Phantom 2,532 Posted April 19, 2011 Grete Waitz One of the greatest female marathon runners of all time dead from cancer at 57. Great shame. That's a shame, I saw her win the London Marathon back in '86. My dad and I were there to give support to one of his co-workers who finished the race in a little over 2.5 hours 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted April 19, 2011 Grete Waitz One of the greatest female marathon runners of all time dead from cancer at 57. Great shame. She was discussed here a few years ago. She never revealed what sort of cancer she was suffering from, so it was always hard to ascertain if she'd make a good DDP pick or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 6, 2011 Things are looking bleak for the former Olympian Elvis Gordon, who represented the UK at judo and was also the Commonwealth and European champion. A unique pick for the Living End... Who would have guessed. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted May 7, 2011 Martin Webster The award winning TV producer has died aged 56 after a long battle against motor neurone disease. He was the BBC’s executive producer at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. His last assignment was the 2010 London Marathon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted May 7, 2011 Things are looking bleak for the former Olympian Elvis Gordon, who represented the UK at judo and was also the Commonwealth and European champion. A unique pick for the Living End... Who would have guessed. RIP. He's made the Wolverhampton Express and Star, you've just gotta see if he can crack the nationals now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted May 7, 2011 Elvis G didn't make my DDP cut because I was worried about the obit chances. All blogs, specialist sites and local press so far. Nationals not exactly short of material at the moment. BBC Sport might go with it though. Good luck TLE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 7, 2011 Elvis G didn't make my DDP cut because I was worried about the obit chances. All blogs, specialist sites and local press so far. Nationals not exactly short of material at the moment. BBC Sport might go with it though. Good luck TLE. Independent obituary for Elvis Gordon. (scroll to bottom of page) From what I've read about him, he was a very well liked and respected man. Unusually, no one seemed to have a bad word to say about him. Apparently he was a nightclub doorman as well as a judo champ, a job I can only imagine he excelled at. Nice youtube tribute to him , he didn't half move quickly for someone who was 23 stone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 8, 2011 Elvis G didn't make my DDP cut because I was worried about the obit chances. All blogs, specialist sites and local press so far. Nationals not exactly short of material at the moment. BBC Sport might go with it though. Good luck TLE. Independent obituary for Elvis Gordon. (scroll to bottom of page) From what I've read about him, he was a very well liked and respected man. Unusually, no one seemed to have a bad word to say about him. Apparently he was a nightclub doorman as well as a judo champ, a job I can only imagine he excelled at. Nice youtube tribute to him , he didn't half move quickly for someone who was 23 stone. Do you want the trophy now, or shall I wait until January? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted May 8, 2011 Do you want the trophy now, or shall I wait until January? I think mathematically, I've already lost my title. What a useless performance (worse than West Ham), but well done DDT on another inspired hit... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted May 8, 2011 I think in future years we'll talk about The Living End 2011 in the same way we talk about Brazil 1970 or AC Milan 1994 or the first year of Johnny Vaughan and Denise van Outen on the Big Breakfast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted May 8, 2011 Indeed, and let us not forget his self-effacing qualities. On winning the Deathrace DDT insisted his 'prize' was delivered in the form of a donation to a cancer charity. BIG RESPECT on having the balls to go with Gordon. In the very like event that he storms the DDP this year, this would be a worthy win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 16, 2011 2008 Marathon Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru has died in Kenya after falling off a balcony... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted May 16, 2011 2008 Marathon Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru has died in Kenya after falling off a balcony... Reports are stating that he actually jumped to his death after being caught with another woman by his wife. lol? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684 Posted May 19, 2011 1960 Olympic freestyle welterweight wrestling gold medallist Doug Blubaugh loses, by a fall, to A Truck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted July 12, 2011 An Aussie who competed in the 1936 Olympics, Percy Oliver, has finished life's race: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/98...ing-champ-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted July 19, 2011 Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola "Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola, who won show jumping gold medals for France at the 1952 and 1964 Olympics, has died. He was 91." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notaguest 16 Posted August 3, 2011 the oldeest living olympic medal winner Attillio Pavesi has died aged 100.He won 2 gold medals for cycling at the 1932 Olympics! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 19, 2011 Pierre Quinon, Olympic Pole Vault champion in 1984 has committed suicide aged 49... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted October 26, 2011 Hector Lopez who won a Silver Medal for Mexico at the 1984 Olympics boxing as a Bantemweight died yesterday from a drug overdose at age 44. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 25, 2011 Hulking Soviet-era weightlifter Vasily Alekseyev, who won Olympic gold in 1972 and 1976, has died aged 69... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted November 26, 2011 Hulking Soviet-era weightlifter Vasily Alekseyev, who won Olympic gold in 1972 and 1976, has died aged 69... I've never been a great fan of weightlifting, but Alekseyev was so dominant in the sport in the 70s that his feats will live long in my memory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted December 12, 2011 Ragnhild Hveger "Danish swimmer Ragnhild Hveger, who set 44 world records and won silver in the 400 freestyle at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, has died. She was 90" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,586 Posted December 13, 2011 Sunday Bada, Nigerian 400 metre runner, Olympic silver medallist in 2000, has died in Lagos aged 41. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted March 19, 2012 Antonio Leitao, a Portuguese athlete who took the Bronze the 1984 in the 5000 meter, has died aged 51 of an overload of iron in his blood, oddly enough. No English obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted April 9, 2012 (7:05-7:25 - they must have been playing it adagietto) That, or a commentary in Spanish was inserted to stretch it. The 1972 Olympics were the first I remember watching on the box. Mark Spitz! How's he doing? Not so well, apparently. In on topic news: Dutch athlete Xenia Stad-de Jong, who won gold in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, died 3 April, aged 90, according to Wikipedia. regards, Hein 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
