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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8310 on: December 05, 2021, 02:08:31 pm »
Bob Dole

NGL, kind of thought he was already dead.

Could've sworn he died years ago.

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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8311 on: December 05, 2021, 04:38:53 pm »


Last few years he endorsed and defended Trump. He was the only old school Republican to do that. He attended the 2016 RNC. Not sure if he made an appearance in 2020 virtually. Since he was a former Republican nominee for president it was big news.

He has to be one of the last surviving people to have fought in World War II.


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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8312 on: December 05, 2021, 04:41:38 pm »


Last few years he endorsed and defended Trump. He was the only old school Republican to do that. He attended the 2016 RNC. Not sure if he made an appearance in 2020 virtually. Since he was a former Republican nominee for president it was big news.

He has to be one of the last surviving people to have fought in World War II.



Approximately 240K still alive.

https://en.as.com/en/2021/11/10/latest_news/1636583978_818308.html

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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8313 on: December 05, 2021, 04:45:09 pm »
My bad

So about 15% are still alive or 240,000 out of 16,000,000

So that’s good news


Article says expect last one to die around 2032

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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8314 on: December 05, 2021, 05:21:36 pm »

Article says expect last one to die around 2032

There's one in every crowd.

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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8315 on: December 05, 2021, 07:13:46 pm »
Maybe 10 years ago I was doing a lunchtime run past the WW2 Memorial and Dole was speaking. He seemed pretty dead even then.

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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8316 on: December 05, 2021, 07:31:11 pm »
So about 15% are still alive or 240,000 out of 16,000,000
Uh, that’s 1.5%
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8317 on: December 05, 2021, 07:55:57 pm »
Dude WTF

I double checked

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« Reply #8318 on: December 05, 2021, 08:24:43 pm »
RIP Bob Dole. An underestimated member of the #Trainspotting team. His criticism of the film for glamorizing drugs (he’d later confess he hadn’t seen it) piqued the curiosity of American youth and launched a nice little career for me stateside

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« Reply #8319 on: December 06, 2021, 02:57:26 pm »
Medina Spirit

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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8320 on: December 08, 2021, 06:25:52 pm »
Robbie Shakespeare
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« Reply #8321 on: December 08, 2021, 06:26:12 pm »
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8322 on: December 08, 2021, 07:08:10 pm »
Robbie Shakespeare

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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8323 on: December 08, 2021, 07:10:00 pm »
Robbie Shakespeare

Oh no!


Terrible news


I feel like a couple of years ago I was going to drive to Philly to see Sly and Robbie back MichaelRose but changed my mind

They announced a couple of days before show that Robbie wouldn’t be there and would be replaced by Lloyd Parks


I always so wanted to see Sly and Robbie


RIP Robbie. You played your ass off on earth. Thank you. Take a breather before getting back to it with Bob and all  the other greats
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
« Reply #8324 on: December 08, 2021, 07:13:17 pm »
Jamaican music has really had a rough few years
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