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28. RIP, my grandmother survived her bout

Sat Aug 29, 2020, 06:00 AM

Aug 2020

with colon cancer, mid60' until 2001, after having a large part of it removed.

Cancer one of the great equalizers.

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. Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2020 #1

So young ornotna Aug 2020 #2

OMG RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #3

Oh nooooo blm Aug 2020 #4

What a tragedy mcar Aug 2020 #5

My deepest sympathy to his family progressive nobody Aug 2020 #6

2020 just sucks on so many levels ladym55 Aug 2020 #7

My thoughts, exactly. 😭 herding cats Aug 2020 #8

Same sakabatou Aug 2020 #12

Agreed. I just want this year to end already. spudspud Aug 2020 #21

. icymist Aug 2020 #9

The year 2020 needs to catch something and die already IronLionZion Aug 2020 #10

Peaceful passage to the Ancestrial Plain, T'Challa sarge43 Aug 2020 #11

I just bawled my eyes out. a la izquierda Aug 2020 #13

RIP TomCADem Aug 2020 #14

Rest In Power, T'Challa. Wakanda Forever. DinahMoeHum Aug 2020 #15

He was very talented. That is way to young to die. IrishEyes Aug 2020 #16

There is so much love for this man blogslut Aug 2020 #17

DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN Withywindle Aug 2020 #18

Good grief! Most people don't even get screened for colon cancer TexasBushwhacker Aug 2020 #19

He was 42. More_Cowbell Aug 2020 #22

Where tf is quality control. greyl Aug 2020 #23

Cancer sucks mike1977 Aug 2020 #25

The twist is, he played Jackie Robinson in the movie "42". OnlinePoker Aug 2020 #31

This is so sad. Behind the Aegis Aug 2020 #24

As I was going to bed I kept hearing that someone died BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #26

Sad Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #27

RIP, my grandmother survived her bout whistler162 Aug 2020 #28

Celebrity deaths usually don't phase me much. Dave Starsky Aug 2020 #29

Just terrible. He got it in his 30s, which is very rare. oldsoftie Aug 2020 #30