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Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: Northern Red on Monday, November 28, 2005, 11:14:35 in addition to George Best and more sadly Mr Miyagi, Richard Burns has died from a brain tumour:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4472642.stm He was only 34 and still in the prime of life - far more tragic than George Best - As a world champion in his sport, I'll be expecting far more media coverage than that alcy waster Best. Tributes...... Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: fatbury on Monday, November 28, 2005, 11:18:26 Yeah you are right ... but Besty was A list ... Burns never made Z list
Thats a sad fact of media driven life im afraid ... :-))( Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: janaage on Monday, November 28, 2005, 11:20:10 Yeah beacuse Richard Burns has really inspired a generation hasn't he? For all his faults Best was a footballing genius.
As for Burns, I agree it's a very sad, all fit and healthy, world champion, then diagnosed with a tumour, a couple of years later - he'dead. And at 34!!! Flipping scarey stuff that. Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: McLovin on Monday, November 28, 2005, 11:29:03 Burns dying truely is tragic, due to the nature of his demise.
Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: Ralphy on Monday, November 28, 2005, 13:07:10 Richard Burns is more of a hero to me than Best ever will be.
Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: Piemonte on Monday, November 28, 2005, 13:29:06 Mr Burns is my hero too.
Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: Sussex on Monday, November 28, 2005, 13:47:45 Was very surprised when I heard about Richard Burns, didn't even know he'd been ill. A sad loss at such a young age.
Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: Nomoreheroes on Monday, November 28, 2005, 14:14:12 Ditto that Sussex.
Lets put this into perspective Janaage. Best was a 'good' footballer for a short period of time. He was a 'celebrity' for a long period of time due to his 'hell-raising'. I was disappointed that Sky showed so much faith in him, as, to be honest, he wasn't much of a pundit. He was a wifebeater and alcoholic. In life he wasn't an inspiration to anyone other than a generation of pissheads ! NMH Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: Melksham Red on Monday, November 28, 2005, 14:40:23 George Best was a great footballer who entertained millions and that should not be forgotten. But it should also not be forgotten what a complete cunt he was. A dirty Irish, wife beating, drunken thug who abused a liver that could have gone to someone more worthy. Respect for his talents as a footballer but that is all.
Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: janaage on Monday, November 28, 2005, 14:51:18 Not once in the last week or so have I said anything about Best being anything else but a "footballing legend". His private life was a shambles to say the least.
That won't stop me from feeling sorry for him or his family. If Alex Best could show compassion (after all the stick he gave her) at the end then so can anyone else who chooses to do so. To call Best a "good footballer" is just stupid, you've kind of defeated your own arguement there by writing that. Title: Weekend for dying..... Post by: sonicyouth on Monday, November 28, 2005, 16:55:58 fucking hell i can't believe people are arguing over who is more of a legend, don't you people have work to do?
34 is such a young age to die, it's a cruel world. |