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Celebrity RIP Thread
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I am not a boxing sports fan. But I am a student of African history and have been involved. There are several movies about the epic fight between George Foreman and Muhamed Ali in Zaire / Congo in 1974, documented in film When We Were Kings.
There is a lot of spirit in sports.
Later in life, Foreman on Ali in the NYT obituary:
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But in his final decades, Foreman also said it was his friendship with Ali he came to cherish.
“I was pretty close to hating him. I wanted revenge,” Foreman told USA Today in 2023. “He became the best, and one of the longest friends, I’ve ever had. I love him to this day.”
The two talked on the phone regularly, Foreman said, and discussed everything from faith to fatherhood. Foreman, the born-again Christian; Ali, the devoted Muslim convert. Foreman had 12 children (including five sons named George), and Ali had nine children.
When Ali died in 2016, Foreman was an honorary pallbearer.
“We fought in 1974; that was a long time ago. After 1981, we became the best of friends. By 1984, we loved each other,” Foreman said in 2012. “I am not closer to anyone else in this life than I am to Muhammad Ali.”
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Poor George. Everyone was rooting for the underdog in 74.
I guess this means the warranty on my grill is no longer valid.
TBH, I love mine.
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Sponsorships and licensing deals are how the smart ones make their fortune. Even Pro athletes you think already have more money than they know what to do with just from their contracts... It's this other side of the business that really sets them... in another league. (Couldn't resist... I'll see myself out, now.)
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Foreman didn't blow his money. Rocky Marciano was a notorious tightwad. Larry Holmes also was frugal. Most athletes are poor managers of money.
Brian James, Pioneer of Punk Rock, Is Dead at 70
As the guitarist and main songwriter for the Damned, he helped spark an explosion on the British music scene in the 1970s.
Brian James, who helped spark the punk-rock revolution in Britain in the 1970s as the lead guitarist and chief songwriter of the British band the Damned, bringing a rare degree of musicality to a genre known for its chain-saw attack, died on March 6. He was 70.
Ken1951
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His role in Tombstone is one of the greats!
Robin L
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With Bob Dylan:
To this day, “I’ll be your huckleberry,” still echoes in my brain.
Ken1951
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"Why Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave." I can always hear his delivery in my head. Fantastic.
You can tell when a movie was made by how far the hair departs from realistic. What Air Force pilot would have ever had hair like that?
"Son, get a haircut."
Rick "but Kilmer was always a bit too cute for the roles: Morrison was never that good-looking, and the Saint can't quite carry off those disguises with that jaw" Denney
"Son, get a haircut."
Rick "but Kilmer was always a bit too cute for the roles: Morrison was never that good-looking, and the Saint can't quite carry off those disguises with that jaw" Denney
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i remember Val Kilmer in Heat (Michaël Mann movie) and Thunderheart.
And in the 2021 documentary film "Val" about his life.
RIP
And in the 2021 documentary film "Val" about his life.
RIP
Ken1951
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Definitely some great moments in "Thunderheart".
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