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    What are you listening to?

    In honor of the now-deceased 1980s televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who went after rock music for years (with targets including Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne...more on him in a second, and even Christian acts like Stryper) only to get busted with a hooker...
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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    Jim Marshall, legendary Vikings defensive end notable for starting 270 consecutive games (an NFL record that stood until 2009 when Brett Favre broke it in 2009, also in a Vikings uniform) snd recovering 29 fumbles defensively (an NFL record that still stands), at age 87. Marshall is also...
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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    Sabu, professional wrestler most notable for his time in ECW and hardcore wrestling pioneer, at age 60.
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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    Steve McMichael (otherwise known as "Mongo"), Hall of Fame NFL defensive tackle (Texas Longhorns, Chicago Bears), Super Bowl XX Champion, and Monday Night Wars-era professional wrestler (WCW), at age 67 following a battle with ALS. McMichael was most famous in football as one of the stars of...
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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    Les Binks, former drummer of Judas Priest who played on several of the band's albums in the late 70s, at age 73. In addition to playing on the Stained Class, Killing Machine (retitled as Hell Bent for Leather in the US), and Unleashed in the East albums, he's also noteworthy to have joined Judas...
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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    Clive Revill, the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back and Alfred Pennyworth on Batman: The Animated Series, is one with the Force at age 94.
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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    George Foreman, heavyweight boxing icon, at age 76.
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    What are you listening to?

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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    Considering the mysterious circumstances, I'd say this is yet another case of the Superman Curse (which affected his own co-stars from that film franchise, such as Marlon Brando, Margot Kidder, and the most notable curse victim of all, Christopher Reeve). Considering how successful his film...
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    Nanaki Skywalker's AMV/GMV dump thread

    Game = Final Fantasy VII (Remake, Rebirth) Artist = Judas Priest Song = Painkiller
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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    Virginia Halas McCaskey, owner of the Chicago Bears since 1983 and Super Bowl champion (Super Bowl XX), at age 102. McCaskey inherited the franchise upon the death of her father, Bears founder George "Papa Bear" Halas, and the biggest highlight of her ownership of the Bears is of course the...
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    Nintendo Switch 2

    And that's why, to this day, I have never gotten a console at launch.
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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    Bob Uecker, former MLB baseball player (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Philles) and Hall of Fame baseball radio broadcaster (Milwaukee Brewers), at age 90.
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    SPOILERS FFVII:R Chapter 12 Spoiler Discussion

    After over 4 and a half years, I just noticed something. The floors on the Sector 7 Pillar that Biggs & Jessie died on are both unlucky numbers depending on culture. East Asian cultures consider the number 4 to be a cursed number. That's the floor Biggs died on. Meanwhile, Western cultures...
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    Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

    Rickey Henderson, Hall of Fame baseball player and MLB's all-time leader in both stolen bases and runs scored, at age 65. Sad that we lost Baseball's hit king (Pete Rose) and stolen base king in the same year.
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