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Chad Holdenford said:
Legendary French actress Brigitte Bardot dead at 91.
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She was so young!

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I wonder what the cause could have been. 🤔


(j/k. RIP to an on- and off-screen legend.)
 
Hugh Morris, the former England and Glamorgan batter and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive, has died at the age of 62.

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He was diagnosed with bowel cancer in January 2022 and, having returned to work later that year, he left his role as Glamorgan chief executive in September 2023 to spend time with his family as he underwent treatment.

A prolific opening batter, Morris had two spells as Glamorgan captain and led the county to the Sunday League title in 1993.

He also won three full England caps and captained England A on tours of South Africa, West Indies and Sri Lanka.

After retiring, the Welshman spent 16 years in various senior roles at the ECB.

As chief executive, he oversaw a highly successful period for the England men's Test team, who won three consecutive Ashes series.

Morris returned to Wales as Glamorgan's chief executive and spent nine years at his home county, helping reduce debts and ensuring Sophia Gardens was the home of a Hundred franchise with Welsh Fire based at the Cardiff ground.

Morris was a patron of Heads Up, a charity supporting research into head and neck cancer, after surviving throat cancer which was diagnosed in 2002. His 2022 cancer diagnosis was unrelated.
He was appointed MBE in 2022 for services to cricket and charity and, in September 2024, Morris was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.

Glamorgan chief executive Dan Cherry, who succeeded Morris at the club's helm, said: "Hugh holds a very special place in the history of Glamorgan Cricket as well as in the hearts of the club's supporters for his efforts, both on and off the field.

"He was a man of great energy and a true gentleman, whilst his achievements will live long in the club's record books and I doubt if any batter in any county team will ever surpass Hugh's seasonal record of 2,276 first-class runs.

"As a player and administrator, Hugh led from the front and fearlessly fended off whatever thunderbolts opposing bowlers sent in his direction.

"He inspired us with his actions, whether with the bat in hand or leading us in the field, besides helping to save the cash-stricken club when foreclosure seemed a possibility, and finally inspiring all he met while bravely undergoing prolonged and challenging treatment.

"Hugh leaves us with an outstanding legacy, not least a stadium here at Sophia Gardens of international calibre – a far cry indeed from the ground when he first played for Glamorgan as a teenager - plus a Welsh Fire franchise poised for even greater success in the cricketing landscape of the 2020s and beyond.

"The club, Welsh cricket and the game as a whole has lost a great player, a tireless administrator, and a fine human being of great dignity and integrity.

"Our thoughts and prayers at this tragic time are with his wife Debbie, their twin daughters Bethan and Emily, plus Hugh's many friends from across the world of sport and former colleagues throughout the cricketing world."
 
Chad Holdenford said:
Legendary French actress Brigitte Bardot dead at 91.
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Brigitte was one of the rare French starlets that actually knew when to get out of the acting business to share her passion for protecting animals and her fellow French citizens from danger of cultures that would destroy her country from the outside.

If anything, she is a very type of woman that I’d dare say you don’t see in the entertainment world today.
 
Chad Holdenford said:
Legendary French actress Brigitte Bardot dead at 91.
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I saw that Chappell Roan had to issue a blistering apology on Instagram after her fans were railing on her, informing her of all the 'racist and Islamophobic' things Brigitte did. Brigitte was charged with hate crimes multiple times just for saying the demographic transformation of her country was wrong, and called out animal abuse in Islam.

These same people give a forgiving nod to Jay-Z and Beyonce despite knowing P. Diddy and Jay-Z being abusive to his wife.
Jonah Hill poster said:
Brigitte was one of the rare French starlets that actually knew when to get out of the acting business to share her passion for protecting animals and her fellow French citizens from danger of cultures that would destroy her country from the outside.

If anything, she is a very type of woman that I’d dare say you don’t see in the entertainment world today.
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Bardot also said that she knew she was 'no longer beautiful' and accepted her aging. I still thought she looked lovely despite her age. She lived to her nineties. She can now enjoy France as it once was, vs what it now is.
 
mlanguishi said:
Louis Gerstner, the man who saved IBM, dies at 83 — industry mourns the passing of transformative CEO
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As someone who's been forced to work with UrbanCode and MDM in the past, I will curse anybody responsible for keeping that god-awful company above ground. They bought Red Hat and somehow managed to make RHEL even worse than it already was, too.
 
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