Posted on 01/10/2022 1:23:06 AM PST by nickcarraway
The family of Brian Blessing has confirmed that Brian suddenly passed away overnight Sunday at the age of 64.
Brian Blessing was a sports anchor at WIVB in the 80s and 90s, covering the Bills during their Super Bowl appearances. Many people will remember him for his great depth of knowledge about sports.
Brian’s brother told News 4 Brian passed away at his home in Las Vegas.
Suddenly?
I suppose I should recall this guy since I’m in the broadcast footprint of WIVB but I cannot.
I recognize the name. Maybe you’re not old enough?
Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64
> January 4, 2022
The head of Indianapolis-based insurance company OneAmerica said the death rate is up a stunning 40% from pre-pandemic levels among working-age people.
“We are seeing, right now, the highest death rates we have seen in the history of this business – not just at OneAmerica,” the company’s CEO Scott Davison said during an online news conference this week. “The data is consistent across every player in that business.”
OneAmerica is a $100 billion insurance company that has had its headquarters in Indianapolis since 1877. The company has approximately 2,400 employees and sells life insurance, including group life insurance to employers in the state.
Davison said the increase in deaths represents “huge, huge numbers,” and that’s it’s not elderly people who are dying, but “primarily working-age people 18 to 64” who are the employees of companies that have group life insurance plans through OneAmerica.
“And what we saw just in third quarter, we’re seeing it continue into fourth quarter, is that death rates are up 40% over what they were pre-pandemic,” he said.
“Just to give you an idea of how bad that is, a three-sigma or a one-in-200-year catastrophe would be 10% increase over pre-pandemic,” he said. “So 40% is just unheard of.”
Davison was one of several business leaders who spoke during the virtual news conference on Dec. 30 that was organized by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
Most of the claims for deaths being filed are not classified as COVID-19 deaths, Davison said.
“What the data is showing to us is that the deaths that are being reported as COVID deaths greatly understate the actual death losses among working-age people from the pandemic. It may not all be COVID on their death certificate, but deaths are up just huge, huge numbers.”
Old enough....Van Miller Rick Azar etc....80s and 90s. Maybe I just wasn’t watching Channel 4 sports in those days.
Irv Weinstein and Tom Jolls?
Well they weren’t sports guys but yes (pistol packing punks) and yes (Commander Tom and the weather outside). :)
RIP.
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