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ORIGINAL: NumberSix

EbonyPhoenix,

I have read in passing (not that it makes a viable difference when or where) that although white males are very unlikely to seek medical attention or service for day to day things (thereby raising their risk of succumbing to surprises that could have been caught) black males are even less likely by some humongous factor, to do so.

While I guess that's part of the black experience, that is one that everyone could do without and that's preventable.  The rest of it?  We'll see.

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  .... But even after becoming the biggest thing in Memphis since Elvis, Hayes bought a house in Longview Heights at Frank and Lauderdale Street. Even cooler for us kids, he kept about half-a-dozen of the latest cars parked on the street in front, and we'd see them every morning on the way to school.
After school, it was a regular deal to see him out in his yard playing with his kids or throwing the football around with some of the older fellas -- while dressed in rainbow pants, leather outfits, and monkey-fur boots. It was the best thing in the world. And seeing him on such a regular basis in our neighborhood let us know that whatever we dreamed of, we could achieve.

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ORIGINAL: BRNaughtyAngel

I actually had the pleasure of working with both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes this past Feb/Mar on the upcoming movie, "Soul Men".  Both were super nice and I had lunch with Mr. Hayes one day.  I even gave him my dessert because it was the last one the caterer had and he had wanted one.  He suffered a stroke a while back and was very, very fragile, but still the epitomy of "cool".

Bernie had pneumonia then and had to have oxygen tanks everywhere he went.  We had to cut our filming short a couple of days because he was so ill.

Two very sad passings indeed.

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Hell, how many of us had our first sexual experiences to his music, or Barry Whites?

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ORIGINAL: SirEbonyPhoenix

 First Bernie Mac (1957-2008) and now Issac is gone?! Man, I'm bummed out! (exits room as he weeps)