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RIP
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Melvin Van Peebles passed away yesterday. He was a trailblazer. RIP.


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Trailblazer is the right word to describe him. May he RIP.
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I had to look him up, as I was not familiar with his work. Quite a resume.
Indeed, RIP.
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This was mentioned on Tennis Channel today. Didn't think it had been posted on the forum yet.


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Sorry for Andre. May his memories of his father be beautiful.
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He was at Agassi's Hall of Fame induction and went through the museum trying to talk to anyone who would listen about Andre's achievements. I was one of those people. I was still just a year or two from reading Open , which described some very abusive behavior, and really wanted to hate him but couldn't really. He and Andre seemed quite loving with each other at this point, too.
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Colin Powell has died from COVID complications.

I'm not sure this link will work. It does not give much more details.
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/enterta ... 30430.html

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A decent man, strangely imbedded in a group of people that were anything but that.
May the universe welcome him.
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dave g wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:18 pm Colin Powell has died from COVID complications.
He was fully vaccinated, or so I read. Scary.
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You know how you look at a presidential administration and have respect for only one of the people you see? Yeah, for me, that was Colin Powell. This was incredibly sad news to wake up to this morning. RIP.
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MJ2004 wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:32 pm
dave g wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:18 pm Colin Powell has died from COVID complications.
He was fully vaccinated, or so I read. Scary.
Yes, but he was also 84 and had cancer. I hope you're in neither category.
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Suliso wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:48 pm
MJ2004 wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:32 pm
dave g wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:18 pm Colin Powell has died from COVID complications.
He was fully vaccinated, or so I read. Scary.
Yes, but he was also 84 and had cancer. I hope you're in neither category.
Thanks. I had known about the 84, but not the cancer.
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Yes, he had multiple myeloma. Unfortunately, the vaccine is less effective in those with immune systems that are that compromised.
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Ok. We suspect my brother's cancer started with a myeloma, and those are very hard. So if he is being listed as dying of C19, perhaps an asterisk is needed.
As Dry says, he was the sole person in the W administration that was respectable. Which I think was the reason he stayed there. He was needed to bring a slight veneer of decency to that bunch of dogs of war.
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