Some Members We've Lost

Kickin' Chicken · Jun 5, 2019

I've been knocking around here for a dozen or so years and there have been some great members we have lost. And it's not a small number.

To add some perspective I thought we could list some of their names in this thread to underscore the loss and their contributions here.

Here's just a few who quickly came to my mind:

kvinbrwr

Freddy The Beard

Mr. Bond

Smorg

3railkick

Royce Bunnell

Neil

Please feel free to add to this list with or without comments and keep fond thoughts of these great azb'ers.

best,
brian kc

Texas Carom Club · Jun 5, 2019

dennis dieckman

Type79 · Jun 5, 2019

Kevin Brewer

AtLarge · Jun 5, 2019

Some of the deceased members are mentioned in the AzB Hall of Fame thread: https://forums.azbilliards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=79&order=desc

Kickin' Chicken · Jun 5, 2019

AtLarge said:
Some of the deceased members are mentioned in the AzB Hall of Fame thread: https://forums.azbilliards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=79&order=desc

I was aware of the AZB HOF but thought it might be nice to list some of our noteworthy dearly departed members in a single thread.

Seemed like a good way to get a feel for the cumulative loss.

best,
brian kc

Cardigan Kid · Jun 5, 2019

There was a member who decided to throw caution to the wind and just enter the 2015 or 2016 US Open and play since "im not getting any younger"....
He had a profile photo with him and Karen Corr...his favorite player....

The very next year he passed away. I'm really troubled that I can't remember his AZ name.

He belongs in this thread.

Kickin' Chicken · Jun 5, 2019

Type79 said:
Kevin Brewer

had him at the top of my list.

miss him dearly.

Kickin' Chicken · Jun 5, 2019

Cardigan Kid said:
There was a member who decided to throw caution to the wind and just enter the 2015 or 2016 US Open and play since "im not getting any younger"....
He had a profile photo with him and Karen Corr...his favorite player....

The very next year he passed away. I'm really troubled that I can't remember his AZ name.

He belongs in this thread.

That would be az member Wedge.

He def belongs on the noteworthy list.

Cardigan Kid · Jun 5, 2019

Kickin' Chicken said:
That would be az member Wedge.

He def belongs on the noteworthy list.

Yes, Wedge...thanks for the assist.
Add him up up the main post list. You are right, collectively, it is a reality check over how we have lost good contributors.

Black-Balled · Jun 5, 2019

Rude Dog/ John Morton

Black-Balled · Jun 5, 2019

And please forgive me forgetting his birth name...

Poolplayer2093

Tooler · Jun 5, 2019

Grady Matthews

Gary Nolan (Bushwacker)

cannonball · Jun 5, 2019

My Dad: Robert Hoppmann (DukeofDBQ)

Type79 · Jun 5, 2019

cannonball said:
My Dad: Robert Hoppmann (DukeofDBQ)

I only met your dad a couple of times but he was a very nice pesron.

pt109 · Jun 5, 2019

Tramp Steamer
Scaramouche

No details, just MIA

sfleinen · Jun 5, 2019

Johnnyt (https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=480154)
NYGeorge (https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=434298)

sjm · Jun 5, 2019

Black-Balled said:
Rude Dog/ John Morton

Me too. Rude Dog was an excellent AZB form member.

Same is true of Oldhasbeen and Hemicudas, two of my favorites that are gone but not forgotten.

Black-Balled · Jun 5, 2019

Man, so many friends.

You olde farts better shape up.

Petros Andrikop · Jun 5, 2019

May they rest in peace, they left their mark on this community through sharing their knowledge and views about our sport.

Frankenstroke · Jun 5, 2019

ragbug74 Mark Sulich 1968 - 2013

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