With the new year arriving already, let's talk about two of the all-time great people who have passed last year (not too long ago). Although I am saddened with the loss of other famous people like Chris Ayres (which I am surprised that they are still not acknowledging voice actors when they pass away), Mike Nesmith (who is now reunited with Davy Jones and Peter Tork, taking that Last Train to Clarksville in the sky) and Dustin Diamond (who I didn't know he passed away. And learning from this, the chances of Screech appearing in the Saved by the Bell reboot were dashed), no passing is more heartbreaking that those of John Madden and Betty White.
John Madden died on December 28th, 2021. He was 85 years old. Madden, for as long as we were sports fans, was the gold standard of the NFL itself. Starting off as player, Madden, in his youth, retired early. But his football journey was just beginning, when was the head coach of the then Oakland Raiders in 1969. Through his guidance (and some roughhousing, which was their M.O.), the Raiders won Super Bowl XI in 1976. After retiring from coaching, Madden got another career in the gridiron, when he became a color commentator/play by play analyst in every single football game that was aired on channels like CBS, ABC, FOX and so forth, doing commentary with the likes of Pat Summeral and Al Michaels. Madden, when doing commentary, displayed the type of football knowledge he would do when he used to be a coach.
And it is not just football, but he did appear in other forms of media, whether it's cameos in movies like Little Giants, or being in commercials, especially being the spokesman for...
BOOM! Tough Actin' Tinactin.
Above all else, he even gave gamers a chance to make their own NFL memories with his series of Football games by EA Sports (a sports division of Electronic Arts). John Madden is a legend of his time and there will never be another one. Godspeed, good sir and to all your football knowledge. And from one golden legend to another.
Betty White died on December 31st, 2021. She was 99 years young (a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday, just like June Foray). White was darling for television for 7 decades. Though she had her own sitcom and variety show back in the 60s, White was best known for not only for her role as Sue Ann Nivens from The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1973, but also as Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls in 1985, co-starring with Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty. After Golden Girls ended, White continued to entertain in other forms of media, whether in movies like The Proposal with Ryan Reynolds, starring with Valerie Bertinelli in Hot in Cleveland, appearing in a Super Bowl commercial for Snickers, voicing Agatha McLeash from the Pound Puppies reboot back in 2010 or being the oldest person to host Saturday Night Live. Though an actress, White is also an advocate for animal welfare, doing everything for the safety for all animals, wild or domestic. Her young at heart optimism is why we love her very much. Godspeed Betty White. Thank you for being our friend.
R.I.P
Betty Marion White
1/17/1922 - 12/31/2021
R.I.P.
John Earl Madden
4/10/1936 - 12/28/2021
This has been a Retro Rebellion Special Report.
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