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Around 5am this morning, a CSX train hit a car stuck and abandoned on the tracks at the Oakland Ave. crossing in Nappanee. https://abc57.com/news/nappanee-railroad-crossing-closed-after-train-hits-car https://wsbt.com/news/local/train-hits-car-railroad-crossing-no-injuries-occupants-passenger-driver...

R.I.P Burt Young, who was 83. He was known for portraying Paulie in the "Rocky" films. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/burt-young-dead-rocky-1235761505/ R.I.P. Phyllis Coates, who was 96. She was known for being TV's first Lois Lane in "The Adventures of Superman." https://variety.com/2023/tv/new...

R.I.P. actress Piper Laurie, who was 91.
https://apnews.com/article/piper-laurie ... 58728d358f

Mark Goddard, star of Lost in Space and General Hospital, has died at the age of 87. https://people.com/mark-goddard-lost-in-space-general-hospital-actor-dead-at-87-8358080 Rudolph Isley, founder of The Isley Brothers, has died at the age of 84. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/rudolph-isley-found...

R.I.P. Musician Buck Trent, who died earlier this week at the age of 85.
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/hee- ... -has-died/

R.I.P. Award winning film-maker Terrence Davies, who died today at the age of 77.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/o ... dies-at-77

Notable people in sports also apparently die in threes.

R.I.P. Chicago Bears Hall of Famer, Dick Butkus, who died today at the age of 80.
https://www.chicagobears.com/news/bears ... asses-away

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/sport/di ... index.html

foamers

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/