Our Daily Dead

From the LA Times comes that Lilly Rodriguez has died at age 59. Lilly was a former martial arts champion who helped open up kickboxing for women. Rodriguez, who owned the Heart of Champions gym in Sylmar, died Jan. 13 at UCLA Medical Center of complications relating to an infection, her family said.

Lilly is the sister of Benny “The Jet” Urquidez.

The Women Boxing Archive Network says that Rodriguez “…was one of the most versatile featherweights in women’s boxing in the 70’s and early 80’s. She had already made great strides and successes as a kickboxer, and came from a famous family that pioneered kickboxing. She was a very talented fighter that could excite the crowd so much that they would literally throw money into the ring.”

“Some highlights of Rodriguez’ career included being one of the first women to fight on the All-women boxing card in California on July 13, 1979. She also can be credited for fighting at the infamous Madison Square Garden where the ABC Wide World of Sports covered the event.”

See also the writeup from the Boxing In Las Vegas web site.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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From the Asbury Park Press we read that “…Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow, a former wrestler at Neptune High School, was found dead Friday morning at his home in Hudson, Fla.”.

Scott Bigelow, 45, worked for World Wrestling Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling throughout his 20-year sports-entertainment career. A former ECW champion, ECW television champion and WCW tag-team champion, he is perhaps best known for his rivalry with Lawrence Taylor that culminated in the main event at WrestleMania XI in 1995.

See also JR Remembers Bam Bam Bigelow

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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Paul Arizin, aka, Pitchin’ Paul, the inventor of basketball’s jump shot, is dead. According to ESPN, Arizin was actually cut by his high school team, but went on to fame and glory in the NBA. Arizin was inducted into the NBA’s Hall of Fame and named one of its 50 greatest players.

Arizin’s final court honor was being voted to the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996. He is the fifth member of that 50-member team to pass away, following George Mikan in 2005, Dave DeBusschere in 2003, Wilt Chamberlain in 1999 and Pete Maravich in 1988.

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Eek! A Mouse! We admit to being ODDly torn between the Silly String story, the Mary Cheney (”I Ain’t No Fortunate Son”, er daughter?) story, the “Mom and Dad kidnapped me the day before my wedding” story, the gun in every house (but what about brains?) story, the flatulence downs airliner story, or the continuing tale of Mel Gibson Lunatic For Hire.

The story that has us really nonplussed however is the James Kim story. Why keep going on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere when you are ill-equipped to do so? Why not turn around and head back to the highway? If you are insistent on walking out, why not follow said dirt road back instead of striking off through the woods? Plenty of questions that will likely never be answered, but there is one item we think will come out: hypothermia. The killer in hypothermia is that you THINK you are doing all the right things and making excellent choices, but the sad truth is that you are really in a dangerous downward spiral. Bad news period.

New Age Dating Tips
And here we have a lovely ‘Bad News’ segue…A Cobb County, Georgia police officer is accused of sending an inappropriate (aka nude) photograph to a woman he arrested. Go get ‘em tiger.

Apophis Redux
And just in case you are still tweaked over Apophis the Science Boys have good news about water on Mars. No word if United Van Lines services the area yet however.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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