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Really nice tribute on TG tonight
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Davenger
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RIP Richard BurnsDavenger
@dminifreak
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Yeah, that's how I found out.
It's terrible really. He was still so young, 34 is no age at all.
A great driver and a great loss
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RIP. Can't believe that there has been so little about it in the press. Wouldn't have known if it wasn't for Top Gear.
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Was mentioned on the radio last weekend very breifly...but it is very obviously more important when some 50+ drink addict dies after wasting some donated liver than when a young promising British male who was exceptionally good at his sport dies from a brain tumor.
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Davenger
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RIP Richard BurnsDavenger
@dminifreak
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Yeah, makes you wonder doesn't it
The press loves arseholes, the good guys don't get a look in.
Nice doesn't sell papers
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I have one thing to say Leg-end
It was in last weeks autosport, super duper harsh.
J
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ImpManiac
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From what Clarkson said on TG and from what I've heard, he was a really nice guy too, as well as an astonishing talent. Truly a sad loss. His family and friends must be devastated. I'm  |
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1975 Triumph Stag long term project (over 20 years so far) in colour TBA
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i don't see much news on the TV but it was announced on radio and the press. There was also a thread on here last week when the news was announced. Definitely not enough done to bring the publics attention to the news though.
Very sad, and such a horrid illness.
although i don't see how it related, or should be compared, to George Best.
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although i don't see how it related, or should be compared, to George Best. I think it was purely the timing and contrasting attitudes to life both people had. |
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I think Burns deserved so much more, and Best deserved so much less
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antdat
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personally, i think both were true geniuses at their sport. And both suffered from terrible illnesses. I think its wrong to try and deny Best the send off he received, he touched the hearts of millions.
But Burns certainly deserved much much more.
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personally, i think both were true geniuses at their sport. And both suffered from terrible illnesses. I think its wrong to try and deny Best the send off he received, he touched the hearts of millions. But Burns certainly deserved much much more. Well said. |
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There was a small item in The Sun just after he died which is how I found out, and it was a small item, its only through Top Gear and also 5th Gear that a lot of people found out.
Unfortunatly his death was way overshadowed by the death of George Best who was a legend for many more people then Richard would ever have been, its a real shame.
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Davenger
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I didn't mean to downgrade George Best's contribution to sport, he was truly a legend.
But emphasis on the word WAS, he threw it all away and slowly killed himself with alcohol.
The idolisation of Bestie is a tad excessive.
One legends fame should not eclipse anothers.
I'm sadder about RB than I am about Best, RB had done nothing to bring on his illness, it was just terrible misfortune.
Sorry, but I find it hard to have sympathy for a mad who, not content with screwing up his own liver, kept drinking and screwed up the one he had transplanted.
I'm not a fan of football or wreckless alcoholism, so I find it very hard to feel sorry for the guy, no matter how much of a shame it is.
The idolisation of footballers is just plain ridiculous
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