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Alex Trebek, Game show host, 80. No link for now._________________ If you cannot inspire yourself to read a book about women's basketball, or any book about women's sports, you cannot inspire any young girl or boy to write a book about them. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Richardstrek |
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| Posted: 11/08/20 12:53 pm ::: |
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| Alex Trebek, Game show host, 80. No link for now. |
Here's a link. |
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| Posted: 11/08/20 1:31 pm ::: |
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| I believe his final Jeopardy episode was just aired on Friday. According to IMDB, he hosted the show for 8173 episodes.
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pilight
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| Posted: 11/08/20 1:43 pm ::: |
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| I believe his final Jeopardy episode was just aired on Friday. According to IMDB, he hosted the show for 8173 episodes. |
Reportedly he taped enough episodes to last through Christmas
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| Posted: 11/09/20 7:04 am ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| FrozenLVFan wrote: |
| I believe his final Jeopardy episode was just aired on Friday. According to IMDB, he hosted the show for 8173 episodes. |
Reportedly he taped enough episodes to last through Christmas |
Yeah, the report I read said his last day of recording was October 29th and the last episode would air on Christmas Day. At least, that's what was written. |
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| Posted: 11/09/20 9:40 am ::: |
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| Wow. He recorded his last episode on the 29th and passed away yesterday? Egads. That was a tough sonofagun.
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| Posted: 11/13/20 4:04 pm ::: |
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| Packers star, Paul Hornung.
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| Posted: 11/13/20 6:09 pm ::: |
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| Jeez.
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| Posted: 11/25/20 11:11 am ::: |
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Dena Dietrich
https://www.thewrap.com/dena-dietrich-dies-at-91-mother-nature-margarine-ads/
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| Dietrich appeared in multiple Chiffon spots throughout the decade as a vengeful Mother Nature who was duped by a product she believed to be butter. The clips ended with Dietrich delivering the line, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” |
You might also remember her as Gloria on The Golden Girls
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| Posted: 11/25/20 12:28 pm ::: |
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Beat me to this one.
Maradona was amazing.
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Richard 77
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| Posted: 11/29/20 8:06 am ::: |
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David Prowse. 85. Played Darth Vader in Star Wars movies._________________ If you cannot inspire yourself to read a book about women's basketball, or any book about women's sports, you cannot inspire any young girl or boy to write a book about them. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Richardstrek |
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| Posted: 11/29/20 10:22 am ::: |
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| Richard 77 wrote: |
| David Prowse. 85. Played Darth Vader in Star Wars movies. |
Just when you thought 2020 couldn't suck more. |
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| Posted: 12/08/20 7:21 am ::: |
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I saw an article on his death that had an addition I hadn't heard before - he was the first man to break the sound barrier in a plane, and live.
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