I know for sure that Eddie the hat Burton passed away while playing one hole with Keith Bennett. I think Lassiter passed while practicing. Any others you know of?
Player that passed away while playing
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I was playing billiards with the owner of the bowling alley where I used to play. He started looking really bad and was sweating. He sat in the chair and we quit playing. He said he was all right just didn't feel very good. I left because I was going to a matinee to see Bonnie and Clyde and told him I would see him later. When I got back everybody was crying and I was told Sammy was found dead in the pool room. He must have died shortly after I left and someone came in and found him there.
Harry Cohen, (Some may remember him), I believe died while playing in the Congress Billiards in Miami.
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Although Eddie was known for being a great one pocket player he and I were playing 9 ball. Eddie played all games well and was a pleasure knowing and playing.
Lassiter didn't actually pass away by the pool table... it makes for a good story though.
I know a guy named Mike that was playing in a ring game and upon breaking the balls, the cue ball flew off the table and hit one of the other guys in the shoulder. The guy had a massive heart attack and died right there. It wasn't his fault but Mike became pretty religious after that. I'm sure he felt pretty bad even though the heart attack inevitable anyway.
Now that's a killer break!
Thanks for setting me straight Keith. I knew and played Eddie many times. He was from Anderson SC which is 25 miles from my home town. Thks
Bob Carr used to come into Fast Eddies in Springfield Va. every morning as soon as they opened the door. He played on table 16 - usually 1 pocket but he was a heck of a bank pool player. There was action there everyday for years. Bob was not afraid to bet, and hundred dollar games were not unusual with lots of sweatin and side bettin! As a result it was a great pool room with all kind of charectors and games coming and going.
A few years back on Easter morning Bob was at his usual spot , when he quit playing on this earth, but if there is a pool table in heaven and you know there has to be, he's probably the first one in the door and probably holding court on whatever the money table is in that poolroom in the sky.
Bob was a pretty good pool player and a real good guy the poolroom is not the same without him. But if you ever get a chance to go into Fast Eddies in Springfield Va. Check out table 16 - if there is any action there thats the table it will be on and if you look at the table you will see a gold plate on one end that has Bob's name and some other words on it. There's a cheater bar right next to it where all the players and side betters and old timers used to sit and scheme ways to get some of Bob's money - I sat there a few times myself.
Since Bob's gone and Eddie's gone there aint much action there anymore but every body there can tell you a story or two about Bob and when you think about it that a'int too bad is it?
A few years back on Easter morning Bob was at his usual spot , when he quit playing on this earth, but if there is a pool table in heaven and you know there has to be, he's probably the first one in the door and probably holding court on whatever the money table is in that poolroom in the sky.
Bob was a pretty good pool player and a real good guy the poolroom is not the same without him. But if you ever get a chance to go into Fast Eddies in Springfield Va. Check out table 16 - if there is any action there thats the table it will be on and if you look at the table you will see a gold plate on one end that has Bob's name and some other words on it. There's a cheater bar right next to it where all the players and side betters and old timers used to sit and scheme ways to get some of Bob's money - I sat there a few times myself.
Since Bob's gone and Eddie's gone there aint much action there anymore but every body there can tell you a story or two about Bob and when you think about it that a'int too bad is it?
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I know a guy from Des Moines who has had two players die while playing him or right after. For awhile we were calling him the "Grim Reaper".
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mike eufemia - posted by STORMINORMAN 04-30-2011, 06:40 AM
mike had a heart attack while playing an exhibition against bob haywood in new london ct. on oct 8, 1978 iwas in attendance. he just started the straight pool match fell onto the table then on to the floor and was pronounced dead.,.
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mike eufemia - posted by STORMINORMAN 04-30-2011, 06:40 AM
mike had a heart attack while playing an exhibition against bob haywood in new london ct. on oct 8, 1978 iwas in attendance. he just started the straight pool match fell onto the table then on to the floor and was pronounced dead.,.
Knowing what a "wonderful" person, and how popular New York Harry Cohen was, I heard they just kicked him over into a corner and kept on playing.
Beard
Artie Bodendorfer had two guys drop dead on him while they were playing him. One was Chicago "Pony" Rosen.
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California John (McCue) died while playing pool at Steve Lamako's pool room in Livonia MI, a few years ago. I was not there but he had just delivered a shaft to me the day
before. Thats what I heard.
before. Thats what I heard.
California John McCue died in Steve Lomako's pool hall in Livonia a few years ago. Tom
RIP, Bob.
If there is any justice in the world then he now knows all details about the POS folks who did whatever they could behind his back to get his money.
Bob was good people and even though he peobably knew he was getting moved on, he deserved better.
I miss him, as surely do many.
No one has mentioned the most famous person who died while playing...
On March 18, 1882 Morgan Earp (brother of Wyatt) was shot and killed while playing billiards at the Campbell and Hatch Billiard Parlor in Tombstone, AZ...
Witnesses said he was actually at the table when shots came through a glass-windowed door and pierced his spine...
On March 18, 1882 Morgan Earp (brother of Wyatt) was shot and killed while playing billiards at the Campbell and Hatch Billiard Parlor in Tombstone, AZ...
Witnesses said he was actually at the table when shots came through a glass-windowed door and pierced his spine...
