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Leading Off

Posted on April 3rd, 2008 7:44am by Zac Crain
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1. I see you Big German: Dirk Nowitzki got his Willis Reed on, making a surprise return and leading the Mavericks to a huge win over Golden State.

2. The Dallas Zoo’s only lion, Boris, died yesterday, probably from the big C. Cue this.

3. This is a beautiful story of a Arlington couple, married 75 years, that died five hours apart. I really hope I don’t make it to 100.

16 Comments to “Leading Off”

david @ April 3rd, 2008 at 7:51 am

> I really hope I don’t make it to 100.

Don’t worry. I’m sure working for D Magazine will take a few years off.
educate me @ April 3rd, 2008 at 7:59 am

you won’t
Harvey Lacey @ April 3rd, 2008 at 8:06 am

Thanks for the link, great story.

Love is easy to, well, love.
BP @ April 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 am

Props to the Willis Reed (Old School NBA) reference!
Backer @ April 3rd, 2008 at 9:09 am

My wife sent me the article of the couple and commented of “How sweet - we’ll be like that.”
I responded with, “Last week she was still ironing his shirts so he’d look good wherever he went. What a guy!” Now, I’m wondering if I’ll get to complete 21 years, much less 75.
Zac Crain @ April 3rd, 2008 at 9:48 am

Apparently, my date of death is September 21, 2059. So I’ll be 85. The interwebs are never wrong.
Daniel @ April 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 am

I’m no actuary nor was meant to be, but it seems that if any given two people are 100, their odds of dying within a few hours of each other are relatively high.
brian @ April 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 am

It’s not reported in the story, but a couple days later, nurses found a rare red fern plant growing through a crack in the floor where the beds had been pushed together.
Amandax9362 @ April 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 am

LMAO @ brian
Bethany @ April 3rd, 2008 at 10:46 am

Does Brian get post of the day?
Zac Crain @ April 3rd, 2008 at 10:50 am

Yes. Yes, he does. Well played, Brian. Well played indeed.
Puddin'Tane @ April 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 am

Brian: that was EXCELLENT.
Andy @ April 3rd, 2008 at 11:52 am

anyone else get a pop up for Dallas Roars when clicking on the dead lion story?

The DMN should have more class…
Nikki Crain @ April 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm

You realize, Zachary, that you will need to explain this gently to your son, seeing that he really, really, really loved Boris.
James @ April 3rd, 2008 at 3:26 pm

Don’t hurt yourself stretching to compare a Finals Game 7 with a regular season game between two teams struggling to make the playoffs.
Zac Crain @ April 3rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm

It didn’t hurt at all, James! But thanks for asking after me. It means a lot.