1. 10-15-18 05:11 PM #1
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    Paul Allen has died.

    Wow.

    He was only 65.

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  2. 10-15-18 05:14 PM #2
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    we're losing all the first geeks
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  3. 10-15-18 05:15 PM #3
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    fuk cancer


    Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Vulcan Inc. said Monday on behalf of his family.
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  4. 10-15-18 05:17 PM #4
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    Just proving all the money in the world doesn't take the place of good health or happiness. Rip.
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  5. 10-15-18 05:22 PM #5
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    Many of these cancers are likely caused by the many contaminants in tap water
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  6. 10-15-18 05:23 PM #6
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    Fukkk - I thought he was older than 65. Much, much too soon. Steve Jobs was only 56 when he died. These guys revolutionized the way we work and communicate. Allen was supposedly a great owner from what I hear. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. Tough loss for this nation.
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  7. 10-15-18 05:25 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by nyplayer33 View Post
    Many of these cancers are likely caused by the many contaminants in tap water
    oh boy
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  8. 10-15-18 05:28 PM #8
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    No spouse or kids. Hopefully some good charities will be enriched.

    RIP
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  9. 10-15-18 05:30 PM #9
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    RIP City
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  10. 10-15-18 05:32 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by nyplayer33 View Post
    Many of these cancers are likely caused by the many contaminants in tap water
    I think there's many causes that are most likely environmental. The one that I never hear much of is microwave ovens. If you are old enough, you remember when microwave ovens first came out? The food had a metallic taste when you cooked it. About 2 or 3 years later you no longer tasted the metal. So either we got adjusted to the taste or they did something (reduce the power)? I think millions of people were most likely exposed to unnecessary doses with those first batches of microwave ovens. I think car pollution into the air and eventually getting in the ground water as well. Even all the nuclear testing and fallout had to exposed millions of people as well. Excess travel in airplanes expose us to additional terrestrial radiation that people never had access to. If you travel a lot, you are at risk. No one really knows how low is low when it comes to exposure.
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  11. 10-15-18 05:42 PM #11
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    Great Man did wonders for both cities of Pirtland and Seattle. Guy preatty much gave it away yearly. Most computer labs in seattle schools were donated by him . Class act and wish his family well

    RIP to the Greatest Owner Seahawks have ever had.
    You will be missed.
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  12. 10-15-18 05:43 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2bets View Post
    No spouse or kids. Hopefully some good charities will be enriched.

    RIP
    So obsessively private is he that even guests to his famously lavish parties have to sign non-disclosure agreements.

    Indeed, the man — so reclusive he was once described as the 'Loch Ness Monster of the internet age' — garners far fewer headlines than one of his obscenely-proportioned yachts.

    Insiders say Allen has few close friends, although he is devoted to his widowed mother, Faye, 85, and sister, Jody, 53.


    One guest told Allen's biographer, Laura Rich: 'He's not particularly gracious or particularly witty or particularly funny . . . he's not good at being desperately interested in what other people are saying.'

    Allen has never married, but he has certainly had girlfriends. Although he was once romantically linked with Jerry Hall, who joined him on his yacht in the south of France shortly after her break-up from Mick Jagger in 1999, the dalliance — if there was one — was short-lived.

    He also once dated tennis star Monica Seles.
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  13. 10-15-18 06:25 PM #13
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    Saw him 40x a year at blazer games. Such an underrated owner. Sucks, if his Vulcan team takes over, they're terrible, blazers will be even worse off.
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  14. 10-15-18 06:38 PM #14
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    "You know when a man of your daddy's money dies of cancer there ain't no cure." ......North Dallas Forty.
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  15. 10-15-18 06:44 PM #15
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    too young

    terrible story
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  16. 10-15-18 07:12 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by franklee168 View Post
    Just proving all the money in the world doesn't take the place of good health or happiness. Rip.
    Yep. Enjoy every day as if it was your last. One day, you'll be right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckyTheGoat View Post
    Yep. Enjoy every day as if it was your last. One day, you'll be right.
    Always find that funny. If I lived that way, I'd have been dead a long time ago.
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  18. 10-15-18 08:01 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2bets View Post
    No spouse or kids. Hopefully some good charities will be enriched.

    RIP
    Probably gave it to the Gates Foundation or his secret gay lovers.
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  19. 10-15-18 08:16 PM #19
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    Giant owns record of death announcements
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  20. 10-15-18 08:24 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by nyplayer33 View Post
    Many of these cancers are likely caused by the many contaminants in tap water
    Bro. It’s everywhere. Not just the tap water.
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  21. 10-15-18 08:25 PM #21
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    who gets the seahawks and trailblazers?
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  22. 10-15-18 08:33 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2bets View Post
    No spouse or kids. Hopefully some good charities will be enriched.

    RIP
    Was he gay? I never read anything about that. Not sure we've had a gay owner in sports have we?
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  23. 10-15-18 08:47 PM #23
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    Without Paul Allen, it would be the LA Seahawks.
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  24. 10-15-18 09:22 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ebumdude View Post
    Bro. It’s everywhere. Not just the tap water.
    The chemical they use to roast coffee is a cause.
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