RIP 2023
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https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/03/14/fosbury-flop-high-jumper-dick-fosbury-dies-at-76/
Dick Fosbury had the jump on everyone at the Summer Olympics and they were still trying to catch up to him in the Fall.
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@nostrildamus said in RIP 2023:
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/03/14/fosbury-flop-high-jumper-dick-fosbury-dies-at-76/
Dick Fosbury had the jump on everyone at the Summer Olympics and they were still trying to catch up to him in the Fall.
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I read his book while house sitting in the UK.
Had a pretty tough time of it like so many former fighters by the sounds of things. He was also very bitter about Roberto Duran and the low blows too by the sounds of things.
Gotta love a man who fights in tartan shorts though. RIP Ken.
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Total musical genius who not only bridged Classical and modern music but also across two musical cultures, Western and Eastern. His soundtrack for Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence is one of my favourite pieces of music
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Iām not sure him and his partner were the absolute best ambassadors for how kiwis were in the 80s but I always felt immense pride that a couple of genuine NZers ( Boris Zhukov was actually American as was Kamala as two examples ) were part of the WWF as it was then.
Thanks for the memories, wrestling in those days absolutely rocked and he was a part of that. Outlived loads of his contemporaries too.
It also cracked me up that they wrestled like āheelsā ( bad guys ) with lots of biting and stomping but the crowd still loved them.
RIP
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Iām not sure him and his partner were the absolute best ambassadors for how kiwis were in the 80s but I always felt immense pride that a couple of genuine NZers ( Boris Zhukov was actually American as was Kamala as two examples ) were part of the WWF as it was then.
Thanks for the memories, wrestling in those days absolutely rocked and he was a part of that. Outlived loads of his contemporaries too.
It also cracked me up that they wrestled like āheelsā ( bad guys ) with lots of biting and stomping but the crowd still loved them.
RIP
wrestling trivia for the day - Jay White is the grandson of Bushwacker Luke
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@Stockcar86 said in RIP 2023:
Iām not sure him and his partner were the absolute best ambassadors for how kiwis were in the 80s but I always felt immense pride that a couple of genuine NZers ( Boris Zhukov was actually American as was Kamala as two examples ) were part of the WWF as it was then.
Thanks for the memories, wrestling in those days absolutely rocked and he was a part of that. Outlived loads of his contemporaries too.
It also cracked me up that they wrestled like āheelsā ( bad guys ) with lots of biting and stomping but the crowd still loved them.
RIP
wrestling trivia for the day - Jay White is the grandson of Bushwacker Luke
Are they sure ? He looks much more like Rick Rude.
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Iām not sure him and his partner were the absolute best ambassadors for how kiwis were in the 80s but I always felt immense pride that a couple of genuine NZers ( Boris Zhukov was actually American as was Kamala as two examples ) were part of the WWF as it was then.
Thanks for the memories, wrestling in those days absolutely rocked and he was a part of that. Outlived loads of his contemporaries too.
It also cracked me up that they wrestled like āheelsā ( bad guys ) with lots of biting and stomping but the crowd still loved them.
RIP
Yeah I always thought that was bullshit until I heard them speak. Being able to achieve what they did is pretty astonishing.
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Novelist Anne Perry - also known as Juliet Hulme of Heavenly Creatures fame - dies aged 83.