2024 Dead Celebrities

Dickey Betts, guitar extraordinaire, of The Allman Brothers Band died at age 80 from cancer and COPD.

When I got married, I wanted "Blue Sky" to be our special song at our wedding reception, but my wife put her mom in charge of the reception songs. Big mistake. Our special song? "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone. I could only laugh and had to go with it.

RIP Dickey Betts
 
BlackHawk said:
Roman Gabriel, age 83, quarterback for the LA Rams (1962-72) and Philadelphia Eagles (1973-77) passes away.

I was a big fan of his when I was in Catholic grade school. So much, that I took the name "Gabriel" as my Catholic confirmation name in the 8th grade.

RIP Roman Gabriel
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Big fan as a kid too. My youth football team was the Rams, so of course I followed the LA Rams. When they started 11-0 in '69 I thought they were the greatest team ever. lol. Roman Gabriel was the coolest and most unique name I had ever heard at the time.
 
Gardens35 said:
Big fan as a kid too. My youth football team was the Rams, so of course I followed the LA Rams. When they started 11-0 in '69 I thought they were the greatest team ever. lol. Roman Gabriel was the coolest and most unique name I had ever heard at the time.
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Full disclosure on my previous post: my paternal grandfather's name was Roman and my middle name is Roman, in my grandfather's honor. So, of course, I thought Roman Gabriel was a cool name, too, and there never was much doubt that my Catholic confirmation name would be Gabriel (as long as the Catholic church would accept it...they did). Also, my nephew named his son Roman and my dental hygienist's son's name is Roman. When my nephew told me what he was naming his son, he jokingly told me, "Don't get a big head! It's in honor of my son's great-great grandfather, not you!"
 
Howie Schwab, a longtime ESPN producer and star of the ESPN trivia show Stump the Schwab, died today at 63, according to his family. No cause or location was given.

Schwab began at ESPN in 1987 and worked there through 2013. He was a producer on multiple ESPN shows, but was best known as the final challenge on Stump the Schwab. On the show, contestants would be challenged in a trivia showdown for cash prizes. The show aired from 2004 to 2006.

This is a month old. Just happen to stumble across this. I thought " Stump the Schwab" was a pretty good show 20 years ago. I thought ESPN did a pretty decent job with game shows
 
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