February 2021 Obituaries

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Screech from Saved by the Bell - Dustin Diamond
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Sister Mary Watson, founder of St. Patrick Senior Center in Detroit, has died at 86.

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Boxer Leon Spinks, who beat Muhammad Ali as an underdog by split decision for the Heavyweight Title in 1978, dies at 67.

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President Ronald Reagan's longtime secretary of state, George P. Schultz, has died at the age of 100.
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Jochs wrote:
Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:15 pm
President Ronald Reagan's longtime secretary of state, George P. Schultz, has died at the age of 100.
https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/rona ... WKegoOd_CA
As a youngster in the 80's who watched the news and read the Sunday paper, including the comics, I often had a hard time rationalizing why the man who drew the "Peanuts" comic strip was also continuously mentioned on the evening news as a ranking government official always talking about foreign policy.
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Jetlink wrote:
Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:04 pm
Jochs wrote:
Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:15 pm
President Ronald Reagan's longtime secretary of state, George P. Schultz, has died at the age of 100.
https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/rona ... WKegoOd_CA
As a youngster in the 80's who watched the news and read the Sunday paper, including the comics, I often had a hard time rationalizing why the man who drew the "Peanuts" comic strip was also continuously mentioned on the evening news as a ranking government official always talking about foreign policy.
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Mary Wilson, one of the origina members of the Supremes died at 76.

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NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer died at age 77.

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Larry Flynt who founded Hustler Magazine dead at 78

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Chick Corea, legendary jazz/fusion musician dead at 79

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Rush Limbaugh. 70 years old. God has a new radio host.
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J T wrote:
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Rush Limbaugh. 70 years old. God has a new radio host.
RIP and God bless you Rush.

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His view of what constituted a drug addict was somewhat biased.

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Art Cervi, Detroits Bozo The Clown, has died.

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DaveO wrote:
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His view of what constituted a drug addict was somewhat biased.
Everyone's view of what constitutes a drug addict is at least somewhat biased.
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hoborich wrote:
Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:48 pm
Art Cervi, Detroits Bozo The Clown, has died.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/enter ... g1Ai7RCSBc
I wonder how many official Bozos there were over the years.
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J T wrote:
Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:16 am
hoborich wrote:
Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:48 pm
Art Cervi, Detroits Bozo The Clown, has died.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/enter ... g1Ai7RCSBc
I wonder how many official Bozos there were over the years.
Official means we have to exclude a few politicians over the years :D
I was surprised how long it took for Art's passing to make the local Detroit media.
Also didn't know that there were other official Bozos over the years.

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DaveO wrote:
Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:30 am
Also didn't know that there were other official Bozos over the years.
Well there was certainly more than one. I'm guessing this guy probably wasn't the Bozo from the 60s. I have a newspaper article from the late 60s at home that interviews the Bozo at the time. I'll check it this evening to see what that guy's name was.
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February 13 - Steve Scanes, Norfolk Southern engineer and proprietor of Steve's Hobbies in Blissfield, as well as previous hobby shops at a series of locations in metro Toledo. He previously owned and operated the train show regularly held at the Key Street Recreation Center in Maumee, and was a frequent vendor with a large number of tables at train shows around the Great Lakes area and beyond. He was 64.

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