I thought I would adapt that concept and post a scan of all the people in my collection who passed away during 2015. There are a couple who I have not scanned any cards of yet, and there are others who are in these fields who I don't have cards of.
2015 was a pretty bad year for NBA people- more former NBA players died in 2015 than any other year in history, more than 30 people. NASCAR also lost several dozen, although not all of them have cards. The only non-sports person in my collection who passed away during 2015 was BB King, but I have not scanned my only card of him as yet.
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| Buddy Baker 1941-2015 |
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| Ron Bouchard 1948-2015 |
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| Bill Bridges 1941-2015 |
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| Ticky Burden 1953-2015 |
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| Mike Colabucci 1962-2015 |
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| Jimmy Cox 1935-2015 |
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| Lloyd Dane 1925-2015 |
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| Mel Daniels 1944-2015 |
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| Darryl Dawkins 1957-2015 |
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| Harry Gallatin 1927-2015 |
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| Jack Haley 1964-2015 |
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| Nate Huffman 1975-2015 |
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| Bob Kauffman 1946-2015 |
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| Jerome Kersey 1962-2015 |
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| Meadowlark Lemon 1932-2015 |
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| Earl Lloyd 1928-2015 |
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| Jim Loscutoff 1930-2015 |
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| Moses Malone 1955-2015 |
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| Anthony Mason 1966-2015 |
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| Dave Meyers 1953-2015 |
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| Dan Press 1949-2015 |
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| Flip Saunders 1955-2015 |
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| Dolph Schayes 1928-2015 |
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| Mary Scott 1923-2015 |
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| Dean Smith 1932-2015 |
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| Jerry Tarkanian 1930-2015 |
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| Roy Tarpley 1964-2015 |
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| Jabe Thomas 1930-2015 |
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| Lou Tsioropoulos 1930-2015 |
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| Jim Vandiver 1939-2015 |
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| Jackson Vroman 1981-2015 |
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| Neal Walk 1948-2015 |
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| Christian Welp 1964-2015 |
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| John "Hot Rod" Williams 1962-2015 |
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| Michael Wright 1980-2015 |
Edit to add: After I posted this this post, NASCAR legend Marvin Panch died at age 89. I was actually friends with him on Facebook, although for a few years now his daughter was posting pictures for him.
That was a very nice tribute blog. I can't believe how many basketball players died this year. Makes me sad.
ReplyDeleteNice post. Always like paying respects through cardboard.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Hope to make a much smaller post in 2016.
DeleteNice tribute.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteI enjoyed this column. Of course now it has me looking for the colabucci and press 1/64 diecast cars for my memorial lane. I added the panch diecast yesterday. since i had extra. I do not have all of marvins cards but I am close. i placed him in the Asheville Area Racers collection because he lived near asheville for half the year in a rv park for years. I need to get one of his 1/24 autographed cars also but am betting the price goes up for awhile
ReplyDeleteI have not been able to hunt down the Press in 1/64 myself. The card shown here is the one that came with the 1/144th truck. Those late issue trucks were always so hard to find. Defying odds, both of Mike Colabucci's trucks got issued...he made 3 starts in his entire career.
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