences @mattjoes
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,270
    My condolences on the loss of your father, @mattjoes. That's a great picture of you both. Good fathers are hard to forget. I think about my own late father every day. It's always a pleasure to interact with you here. I hope you get his novel finished. That's a nice legacy he's left behind.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    So sorry to hear, @mattjoes, that's a lovely picture of the two of you.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,094
    My condolences @mattjoes I strongly believe our memory's of people keep them alive.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,629
    Thoughts and prayers for you and your family @mattjoes.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    RIP Michael Apted and Remy Julienne.

    Thoughts and prayers to you @mattjoes
  • BT3366BT3366
    Posts: 1,917
    It's sad when I open anything to get news I find another baseball HOFer or James Bond celebrity has passed. It's like some very weird Twilight Zone experience you can't escape from. But it's also a proper time to reflect on these folks' contributions to making our lives more enjoyable.

    And then we also get reminded that it hits people of the fan community and that brings it home on another level. Thoughts and prayers for mattjoes and his family.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    Larry King has died, aged 87 :

    https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/larry-king-dies-trnd/index.html
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,028
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Baseball legend Hank Aaron has passed away:
    Reminds me of one of the first days when I came to the U.S. as an exchange student in 1974. My then 11-year old host brother asked me about Hank Aaron, whom I didn't know (of course...who in Europe seriously knows anything about baseball players?). My host brother (one of several, all the others were older) scolded me for being really stupid for not knowing about this one. Didn't really help. I enjoyed watching a (an American) football game now and then, and high school basketball as well, but found (and still find) baseball to be terminally boring neverthelesse.

    Still, RIP Hank Aaron.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,789
    I recall being pulled over to the television to witness Hank Aaron going beyond Babe Ruth's home run record 8 April 1974. Amazingly some of the quicker news items didn't give that mention this week, I was relieved when I eventually saw it in obituaries and other media.

    A great man on many levels to be remembered.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,135
    RIP to Larry King
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    Forgot to add earlier : French actress Nathalie Delon (ex-wife of Alain Delon and mother to Anthony Delon) passed away, aged 79 :

    https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/glamorous-french-star-nathalie-delon-142039913.html
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,117
    Sorry to hear that @mattjoes.

    My condolences.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,571
    @mattjoes Very sorry to hear about your loss mate. Condolences to you and your family.

    Thanks for sharing a photo of you and your Dad - I look forward to hearing more of your progress on his novel. Take care, and keep in touch, my friend.
  • ThrasosThrasos
    Posts: 1,469
    American actor Gregory Sierra has passed on. I know we have other Miami Vice fans on this site, and Sierra played the cigar-smoking Lieutenant Louis "Lou" Rodriguez for four episodes of that show, before Edward James Olmos took over. Olmos is quoted in the story. Sierra also had roles on the TV shows Barney Miller and Sanford and Son as well as on a whole slew of other TV shows, and appeared in some films, including Papillon and The Towering Inferno.
    https://nypost.com/2021/01/23/gregory-sierra-actor-in-barney-miller-dead-at-83/
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    Thank you all for the very kind words, it means a lot.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited January 2021 Posts: 40,968
    Cloris Leachman has died at the age of 94 due to natural causes:

    https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/27/cloris-leachman-dead-dies-94/
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited January 2021 Posts: 18,270
    The actor Bruce Kirby died on 24 January 2021, aged 95. He played Sergeant Kramer in six episodes of Columbo as well as other characters like a lab technician and a TV repair man. He was the last surviving recurring bit part player in Columbo.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    RIP Bruce Kirby and Cloris Leachman a truly talented actress
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    I always loved Leachman in the opening of Kiss Me Deadly.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,028
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Cloris Leachman has died at the age of 94 due to natural causes:

    https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/27/cloris-leachman-dead-dies-94/

    Rest in peace, Frau Blücher [horses neighing nervously].
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