BCB Reader Little Rock Ryno Fan Dies

by Al Yellon on Jul 19, 2008 2:55 PM CDT

I was as shocked to hear this as I'm sure you are to read it. LRRF, who was a valued member of this community (real name: Trish), died suddenly of a heart attack on July 9. You'll remember that her brother Thomas also died suddenly back in March, right after Len and Bob were kind enough to send him regards when he was in the hospital.

My deepest and most sincere condolences to her family.

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The family is in my thoughts

This can be boiled down to a fact of life, but it doesn’t make it any easier to bear, no matter how well or how little you knew the person.

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by sanantonecub on Jul 19, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply actions

My condolences as well, Al

I’ll keep her in my thoughts, and wish nothing but the best to friends and family.

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by Curtain Jerker on Jul 19, 2008 3:05 PM CDT reply actions

My condolences to the family

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by BigJohnAZ on Jul 19, 2008 3:05 PM CDT reply actions

Family and friends will be in my prayers

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by Brett Taylor on Jul 19, 2008 3:30 PM CDT reply actions

Oh how sad.

Trish lost her husband Philip a few years ago, then her brother Thomas last year and now she’s gone too. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.

Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.

by sue369 on Jul 19, 2008 3:39 PM CDT reply actions

Al, you have created such a community

here that we all feel sad about the loss of someone we never met. She and her family are in my thoughts.

by mgfabc on Jul 19, 2008 3:41 PM CDT reply actions

Just such sad news...

....her family and friends are in my thoughts and prayers.

"When I got to Chicago, fans came to Wrigley Field just to have fun, now they come to see us win. The expectations have changed, for the players and for the fans. It’s about winning." Kerry Wood, 7/14/08

by JB 23 on Jul 19, 2008 3:49 PM CDT reply actions

LRRF was a great poster who will be missed

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Jul 19, 2008 3:50 PM CDT reply actions

Sad news

It’s always hard to lose a member of the community.

What doesn't destroy you makes you stranger -- The Joker

by Emelie on Jul 19, 2008 3:52 PM CDT reply actions

Condolences to Trish's family

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 19, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply actions

This is horrible...

I wish this was not true. Mythoughts are with her tragedy stricken family.

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jul 19, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions

Thoughts and prayers....

...are with their family.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Jul 19, 2008 4:38 PM CDT reply actions

any death diminishes us ..

.. we never see but an eternal perspective does .. I am so sorry to hear of this ..

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Jul 19, 2008 4:42 PM CDT reply actions

RIP

Hopefully she will be in heaven watching the Cubbies role

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 19, 2008 4:46 PM CDT reply actions

This is a shock

I remember many interactions with her over the past year and I am truly sorry to hear this news. My condolences to her family and friends. I will remember her in my prayers at mass tomorrow.

by JFCubFan on Jul 19, 2008 5:08 PM CDT reply actions

Thanks to everyone for your very kind thoughts, words and prayers.

I’ve received an email from Trish’s mom thanking you for everything you’ve said here. Thank you again.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Jul 19, 2008 5:21 PM CDT reply actions

Very, very sad

An old friend of my family’s also died today. It’s so sad that we also lost a member of this on-line family.

God bless her and her family.

Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?

by Josh Timmers on Jul 19, 2008 5:22 PM CDT reply actions

My best wishes to her family

Very sad.

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by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 19, 2008 5:38 PM CDT reply actions

Wow.

Sad news. My heart goes out to everyone affected by the loss. Very sad news, indeed.

Can't wait for the Cubs in '08!!!

by fuzzycubfan on Jul 19, 2008 7:33 PM CDT reply actions

Such sad news..

My thoughts are with the family.

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Jul 19, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions

RIP

Best wishes

by PhillyCub on Jul 19, 2008 9:48 PM CDT reply actions

Rest in peace, LRRF.

As far as I can tell, this is her last post. I recommended it, and I hope you will do the same.

"It’s like they have 40,000 players on one team. Forty thousand people want to be in the dugout slapping fives. ‘Passionate’ is an understatement." -- Giants LHP Alex Hinshaw on Wrigley Field

by northsider on Jul 20, 2008 1:25 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

how sad

LRRF was such a delight. She will be terribly missed. Blessings to her family.

by coral on Jul 20, 2008 4:08 AM CDT reply actions

I remember Trish's posts well...

...and am very saddened by this news. My condolences go out to her family and friends. May she rest in peace.

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by daver on Jul 20, 2008 9:40 AM CDT reply actions

Just awful

My condolences….

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by Kegler on Jul 20, 2008 11:20 AM CDT reply actions

awwww....

this makes me sad….

"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella

by anormal on Jul 20, 2008 11:36 AM CDT reply actions

Very sad news.

From all I could tell, she was good people. She’ll be missed.

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by Cool Hand on Jul 20, 2008 12:43 PM CDT reply actions

Big shock

I received a nice email from her after I sent her an email after Thomas’s death.

Very sad. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

Any link to an obituary?

Go Cubs

by puckishcubsfan on Jul 20, 2008 12:54 PM CDT reply actions

A little more

I was in shock when I typed that and forgot to add something.

In that email with all she was going through she mentioned she noticed I mentioned a health issue and said “Hope everything goes well with that”

Go Cubs

by puckishcubsfan on Jul 21, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Sorry to see this

What a difficult time for her family. I wish them well and will say a prayer.

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 20, 2008 7:59 PM CDT reply actions

I'm so sorry to see this

i wish i’d gotten to know her better.

peace be w/ her family in this horrible time.

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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 21, 2008 1:57 AM CDT reply actions

Such sad news to come back to.

My thoughts are with her family as well.

Geovany Soto you're my Hero

by love the ivy on Jul 21, 2008 6:36 AM CDT reply actions

RIP

Prayers to her family in their time of sorrow.

by LT on Jul 21, 2008 7:45 AM CDT reply actions

My prayers

go out to her and her family.

Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.

by Jayo525 on Jul 21, 2008 10:16 AM CDT reply actions

How old was she?

What kind of heart ailment was it?

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by NittanyCub on Jul 21, 2008 11:21 AM CDT reply actions

47 years old.

I don’t know the details of the heart problem—only that this was sudden and unexpected.

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by Al Yellon on Jul 21, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Obit

Al do you know if there’s a link to her obit anywhere?

Go Cubs

by puckishcubsfan on Jul 21, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions

There was an obit in the Little Rock paper.

It’s online behind a pay wall. I’m not sure what benefit this paper gets from putting a death notice (not an “obituary”, an obituary is an article written by a reporter on someone who dies, a “death notice” is what you see many columns of, paid for by family members) behind a pay wall, but so be it.

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by Al Yellon on Jul 22, 2008 4:05 AM CDT up reply actions