By R.C.
sunday, september 29, 2024 at 07:16:09
Kris Kristofferson, A Star Is Born Actor and Country Legend, Dies at 88
Kris Kristofferson, Golden Globe-winning actor of 'A Star Is Born' and "Me & Bobby McGee" singer-songwriter, died on Sept. 28. He was 88.
https://people.com/kris-kristofferson-dead-at-88-7496435
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I posted a long version of the obit also. He was definitely part of the music we listened to in the late 60s through the 70s.
--GRA
I saw it, thanks, GRA. I just didn't get it up before the witching hour. I'll do it later today.
PETE ROSE ROUNDS THE BASES FOR THE LAST TIME--DEAD AT 83
(Breitbart)Major League Baseball’s all-time hit leader, Pete Rose, died Monday at his home in Las Vegas, according to TMZ Sports.
He was 83 years old.
“Pete’s agent, Ryan Fiterman of Fiterman Sports, confirmed the news, saying, ‘the family is asking for privacy at this time,'” TMZ Sports reports.
Rose’s accomplishments as a player are the stuff of legend.
During his 24-year career, which was almost entirely spent with the Reds and Phillies, the player known as “Charlie Hustle” amassed 4,256 hits (an MLB record), 160 home runs, 1,314 RBIs, and a lifetime batting average of .303.
In addition, he was named to the MLB All-Star Game 17 times and became the 1973 NL MVP. Rose also won three World Series titles with the Reds and Phillies.
Rose returned to the Reds as a player-manager in 1986. Three years later, in 1989, then-MLB Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti signed an agreement in which Rose agreed to a lifetime ban in return for the league not making a formal determination about whether or not he had bet on baseball.
The agreement gave Rose some leeway to say he never wagered on baseball. However, in the mid-2000s, he eventually admitted that he had.
Though Rose eventually gained entry into the Reds Hall of Fame, MLB never rescinded its ban.
GRA:Back in the day,Rose had a hitting streak that was approaching Joe DiMaggio's 56 game all time streak. WGN TV was broadcasting the Cubs on free tv at the time and I was glued to the set for every Cincy/Cub game. Each at bat was dramatic and I don't recall if Rose's streak ended during those games--which finally ended at 44. One of my favorite players--intense--was an understatement,back when baseball was enjoyable.
--GRA
JIMMY CARTER MAKES IT TO 100
(the hill) Jimmy Carter was born 100 years ago today.The former president entered hospice care in February of last year.
“He joked with one of his grandchildren a couple of months ago that he’s had a long life, and a successful life, and accomplished many things, but apparently he is not very successful at this dying business,” historian Kai Bird said with a laugh.
And he has since indicated he has more living to do as November approaches.
“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Carter told his son Chip, his grandson Jason Carter revealed in an interview last month.
“It’s a remarkable thing for anybody to live to 100 — we’ve never had a former president live to be 100 years old,” chief White House historian,Matthew Costello said.
GRA:If you call that living. Reports say,"the former president is not awake every day anymore ."
He's obviously getting intravenous fluids from other medical sources or hospice would have killed him a year and a half ago. Hospice encourages death by dehydration. The family must be allowing a private doctor to keep him at a proper level of hydration. I'm surprised hospice is involved at all--something isn't being told to us 100% accurately here.
--GRA
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