# RIP thread **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512 "2020-10-06T20:01:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/81 "2021-01-28T16:49:23Z")
> [@PatientZombie](#): > > you people make me sad Wanna know what’s worse? Until I heard people on the radio talking about him yesterday, I didn’t know Hank Aaron was black. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/82 "2021-01-28T17:11:57Z")
> [@soyleche](#): > > I didn’t know Hank Aaron was black. 😮 Random fun fact: Rapper M.C. Hammer was once the clubhouse attendant for the Oakland Athletics. Players nicknamed him “Hammer” because of his resemblance to Hank Aaron, and fronted him seed money to record his first album because they thought he had talent. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/83 "2021-01-28T19:55:35Z")
> [@soyleche](#): > > > [@PatientZombie](#): > > > > you people make me sad > > Wanna know what’s worse? Until I heard people on the radio talking about him yesterday, I didn’t know Hank Aaron was black. Me, too. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/84 "2021-01-28T20:18:17Z")
That’s a big part of _why_ it was such a big deal when he broke Babe Ruth’s “sacrosanct” home run record. He finished the 1973 season one home run short of Babe Ruth’s record and received tons of death threats and hate mail throughout the off-season and he said his biggest fear was that he wouldn’t live to see the 1974 season. Obviously he _did_ live to see the 1974 season and beyond, thank goodness. But the fear was very real. ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/85 "2021-01-28T20:40:55Z")
he truly thought the two fans running out on the field intended him harm ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/86 "2021-01-28T20:44:22Z")
I remember him breaking the record. It was really exciting. I may have known he was Black at the time, but i don’t recall that. Black athletes were unremarkable by then… Or so i thought. I was a pretty sheltered child, though. ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/87 "2021-01-28T21:03:48Z")
The 70s were a different time. 2 fans tried that today they’d be taken down by security. I still remember the crazy scene at Yankee stadium when Chris Chambliss hit a series winning walk off HR and the fans stormed the field before he could circle the bases. Another thing that hopefully would never happen today. Of course with no fans due to covid there is no one to storm the field but separate issue there. ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/88 "2021-01-28T21:33:10Z")
remember that game ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/89 "2021-01-29T12:49:51Z")
Cicely Tyson. wonderful actress, predominantly TV, miniseries Sonny Fox. Original Host of children’s TV show Wonderama ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/90 "2021-01-29T17:26:49Z")
I remember when the Mets clinched the NL East in '86 the fans ransacked the field. They ramped up their police presence during the playoffs of course. ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/91 "2021-01-29T18:46:21Z")
I believe it was '73 when the field was very ripped up, they took some sod from around the warning track. One of the Mets misplayed a fly not realizing he had more room ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/92 "2021-01-30T01:53:00Z")
John Chaney - Temple BB Coach another HOFer gone ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/93 "2021-01-31T20:36:10Z")
> **[Mira Furlan, 'Lost' and 'Babylon 5' actress, dies of West Nile Virus...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/01/22/mira-furlan-dead-lost-babylon-5-actress-dies-65/6668837002/)** > > Mira Furlan, known for her role in "Lost," died on Wednesday at 65, her talent agent confirmed Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Ezekial\_Cumberland](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ezekial_cumberland/32/178_2.png) [@Ezekial\_Cumberland](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ezekial_Cumberland)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/94 "2021-02-01T20:17:01Z")
[Screech](https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/01/dustin-diamond-saved-by-the-bell-star-dead-44-stage-4-cancer-screech/) ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/95 "2021-02-02T16:48:32Z")
[https://www.yahoo.com/gma/sir-thomas-moore-wwii-veteran-161925364.html](https://www.yahoo.com/gma/sir-thomas-moore-wwii-veteran-161925364.html) RIP, Sir Tom. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/96 "2021-02-02T17:06:13Z")
(RN awaiting…) “Another COVID-related DEATH.” ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/97 "2021-02-02T17:07:57Z")
Hal Holbrook 95 ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ranger/32/185_2.png) [@Ranger](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/98 "2021-02-02T19:45:18Z")
Unhappily, the reports of his death are not greatly exaggerated. RIP to a great actor and Mark Twain impersonator. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/deeppurple/32/1551_2.png) [@DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/99 "2021-02-02T21:32:38Z")
I always think of him as the bad guy cop in Magnum Force, and secondarily as the straightlaced old timer trader in Wall Street. Actually, I was a little surprised to see that he was still alive up until this week. ---
**Author:** ![Ezekial\_Cumberland](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ezekial_cumberland/32/178_2.png) [@Ezekial\_Cumberland](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ezekial_Cumberland)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512/100 "2021-02-05T20:09:42Z")
[https://www.npr.org/2021/02/05/856951396/christopher-plummer-star-of-stage-screen-sound-of-music-dies-at-91](https://www.npr.org/2021/02/05/856951396/christopher-plummer-star-of-stage-screen-sound-of-music-dies-at-91) [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512.md?page=4) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/rip-thread/512.md?page=6)