10-31-20 06:28 PM - Post#904167    

Thomas Sean Connery, a pioneering bodybuilder from Scotland, died at age 90. I know he got a job working in South Pacific after competing in the first Mr. Universe.

I don't know what happened to him after he got out of the lifting world. If anyone knows if he had any kind of career, please let me know.

Daniel John Just handing down what I was handed down... Make a Difference. Live. Love. Laugh. Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude) Sleep soundly. Drink Water. Eat veggies and protein. Walk. Wear your seat belt. Don’t smoke. Floss your teeth. Put weights overhead. Pick weights off the floor. Carry weights. Reread great books. Say thank you

10-31-20 08:14 PM - Post#904172    

Tonight is obviously for scary movies, but tomorrow I’m queuing up:

-Dr. No
-The Untouchables
-Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
-The Rock

"The trouble about always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind."~GK Chesterton

11-01-20 04:27 AM - Post#904176    

He did ok, ended up in NYC i think

Re: A sad day for bodybuilding
11-01-20 05:11 AM - Post#904177    

Yes,Sad day all round.

I crossed paths with Sean Connery, literally, in August 1994, outside Harrods, London, when I was backpacking around Great Britain.

I will never forget this moment. I was crossing the street towards Harrods & he had just hopped out of a passenger door & started walking away from the famous Shopping Precinct......towards me. Our Shoulders practically touched as we passed on by.

I knew straight away it was him from about 15m back. He would have been 64 then & he was still in superb physical condition. You don't realise how tall he was until you saw him in the flesh. His posture was very erect & he was still broad shouldered.

I would have had a look of amazement & awe on my face & I will never forget this, as we locked eyes, Sean gave me a nod & a smile as if to say...…"Yes, it is really me."

My 13 year old Son is big into the Daniel Craig, James Bond movies so as a treat, about 5 months back, I bought the entire 25 Disc James Bond series on Blue Ray. Each Saturday night, my Son & I have been watching the 25 James Bond movies together, from most recent to oldest. Last night was to " To Russia with love." That movie had extra significance.

Andrew Gunn

11-01-20 10:51 AM - Post#904183    

That's a great story, Gunny...wow.

Daniel John Just handing down what I was handed down... Make a Difference. Live. Love. Laugh. Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude) Sleep soundly. Drink Water. Eat veggies and protein. Walk. Wear your seat belt. Don’t smoke. Floss your teeth. Put weights overhead. Pick weights off the floor. Carry weights. Reread great books. Say thank you

11-01-20 12:32 PM - Post#904184    

A great actor for sure.

Too bad he tried to justify slapping women.

https://www.newsweek.com/amid-tributes-sean-co nnerys-views-slapping-wom en-have-been-largely-over look...

There is a great blind item about him in the blog. crazydaysandnights

11-01-20 12:33 PM - Post#904185    

Man, it’s kind of sad, but also kind of makes you just want to grin thinking about these guys like Connery and how they moved through the world. That war-bred generation was one of a kind, straddling the old world and the new world with a kind of working-class swagger and grace.

When Clint Eastwood goes, it’ll really be the end of an era.

11-01-20 01:55 PM - Post#904186    

An absolute titan of cinema, in some if my all time favourite movies.

My sister spoke to him on the phone when working at the DVLA, he sent her a signed picture after she helped sort his driving licence out.

https://twitter.com/L1saBW/status/1322517 176079781894?s=19

Owen Brown, a Biomedical Scientist from Pontyclun, Wales.