football_fan 42 Posted October 5, 2005 Former protestant guerrilla leader Jim Gray Assassinated DUBLIN, Republic of Ireland (Reuters) -- Gunmen killed a former leader in Northern Ireland's largest Protestant guerrilla group on Tuesday, the most high-profile victim of a spate of violence among armed Protestant factions in the British province. Jim Gray, who survived an assassination attempt in 2002 and was ousted from the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in March, was killed outside his home in Belfast, said sources among the armed factions. Police declined to give any details. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,100 Posted October 5, 2005 Yo Captain Oates. Your avatar/avator/aveter however it's spelt is seriously beginning to look like Michael Jackson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Oates 21 Posted October 6, 2005 Yo Captain Oates. Your avatar/avator/aveter however it's spelt is seriously beginning to look like Michael Jackson. A shadow of his former self! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shuffler Posted October 6, 2005 Yo Captain Oates. Your avatar/avator/aveter however it's spelt is seriously beginning to look like Michael Jackson. A shadow of his former self! You now appeared to have morphed into Glenn Gregory from "Heaven 17"! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted October 7, 2005 Songwriter/Guitarist Paul Pena Dies San Francisco Blues guitarist Paul Pena has died. Pena is probably best known for writing the song "Jet Airliner," which was a hit for the Steve Miller Band in 1977. Pena died Saturday in San Francisco from complications from diabetes and pancreatitis. He was 55. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,100 Posted October 7, 2005 Yo Captain Oates. Your avatar/avator/aveter however it's spelt is seriously beginning to look like Michael Jackson. A shadow of his former self! You now appeared to have morphed into Glenn Gregory from "Heaven 17"! Now its back to Michael J........... no its not..........yes it is Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted October 8, 2005 Mike Gibbins, Welsh drummer with Badfinger, the first band signed by the Beatles' Apple Records, has died at 56. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted October 10, 2005 I thought this man had been cooked when I saw the headline. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted October 10, 2005 Another man who could have been cooked is former Ugandan President Milton Obote,the guy overthrown by Idi Amin,,who died today aged 80,its just been announced.Heres the link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Oates 21 Posted October 11, 2005 I had never heard of Wayne C. Booth until I read this obit. I wonder whether he and DL posters may have territory in common? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted October 12, 2005 Angelo Argea "spent two decades as Jack Nicklaus' caddie and became an iconic figure among [sic] for his shock of silver hair, died of liver cancer. He was 75" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted October 12, 2005 Award-Winning Journalist Jack White Dies PROVIDENCE, R.I. Oct 12, 2005 — Jack White, a reporter whose story on President Nixon's underpayment of income taxes won a Pulitzer Prize and prompted Nixon to utter the famous line, "I am not a crook," died Wednesday at 63. White died at his Cape Cod home, said WPRI-TV in Providence, where he worked as a reporter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GracieJc8 3 Posted October 13, 2005 Vivian Malone Jones, the first black graduate of the University of Alabama died today in an Atlanta hospital at age 62. Ms. Jones was one of the students who was refused entry in the school by Gov. George Wallace when he "stood in the schoolhouse door" in 1963 in an attempt to block a federal court order ordering integration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted October 14, 2005 Heres a link for the above news.She was one of Americas true freedom fighters along with Rosa parks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted October 14, 2005 Cuban revolutionary fighter dies at 82 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted October 14, 2005 Civil Rights Activist C. Delores Tucker Dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted October 14, 2005 Goldie, the world's oldest goldfish How did we miss this one!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
