Sylvester Turner, former Houston mayor, current U.S. rep and famous defamation plaintiff.
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Mayor Turner started at Fulbright & Jaworski a few years before I did, and I followed his career fairly closely. I worked on his mayoral campaigns, and chaired one of his transition teams. I worked closely with him while he was mayor. He was smart, tough, and I think the best mayor Houston has had. I’ll miss him as a good friend.
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Well the authorities have determined that the causes were not “suspicious”, just awful:
His wife passed away a week before he did, from hantavirus (a rodent-borne disease.) Hackman died a week later of heart disease; he had “highly advanced” Alzheimer’s and likely did not understand his wife had died. The dog was crated and died of starvation.
That is just tragic all around.
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Oh bobsaget I meant to rewatch The Conversation. My son and I are in San Francisco this weekend and I wanted to pre-game a little. Oh well, I’ll watch it when I get home I guess.
I’ll tell you another pleasantly maddeningly vague movie that I love in which nothing much happens that I also need to revisit and that’s Save the Tiger.
The Conversation is a fucking great movie!!
As is Scarecrow!
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I watched Prime Cut the day before yesterday. The movie is okay but Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman are fantastic. Want to see how sausage is made?
I think it’s maybe the saddest outcome.
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Art Schallock, MLB”s oldest living player, 100, just a few weeks shy of 101. Schallock pitched for the Yankees and Orioles in the early 50s.
That title now passes to Bill Greason, also 100 years old.
I read A Season on the Brink as a kid.
Been a fan of Feinstein’s ever since.
He was always good in any interview I ever saw him in.
Good friend and former teammate is Duke graduate who couldn’t stand his fellow alumnus. Apparently, that was a commonly shared sentiment amongst the alumni who thought Feinstein took too many shots at his alma mater.
Me, I always liked his writing and enjoyed his columns for WaPo immensely.
ETA - fuck Duke
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The Punch, was excellent.
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He was good.
I think you meant, dook.
“Slick” Watts. Those Sonics teams were fun to watch.
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Ken Hall, The “Sugar Land Express” one of the greatest high school football players of all time.
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Many years back, Ken Hall Barbecue in Fredericksburg was an excellent stop before it transitioned to Cranky Frank’s and ultimately closed down.