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RIP Sergeant Gilroy (AKA Brian Wenzel).
Aged 94. Not a bad innings from Sergeant Gilroy
RIP Sergeant Gilroy (AKA Brian Wenzel).
Former Richmond player Ian Hayden. RIP.
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Vale Ian Hayden
Richmond is mourning the passing of Ian Hayden, the Club's Best First Year player in 1962 and leading goalkicker of 1963.
The year he was born, male life expectancy would have been not much past 60.
Even now, any male living past 80-82, is a really good innings indeed. Particularly if you stay in good health until the very end. Sounds like he had pretty good health well into his late 80s.
Funny about those figures. On my paternal grandmothers side, she was the youngest child born in 1904, her brothers lived to their mid nineties, she lived to 92.
My father’s siblings..the eldest brother is 99 ( non smoker, enjoyed a beer or a wine modestly) next his sister 97 (non smoker, enjoyed a very modest beer, maybe a scotch) next brother just passed at 92. (Enjoyed a beer, a scotch a wine odd smoke when young then an occasional cigar) My father turned 90 on Anzac Day. He’s a non smoker, non drinker, no coffee or tea. Works out! Walks kms everyday. To sum it up. Very *smile* boring. But he’s still here.
No chance of me getting that old, decrepit, wrinkled up old bastard
life’s for living.Well as much as your brain tells you to go, but your body swears at you and says “hold up ol fella”
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Yeah, my maternal side seems pretty good genes like that.Funny about those figures. On my paternal grandmothers side, she was the youngest child born in 1904, her brothers lived to their mid nineties, she lived to 92.
My father’s siblings..the eldest brother is 99 ( non smoker, enjoyed a beer or a wine modestly) next his sister 97 (non smoker, enjoyed a very modest beer, maybe a scotch) next brother just passed at 92. (Enjoyed a beer, a scotch a wine odd smoke when young then an occasional cigar) My father turned 92 on Anzac Day. He’s a non smoker, non drinker, no coffee or tea. Works out! Walks kms everyday. To sum it up. Very *smile* boring. But he’s still here.
No chance of me getting that old, decrepit, wrinkled up old bastard
Well as much as your brain tells you to go, but your body swears at you and says “hold up ol fella”
Maternal grandmother still going. Turned 99 in February. Considering she had debilitating polio when my mother was an infant in the early 1950s (and against medical predictions walked and lived a fully able bodied life thereafter), and nearly died from an infestation of hydatids (tapeworm) in the 1970s (given a 30% chance of survival), she’s done well.
Only went into a nursing home at 95, when her mind finally started going. But even now, she has a far better quality of life compared to most of the poor old buggers I see on the walk down her hallway. God’s waiting room. Her mother (my great grandmother) lived to 88
Maternal grandfather went to 85. Died 12 years ago - miss him a lot, was a lot closer to him than my own father. His mother (another of my great grandmothers) lived to 98.
Pretty much all of them non-smokers, non-drinkers (or very occasional drinkers).
Bloody hell. I would never have thought that guy was 94. Nobets and spoof territory.
RIP Sergeant Gilroy (AKA Brian Wenzel).
Great knock sir. Well done indeed.
Wasn’t a lot of tributes coming his way from his ex-wives and their families. Nor the two blokes he bashed who attempted to come to his wife’s aid, when he was giving her a physical roughing up in public. Wife beating thug.
His quote on assaulting the men. “She’s my woman and I’ll do what I want.”
Head butted a touch football referee too in the early 90s (rumoured to have broken his nose) and copped a life ban from touch football. Apparently in those days the ban didn’t carry over to other codes of football. So never affected is rugby league status.
Actually I was too polite and genteel.
“It’s my *smile* sheila and I’ll do what I *smile* want,” was the actual statement uttered.
By the sound of it the old saying " good riddance to bad rubbish comes in to play"
RIP to Duane Eddy, he the originator of the "Twangy Guitar" sound & a major influence of on some of rock & roll greats. John Fogerty, George Harrison, Hank Marvin, Mark Knopfler & many more.
His hits include the Peter Gunn theme, Rebel Rouser, Because They're Young, Forty Miles of Bad Road & many more.
His hits include the Peter Gunn theme, Rebel Rouser, Because They're Young, Forty Miles of Bad Road & many more.
Talented guy. Also creative director for the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony, has done NYE celebrations & Vivid as well. RIP.
I mainly remember him from this song:
And that his sister was Monica Trapaga from Play School.
