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Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:09 pm to diddlydawg7
He wasn’t as big a star as Kobe, but Thurmon Munson was a big shock, mainly because he was an active player in a high profile town on a high profile team and it was during the season.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:09 pm to diddlydawg7
Dale Earnhardt
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:11 pm to diddlydawg7
Prince?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:22 pm to diddlydawg7
Muhammad Ali 2016 was a much bigger celebrity but perhaps the death is less shocking because of age and cause.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:22 pm to ElderTiger
quote:The late Jim Bouton was a NYC TV sportscaster at the time, and he later wrote about how he was pressured to make Munson out as some sort of saint in reporting his death, when Munson was actually a well-known PITA.
Thurmon Munson was a big shock, mainly because he was an active player in a high profile town on a high profile team and it was during the season.
Bouton wrote (from memory, not verbatim), "I talked about Munson's career and what a great hustling ballplayer he was, but I couldn't bring myself to say things about the man I knew weren't true."
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:25 pm to OleWar
His death is more shocking because of his age. In the vein of well-known young men dying, I would like to submit Christopher “Big Black” Boykin.
-Do work, son.
-Do work, son.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:26 pm to Hangit
quote:I'm not going to ask "Who?', because I don't care.
In the vein of well-known young men dying, I would like to submit Christopher “Big Black” Boykin.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:26 pm to diddlydawg7
Harambe
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:27 pm to Grindlewald
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Michael Jackson
Because of his twisted proclivities with children and drug abuse there were many people who didn't mourn Jackson's death. Kobe was a pretty down to earth guy and liked and respected among his peers and died in an unfortunate but sensational accident.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:27 pm to diddlydawg7
Chester Bennington is another one. Maybe Chris Cornell but that's more of a personal choice.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:28 pm to diddlydawg7
I reacted with the same shock and disbelief as I did after Michael Jacksons’s death
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:30 pm to diddlydawg7
Biggest “sports figure” I can think of would be Dale Earnhardt 
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:31 pm to samson73103
quote:OP was about big, not mourning.
there were many people who didn't mourn Jackson's death
This isn't even close to Jackson's death.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:32 pm to samson73103
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Kobe was a pretty down to earth guy and liked and respected
We'll just ignore the rape victim he paid off.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:35 pm to diddlydawg7
Probably Michael Jackson.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:36 pm to samson73103
MJ’s death was definitely bigger globally than this. Not that Kobe wasn’t one of the most well known entertainment figures in the world, he was. But not to the level of MJ.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:37 pm to diddlydawg7
I'd say Michael Jackson or Whitney Houston.
In terms of shocking sports deaths, I'd put it up there with the deaths of people like Dale Earnhardt, Ayrton Senna, and Len Bias.
In terms of shocking sports deaths, I'd put it up there with the deaths of people like Dale Earnhardt, Ayrton Senna, and Len Bias.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:38 pm to 1BamaRTR
Maybe it’s the sports fan/living in the moment element in me, but this seems way bigger than MJ
I can’t think of a celebrity death this big in my lifetime.
I can’t think of a celebrity death this big in my lifetime.
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