https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/27/entertainment/robert-garrison-obit/index.html

I feel old.

Get him a body bag???




Too soon???

Pretty sad they couldn't even find a picture of him to post along with the article. Instead, they post a picture of another dead guy and Ralph.

I was a prep sportswriter in the late 1990s and shared a common love with 1980s movies with an assistant softball coach at one of the local high schools. Everytime I'd go watch them play, he and I would talk it up in the dugout while I pretended to take action photos and he pretended to coach.

The team wasn't great, but one season they blew out the defending district champions with a surprising 12-0 run-rule victory. Hit after hit against a girl who would go on to be a college pitcher of some acclaim, and when it was 8-0 or 9-0, he just couldn't resist and yelled out clear as day 'YEAHHHHH! GIVE HER A BODY BAG!"

Me and maybe 3 other people in the crowd got the joke. The opposing team's "we've invested $5,000 per person in custom softball bats, embroidered everything, custom softball-watching chairs" went ballistic, proclaiming he had threatened their daughter. They clamored on and on until the home plate umpire turned on them and yelled, "IT WAS NOT A THREAT, IT'S FROM THE END OF THE KARATE KID. IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT, GO SIT IN THE PARKING LOT."

No doubt I'll watch the Cobra Kai tv episode with him & shed a tear tonight.

One would assume suicide since they didn't say how.

queso1 said:

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One would assume suicide since they didn't say how.

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Liver and kidney failure

gggmann said:

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queso1 said:

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One would assume suicide since they didn't say how.

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Liver and kidney failure

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Sounds like alcohol got him. Sadly, more common than most people like to think about.