Celebs are still dropping off....

[Sly Boots]

Dang, I hate to speculate again but that sounds a lot like Gene had a fall and subsequently died, his wife took pills and the dog likely starved sometime later in the closet. Awful.

[Animalmother]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlyy1rld0ko
Fucking grim

[eny]

[Hatredsheart]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgeqd2lqx0t

[Sly Boots]

That's so sad

Fuck

[eny]

Aw man, that is heartbreaking

[eny]

Eddie Jordan has lost his fight with cancer, RIP buddie.


https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... es-aged-76

[Raid]

Ah shit, I was dimly aware of Eddie having cancer but wasn't aware it was so serious. I only listened to a first episode of the podcast he records with Coulthard a few days ago, Damon Hill replaced Eddie for that, and they were wishing him well at the start, and I didn't realise it was for anything more than a typical ailment.

I think Jordan was a bit of a marmite figure. I personally quite liked him when he was on the BBC coverage just prior to Sky pinching the rights, but he definitely rubbed some up the wrong way. Certainly petulant child Max Verstappen didn't appreciate his quite direct questioning.

[Snowy]

I just came on to post the same comments. I knew Eddie had cancer and that it was bad so was almost expecting the news, but still hard to read. Eddie Jordan was an absolute legend, even if he could also be a bit of a flute. An absolute wheeler-dealer, he managed to wrangle his eponymous F1 team not only onto the grid but managed to get a race win too. He also had Michael Schumacher signed having given him his first drive in F1, only to have him poached by Benetton.

Always outspoken and with a very dubious sartorial sense, he is an archetype from a now bygone era of F1 where fast talking and sheer balls could still get you to the grid.

RIP Eddie, you will be missed.

[Wrathbone]

I think Jordan was a bit of a marmite figure.

Very much how I felt about him, largely because of his intense personality. I got the impression he had no concept of personal space, but he got reliable inside knowledge like nobody else could and genuinely seemed to care about both the sport and, crucially, the people in it. Absolutely a unique individual. RIP, Eddie.

Meanwhile, Bernie Ecclestone has responded with typical levels of tact:

I won’t be going to his funeral. I don’t go to funerals. I may not go to mine. He certainly won’t go to mine.

[Raid]

I won’t be going to his funeral. I don’t go to funerals. I may not go to mine. He certainly won’t go to mine.

I suppose it's good that he's *planning* for the point where we fire him into space with no return journey.

[Snowy]

Ah despite everything I can't help but like Bernie the Bolt. He has always had a real 'fuck you' attitude to life that appeals to me.

[Raid]

I used to find him quite entertaining when Martin spoke to him on the grid, but I could never quite get past his apparent racism and cosying up to Putin.

[Snowy]

Oh he is a horrible person, but still his personality is not without a certain twisted appeal

[Hatredsheart]

https://news.sky.com/story/us-boxing-le ... 6-13333548