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The news of Tim Wakefield's passing was posted on FR in October. He was 57. His wife was 52.

It turns out, they both had cancer at the same time - he had brain cancer, and she had pancreatic cancer. Now, they've died only five months apart. Their kids are only (I think) maybe 19 and 20.

1 posted on 02/28/2024 11:26:52 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

Hopefully they have trusted family and did estate planning.

I already did mine. We have two more steps to go...my son graduates in May and we are selling the house after my middle child completes his Associates in December.

Then I can pass knowing I did my best for them.


2 posted on 02/29/2024 12:10:40 AM PST by TheWriterTX (🇺🇸✝️🙏🇮🇱)
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How incredibly sad for those poor kids.


3 posted on 02/29/2024 12:28:44 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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“It turns out, they both had cancer at the same time”

A broken heart is a terrible, deadly malady. Same type thing happens much more frequently then realized generally. Steve Reeves and his wife for example. RIP.


4 posted on 02/29/2024 1:30:09 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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There are no words for this. Tim was a wonderful human being. Apparently his wife was the same. May God Bless those two children. They obviously have much to grieve about.


5 posted on 02/29/2024 1:41:21 AM PST by Sam Clements
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To: Tired of Taxes

A couple much less famous here in michigan had similar. Both vaxed he diabetic, went on a lung machine november, died in January. She had liver failure in june. Died in july. Very healthy before jabbed. One 18 daughter, 20 son. The virus is beatable, the vaxx is deadly.


6 posted on 02/29/2024 2:09:36 AM PST by exnavy
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Tim was one of the good guys in MLB.

Started out as an outfielder but wasn't a very good hitter, started experimenting with a knuckleball and the rest is history.

7 posted on 02/29/2024 2:40:32 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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Sad footnote. The founder of the Paper Store chain, with their original store in Maynard, Massachusetts, when DEC was a powerhouse, and his wife, both had cancer at the same time. Both died on the same day in Emerson Hospital, in Concord, on the same day. I am told by people who were closer to them than I am, that the survivor never knew of the other’s death.


9 posted on 02/29/2024 3:31:45 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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So sad. RIP.


12 posted on 02/29/2024 5:05:28 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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I had not heard of Tim’s passing since moving out of MA. He was a helluva guy. I has a sad this morning. Prayers for the kids.


13 posted on 02/29/2024 5:12:02 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The Truth is like a lion. You don't need to defend it. Let it loose and it will defend itself.)
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