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As I promised, for those of you who actually give a rats ass. Here are the ones turning 75 or better during the month of May. And no I'm not one of them.


5-02 - Engelbert Humperdinck.....(78)
5-03 - Frankie Vali......................(78)
5-06 - Willie Mays.......................(83)
5-08 - Debbie Reynolds...............(82)
5-08 - Don Rickles......................(88)
5-12 - Yogi Berra........................(89)
5-18 - Brooks Robinsin................(77)
5-27 - Lou Gossett Jr..................(78)
5-27 - Christopher Lee................(92)
5-28 - Jerry West.......................(76)
5-28 - Carol Baker......................(83)
5-30 - Clint Walker......................(87)
5-31 - Clint Eastwood..................(84)
 
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Saw a internet presentation a while back of a 92 year old man, regular Joe playing a Tele and getting some good licks out of it. Hope I'm still playing my Ovations at that age if I'm around.
 
Yankeefan5545 said:
Saw a internet presentation a while back of a 92 year old man, regular Joe playing a Tele and getting some good licks out of it. Hope I'm still playing my Ovations at that age if I'm around.
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Hell I'd be happy if I could still use a fork at that age.
 
I thought Christopher Lee was already dead.

Personally I liked him as Dracula better then Bela Logosi. He did some great films for Hammer (no not you Steve) Productions.
 
My grandfather passed away back in the early 70's at age 90+ at his passing. He was living in Port St Lucie Florida at the time, still driving, chewing tobacco, and from what I heard was still flirting with women who said he was a "handsome old coot". The man was working on the roof of his house, got caught in one of those quick Florida Thunderstorms and passed from pneumonia.
 
Rick2583 said:
I thought Christopher Lee was already dead.

Personally I liked him as Dracula better then Bela Logosi. He did some great films for Hammer (no not you Steve) Productions.
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You mean to say Steve (hammer) is NOT Ed Wood's son, and is not a big Star/Actor??? No disrespect Steve'O, Ed Wood was a pioneer. Except of course his cross dressing habit. Only in Hollyweed...! Lee I believe made more movies than any one actor in the history of Tinsel Town film.

Last I looked on IMDB.com, Lee had been in more than double the films Robert DeNiro has been in. Lee is one class act, or was, something like that. Wasn't Lee in his 90s when he was in Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars too?
 
Yankeefan5545 said:
My grandfather passed away back in the early 70's at age 90+ at his passing. He was living in Port St Lucie Florida at the time, still driving, chewing tobacco, and from what I heard was still flirting with women who said he was a "handsome old coot". The man was working on the roof of his house, got caught in one of those quick Florida Thunderstorms and passed from pneumonia.
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Amazing stuff....
Michael, was your Grand-Father a big MLB Fan. Did he ever take you to ST games when you were a kid?
 
Mattingly23NY said:
You mean to say Steve (hammer) is NOT Ed Wood's son, and is not a big Star/Actor??? No disrespect Steve'O, Ed Wood was a pioneer. Except of course his cross dressing habit. Only in Hollyweed...! Lee I believe made more movies than any one actor in the history of Tinsel Town film.

Last I looked on IMDB.com, Lee had been in more than double the films Robert DeNiro has been in. Lee is one class act, or was, something like that. Wasn't Lee in his 90s when he was in Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars too?
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He's the last surviving member of the original Kings of horror & suspense................


John Carridine (1906-1988)
Peter Cushing (1913-1994)
Lon Chaney Sr. (1883-1930)
Lon Chaney Jr. (1905-1973)
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
Boris Karloff (1887-1969)
Christopher Lee (1922- )
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
Vincent Price (1911-1993)

NOTE: With the exception of the Chaney's they all lived to a nice age. I guess horror pays.
 
Mattingly23NY said:
Amazing stuff....
Michael, was your Grand-Father a big MLB Fan. Did he ever take you to ST games when you were a kid?
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No he did not, my mothers side of the family was West Virginia raised, my grandfather relocated to Florida when I was on my first overseas run. My first baseball game was at Shibe Park when the A's were in Philadelphia.
 
Rick2583 said:
As I promised, for those of you who actually give a rats ass. Here are the ones turning 75 or better during the month of May. And no I'm not one of them.


5-02 - Engelbert Humperdinck.....(78)
5-03 - Frankie Vali......................(78)
5-06 - Willie Mays.......................(83)
5-08 - Debbie Reynolds...............(82)
5-08 - Don Rickles......................(88)
5-12 - Yogi Berra........................(89)
5-18 - Brooks Robinsin................(77)
5-27 - Lou Gossett Jr..................(78)
5-27 - Christopher Lee................(92)
5-28 - Jerry West.......................(76)
5-28 - Carol Baker......................(83)
5-30 - Clint Walker......................(87)
5-31 - Clint Eastwood..................(84)
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I've actually met 2 of these peeps...
 
Yankeefan5545 said:
No he did not, my mothers side of the family was West Virginia raised, my grandfather relocated to Florida when I was on my first overseas run. My first baseball game was at Shibe Park when the A's were in Philadelphia.
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yankeesince59 said:
^^^Shibe Park?...wow.
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My exact words....WOW, Shibe Park.....

Michael-
I'd enjoy hearing about some of the first games you saw Michael...I think we would all enjoy hearing about those golden memories....if you don't mind, that is.
 
Hammerojustice said:
I've actually met 2 of these peeps...
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Steve which two did you meet?

I've only met one on this list, if you call hanging over and on top of the Giants dugout, like a beached Walrus, at Old Candlestick in 67, to obtain Willie Mays Autograph. Right behind Mays, was McCovey, Marichal, Mike McCormick, Gaylord Perry, and a few others.

Kids today cannot fathom that era, when I tell them of such feats. A era, when a kid could do such a thing, and NOT get thrown out of the Park. Of course the kids who saw me getting autographs were stopped by the Ushers, from doing the same thing. Yet, I got mine, and was not so much as even spoken to by Security.

Truly a Golden Era for MLB fans.
 
Speaking of Shibe Park later named Connie Mack Stadium I remember my parents Father Red Sox Fan, Mother A's Fan arguing about those teams. The first MLB players I heard mentioned were Teddy Ballgame, and Bobby Shantz. I became interested in the Philles, with guys like Richie Ashburn, Del Ennis, Granny Hamner, Robin Roberts, Curt Simmons and Stan Lopata. On all categories except power Ashburn was right there with Mickey, Willie, and the Duke. I hated those "Cookie Cutter Ball Parks of the mid Seventies and glad when they went back to the traditional parks and uniforms.
 
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