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Chat => General => Topic started by: loulou on May 08, 2007, 11:36:56 pm

Title: Corrales dies aged 29.
Post by: loulou on May 08, 2007, 11:36:56 pm

Former two-weight world champion Diego Corrales died on Monday in a Las Vegas motorcycle accident, exactly two years since his finest moment in the ring.

The 29-year-old Californian will be remembered for his epic win against super-featherweight and lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo.

Title: Corrales dies aged 29.
Post by: wjp666 on May 09, 2007, 05:44:13 am

oh dear. i always get a shiver when someone my own age dies.

Title: Corrales dies aged 29.
Post by: oldspice on May 09, 2007, 07:52:04 am

I'm afraid as you get older, it happens more frequently. Last year I said goodbye to two dear friends, one aged 49 the other 51.

Title: Corrales dies aged 29.
Post by: loulou on May 09, 2007, 09:17:09 am

The good die young.

Title: Corrales dies aged 29.
Post by: oldspice on May 09, 2007, 06:53:55 pm

I think that's so true. One of my friends spent most of his life helping others, being a good friend, supporting children's activities and trying to live a blameless life. He had endless empathy for others, never bad-mouthed anyone and was a devoted husband and father.

 

A few weeks after his 25th wedding anniversary he was diagnosed with terminal cancer very suddenly. He survived almost another year, suffered contant pain and unspeakable indignities but never uttered a word of complaint or bitterness.  he finally died a few days before his youngest daughter's 10th birthday.

 

If that is not enough, he was a devoted Christian right to the end but i have to wonder where God was to let him suffer so much.