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Skinny Dennis Sanchez played upright base for a lot of the Texas Country guys in the 70’s. He was 6’11” and weighed 135 pounds.
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Fireball Roberts was one of the top NASCAR drivers of the early 60’s. He died from injuries a few days after his car blew up at Charlotte Motor Speedway
That seems humanly impossible.
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He had some kind of genetic disease. He died on stage in his late 20’s
I was always a fan of that Ed "Too Tall" Jones Geico ad with him breaking the height machine.
That makes sense.
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I was always partial to Mark the Bird Fidrych
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true storyI was always partial to Mark the Bird Fidrych
i knew him
i know the guy who found him dead under his dumptruck.
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He lived in New England right? I was really bummed when I heard that
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That's not how he got that nickname....
Did he go to Mars with you?
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Wasn't that Bill Spaceman Lee?