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re: Deaths that have haunted LSU...

Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:06 pm to
Posted by tketaco
Sunnyside, Houston
Member since Jan 2010
21477 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:06 pm to
That Grad Student that was pelted by water bottles trying to burn he flag. He didnt die but I did see his soul leave his body when he realized how fricked he was.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:07 pm to
STFU! You’re shitting me. (Great news though) How old is that fella? I’m pretty sure once he left the street word was he was killed.

NFW Hank made it.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
33649 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:08 pm to
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quote:
A coach was hired by LSU but died in a plane crash en route to BR



Bo Rein died in plane crash on a recruiting trip.
according to the F4 phantom air crew that trailed them - they crew and passengers were dead long before they actually crashed.
Posted by wadewilson
Member since Sep 2009
39999 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:09 pm to
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I cant remember his first name his first name but I believe it was Michael Gillis


Sean Vincent Gillis.

Real piece of work.
Posted by andwesway
Zachary, LA
Member since Jun 2016
2707 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:10 pm to
Nope. He's still around. He's on Facebook if you have that. Look him up. First name is Gary. Nice guy. He also still sells the roses, just not on the street. He takes orders now.
This post was edited on 9/16/19 at 12:12 pm
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
28982 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:13 pm to
I thought Gillis lived near St Francisville, or am I mixing him up with DTL?
Posted by secfballfan
Member since Feb 2016
3463 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:15 pm to
Neshel Manard (spelling) committed suicide on levy in spring of 98? Football player

Weekend of 79 USC game, cant recall name, popular student killed in car accident

Posted by Brightside Bengal
New Metairie
Member since Sep 2007
3943 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:17 pm to
There’s really only one acceptable answer here for #1....

That was the death of multiple Lynyrd Skynyrd band members in the plane crash where they were flying to Baton Rouge to perform at LSU.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
33649 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:18 pm to
TigerNIc That Indian Mound driver, learned nothing from that incident...
Posted by keyboard_warrior9
BR
Member since Aug 2018
835 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:19 pm to
Yeah, DTL lived on 61 in the house right before you get to the Audubon bridge
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:21 pm to
He was incredibly nice. Always talked to him, we had a giant bouquet of roses in our house. Were you around the the old Chelsea’s back then?
Posted by NorthEndZone
Member since Dec 2008
13727 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:32 pm to
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A HS kid fell/jumped from 12th floor of Kirby Smith sleepwalking while he was attending Boys State in 1981.
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Was this the Givens kid from Tioga?


Yes. I believe so. I didn't know him. I just remembered about it since I was on campus for the Dale Brown basketball camp around the same time that summer.

Here is the news report archive...

quote:

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Sleepwalking is suspected in the death of a 17-year-old boy who plunged 12 stories from a dormitory window at Louisiana State University, police said Sunday.

The body of Kirk G. Givins of Pineville, La., was discovered Saturday by officials outside East Kirby Smith dormitory, housing site for hundreds of young participants in a conference on government.


LINK
Posted by Areddishfish
The Wild West
Member since Oct 2015
6434 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:41 pm to
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:44 pm to
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I thought Gillis lived near St Francisville, or am I mixing him up with DTL?


I thought Gillis lived near Kenilworth for some reason...
Posted by TigerTattle
Out of Town
Member since Sep 2007
6685 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:45 pm to

Mike Miley

Erik Andolsek
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
48992 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:50 pm to
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Smitty was the guy who made roses out of beer cans.


I remember Smitty.


For me, I was about to Graduate from LSU when OL Naeshall Menard committed suicide.
Didn't know him personally but it hit hard, thus he stands out 21 yrs later.

Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94671 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:51 pm to
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Yes. I believe so. I didn't know him.


That school had a string of bizarre deaths of seniors or recent graduates for about 4 or 5 years. One kid left a moving vehicle while in a argument with his father, a stalker laid in wait for the campus beauty queen (stabbing and killing her), Givins, and there were a few others, IIRC, all during the 1980s.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
62469 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 12:54 pm to
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according to the F4 phantom air crew that trailed them - they crew and passengers were dead long before they actually crashed.



Yep. Most likely caused by carbon monoxide in the cabin. The plane eventually crashed w/o a trace in the Atlantic Ocean. Do you remember Butch Baum? He used to advertise on the scoreboard years ago and was a huge booster. His plane took off from BR en route to AEX and crashed in a field in Oklahoma.

Butch Baum
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36798 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 1:00 pm to
Mark Alcorn Mark Alcorn, who was on the 1980-1981 Final Four team. Was diagnosed with cancer after the team got home in early Dec from the Great Alaskan Shootout. Died about 15 months later.
Posted by Tom Thumb
Member since Sep 2017
1188 posts
Posted on 9/16/19 at 1:18 pm to
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