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Hello Everyone!

So here’s the story. A little over two months ago I started to assemble my annual Memorial Collage, that is my yearly tribute to those notable people who passed in the last year. (you can see last year’s here). It can be quite a progress; listing all the names, ages and causes of death, finding a good picture of the person, deciding who gets more than one picture due to lifetime achievement, etc. Then there’s the matter of sorting them into groups, and outlining and numbering them in a key, and so forth.

WELL, this year after many hours of mind-boggling re-arranging, I looked at the final project and I realized that it was TOO DARN BIG to really appreciate each individual’s contribution to society. Not to mention it overwhelming in scope!! Over 300 names! The last thing I want to do is overtax one’s brain looking for their favorite celebrity or news-maker. So two weeks ago I started ALL OVER again. The best option was to divide all these people up into their own individual group collage. At least it was easier to create since the individual .png files had been cut out and labeled already!

So here, finally, is Part 1 in my series of 6 collages — Athletics! Appropriate for Super Bowl Sunday, no?

Now unlike most Americans, I am not into Football or most sports at all (save the occasional local baseball game or Battlebots!), but as every year, I enjoy learning about the people who passed, even if it’s sad to say goodbye. Bless them all.

Be sure to check back every day this week for a new category, and have a lovely day!

ATHLETES

1. Pete Rose, 83, Cardiovascular disease and Diabetes
2. Don Gullet, 73 Heart issues
3. Rickey Henderson, 65, Pneumonia
4. Rocky Colavito, 91, Type 2 Diabetes
5. Carl Erskine, 97, Pneumonia
6. Kelvin Kiptum, 24, World Record Holder, Car Accident
7. Bobby Allison, 86, (undisclosed)
8. Tamayo Perry, 49, Master of Surfing, Shark attack
9. Jose DeLeon, 63, Cancer
10. Mike Brumley, 61, Car Accident
11. Willie Mays , 93,“The Say Hey Kid” 93, Heart Failure
12. Sean Burroughs, 43, Fentanyl intoxication
13. Orlando Cepeda, 86, (undisclosed)
    
14. Rico Carty, 85, (undisclosed)
15. Fernando Valenzuela, 63, Liver cancer
16. Len Randle, 75, (undisclosed)
17. Chi-Chi Rodriguez, 88, (undisclosed)
18. Wally Dallenbach Sr. 87, (natural causes)
19. Fred Lorenzen, 89, Dementia
20. Greg Gumbel, 78, beloved Sportscaster
21. Parnelli Jones, 90, Parkinsons.
22. Jack Burke Jr., 100 (natural causes)
23. Ozzie Virgil Sr. 92, Pancreatitis
24. Bud Harrleson, 79, Alzheimer’s
25. Jerry Grote, 81, heart procedure
26. Ken Holtzman, 78, heart disease
27. Dave McCoy 54, Heart Attack
28. Luis Tiant, 83, (undisclosed)
29. Hector Ortiz 54, pancreatic Cancer
30. Sid Eudy, 63, Cancer (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma)
31. Peter Westerbrook, 72, Liver cancer
32. Amil Abdir Rahim, 43, Mededical Procedure Complication.
33. Darius Morris, 33, Heart failure
34. Dikembe Motombo, 58, Brain Tumor
35. Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant Sixers, and father of Kobe, Massive Stroke.
36. Josh Maravich, 42, Son of Pete, Congestive Heart Failure
37. Jerry West, 86 Laker Legend, Model for the NBA Logo
38. Bob Love, 81, Cancer
39. Al Attles, 87, After weeks in Hospice Care.
40. Chet Walker, 84,  Long Term Illness
    
41. Robert Reid 68. Cancer
42. Holden Trent, 25,  Car accident
43. Israel Vazquez, 46, Cancer
44. Franz Beckenbauer, 78, Natural causes
45. Tony Huston, 49, (undisclosed)
46. Ronald Powell, 32, (undisclosed illness
47. Bryce Stanfield, 21, Pulmonary embolism
48. Khyree Jackson, 24, Car accident
49. Andre Seldon Jr, 22, Drowned
50. Jacoby Jones, 40, Cardiovascular disease
51. Rich Caster, 75, Long illness
52. Andy Russell, 82, Alzheimer’s disease
53. Jack Squirek, 64, (undisclosed illness)
54. Vontae Davis, 35, Injury from fall
55. Eugene “Mercury” Morris, 77, (undisclosed).
56. Bill Walton, 71, Cancer
57. Chris Simon, 52, Suicide, CTE
58. Stan Bowles 75, Alzheimer’s
59. Marco Anguilo 22, Car Crash
60. Duane Thomas 77, Pulmonary embolism
61. Pat Fischer, 84, Dememtia
62. Larry Allen, 52, (undisclosed)
63. Frank Ryan, 87, Alzheimer’s
64. Roman Gabriel, 83, Natural causes
65. Jimmy Johnson 86, (undisclosed)
66. Bill Bergey, 79, Cancer
67. Billy Shaw, 85, Hyponatremia
68. Terry Beasley, 73, Complications from old Concussions
69. Norm Snead, 84 (undisclosed)
70. Golden Richards, 73, Heart Failure
71. Joe Schmidt 92, (undisclosed)
72. Jim Otto, 86, Dementia
73. Bill Hay, 88, (undisclosed)
74. Matthew Gaudreau, 29, and brother
75. Johnny (Mr. Hockey) Gaudreau 31, both killed by drunken driver while bicycle riding.