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MADLUX
Joined: 05 Jun 2005
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Location: Virginia Beach, VA
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:18 am Post subject: Parsons, 65, dies after battle with lung cancer |
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http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/01/16/bparsons.obituary/index.html
http://www.bennyparsons.com/
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=2&id=2732630 |
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heavenbound
Joined: 27 Mar 2002
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Location: humble, texas
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:35 am Post subject: |
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My gosh, i can not believe this, we all knew he was doing treament but.........
Very big loss for NASCAR. |
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Mr. Ford95
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: Orange, VA
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Especially when we heard him say in October, "I'm cancer free now." One lung just wasn't enough for him. Looks like he was put into an induced coma and he slipped away while in it. 2 Champs lost just like that in a little over a week of one another due to cancer. |
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ironeagle2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| He had a blood clot in his one good lung and that is what killed him. The one thing I hate about cancer is the way it kills suddenly I have lost all of my grand parents to that killer and yet they still have not found a cure yet, |
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coalregion
Joined: 12 Jan 2005
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Location: NE PA
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I for one will miss his voice on NBC's telecasts. To me, he was THE voice of NASCAR. A lot of these other telecasters for NASCAR could do themselves a favor by listening to how Benny did a race... |
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Mr. Ford95
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Location: Orange, VA
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| The only drawback to Benny lately on TV was how he was a Junior fan. DW is much the same for FOX, they both just gush when he does something good. Annoyed a lot of people, but he was a smart man on TV. He didn't have some cliche or anything, just told us what we needed to know that was technical and moved out of the way. He let the racing do the talking unlike 2 of his counterparts in the booth. Benny and Alan Bestwick were the 2 best TV guys NBC had in the booth on race day. |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| R.I.P BP |
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Midnight Flyer
Joined: 08 Feb 2005
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Location: Livin' large in the Ozark mountains of western Arkansas
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| :D Yoop, where the hell ya been the past few days/weeks? 8) |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm here |
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Midnight Flyer
Joined: 08 Feb 2005
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Location: Livin' large in the Ozark mountains of western Arkansas
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:07 am Post subject: |
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yoopr wrote: I'm here
:D Glad to hear you're okay, Yoop! Whatya been up to lately? 8) |
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yoopr
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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pretty much same ole same ole
Waiting for the next big snow to hit this weekend |
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