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underpants

(195,600 posts) Mon May 29, 2017, 03:48 PM May 2017

Feel free to use on social media. Deford passed away today at the age of 78.

A legendary sports writer but a man of the world.

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You can tell all you need to about a society from how it treats animals and beaches. - Frank Deford (Original Post) underpants May 2017 OP

can't disagree. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #1

Died in Key West........ MyOwnPeace May 2017 #2

I would like to add to that. Dulcinea May 2017 #3

I loved his NPR commentaries mcar May 2017 #4

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1. can't disagree. nt

Mon May 29, 2017, 04:36 PM

May 2017

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2. Died in Key West........

Mon May 29, 2017, 05:48 PM

May 2017

Great writer/broadcaster.

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3. I would like to add to that.

Mon May 29, 2017, 06:00 PM

May 2017

You can tell a lot about a person, or a society, by the way it treats people whom they perceive to be inferior to them is some way.

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4. I loved his NPR commentaries

Mon May 29, 2017, 06:19 PM

May 2017

That voice. Intelligent sports analysis that was sometimes poetry. RIP, Mr. Deford.