RIP Big Tex

[MileHigh]

Electrical short circuit results in fire that engulfs the 52-foot figure.

He was 60.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Fire-leaves-Big-Tex-a-skeletal-frame-174951021.html

 

[Abe Vigoda]

He was good in The Client.

 

[WolvEagle]

Great reader comment: Tex is Toast!

 

[joe king]

He was good in The Client.

Hey, Abe, you outlived another one!

 

[LongTimeListener]

This seems like an extreme overreaction by the Steinbrenners to something that can't rank higher than sixth on their list of problems.

 

[joe king]

And what's left:

 

[dixiehack]

I presume it was touched off by a spark from the Longhorns secondary?

 

[Drip]

"Witnesses said the fire started near his head and quickly spread to the rest of his body, likely exacerbated by his Dickies clothing."
That's funny.

 

[Bubbler]

Damn. A Dallas landmark. RIP Big Tex.

 

[Dark_Knight]

Big Tex scared the **** out of me as a little kid.

 

[MeanGreenATO]

RIP Big Tex. Definitely a Texas icon, right up there with Tom Landry and William B. Travis.

 

[GeorgeFHayek]

Big Tex scared the **** out of me as a little kid.

This grown-up found him pretty damn creepy the first time around ...

 

[KJIM]

He was good in The Client.

And excellent in "King of the Hill"

 

[Mystery Meat II]

That's what happens when you don't let propane grills in the barbecuing contest

 

[Dark_Knight]

A few Dallas friends are saying people are calling for a big sheet to be thrown over Tex so he can be a ghost for the remainder of the fair. If he can still talk and the hand can still move, talk about creepy.

 

[da man]

Big Tex scared the **** out of me as a little kid.

This grown-up found him pretty damn creepy the first time around ...

I think you guys are both suspects. Where were you this morning?

 

[Dark_Knight]

Big Tex scared the **** out of me as a little kid.

This grown-up found him pretty damn creepy the first time around ...

I think you guys are both suspects. Where were you this morning?

You'll never catch me, I'm too fast.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Now the power has gone out on the Stratosphere ride, leaving people stuck in mid-air.