Dead Gaijins

[Taro Toporific]

....combine all these together and make it a sticky. A kind of FG obit page. And just think, sooner or later we'll all get our own story!

Or my case at least TWO stories. :P

Anyway, good idea 'bout merging the threads.

[Mulboyne]

Seeing the "K-1 headline" just below "dead gaijins" and my mind flashed to Andy Hug dying in Japan.


Andy Hug Tribute Page

On Thursday, 24th August, 2000 at 18:21 - Andy Hug died at the age of 35 years old. According to Japanese TV, Andy's heart stopped three times, but somehow the doctors managed to get his pulse back again. But the fourth time Andy's heart stopped, the doctors no longer tried to bring Andy back to life, and let Andy slip peacefully into death. The fight ended when the doctors stopped.

[Mulboyne]

Jude Brand's Japan Times Bar Ole Review

BEST BAR NONE

In loving memory of Miguel

By JUDE BRAND

When Esteban Mauricio Paredes arrived in Tokyo from Ecuador 12 years ago, he felt lucky to score an apartment through a friend. He didn't feel so lucky, however, when he received a gas and electricity bill for the previous tenant. It wasn't so much money, but anyone who has arrived in Tokyo looking for work will know that even a few thousand yen can hurt. Esteban found out that Miguel Angel Dillunde, his remiss predecessor, was working at a club in Roppongi. So off he went to meet Miguel and discover a friendly chap, who with a slap on the back and a little cash, sealed the deal on a new friendship.
Even back then, Esteban recalls, Miguel always talked about opening his own bar in Tokyo. Miguel grew up in a small town full of little bars on the Costa del Sol, which swells with tourists in summer. "It's in my blood to be a bartender," he often confided to Esteban.

It took almost 10 years, but Miguel finally realized his dream by opening Cafe Ole Bar in Shinjuku. Every night was fiesta, and Miguel was right at home.

Esteban added the finishing touches to the interior and came on board as Miguel's right-hand man. But Miguel added the magic -- flipping bottles better than Cruise in "Cocktail" and dealing a killer hand of blackjack to anyone with the cojones to take him on. Miguel was larger than life, which only heightened everyone's shock when, two years later, he simply didn't wake up one morning.
"We had become brothers," says Esteban. "We even knew each other's secret bank numbers!" He adds with a shudder, "Miguel had asked me to take care of Ole if anything ever happened to him. That's why I want to keep the Shinjuku bar alive." (If anyone is interested in taking over the lease, they should contact him directly). And by opening Ole Bar, Esteban has helped Miguel realize an unfulfilled dream -- to own a bar in Roppongi.

"I was so lucky finding this space that I think Miguel must be pulling strings in heaven," Esteban chuckles. We both laughed as we imagined Miguel whipping St. Peter at poker.

I met Miguel and he was a very engaging guy. Back when Metropolis was still Tokyo Classified, he did this interview.

Life in Japan: Miguel Angel

What do you like about Japan?
I like the Japanese female theme. 360 degrees female theme.

Sadly, both bars are long gone

[Big Booger]

You don't think Esteban could have slipped some poison into Miguel do you???

I mean, he took over the bar after his death.. had his bank account numbers.. mmm

[AssKissinger]

WOW! Someone went and made it a sticky because of my suggestion? Thanks. I'm really feeling like a BMOFG! Plus with that top posters thing on the front. Plus links to my music websites. Sheeee-it! I'm important!

[Mulboyne]

I think this gaijin qualifies, if only for dying as so many have tried to do.

Obituary of Tabasco Cat

Wow ,what a way to go,
Tabasco Cat, who won the 1994 Preakness (gr. I) and Belmont (gr. I) Stakes as a homebred for William T. Young and David Reynolds, died at the age of 13 at the Japan Bloodstock Breeders' Association's Shizunai Stallion Station in Japan. He died from a heart attack while in the breeding shed.

