Bummer. What a solid player and legendary band.
Where will I get a replacement Pocket Fisherman?
One of the greats.
Send a call for one out to the world using your Mr. Microphone!
Ron made capitalism fun
Can I set it and forget it?
Go right ahead! The only tears youâll shed are tears of joy!
Donât set it. Use it!
Sigh.
But I learnt some stuff about the band that I did not previously knowâŚ
Older news but I didnât see this until now:
I looked up other wrestlers who died this year and found this:
I was just randomly ruminating on the Steiner Brothersâ feud with Doom in the early 1990s the other day. Even with their masks, everybody knew Doom was Ron Simmons and Butch Reed anyway making the whole mask gimmick really silly (even by pro wrestling standards). Itâs not like they even needed a gimmick beyond âlook at these two huge dudes built like tanksâ.
An English hero in his time âŚ
âNooooo!â
FFS
He had many strengths as a union leader. But his greatest strength was his willingness to push this countryâs labor movement to be better. âUnafraid to challenge racism and classism anywhere,â recalled Wade Henderson of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. âRichard Trumka was a civil- and human-rights champion who leaves behind a legacy matched by few. From his participation in the Free South Africa Movement protests to his influential leadership of the AFL-CIO, he unquestionably moved mountains in the fight for a more just and equal society.â
