the passing of White athletes ...

[Jimmy Chitwood]

i wanted to start a thread to honor, and discuss, those White athletes who have moved on to the next adventure. and i thought it would be fitting, in the era of the Caste System, that the thread would begin with a young White woman who had so lost her identity that she did themost irreversible of acts...

former Olympic judo silver-medalist Claudia Heill of Austria commits suicide at age 29.

By Associated Press, Thursday, March31,9:39 AM
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VIENNA â€" The Austrian judo federation says Olympic judo silver medalist Claudia Heill of Austria has committed suicide by jumping out of a sixth-story window in Vienna. She was 29.



The federation said in a statement that "nobody could foresee this act of desperation."Â￾ It did not provide more details.

may she find peace in the next life, since she obviously found none in this one.
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[Liverlips]

What a beautiful young woman! What a waste!

 

[Liverlips]

Gil Clancy - longtime boxing trainer and announcer died today as well. He was 88. RIP.

 

[Westside]

Gil Clancy was one of the best trainers and broadcaster ever. RIP Gil

 

[sport historian]

We used to see Gil Clancy as a commentator for TV fights all the time.

 

[The Hock]

Gil seemed like just a regular guy who found his calling and made good in boxing. Very level headed and honest and knew the game inside and out. I always enjoyed his broadcasting work.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

Sir Henry Cooper, a former British, Commonwealth, and European heavyweight champion, died at age 76. Cooper was most well-known for knocking down Cassius Clayin a fight thatended ina controversial win for Ali. the owner of a powerful left hook,the beloved-in-Britain Cooper was knighted in 2000.

 

[Deadlift]

Alabama lineman Aaron Douglas found dead

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/29256522

I hadn't known that Alabama picked him up. RIP.

 

[Liverlips]

Greta Weitz - the great marathon runner from the 1980s - died a few weeks ago of cancer. RIP.