fred bentivegna
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Just heard from a pretty good source that Danny Medina has passed. It is unconfirmed but probably true. Very sad.
Beard
Beard
Just heard from a pretty good source that Danny Medina has passed. It is unconfirmed but probably true. Very sad.
Beard
Thanks ironman for getting it all straight.NO< it is not true. I just talked to him at 6;30 pm may 21st and he is doing as well as cn be expected. And no I did not mention this to him>
That's why I shoulda kept quiet. I mulled over putting it up because it was third party but I did it anyway. At least I had enough sense to not put it up on AZ.
Beard
Thanks ironman for getting all straight.
That's ok with me Freddy. You did say it was unconfirmed. I'm glad it's not true.
A friend of mine just saw him last sunday (yesterday)...He is not doing well, but he is still among us...Hang in there kid..!
Shoulda known better. In my day long before emails and cell phones, there were routine rumors of the deaths of pool players. Most of them unfounded. The leader in most rumored demises was of course, Detroit Whitey. He was rumored to have died or been killed at least once every six months. We finally figured out that it was Whitey putting out the rumors himself. The number two guy to be falsely listed as deceased, next to Whitey, was Corn Bread Red. (This was a little before his days at the Rack when he was a real renegade.) Brooklyn Pancho and Atlanta's Ray Maples were a virtual tie for third. In their case it was probably more of a case of wishful thinking.
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Back in the early 80's ieas in a clip joint in Bossieer City La. and this guy, FrediElliott comes to me and says Eddie Taylor had just passed.
Eddie was hanging in Shreveport at the time and I had become pretty attatched to the guy.
Anyway iI was drinking and having too good a time and at the news I became prtty emotional. Fred said they were collecting money for funeral expenses etc, and dug in and offered up $300.
The next dy I went to the old Guys & Dolls downtown and there sat Eddie in his usual Chair and I ran up and hugged the guy and he just looked at me like I had just fallen off a Turnip Truck. I explained the story to him and he just cracked up. "Bive me a little time here kid" he said.
I never saw that Fred again adn thei I heard he died of some cancer. If I could hve seen him, I might have saved him some struggles.
fred, add billy ray sudan to the list of always dead. he is again recently on it.
if you knew whitey then he would be most happy with a big bowl of olives near his grave.
joe veasey pulled a few dead man rumors. i still dont know for sure what his standing is. i know which way i am rooting for.
fred, add billy ray sudan to the list of always dead. he is again recently on it.
That's ok with me Freddy. You did say it was unconfirmed. I'm glad it's not true.