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MrBreeze
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Prince Markie Dee of The Fat Boys has died suddenly. He was 52 years old
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obus 
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MrBreeze
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Bruce Meyers, creator of the Meyers Manx, a car that would become known worldwide as "The Dune Buggy" and that would be copied and replicated for generations, and who was an original pioneer of racing in Baja, has passed away at the age of 94.
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KTPhil
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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| MrBreeze wrote: |
| Bruce Meyers, creator of the Meyers Manx, a car that would become known worldwide as "The Dune Buggy" and that would be copied and replicated for generations, and who was an original pioneer of racing in Baja, has passed away at the age of 94. |
Thank you and Rest In Peace Bruce. You were a big influence on me back in the late 60's. It was a pleasure to have met you. You don't know me, but still took the time to talk to me. The hobby has lost another one of the greats.
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Cusser
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:37 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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| MrBreeze wrote: |
| Bruce Meyers, creator of the Meyers Manx, a car that would become known worldwide as "The Dune Buggy" and that would be copied and replicated for generations, and who was an original pioneer of racing in Baja, has passed away at the age of 94. |
He was quite innovative in our hobby.
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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| MrBreeze wrote: |
| Bruce Meyers, creator of the Meyers Manx, a car that would become known worldwide as "The Dune Buggy" and that would be copied and replicated for generations, and who was an original pioneer of racing in Baja, has passed away at the age of 94. |
He was quite innovative in our hobby. |
And although he patented the design, others copied it and he received nothing after a stupid judge's ruling.
The commercial Meyers Manx received widespread recognition when it defeated motorcycles, trucks and other cars to win the inaugural 1967 Mexican 1000 race (the predecessor of the Baja 1000). |
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obus
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:38 am Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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obus, wow nothing on the news yet, good find. I had no idea he placed it illegally.
From that article interesting quote:
"Born in Vittoria, Sicily, Arturo Di Modica was a Sicilian artist who grew a naturalized American citizen. Man is best known for the “Charging Bull” sculpture, which the artist dropped illegally through the night of 15 December 1989, outside of the New York Stock Exchange Building as his contribution to the American people."
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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Typ3nut
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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| MrBreeze wrote: |
| Bruce Meyers, creator of the Meyers Manx, a car that would become known worldwide as "The Dune Buggy" and that would be copied and replicated for generations, and who was an original pioneer of racing in Baja, has passed away at the age of 94. |
Spent an afternoon with Bruce & Winnie, the stories were endless...
One man that won't be forgotten, #1 Manx Dune Buggies Forever !!
https://www.autoweek.com/news/people/a35567136/bruce-meyers-obit/
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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| Dodgers pitcher Stan Williams, 84. |
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ach60
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:41 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher, painter and pivotal figure to the Beats and about every other counterculture literary movement in San Francisco, has died at 101.
Ferlinghetti died Monday evening in his second-floor walk-up apartment in North Beach, where he lived for 40 years. Cause of death was a degenerative lung condition, said Nancy Peters, co-owner and retired executive director of City Lights Bookstore and Publishers.
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ach60
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Dianna Ortiz, an American nun who was gang-raped and tortured in Guatemala in 1989, died on Friday at 62. She was a champion of torture survivors and helped spur the release of documents showing U.S. complicity in Guatemalan human rights abuses.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:12 am Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Ronald Pickup, best known for his roles in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films and many TV dramas, has died at the age of 80.
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obus
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HMVWNAB
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Former Notre Dame and NFL football player Louis Nix, who had been reported missing earlier this week, was found dead on Saturday, family members told two Jacksonville television stations. He was 29.
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obus
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ach60
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Lawrence Otis Graham, an Ivy League-trained lawyer whose incisive, often searingly self-aware explorations of class identity and divisions among African-Americans made him one of the most widely read Black writers of the 1990s, has died at 59.
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ach60
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Ralph Peterson Jr., a drummer, bandleader, composer and educator whose lunging propulsion and volatile combustion were hallmarks of a jazz career spanning more than 40 years, died on Monday in North Dartmouth, Mass. The cause was complications from cancer, his manager, Laura Martinez, tells NPR Music; Peterson had been living with the disease for the last six years. He was 58.
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