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Former WWE champion BrayWyatt has died at the age of 36. https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/38253739/former-wwe-champion-bray-wyatt-dies-age-36 I can't put a space in the name or I get Bray Y@. :lol: This on the heels of Terry Funk dying Yesterday https://www.ign.com/articles/wrestling-legends-and...

Former WWE champion BrayWyatt has died at the age of 36.
https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/382 ... ies-age-36

I can't put a space in the name or I get Bray Y@.

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Norfolk Southern Train in downtown Elkhart this past Wednesday while walking down the tracks near Main and Middlebury Streets. https://wsbt.com/news/local/identify-pedestrian-man-coroner-hit-killed-train-tracks-railroad-crossing-main-middlebury-street-downtown-el...

Author Tom Jones (not the singer) died last Friday at the age of 95.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/thea ... -dead.html

R.I.P. Robbie Robertson, the leader of "The Band," who died at the age of 80.
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/rob ... 235692172/

Another thing is that the younger generation always wants to stand close to or even on the tracks to get their "roster shots" and videos instead of standing at a safe distance from the tracks and using a zoom lens. Train crews don't like that.

R.I.P. "Breaking Bad," and "Better Call Saul" actor, Mark Margolis, who died on August 4, 2023 at the age of 83.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-margo ... aul-actor/

R.I.P. HGTV's Queen of Crafts, Carol Duvall, who died last Monday, 7/31/23, at the age of 97.
https://www.freep.com/story/entertainme ... OUdzl_w5g0

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Sun Aug 06, 2023 11:14 am

So are you going to tell us what got your attention?

You guys did. You got his attention when you replied to his post.

R.I.P. Actress Inga Swenson, 90. She was best known for "Soap" and "Benson." She died on 7/23/23.
https://tvline.com/news/inga-swenson-de ... 235020571/

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a CN train at McKinley Ave in Mishawaka on Thursday afternoon, a couple of days ago.
https://wsbt.com/news/local/id-pedestri ... on-indiana

Police arrested James Rockhill from Kouts, IN in connection with this derailment.
https://www.countryherald.com/news/indi ... erailment/

On Facebook, the Valpo police mentioned crossings in town blocked by a stopped train earlier today because the train had hit an unoccupied vehicle. I'm guessing this is the same train. Did they derail as a result of the impact then? That appears to be the case. https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburb...

Sounds like Q116 is on the ground on the single track in Valparaiso. CN is saying at least 24 hours before the main is open, should make the south bend sub fun tomorrow. No details on the wreck really, hoping someone down that way knows what's up. On Facebook, the Valpo police mentioned crossings i...

This is post #7200 for me.

Louis Armstrong died on July 6, 1971 the day I was born. (This is a July obituary, you forgot to specify it had to be this year. :D ) This year, on my 52nd birthday, we lost the voice of Hanna-Barbera's Yakky Doodle, Jimmy Weldon, who was 99. https://deadline.com/2023/07/jimmy-weldon-dead-voice-acto...

Amtrak P092 derailed last night in Lakeland, FL after hitting a semi-truck hauling cars. 7 peoeple on the train were hurt.
https://abc7chicago.com/amtrak-train-de ... /13506234/

On June 28, 2023, an Amtrak train partially derailed in Moorpark, CA after hitting a water truck.
https://abc7chicago.com/moorpark-amtrak ... /13437084/

R.I.P. Oscar and Tony Winner Alan Arkin, who was 89.
https://people.com/alan-arkin-dead-obituary-7502474

No injuries were reported when the roof of a building at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union caught fire this evening.
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2023 ... -in-union/