{"id":3914,"date":"2016-12-30T02:39:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T08:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=3914"},"modified":"2017-07-08T12:08:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T17:08:52","slug":"as-time-moves-on-so-does-some-of-the-people-we-now-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=3914","title":{"rendered":"As time moves on so do some of the people we now remember…….."},"content":{"rendered":"

The end of the year always seem to bring the death\u00a0of some of the most important people in the sport, entertainment, and political venues of our lives.\u00a0 Personally,\u00a0it can be a sad time in happy days, but I always try to put a good spin on those that have had some influence on my life.<\/p>\n

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My favorite picture of Debbie Reynolds [http:\/\/thepassionatemoviegoer.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/cinema-obscura-two-with-debbie-reynolds.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The passing of actress Debbie Reynolds was a big time death.\u00a0\u00a0Growing up\u00a0in a family that attended movies, lots of movies, at the theater,\u00a0Debbie Reynolds was a favorite even for a young boy back in the late 1950’s and\u00a01960’s.\u00a0 “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” was an all-time favorite as I viewed it when it\u00a0opened at the Tower Theater\u00a0on Northwest 23rd Street in Oklahoma City.\u00a0\u00a0My Mom and Sister never missed Ms. Reynold’s movies and I usually\u00a0tagged along.\u00a0 “Molly Brown” was a\u00a0special production\u00a0and was excellent.\u00a0 I will always\u00a0remember Harve Presnell, Ms. Reynolds love interest\u00a0in the movie and was happy to see Mr. Presnell later in a great movie, Steven Speilbergs’s “Saving Private Ryan”, one of the best\u00a0movies ever.\u00a0\u00a0Debbie Reynolds\u00a0was a\u00a0fine actress but a better performer…..that is, she\u00a0could sing and dance with the best. And from reports, a wonderful person.<\/p>\n

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Tower Theater in Oklahoma City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Knowing that Ms. Reynolds death was one day after her daughter Carrie\u00a0Fisher passed was in truth sad, but as\u00a0Ms. Reynolds\u00a0son said, she is now with her daughter.\u00a0 Fisher was not a great actor, had many personal problems, and not considered an\u00a0“A” star\u00a0in pictures\u00a0unlike her\u00a0mon.\u00a0 But\u00a0Fisher was a first class writer, in books and screenplays, and was even a better icon<\/em> than\u00a0her mother, being the first lady in the\u00a0“Star Wars” world.\u00a0 Fisher was, in truth, a good person and\u00a0lived a life\u00a0that should be celebrated in\u00a0her accomplishments as much as her mother.\u00a0\u00a0Fisher was a “real” human being, flawed, but like her mom, a person\u00a0that influenced others.\u00a0 No phoney person\u00a0here.\u00a0 The real deal\u00a0just like\u00a0her mother.<\/p>\n

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My favorite Carrie Fisher photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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George Michael, 53,\u00a0 was a significant singer of the past thirty years.\u00a0 He was talented as any.\u00a0 And like most, was a man with problems.\u00a0 But after reading about him the past few days I can say that his generosity\u00a0with charities was nothing to take a pass on.\u00a0 He made people’s lives better through his donations.\u00a0 A man that lived a hard life, as we all can name those that allow drugs take them down.\u00a0 But I will not rag on him.<\/p>\n

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George Michael ………..Photo found at: http:\/\/www.soulbounce.com\/soul\/2014\/06\/we-hear-soulpersonas-careless-whisper-remix-loud-clear\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Zsa Zsa Gabor was 99 when she passed a few days before Christmas.\u00a0 I think she had more personality than her sister Eva Gabor, yet I liked “Green Acres” because of the sister and the pig Arnold.\u00a0 And Mr. Haney was\u00a0the best.\u00a0 Zsa Zsa was better on the talk shows as I grew up, always classy and beautiful, even if she was somewhat older than I liked at ten years old…..yes, it is true that I cried when Marilyn Monroe died and I was eight.\u00a0 She was my first “woman” that I had “feelings” for, other than my Mother.\u00a0 And feelings come in different shades.\u00a0 The Gabor sisters were like Monroe, special and\u00a0they snapped necks when when they walked in a room.<\/p>\n

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Zsa Zsa Gabor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We lost LaVell Edwards today, the Hall-of-Fame football coach of the Brigham Young University Cougars.\u00a0 Edwards was always a favorite coach of mine\u00a0and his death at 86 tells me time is ticking. Hell, he was only 23 years older than I am. He could have been my Daddy. No, I am not Mormon and I have only one wife and my Mother was not a Mormon either.\u00a0 Edwards, you were a great coach.<\/p>\n

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BYU Coach LaVell Edwards watches his team as the sun sets in his eyes during his final game at Cougar (now LaVell Edwards Stadium) last Saturday, Nov. 18, 2000. PHOTO BY CHUCK WING\/DESERET NEWS (Submission date: 12\/10\/2003)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Jimbo Elrod passed a in a car accident a few days ago.\u00a0 Mr. Elrod was a personal fan favorite for most Oklahoma Sooners fans as the All-American linebacker and All-American college wrestler was like a Russell Westbrook on the field and the mat. He never gave up and always hit the hardest this side of Rod Shoat.\u00a0 I remember an interview that Elrod gave to a reporter the Sunday after OU had pulled out a close win at Iowa State.\u00a0 The Cyclones has gone up on the Sooners very late in the close fought game and as the ‘Clones lined up for the extra point Elrod asked the Iowa State player across the line of scrimmage why he looked dejected even after taking the lead.\u00a0 The Iowa State player told Jimbo, “it really does not matter, you ‘all will beat us anyway.\u00a0 You always beat us.”\u00a0 Elrod told the reporter that he too knew they would win and that was why OU was OU and other teams would most always lose to them.\u00a0 Their opponents were already beat before the first snap of the ball.\u00a0 Elrod’s statement was true.<\/p>\n

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Hopefully the New Year will get here sooner than later. I do not like hearing about another death in 2016.<\/p>\n

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