The RIP thread...

Not a huge baseball fan, but Hank Aaron transcended sports.

No mention of Remy Julienne? Died of covid. Stunt driver, stunt co-ordiantor, actor and prisonner!

First heard about him in the original Italian Job. He went to Prison for a stunt that killed a cameraman and injured an assistant cameraman on Luc Bessons Taxi2.

Larry King

Not a huge baseball fan, but Hank Aaron transcended sports.

I used to enjoy watching baseball and followed the Atlanta Braves, mainly because of their pitchers in the 90s, especially Maddux. Aaron was mentioned all the time around the organisation. I've only watched clips of him on-line, I guess you had to be there to really appreciate how good he was, and I don't really know enough to have a particularly decided opinion, but I always thought it seemed as if he was the best non-pitcher in baseball. I also fall on the side that doesn't recognise Barry Bonds' home run 'record'. When all that doping happened, and with Sammy Sosa, too, it gradually put me off baseball and I stopped following it.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jan/22/hank-aaron-home-run-leader-obituary

Mind you, it's not as clear in baseball as it is in some other sports, but he certainly had a claim.

But as you say, like other athletes of that era, like Muhammad Ali, Aaron was also politically important and helped break open the kind of disgusting stereotypes that we've seen become more openly stated in the last few years. I'm sure that one factor in their resurgence is that all those important figures, also Mandela or Martin Luther King, have died and not been replaced by anyone of their stature. I don't see anyone among current black athletes, cultural figures, or politicians who can measure up to their example, but the same goes for white people, too.

Peter Singh, Swansea's answer to Elvis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDI1UkrxHU

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-01-23/hank-aaron-bud-selig-milwaukee-braves

This will help put his career into context.

On top of his actual play, he suffered an awful amount of abuse, especially as his closed in on Babe Ruth's career home run record. You should be able to find video interviews of him discussing online.

How would those stats look if those players didn't hit the juice? I'm not a huge baseball fan, but I'm pretty sure most of the more modern names on that list have had quite a bit of help from the roids.

A-Rod, Bonds, Pujols, McGwire, Sosa all have tested positive or have strong accusations against them. Perhaps it makes Hank Aaron's stats even more impressive (if he has a clean record)

Thanks, shame I can't find that image in non-truncated form on-line. It seems to have been from an article on Albert Pujols originally.

A-Rod, Bonds, Pujols, McGwire, Sosa all have tested positive or have strong accusations against them. Perhaps it makes Hank Aaron's stats even more impressive (if he has a clean record)

It's a good thing you mentioned all those guys in a separate breath. :)

Is that all Larry gets? Though a few would mention it.

https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/hollywood/legendary-american-tv-and-radio-host-larry-king-dies-1.76690336

I had no idea was from Swansea!

Cardiff had Shakin' Stevens, and Swansea had Peter Singh. I think the Swans won that one.

https://youtu.be/5MyaalVMjao

Hilton Valentine

https://youtu.be/Q3mgapAcVdU

What a legend, his House of the Rising Sun part was one of the first things I learnt to play on the guitar... RIP...

SOPHIE.

Rest in peace.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q0rqR06E1WU

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sRL2jhTHglk](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sRL2jhTHglk)

So sad, what an icon :(

😕

Yvonne Conolly, first black headteacher in the U.K. and founder of the Caribbean Teachers Association.

Screech from Saved by the Bell
RIP Dustin Diamond

Hal Holbrook

Ricky Powell

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"homeboy, throw in the towel..."

What nooo.😕

Captain Sir Tom Moore

What an amazing 100th year he had.