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Tragedy as AFL star Samara Whitney, 16, dies suddenly as club pays tribute to ‘pocket rocket’ player
The Sun ^ | 6 Sep 2023 | Katie Davis

Posted on 09/06/2023 2:46:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A RISING football star has died suddenly at the age of 16. Samara Whitney played for Australia's Wynyard Football Club in Tasmania.

She has been described as a "pocket rocket" on the field in emotional tributes. Samara, who was part of the AFL's Tasmania Devils program, died on Tuesday. Her cause of death has not been revealed.

Wynyard FC said: "[Samara was] a vibrant & loveable young lady who has made her mark at the WFC as a passionate and talented player, who had a big future ahead of her. “Our young gun, our pocket rocket, our number 2 … such a positive influence for all. Someone who had a great connection with both our club and the wider community. This will last forever.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Sports
KEYWORDS: australia; diedofsuddenly; diedsuddenly; quiteattractive; safelydefective; sudden; suddendeath; suddenly; suddenlydies; tasmania; youhavediedofsudden
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To: napscoordinator

LOL. I smell desperation.


41 posted on 09/06/2023 4:49:52 PM PDT by roving (👌⚓Deplorable Listless Vessel with Trumpitist who looks Trumpish)
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To: ConservativeMind

LOL!!
Nice work.


42 posted on 09/06/2023 4:53:57 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: roving

Desperate for idiots to stop blaming every death on the vax. One guy just said the vax caused an 82 reality star’s death even though he had kidney cancer. Why is this allowed?


43 posted on 09/06/2023 5:01:30 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator

You sound triggered.....AND, worried!


44 posted on 09/06/2023 5:27:48 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: nickcarraway
Based on reporting in Australia, this death is very likely a suicide, unfortunately.

The media will rarely make that explicit - but local news reports are often accompanied by text telling people how to contact Lifeline and other crisis support groups and when you see that, it's nearly always suicide.

An example of one of these local reports - https://www.afl.com.au/news/1025148/vale-samara-whitney

45 posted on 09/06/2023 6:01:19 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: KamperKen

“Healthy 16 year old’s dying suddenly happens all the time, right?”

But such deaths do not happen “all the time.” They are statistically rare, and they have been happening long before the vaxx.


46 posted on 09/06/2023 6:08:55 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: napscoordinator
I still think suicide.

Of course, you do.

47 posted on 09/06/2023 6:40:07 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: napscoordinator
We had some saying the vax caused a construction guy to die and said the vax did it. It ended up being a beam dropped on him. How can people be so stupid?

Yeah, not anecdotal at all. You found one. Hold on to that stupid thought.

48 posted on 09/06/2023 6:42:44 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

One? You must be new here.


49 posted on 09/06/2023 6:47:41 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: TangoLimaSierra

You’ll see.


50 posted on 09/06/2023 6:48:02 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Jane Long

You should be too.


51 posted on 09/06/2023 6:48:27 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: nickcarraway

OK nick, you have written a story that uses the term “Pocket Rocket,” that doesn’t reveal the origin of the term.
Maurice Richard, a Montreal Canadiens star player was called, “Rocket Richard.”
When his younger brother, Henri, started to play in the NHL, he was called the “Pocket Rocket.”
Too not give that reference is a slight on two great Hockey stars.

It is sad that any athlete dies but, in paying tribute, let’s credit the origin of the term! She was not the first, “pocket rocket.”
Straighten up, man.
And, I didn’t mention the “vest pocket rocket,” did I?


52 posted on 09/06/2023 7:45:23 PM PDT by BatGuano (2020 = Stolen Election. Believe it! Molon Labe.)
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To: napscoordinator

Either fentanyl or suicide.
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Clues?


53 posted on 09/06/2023 7:50:59 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: napscoordinator

More likely or suicide. Sadly we’ll find out she killed herself

An example of dumb people on a thread today
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Huh?


54 posted on 09/06/2023 7:54:01 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: patriot torch

Studies have shown that sudden death by vaccines is less severe than regular death


55 posted on 09/06/2023 7:58:04 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: napscoordinator

Much more likely then those guessing the vax.
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https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fc.tenor.com%2Fj3pk3_7waN8AAAAM%2Fsure-ok.gif&t=1694056593&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1c49-100c44013d00&sig=E8UaoIjuTCE2Qeu1ZGjKeQ—~D


56 posted on 09/06/2023 8:18:09 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: KamperKen
Healthy 16 year old’s dying suddenly happens all the time, right?

HALF of a generation will have to DIE and be WIPED OUT before those in denial will finally decide it's prudent to acknowledge that this is HIGHLY UNUSUAL and that there is definitely SOMETHING WRONG.

As usual it will come "a day late and a dollar short"

57 posted on 09/06/2023 8:21:14 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: VideoDoctor

“HALF of a generation will have to DIE and be WIPED OUT before those in denial will finally decide it’s prudent to acknowledge that this is HIGHLY UNUSUAL and that there is definitely SOMETHING WRONG.”

I was being ironic in my original post. The evidence now is overwhelming and I’m wondering what will it take to convince those in denial.


58 posted on 09/06/2023 8:26:43 PM PDT by KamperKen (u)
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To: VideoDoctor

HALF of a generation will have to DIE and be WIPED OUT before those in denial will finally decide it’s prudent to acknowledge that this is HIGHLY UNUSUAL and that there is definitely SOMETHING WRONG.
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Once an irrevocable decision like getting vaxxed is made, it’s extremely difficult for the jabbed to acknowledge that they may have signed their own death warrant!


59 posted on 09/06/2023 8:31:05 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: nickcarraway

Dreadful. Poor kid. RIP.


60 posted on 09/06/2023 9:13:20 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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