The J Cline Memorial Celebrity Obituaries

[biggie]

That one is wild. First I’d heard of the illness today and apparently the issues just 11 days ago after the race.

[appdaze]

Calling the doctor to his trailer after the race. Sudden death like this. Its going to be a sad story when it all comes to light.

[BambooRdApp]

NASCAR driver Kyle Busch died from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, according to a statement provided by the Busch family.

https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/stor ... nia-sepsis

[AppinVA]

Kyle’s win in the Appalachian car is running during the rain delay on the CW.

[Captain Morgan]

Kyle’s win in the Appalachian car is running during the rain delay on the CW.

saw that..



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[t4pizza]

NASCAR driver Kyle Busch died from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, according to a statement provided by the Busch family.

https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/stor ... nia-sepsis

Crazy that a 41 year old would die of pneumonia to sepsis. It is especially strange when you realize that he was a highly successful athlete with access to the best doctors around. How does he catch pneumonia that goes undiagnosed, untreated and festers until it turns sepsis and things are too late? This isn't some backwoods Georgia Southern alum living in a double wide and bathing in Eagle Creek. No way his illness should have ever progressed that far. This was a completely treatable issue had it been diagnosed appropriately. What a tragedy.

[appdaze]

I'm sure there were a number of points where it might have been preventable, but you also have to think about other factors. 1. He was most likely hard-headed ("Everything is fine, it's just a cold"). 2. These guys are on the go and don't get enough rest, so things can hit fast. 3. These crews have medical teams, but we aren't talking about football, basketball, etc that have armies of team doctors and personal doctors watching the players 24/7. So I doubt it's all as simple as it sounds.

[Bootsy]

NASCAR driver Kyle Busch died from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, according to a statement provided by the Busch family.

https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/stor ... nia-sepsis

Crazy that a 41 year old would die of pneumonia to sepsis. It is especially strange when you realize that he was a highly successful athlete with access to the best doctors around. How does he catch pneumonia that goes undiagnosed, untreated and festers until it turns sepsis and things are too late? This isn't some backwoods Georgia Southern alum living in a double wide and bathing in Eagle Creek. No way his illness should have ever progressed that far. This was a completely treatable issue had it been diagnosed appropriately. What a tragedy.

It’s a tragedy, same thing that killed Jim Henson (creator of the Muppets)

[TurfMonkey]

Bob Horner, had a 4 homer game vs Expos in '86.

[scatman77]

RIP former football player, football and baseball coach Bill Church.
https://www.legacy.com/legacy/william-bill-church

[PoplarHillApp]

Claude Lemieux. 4x Stanley Cup winner. Age 60.

He carried the torch in Montreal for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals this past Monday night.

[AppinVA]

Claude Lemieux. 4x Stanley Cup winner. Age 60.

He carried the torch in Montreal for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals this past Monday night.

He brought the Stanley Cup to Boone on his day with the Cup back in the 1990s.

[pop5app]

Claude Lemieux. 4x Stanley Cup winner. Age 60.

He carried the torch in Montreal for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals this past Monday night.

He brought the Stanley Cup to Boone on his day with the Cup back in the 1990s.

He married a gal from “Henson Hollar” (Vilas/sugar Grove). Had recently completed a home there on Old 421, very near where she grew up.

[Apptiger]

Walter Parazaider Chicago founding member and sax player.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 235579437/

He also played flute on this one

[BambooRdApp]

RIP Greenspan
"Irrational exuberance"- one of the most memorable comments by a fed chair.

[Apptiger]

Clive Davis
Probably the most influential popular music executive of all time. Signing acts from Janis Joplin and Santana to Billy Joel and Whitney Houston to Aerosmith and Earth Wind and Fire. The list goes on.....

[scatman77]

RIP Kent Briggs, former WCU head coach.

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/06/22/ ... wzIa3stvag

[Apptiger]

James "Jimmy" Burrows
Most famous for co creating Cheers, he was a producer and director and was involved in almost every sitcom over the last few decades from The Mary Tyler Moore show, All in the family, Bob Newhart, Friends, Frazier, Will and Grace, Night Court, Third Rock and on and on. He won 11 Emmy awards.

[Apptiger]

Stanley "Skip" Bertman
Legendary LSU Baseball coach and LSU Athletic Director. Winner of 5 National Championships and 8 SEC Titles. Skip elevated LSU Baseball into the national powerhouse it remains today. He is largely or at least in part responsible for taking college baseball into a more prominent position including national TV exposure. As athletic director, he oversaw 8 national championships at LSU including 2 in football. Skip was also a two time US Olympic team coach.

Skip was a leader in using sports psychologies to enhance performance including a first, a room specifically for visualization exercises. Skip was also one of the first to use piped in noise to simulate crowds at away games and build stress conditioning into practices.He revolutionized college baseball in the 1990's by recruiting power hitters and giving birth to "gorilla ball".

Skip had over 100 players selected in the MLB draft with 41 making it to the majors.

Skip is an absolute legend in Louisiana. He spent countless hours teaching kids baseball and had legendary summer camps in Baton Rouge. He would make time talk to everyone, everywhere. He had a book signing after a baseball game a few years back and stayed until almost 2 in the morning to make sure he signed everyone's copy.

Thanks, Skip
RIP to a legend.

fyi- for those that don't know, I married into an LSU family a long time ago. One of my kids went to LSU, one of my grandkids along with multiple nieces and nephews went there. I taught them ASU and they taught me LSU.

[biggie]

Guess we should mention Cooter.