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A tip now that fall is here.

R.I.P. Former Boston Red Sox Pitcher Tom Wakefield, who was 57. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38539709/former-red-sox-knuckleballer-tim-wakefield-dies-57 R.I.P. former NFL player, Russ Francis, 70, who died on a plane crash on 10/1/23. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38559269/power-loss-le...

R.I.P. Former bassist for "Cradle of Filth," Jon Kennedy, who died last week in a car crash at the age of 44.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/04/jon-kenn ... sfeed_home

R.I.P. Actor Michael Gambon, who was 82. He played "Dumbledore" in "Harry Potter."
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/28/12023007 ... rry-potter

R.I.P. "This is Us" actor, Ronald Cephas Jones, who died on 8/19/23 at the age of 66.
https://people.com/ron-cephas-jones-emm ... 66-7693257

Actress Gayle Hunnicutt died on 8/31/23 at the age of 80.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... t-obituary

R.I.P. singer Charlie Robison, who died on 9/10/23. He was 59.
https://nypost.com/2023/09/11/charlie-r ... ead-at-59/

R.I.P. Dire Straits guitar player, Jack Sonni, who died on 8/30/23. He was 68.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-n ... 235404904/

R.I.P. Singer Roger Whittaker, who died on 9/13/23 at the age of 87.
https://parade.com/news/roger-whittaker ... ll-dead-87

An explosion in a container in the world's largest railyard in North Platte, Nebraska has prompted evacuations due to a cloud of toxic smoke. This happened in Union Pacific's Bailey Yard today. https://apnews.com/article/union-pacific-railroad-railyard-fire-hazardous-materials-9527651cde6c629f18bb94...

Songwriter Bob Feldman passed away on 8/23/23 at the age of 83.
https://americansongwriter.com/bob-feld ... ies-at-83/

R.I.P. singer Gary Wright, who died yesterday at the age of 80.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/04/dream-we ... dead-dies/

R.I.P. Lead singer/cofounder of the group, "Smashmouth," Steve Harwell, who was 56. He had been in hospice care, and was suffering from liver failure from years of alcohol abuse.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66706205

R.I.P. to "Little House on the Prairie" actress, Hersha Parady, who died on 8/23/23 at the age of 78.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv ... 235573934/

Former WWE champion BrayWyatt has died at the age of 36. https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/38253739/former-wwe-champion-bray-wyatt-dies-age-36 I can't put a space in the name or I get Bray Y@. :lol: This on the heels of Terry Funk dying Yesterday https://www.ign.com/articles/wrestling-legends-and...

Former WWE champion BrayWyatt has died at the age of 36.
https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/382 ... ies-age-36

I can't put a space in the name or I get Bray Y@.

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Norfolk Southern Train in downtown Elkhart this past Wednesday while walking down the tracks near Main and Middlebury Streets. https://wsbt.com/news/local/identify-pedestrian-man-coroner-hit-killed-train-tracks-railroad-crossing-main-middlebury-street-downtown-el...

Author Tom Jones (not the singer) died last Friday at the age of 95.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/thea ... -dead.html

R.I.P. Robbie Robertson, the leader of "The Band," who died at the age of 80.
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/rob ... 235692172/

Another thing is that the younger generation always wants to stand close to or even on the tracks to get their "roster shots" and videos instead of standing at a safe distance from the tracks and using a zoom lens. Train crews don't like that.