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bluedigger

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17. Payne Stewart comes to mind.

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 10:42 AM

Jan 2020

Waiting almost four hours for that plane to come down must have been excruciating for all concerned.

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Is Kobe's death the saddest sports death story, ever? [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 OP

How can you rank a man's death? ghoulish. Blues Heron Jan 2020 #1

I don't think it is being ranked. Polly Hennessey Jan 2020 #4

Sports figures and entertainment figures tend to define periods in our lives Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #7

I'm really not trying to rank (nor do i think Bill Simmons was). Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #18

Until the next one. Loge23 Jan 2020 #2

Yes - and another aircraft-involved death. Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #6

The ongoing sexual, physical and emotional abuse of ice skaters and gymnasts is right up there. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #3

Yet they are still alive Polly Hennessey Jan 2020 #5

What I find sad is the willingness of people to look the other way because to challenge power would WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #8

Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirates Outfielder/Hitter Captain Zero Jan 2020 #9

Yes, and he was on a mission delivering food to hungry people... Freedomofspeech Jan 2020 #12

I replied to someone upthread - historically, I think that's the best comparison Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #19

This is definitely one of the saddest in my lifetime, but as for shocking Mike 03 Jan 2020 #10

The Yankees catcher was Thurman Munson Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #25

Yes, Thurman Munson. Mike 03 Jan 2020 #34

All unexpected deaths visit tragedy on someone, somewhere...life is fragile beyond words. Moostache Jan 2020 #11

Well said Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #24

There have been plenty BeyondGeography Jan 2020 #13

His killer was found not guilty by reason of insanity exboyfil Jan 2020 #14

They probably didn't get much either BeyondGeography Jan 2020 #16

Marshall football airplane accident was big for my family exboyfil Jan 2020 #15

As with Clemente, that is just outside my memory sphere. Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #22

Payne Stewart comes to mind. bluedigger Jan 2020 #17

I'd forgotten that one Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #20

+1 nitpicker Jan 2020 #40

Clemente. gibraltar72 Jan 2020 #21

I think Clemente's was the saddest. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2020 #23

The Marshall plane crash was devastating underpants Jan 2020 #26

For me awesomerwb1 Jan 2020 #27

That's nuts matt819 Jan 2020 #28

Here is what is different about celebrity tragedy Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #38

True, but matt819 Jan 2020 #43

Ayrton Senna n/t gay texan Jan 2020 #29

University of Evansville entire basketball team Chipper Chat Jan 2020 #30

Little remembered Cleveland Indians pitcher Luke Easter Chipper Chat Jan 2020 #31

Clemente was a major one for me - I'd met him very briefly Jarqui Jan 2020 #32

Earnhardt's death was sad because he'd walked away from worse crashes before jmowreader Jan 2020 #33

It really didn't look that bad, did it? Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #37

Until he got killed in one, I was starting to believe Earnhardt was immune to crash damage jmowreader Jan 2020 #39

The entire US figure skating team was killed in a plane crash in 1961. LisaM Jan 2020 #35

Let's not start keeping score like this. Totally inappropriate. Nitram Jan 2020 #36

Just last year Emiiiano Sala the Argentine footballer nitpicker Jan 2020 #41

They all feel like that in the moment. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2020 #42

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #44