He may never have been a big name in football, and, he will never get that chance to really prove the value of having a guy who plays football the right way. For Christian Rogelio Benítez Betancourt otherwise known as ‘Chucho’ died of a heart attack at the age of 27! He was a man all […]
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Mick McManus Dies
Mick McManus – born William George Matthews on 11 January 1920, died 22 May 2013, was a wrestler and sport administrator. Mick McManus died on the day that Iraq style murder attack happened with two radicalised Muslim thicko’es decided it would be a great idea to chop off a soldiers head because they want to start […]
Jeff Hanneman From Slayer Dies
Jeff Hanneman one of the founders of Slayer died yesterday after battling with a virus which was eating his body. When Jeff Hanneman fell into a coma and nearly losing his arm due to contracting necrotizing fasciitis it was thought that Slayer would never have one of its founders and originators of thrash metal. It looked like […]
The Iron Lady, Dies!
One of 20th Century more significant figure died today. Margaret Thatcher, had utter changed the way the UK and the World behave that it is clear she will be up there with Mahatma Ghandi, Mao, Mandela etc as being a truly transformational figure and icon. Born into a lower middle class background Mrs Thatcher initiated the greatest […]
Viva Hugo Chavez
Do not get me wrong this is not anti-American, but what was the beef with the USA and Hugo Chavez? Yes, he was a dictator at one point, after instigating a military coup. Yes he detained loads of people on trumped up charges. But so has the USA! He clearly wanted to give the poorest […]
Richard Briers Dies Of Lung Cancer
Richard Briers dies from lung cancer after a long illness. He was the star in Cockneys v Zombies (a very funny if under-rated film), Ever Decreasing Circles, Monarch Of The Glen and famously the ever repeated The Good Life. He was a massive smoker and stated that he smoked over half a million cigarettes […]
The Queen Of Willenhall Has Died
Sad new of the death of Angela Donovan the matriarch of the Donovan family and pub owner of The Royal George public house. As a tribute to this lovely woman we at pokerknave.com will go dark for a few days. For further information go to nerver.pokerknave.com or go to Micky Donovan’s Facebook page for more details. […]
Tears Before Bedtime
When you look at the reality of things winning and losing at poker maybe important in the time frame of a game, but in life it is about as important as watching a fly landing on a leaf of a tree – interesting but not something that will change the world for the better or […]
Death Of Jimmy Savile
Last 29 October 2011 was the day which cannot be forgotten by most of the DJ fans, because it is the day of Jimmy Savile died. He was a famous personality from many aspects. He was the first disk jockey and famous personality in the BBC as well as a fundraiser and social sponsor. He […]
Marco Simoncelli R.I.P
Marco Simoncelli was a bike racer who has won the world championship in 250cc with Gilera in 2008. Marco was in the motorcycle racing for a long time, about 10 years starting from 2002. But he has left the world as well as the motor racing after having an accident on 23 October 2011 in […]