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  14. Posted

    27 minutes ago, John Robinson said:

    He is now reported dead according to this article...https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nola.com/sports/saints/article_f4822bdf-7ef3-522e-8634-54ad5805dc21.amp.html

    You said the D word!

    21 minutes ago, MrWonderful said:

    Tom Dempsey, the former NFL kicker who famously made a 63-yard FG in 1970 (on the final play to win the game), has died from complications of the coronavirus.  His 63-yard boot was the NFL record solely for 28 years and was shared for another 15 years after that, before Matt Prater broke the record with a 64-yarder in 2013.  His kick was even more famous because Dempsey was born without toes on his right foot (his kicking foot), and he wore a special shoe with a flattened toe surface.  

     

    Apparently Dempsey had battled Alzheimer's and dementia since 2012, and tested positive for COVID-19 on March 25 at the nursing home in New Orleans where he resided.  Four days ago it was announced that he had recovered, but the good news was short-lived, obviously.  At least 15 residents of the Lambeth House retirement home have now died from the virus, according to the Times-Picayune.  

     

    Dempsey was 73.  

    Please don't refer to his age in the past tense.

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  15. Posted

    5 minutes ago, Toast said:

     

    It is.  To the point where it's just a meaningless and insincere cliché.

     

    I am genuinely sad that Bill Withers has died though.

    Why sad? It's definitely better to be angry

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