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on: October 10, 2012, 07:51:46 AM

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8485773/detroit-lions-nfl-defensive-great-alex-karras-dies-age-77

Alex Karras, from Blazing Saddles fame: Mongo / Webster's dad / Lion's D-lineman, passes on.  Heartbreak

edit: updated the title in case people are unaware of the reference.
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Reply #1 on: October 10, 2012, 09:04:21 AM

Mongo was Webster's dad!?  I never made the connection.  He looks so different with the mustache and the non-dopey expression.

Very sad.

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Reply #2 on: October 10, 2012, 09:19:09 AM

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Karras had recently suffered kidney failure and been diagnosed with dementia.

Another football player with dementia.  While I realize that dementia is common among those his age (77), it begs to question the correlation.

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Reply #3 on: October 10, 2012, 09:22:54 AM

He was just pawn in game of life.

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Reply #4 on: October 10, 2012, 09:34:38 AM

(You beat me to that quote by ten minutes.)

I'll have good memories of the guy.

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You call it an accident. I call it justice.


Reply #5 on: October 10, 2012, 09:53:37 AM

He was just pawn in game of life.

Meh. I'd say maybe a rook or a knight. Pawns don't have football AND acting careers.  awesome, for real

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Reply #6 on: October 10, 2012, 10:01:31 AM

...  I don't know if you're joking or not.  I'm going to just go ahead and assume you didn't know it was Mongo's line from Blazing Saddles.

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Reply #7 on: October 10, 2012, 10:05:26 AM

...  I don't know if you're joking or not.  I'm going to just go ahead and assume you didn't know it was Mongo's line from Blazing Saddles.

Yes I do know the line and all the others. I am just referring to the fact that he is actually more importa... you know, nevermind.  undecided

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Reply #8 on: October 10, 2012, 10:42:47 AM

"It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.”

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Reply #9 on: October 10, 2012, 01:19:51 PM

I just gave my condolences to his nephew.  He owns and runs the comic book/gaming store in my town.  :(
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