The Dead Thread

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Chuck Yeager has died, aged 97:

Chuck Yeager, pilot who was first to break sound barrier, dies at 97

Yeager’s postwar exploits helped pave way to space exploration and were immortalised in The Right Stuff

www.theguardian.com

RIP

Absolute legend. Great obit in today’s New York Times

 

[kev]

Absolute legend. Great obit in today’s New York Times

Do you reckon they get an obit in orbit?

 

[sdk]

 

[The binman chronicles]

Not so happy deathday Spotify!

 

[Dharma]

Harold Budd. RIP.




2020 just F... Off.

 

[chrismpw]

'Kin kids running music tech.

 

[Blue toffee]

And now the great Paolo Rossi 64. What a player. What a fantastic 82 WC hat-trick against Brazil scored in the final.

 

[Toast]

And now the great Paolo Rossi 64. What a player. What a fantastic 82 WC hat-trick against Brazil scored in the final.

Another from the Mexico Pannini sticker book gone..

 

[tommytowne]

And now the great Paolo Rossi 64. What a player. What a fantastic 82 WC hat-trick against Brazil scored in the final.

Stand out performance of the tournament. Brilliant game as well.
64 though?
RIP

 

[Blue toffee]

Stand out performance of the tournament. Brilliant game as well.
64 though?
RIP

Yes he wasn’t a kid going into that WC. I’d forgotten he had a 2 year ban prior to it for alleged match fixing.

 

[jaycee]

Yeah they have laid claim

 

[Bluerover]

RIP Paolo.

I was there that night....

Dalymount Mayhem: Ireland v Italy, 1985 - Dundalk Football Club

Despite their failure to qualify for EURO 1984 in France, the Italians were still a huge draw for the Irish soccer public. Due to the demands of Italian TV the match was played at floodlit Dalymount Park. It was a long time before UEFA Licensing and so 40,000 people crammed into Dalymount. The...

www.dundalkfc.com

 

[duncs pigeon]

And now the great Paolo Rossi 64. What a player. What a fantastic 82 WC hat-trick against Brazil scored in the final.

It was in the '2nd group' stage not the final mate. Iirc Brazil were 2 nil up.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

 

[JimmyJeffers]

It was in the '2nd group' stage not the final mate. Iirc Brazil were 2 nil up.

I think Italy scored first
Edit: just seen the vid. Italy were never behind