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Fatality: 2019

103. Died in his sleep is what we know.
Not belittling any passing, but it makes me feel better if someone we liked or admired lived a good long life, and didn't have much difficulty in their final years.
Doris Day I think is a case in point, from what I can recall reading. She was mentally healthy it seems, and passed with her family around.

I leave you with your next mission :

 
tonymddn said:
makes me feel better if someone we liked or admired lived a good long life, and didn't have much difficulty in their final years.
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We feel the same way. :) There's some comfort in knowing that they lived a long, fulfilling life, and died peacefully.
Doris Day I think is a case in point, from what I can recall reading. She was mentally healthy it seems, and passed with her family around.
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Once she was able to devote all her time, energy, and resources speaking for the voiceless, she was following her true calling. And when you're doing what you were meant to do, and love it, it keeps you young and spry and mentally healthy.

Ever since I learned about her passion for animals, and joined DDAL, I've been in awe of her compassion, commitment, and beautiful spirit. For those of us in the animal rights community, her death has, of course, been sad, but we know she wanted us to carry on. And carry on we shall! :D
 
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I agree having a commitment to a great cause must help stave off mental and physical decline even to a very ripe age, for many people.
I had read your previous posts on her, and caught your recent health issues.
That's a great movement and would be high on my list to be passionate about. Nice work.
 
Niki Lauda passed away yesterday at only 70. Really surprised and upset by that news.
My first and one of my few real "heroes" of sport.
Formula One champion in 75, 77 and 84, most notably with Ferrari.
Austrian accented, aviation entrepreneur (with a horrendous Lauda Air plane crash) and very recently heavily involved in Formula One with Mercedes. Always time for an interview. Could have lived a safe, privileged life.
Rest in Peace.
 
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He crammed an amazing life into 70 years. He challenged and took on Boeing when a reverse thruster deployed in flight and brought down his passengers and plane. So many comebacks in his life. So many stories.

I watched the 1974 Monaco Grand Prix in a shop window and was hooked for the longest time.

A big loss, but a big life.
 
tonymddn said:
OT @MoodyBlues

I agree having a commitment to a great cause must help stave off mental and physical decline even to a very ripe age, for many people.
I had read your previous posts on her, and caught your recent health issues.
That's a great movement and would be high on my list to be passionate about. Nice work.
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Yes, it is a great cause, and one of my top causes I'm passionate about. When I started learning the facts about the heinous cruelty to animals in the meat industry, I went vegetarian, cold turkey (pun fully intended). That was in 1988; I don't use dairy products either, now.

My health issues...suck. But I remind myself others have them, too, and I plod on. :)

So we don't turn this thread totally off-topic, please feel free to PM me and/or start a thread if you have questions about animal-related issues. I'm always happy to share what I know! :D
 
No cause released directly, but I hadn't realised he had BOTH lungs transplanted last year. He had pneumonia in January, and over the weekend was in a Swiss clinic for regular kidney dialysis, having had both replaced some years ago, and had been unwell.
(his lungs had inhaled toxic fumes in the 76 fire following the crash)

I don't watch coverage of F1 too much now, but he had been regularly interviewed very recently in the pits and on the grid.

This story ...> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauda_Air_Flight_004

and i think it's all accurate, says a lot about him. When the Lauda Air 004 crash occured, I didn't see much human reactions from him at the time, but it obviously did affect him deeply.
 
dontpanicbobby said:
I hated him for that.
I'm sad he died so young
But DAMN!
I'm from Boston.
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When I was younger, the Lakers were practically my life; I swear I bled purple and gold! I 'hated' various people, like Bill Laimbeer (Pistons), who had wronged 'us' somehow.

And then one day in 1991, Magic Johnson's announcement about being HIV+, and retiring immediately, helped put things in their proper perspective. Seventeen days later, when Freddie Mercury died of AIDS, it sunk in even deeper.

These were two of my idols, one dead from this dreadful virus and the other on his way.

I wish I could tell the 1991 me that new, anti-retroviral meds would keep Magic from Freddie's fate, and that in 2019 he'd be healthy, strong, 50+ pounds heavier than his playing weight, hugely successful in business, and an owner of the Dodgers.

I no longer hate sports figures. (Or anyone else (with one exception).)
 
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