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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 01:58 PM Original message |
People, bands, artists, athletes, authors, politicians... Name people who walked away too early. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sandy Kofax, Gary Larson.... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well of course there are others, that's what I'm asking! |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yes, Gary Larson |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. It was almost too late for Koufax |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Chris Reid and Chris Martin |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. God, who ever thought that franchise would end? |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Barry Sanders |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Thats who I thought of...n/t |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Funny, I thought of him when I made the thread, and had to look back |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Budd Dwyer |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I was just thinking about this guy the other day. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Now that's just wrong |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. I think his manner of walking away is the only reason most people know him. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Douglas Adams |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. He was working on the movie when he died. |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jim Brown |
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blueraven95 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bill Watterson |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Kurt Cobain. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yeah, when he quit, he really quit. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. He was the last rock star... |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Jimi Hendrix, Jaco Pastorius, Felix Pappalardi, |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Dying young, absent of suicide, is not walking away. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. Steve Young |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. He'd have won the Super Bowl for someone. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. yeah, that whole situation sucks |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Maybe Young, but not Aikman. Favre had the best chance. |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Harper Lee |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. Ralph Ellison |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. JFK and RFK |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. They didn't walk away. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
28. John Belushi |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. Strom Thurmond |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I was once working in a copy shop in SC and a resume came across the counter... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. most of them actually stick around way too long... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. He did. He just came back a couple of times afterwards n/t |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Sometimes it's best to walk away early |
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