Who Died Today?

[digitalmonkey 929]

I'm not totally sure what you're saying here, but I'm just going to assume that it's what I'm thinking and agree with you.

I was gonna mention priests and altar boys and fellatio but I didn't want this to turn into a "my priest is hung more than your priest" debate.

[gatortom64 1]

Original Danno dead

[digitalmonkey 929]

Original Danno dead

Thankfully he lived to see the remake of Hawaii 5-0.

[leftygolfer 7]

Johnny Sac's wife Ginny

[king_tanner 84]

For anyone familiar with surfing... RIP Andy Irons.

[Voldemort 0]

The democratic party.

[speedz99 145]

This is not the thread for bad political jokes.

[mtdesmoines 3]

This is not the thread for bad political jokes.

Humor, tho. Today, apparently. RIP, chuckling.

[Mercury69 3]

This is not the thread for bad political jokes.

You forgot the pic...

[runthemover 39]

that's not the picture you were looking forthe wheel of fortune voice-over guy died. not on air or anything like that.

[Roll the Bones 74]

Good Game, Sparky Anderson.

[timwakefield 68]

Good Game, Sparky Anderson.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5764168It's a nice article but I don't know why they have to tell us that he died of "complications from dementia." Just say natural causes.

[Skeleton Jelly 2]

It's a nice article but I don't know why they have to tell us that he died of "complications from dementia." Just say natural causes.

Why?

[SAM_Hard8 50]

Good Game, Sparky Anderson.

Growing up as a fan of the big red machine to me Sparky is what I think of when I hear baseball manager. RIP George.

[AmScray 355]

What are 'complications from dementia' anyway? Did he drink a bottle of bleach or wander into a lake?That dude always looked 90 years old. Shocked that he was still alive.

[El Guapo 8]

I'm sure VB can answer this better, but Alzheimer's is deadly, it deteriorates part of the brain. That is the extent of my knowledge on the subject.

[timwakefield 68]

Why?

Because "dementia" is a depressing state to think of him in. If he'd died of anal butt cancer, they would probably just say cancer. It just seems to me that nobody's gonna be like, 'Oh good, now I am satisfied that I know what he died of. It was dementia.' Nobody would remember 'heart failure,' but dementia it's like, Oh poor Sparky wandering off into lakes, like scram said.

[Skeleton Jelly 2]

Because "dementia" is a depressing state to think of him in. Like if he'd died of anal butt cancer, they would probably just say cancer. It just seems to me that nobody's gonna be like, 'Oh good, now I am satisfied that I know what he died of. It was dementia.' Just say heart failure.

Also a depressing state: Dead.Another depressing state: Iowa.I find it odd that you draw this distinction for dementia.Edit: Apparently Iowa is, like, the 4th least depressed state. I just put it in there because of brv. Utah is the most depressed state.2nd Edit: Not saying brv is depressed, just that he notices when his state is mentioned. If it was the former, I would've said Kansas.3rd Edit: Good talk.

[digitalmonkey 929]

Because "dementia" is a depressing state to think of him in. If he'd died of anal butt cancer, they would probably just say cancer. It just seems to me that nobody's gonna be like, 'Oh good, now I am satisfied that I know what he died of. It was dementia.' Nobody would remember 'heart failure,' but dementia it's like, Oh poor Sparky wandering off into lakes, like scram said.

The people who raise money and fight for dementia awareness (that seems funny...I'm an ass) probably appreciate the mention.

[timwakefield 68]

You guys both make fair points. Maybe what I'm most surprised at is that the term "dementia" hasn't been politically corrected into something less retarded-sounding.

[vbnautilus 48]

I'm sure VB can answer this better, but Alzheimer's is deadly, it deteriorates part of the brain. That is the extent of my knowledge on the subject.

You guys both make fair points. Maybe what I'm most surprised at is that the term "dementia" hasn't been politically corrected into something less retarded-sounding.

dementia ≠ alzheimer's, although dementia is a symptom of alzheimer's. dementia is a neurological symptom that can result from several different kinds of degenerative brain diseases (and a few other things). there's nothing politically incorrect about the term dementia.

[nutzbuster 7]

I lived in Detroit during his era there. Awesome guy, great coach.RIP

[rcgs59 15]

Sparky was one great coach. loved his style, One of only a few that I really liked and respected. Like Bobby Cox another great coach. RIP Sparky, sad way to go

[mrdannyg 274]

dementia ≠ alzheimer's, although dementia is a symptom of alzheimer's. dementia is a neurological symptom that can result from several different kinds of degenerative brain diseases (and a few other things). there's nothing politically incorrect about the term dementia.

So then tim's concerns are well-founded, since it would be odd to say someone died "of complications from" a symptom, as opposed to a disease.

[speedz99 145]

So then tim's concerns are well-founded, since it would be odd to say someone died "of complications from" a symptom, as opposed to a disease.

That wasn't tim's concern.Though I guess that's true...the only true deadly complication of dimentia would be, you know, walking out a window because you think it's a door, or whatever.