Fallen sports heroes

Dear Editor,

"Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot/

(Doc "Mr. Inside" Blanchard, 84, Chris Henry, 26, Jack Kramer, 88, Paul Hogue, 69, Kay Yor, 66)

"And Never Brought To Mind/

(Wayman Tisdale, 44, Lou Saban, 87, Nick Adenhart, 22, Red Kerr, 76, Betty Jameson, 89)

"Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot/

(Brad Van Pelt, 57, Lou Albano, 76, Lou Creekmur, 82, Arturo Gatti, 37)

"And Days Of Auld Lang Syne/

(Randy Smith, 60, Steve McNair, 36, George Kell, 86, Billy Wilson, 81, George McAfee, 90)

"For Auld Lang Syne, My Dear/,

(Norm Van Lier, 61, Dominic DiMaggio, 92, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, Andrea Mead Lawrence, 76)

"For Auld Lang Syne/

(Dante "Gluefingers" Lavelli, 85, Danny Ozark, 85, Toni Sailer, 73, Vernon Forrest, 38)

"We'll Take A Cup Of Kindness Yet/

(Al Cervi, 92, Mark "Big Bird" Fidrych, 54, Jack Kemp, 73, Chuck Daly, 78)

"For Days Of Auld Lang Syne"

(Ingemar T ohansson, 76, Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich, Marvin Webster, 56, Alexis Arguello, 57)

Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? No, not this year. Or any other.

May our sports icons, in their glorious new bodies in heaven, play their games forevermore.

Sincerely,

Thomas Kope

Baldwin Park, Calif.