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essme

(1,207 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:23 AM Jun 2020

Kurt Thomas, the 1st U.S. male gymnast to win a world championship, dies at 64

Source: Chicago Tribune

Kurt Thomas, the first U.S. male gymnast to win a world championship gold medal, died Friday at 64, his family said.

Thomas had a stroke May 24, caused by a tear of the basilar artery in the brain stem.

Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-kurt-thomas-gymnast-dies-20200607-yeudmecvtzhjjebcg2j4nutiae-story.html

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Kurt Thomas, the 1st U.S. male gymnast to win a world championship, dies at 64 (Original Post) essme Jun 2020 OP
Sad turbinetree Jun 2020 #1
Star of one of the greatest films in cinema history. Dave Starsky Jun 2020 #2
I love that movie. Grokenstein Jun 2020 #4
That looks all kinds of 80's awesomeness Polybius Jun 2020 #6
... littlemissmartypants Jun 2020 #3
Sad RobinA Jun 2020 #5

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
2. Star of one of the greatest films in cinema history.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 12:33 PM
Jun 2020

Behold the art of Gymkata.



RIP, Kurt. You are the champion of the gym and our hearts.

Grokenstein

(5,725 posts)
4. I love that movie.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:14 PM
Jun 2020

...the same way I love The Swarm or Howie Long's Firestorm or Battlefield Earth or John Travolta's last ten movies.

I'm less impressed by how Parmesancheezistan just happens to have a pommel horse in the center of their "crazy town" (ugh, this fuckin' movie) than by how, despite the country having so many homicidal maniacs that have been simply abandoned in a small town to fend for themselves*, said people have settled and created a functional society of their own and exclusively attack outsiders despite an abundance of defenseless potential victims.

*much like we do, only with even less support and outreach, if you can imagine that


(every hit sounds like a gunshot)

RobinA

(9,893 posts)
5. Sad
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 12:04 PM
Jun 2020

I watched Women's gymnastics for years, but never liked Men's. Then along came Thomas, who was interesting to watch and very good. A Men's Gymnastics fan was born! Although I would imagine that wouldn't be the kind of stroke you'd want to live through. The brain stem is kind of basic.

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