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« on: November 28, 2009, 01:42:03 PM »
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/veteran-times-sportswriter-mike-penner-dead.html
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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2009, 01:51:32 PM »
Thoughts and prayers for his family, and I hope that wherever Mike is now, he's happy and comfortable.
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2009, 02:02:23 PM »
Jeez. That's very, very sad. RIP.

Let's keep this classy.
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« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2009, 02:17:14 PM »
Suicide. May his soul finally find the peace his body never had.

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« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2009, 02:22:49 PM »
   I don't know what to say, this is so sad.
   RIP, Mike.
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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2009, 02:23:53 PM »
Anyone know why he went back to Mike Penner last year?
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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2009, 02:24:26 PM »
a great person, one of the best colleagues, period. this is just....brutal. godspeed, mike.
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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2009, 02:48:20 PM »
Wow. Like others have said, let's hope he finds peace.
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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2009, 02:56:20 PM »
I never wanted to say it out loud, but I was afraid of this possibility ever since he went back to his Mike Penner identity. It just seemed like he had to be a very conflicted person. RIP.
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2009, 03:41:03 PM »
One of the best writers I ever worked with, and a great guy on top of it. One can only wonder what he went through in these past few years. We talked about getting together on one of my California visits and never did. I certainly wish now I had. I'll miss him.
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« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2009, 03:58:50 PM »
Sad. Another one of those things that we shouldn't need, but too frequently do, to remind us what's important and what's not. RIP.
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« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2009, 04:10:21 PM »
Damn that's upsetting.  RIP.
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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2009, 04:12:02 PM »

There's not many worse feelings than feeling like you don't belong.

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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2009, 04:13:00 PM »
So sad. I hope his family was close to him and supported him during his transitional period, etc., so he had some periods of peace the past few years. I hope he wasn't in living hell all the time. Sounds like his newspaper friends were very supportive. Rest in peace. Prayers for all.
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« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2009, 05:09:06 PM »
Just heartbreaking. RIP.
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« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2009, 05:11:10 PM »
Never met Mike, but read him a lot while growing up and living in SoCal. Always enjoyed his writing, and have always heard good things about him.

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« Reply #16 on: November 28, 2009, 05:12:42 PM »
A tragedy. I never knew him, but I rooted for him ever since he adopted the Christine Daniels ID.
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« Reply #17 on: November 28, 2009, 05:34:33 PM »
A talented and tortured person. May he rest in peace.
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« Reply #18 on: November 28, 2009, 05:54:58 PM »
TigerVols said it best. Hopefully Mike has finally found peace. RIP.
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« Reply #19 on: November 28, 2009, 06:11:56 PM »
Quote from: Double J on November 28, 2009, 05:54:58 PM
TigerVols said it best. Hopefully Mike has finally found peace. RIP.


This.

Just a heartbreaking story. Can't even imagine the mental anguish he had to live with. RIP Mike.
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« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2009, 07:52:36 PM »
God, he must have lived a tormented life.  That is so sad.  So very sad.
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« Reply #21 on: November 29, 2009, 12:38:39 AM »
Amen, may he rest in peace.
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« Reply #22 on: November 29, 2009, 12:57:55 AM »
Oh, God...

Oh, Mike...no...

For some reason I can't pinpoint, I'd actually been thinking of Mike lately, wondering how he was doing and thinking maybe I should email or call him. Now, I wish I had done it, and I'm sorry that I didn't.

Mike was a good and gentle person, a fantastic writer and someone with more courage than most of us could ever muster, or would ever be called upon to demonstrate.

With his special combination of talent and bravery, Mike shared more of himself than others probably had any right to expect to see.

RIP, Mike.

And, many thoughts and prayers going out to his whole family and others at the Times, especially Lisa Dillman and John Penner.
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« Reply #23 on: November 29, 2009, 09:26:28 PM »
no words. just silent prayers. and many, many tears. Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry
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« Reply #24 on: November 29, 2009, 09:43:17 PM »
Terrible, terrible, terrible. RIP.
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