Jose Fernandez was 24. He was the Miami Marlins pitcher who was named Rookie of the Year in 2013 and was in the midst of his finest season in the majors. I challenge you to watch this video and not tear up.
January 10, 2025
In Memoriam
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Bill Nunn was 62. He was the actor who played Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.
Curtis Hanson was 71. He was the Academy Award-winning film director who directed L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile and Wonder Boys.
W.P. Kinsella was 81. He was the author best known for his 1982 novel Shoeless Joe, the source material for the 1989 film Field of Dreams. As a young baseball fan, I read The Thrill of the Grass and was smitten.
Gene Wilder was 83. He was the comic actor who starred in The Producers, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.
John Saunders was 61. He was the television play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Raptors from 1995 to 2001, eventually being replaced by Chuck Swirsky. He also hosted and provided play-by-play for a variety of sports on ESPN and ABC.
Garry Marshall was 81. He created such television shows as Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy and directed movies, including The Flamingo Kid and Pretty Woman.
Buddy Ryan was 82. During his 35-season NFL coaching career, he served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals, and the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears and Houston Oilers.
Pat Summitt was 64. She was the winningest coach, male or female, in NCAA basketball history winning 1,098 games and eight NCAA championships with the University of Tennessee Lady Vols.
Anton Yelchin was 27. He was the actor best known for playing Pavel Chekhov in the Star Trek reboots.
Attrel "Prince Be" Cordes was 46. He was the first black rapper to top the Billboard Hot 100 with P.M. Dawn's single "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss."
In August of 2013, I took my oldest daughter to her first concert. She wanted to see Selena Gomez at the ACC and I bought a couple of tickets. It was the first pop concert I ever attended. The opening act was an artist named Christina Grimmie. I didn't know
Gordie Howe was 88. Mr. Hockey's career record of 1,850 points over his 26 year NHL stood until it was broken by Wayne Gretzky in 1989. Here's a wonderful story about the Great Gordie Howe.
Kimbo Slice was 42. He was a mixed martial arts fighter who became an internet sensation by starring in bare-knuckle fights, often conducted in backyards, posted online.
Bobby Curtola was 73. He was a teen idol in Canada during the early 1960s, best known for the singles Fortune Teller and Aladdin.
Muhammad Ali was 74. Nicknamed "The Greatest," he held the heavyweight title a record three times, and Sports Illustrated named him the top sportsman of the 20th century. He became a symbol for black liberation during the 1960s as he stood up to the U.S. government by refusing to
John Brophy was 83. He spent the bulk of his hockey career as a player and coach in the Eastern Hockey League but I knew him best as head coach of the Leafs from 1986 to 1988. He was coach for one of my first favourite Maple Leafs memories, a
Morley Safer was 84. He was the Toronto-born CBS newsman who changed war reporting forever when he showed GIs burning the huts of Vietnamese villagers and went on to become the iconic 60 Minutes correspondent. Born in Toronto! In 1931! https://t.co/dK79IMAv2i— Toronto Mike (@torontomike) May 11, 2016
Prince was 57. He pioneered "the Minneapolis sound" and took on the music industry in his fight for creative freedom. He won seven Grammy Awards, and has earned 30 nominations. Five of his singles have topped the charts and 14 other songs hit the Top 10. He won an Oscar
Chyna was 45. Joanie Laurer wrestled in the WWF as Chyna where she was billed as the "Ninth Wonder of the World".
Doris Roberts was 90. She was the actress who earned four Emmys for playing Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond.
Merle Haggard was 79. He was the country music giant who celebrated outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home."
Patty Duke was 69. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role in The Miracle Worker before starring in The Patty Duke Show.
Wally Crouter was 92. He was the morning man at CFRB 1010 for 50 years, from November 1, 1946 until November 1, 1996.
Garry Shandling was 66. He was the stand-up comic best known for “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” and “The Larry Sanders Show.”
