Posted in Scored Deaths on Feb 28th, 2007
Herman Brix, who parlayed a silver medal for the shot put in the 1928 Olympics into a Hollywood career that included playing Tarzan in a 1935 movie, has died. He was 100.
Brix, who later adopted the stage name Bruce Bennett and appeared as Joan Crawford’s husband in “Mildred Pierce” and as an ill-fated gold prospector in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” died of complications from a broken hip Saturday at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, his son Christopher said Tuesday.
Complications from a broken hip? Gime a damned break. Dude died from being a freakin’ hundred years old…. Read more... (113 words, 1 image, estimated 27 secs reading time)
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Posted in Scored Deaths on Feb 24th, 2007
Lamar Lundy, a member of the Fearsome Foursome defensive line for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1960s, died Saturday. He was 71. Lundy died after a long illness in his hometown, the Community Family Funeral Home said.
Lundy spent his entire 13-year career with the Rams (1957-69). He teamed with Merlin Olsen and Deacon Jones — both Pro Football Hall of Famers — and Roosevelt Grier to form a mighty defensive line. In 1968, the defense featuring the four set an NFL record for the fewest yards allowed during a 14-game season. Read more... (103 words, 1 image, estimated 25 secs reading time)
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Posted in Scored Deaths on Feb 23rd, 2007
Kirk Rundstrom kept performing, playing and touring until his death Thursday.
The well-known musician, who was frontman for the highly regarded Kansas band Split Lip Rayfield, died of cancer at his home in Wichita.
He was 38.
He died “like Thelma and Louise, pedal to the metal over the canyon wall,” said longtime friend Brett Mosiman, who owns The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
“He was an incredible free spirit,” Mosiman said. “He was more full of life than most people you come into contact with.” Read more... (254 words, 1 image, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)
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Posted in Scored Deaths on Feb 9th, 2007
Former Texas A&M coach Shelby Metcalf, dead at 76.
Shelby Metcalf, whose homespun humor often overshadowed his penchant for winning basketball games at Texas A&M, died after a long illness. He was 76. Metcalf died Thursday at a College Station hospital, the university said.
In 27 seasons as coach of the Aggies, Metcalf won a record 239 Southwest Conference games and six league titles, including one in his first season in 1963-64. When he left midway through the 1989-90 season, he had a career record of 438-306, including 239-158 in conference. Read more... (167 words, 1 image, estimated 40 secs reading time)
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