Farewell to one of the classiest, most exciting athletes of my generation...



1952-2009

"What Manny Pacquiao is to the Philippines, what Julio Cesar Chavez is to Mexico, so Alexis Arguello is to Nicaragua, a boxer who transcended sport to become a fighting symbol of the collective heart of his people... He was a fighter, pure and simple, one of the most elegantly vicious ones ever to step inside a ring, and outside of it, one of the most intelligent and inspired..."

Tags: boxing, death, farewell old friend, mortality, sports
From: Chicago
Mood: Nostalgic

Give it a fuckin' rest already, Reaper...



1912-2009
Brilliant actor (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, Birdman of Alcatraz, Patton, to name but a few) and, by all accounts, a true gentleman and dedicated family man.

May he rest in peace.

Tags: death, farewell old friend, mortality
From: Chicago
Mood: Like Flies

My old favorites are dying faster than I can fuckin' type at this point...



1933-2009
ETA: Mollie Sugden now, too. Swell.

Tags: death, farewell old friend, mortality
From: Chicago
Mood: WTF?

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Tags: image dump, photography
From: Chicago
Mood: Happy Hour