Flashermac Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 I saw that. Of all ways to go, killed by a cricket ball. Time to design new helmets? p.s. That cricket ball is hard as a rock. It must have done some terrible damage to kill him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 I heard they were saying he wasn't wearing the latest spec helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 BBC: "Hughes had been wearing a helmet but the ball struck him at the top of the neck, causing the injury. He had CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation at the ground before being taken to St Vincent's Hospital, where he had a 90-minute operation to relieve pressure on his brain." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 The ball actually hit him in the neck causing massive damage to the transverse cervical artery infact splitting it causing a massive bleed. Unbeknown to paramedics who performed CPR on him it just inflamed the situation. Emergency Doctor who treated him described the injury as "catastrophic" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Joe Cocker, 70 I would have thought him older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneSoup Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 For Joe Cocker, there is a natural farewell song: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Family members say Donna Douglas passed away at the age of 82. Douglas was an actress, best known for her role as Elly May Clampett, the only daughter of Jed Clampett, in the CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies. The series ran for nine years, ending in 1971. Charlene Smith, Douglas' niece and former mayor of Zachary, says her aunt passed away Thursday, Jan. 1 in her Zachary, LA home, with family members by her side. She says pancreatic cancer was the cause of death and only learned she had cancer three months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Oh, my ... Elly Mae was yummy. Shocked to hear she was 82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Big name in politics once upon a time ... Edward Brooke, first elected US black senator, dies at 95 Edward Brooke, the first black senator to be popularly elected in the US, has died aged 95, Republican Party officials say. Mr Brooke was elected to Congress in 1966 by voters in Massachusetts at a time of widespread racial unrest. Mr Brooke built a reputation as a Republican liberal during his time in the Senate. He opposed Republican President Richard Nixon and was the first Republican senator to publicly call for Mr Nixon's resignation after the Watergate scandal. He was instrumental in passing the Fair Housing Act of 1968, which prohibited racial and religious discrimination. Mr Brooke was re-elected in 1972 by a huge margin but by the time he ran for a third term, he was involved in a divorce which attracted national attention and raised questions about a false financial statement he had made regarding a $49,000 loan. ... http://www.bbc.com/n...canada-30669925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 I remember her very well as a TV celebrity when I was a kid. She was gorgeous. Bess Myerson, the 1st Jewish Miss America, dies at 90 http://news.yahoo.co...-220519835.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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