[Mulboyne]

I was trying to find something about Jerry Hegarty, who died in Tokyo a couple of years ago and is well remembered down in Yokohama. I found a short tribute from the Tokyo Weekender by Corky Alexander who also passed away recently.

A note of sadness from longtime Weekender reader Lorne Erenberg, now living in Toronto. Lorne informs us that Jerry Hegarty, owner and articulate barkeep at the popular Rising Sun Tavern, passed away Jan. 11. Lorne recalls that Jerry and his pub kept many an ex-pat happy and laughing "when there was very little to be happy about in that town some days."

He recalls fondly the time when Jerry returned to the judo dojo after a 20-year layoff just because many of his friends were still at the sport, practicing daily. As Lorne comments, "That was Jerry; if the boys were doing it, he would be there, even if it meant closing his pub at 4 a.m."

I recall going out to Rising Sun on many occasions in the '70s when Jerry used our Page 1 advertising "ear" for a long time. Back in my hard-drinking days. Rising Sun was a hotbed of darts competition with many weekly tournaments staged to the delight and rowdy participation of dozens. The place exuded warmth and friendship, just as did the host, Jerry Hegarty. May he rest in peace. A good man gone.

Not a crazy end to either man's life but I wonder just how many foreigners under 40 do die in Japan? I guess the US military gets a fair proportion. Statistically, Koreans and Chinese must see the largest number but I haven't heard about too much drunken roof hopping by both those groups.

[gomichild]

well apparently they are dropping like flies in Roppongi at the moment..

MDN

Drugs have been blamed for four deaths and seven people falling into a coma after partying in Tokyo's Roppongi entertainment district since March, Metropolitan Police Department officials said Saturday.

Drug deaths are rare in Japan and adding to the mystery has been the prevalence of Western victims.

The count so far - one Brazilian, one American, a Canadian, a Pom and an Aussie...

hang on that only adds up to 5...

[Buraku]

Two naked foreigners die after apparently jumping

TOKYO — Two foreigners were found dead in an alley next to Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward early Sunday after apparently jumping from a balcony located on the hotel's top floor, police said.

The two men, who appear to be Caucasians in their 20s, are believed to have committed suicide by leaping from the 47th floor of the hotel as their clothes and shoes were left on the balcony which is used for emergency purposes, the police said.

[Taro Toporific]

[CLOWNPUNCHER]

Good point. Perhaps they should try something a little safer, like cuting themselves. This site is for people on the JET programme who Self-Harm.

One great link leads to another! This was posted in the Comments page of the selfharm JET site.

: Eamon
Comments: You are a fuck up that should not be allowed near children.

http://www.geocities.com/ejgillee
For reference, Eamon

Yes christ Eamon, wow it's strange you should post his pic on this thread . Eamon drowned while trying to cross a river in Kyoto on the 19th of August last year. He's dead and buried man for over a year now.

[Steve Bildermann]

I was trying to find something about Jerry Hegarty

Sorry this reply is a bit late.

I knew Jerry fairly well. He and I were both at the Kodokan during the same time period 1970-76. I was one of the original investors in the 'Rising Sun'and I gave him his 'yard of ale' glass ('drink it down you Zulu warrior') that he kept above the bar.

After he quit Judo (and switched to rugby) I visited the 'Sun' many times and spent time talking till daybreak with him about 'Judo, Japan, England and 'stupid things I have done' stuff' It was fun.

[Mulboyne]

[Mulboyne]

Another sudden loss.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) - RAB Capital plc, has announced the launching of a Japan long-short equity hedge fund...Robin Cosgrove and co-portfolio manager, Nick Reid, will manage the new Japan hedge fund. Both managers have...about 15 years experience residing in Japan....Robin Cosgrove was formerly the Director of Lotus Japan Fund; he covered major institutional clients on Japanese equities at Morgan Stanley (Tokyo) and UBS Warburg (Tokyo) according to published reports.

RAB Capital plc. Statement re: Robin Cosgrove
The Board is very sad to have to announce the sudden death of Robin Cosgrove, as the result of a climbing accident in the Alps. Robin was a fine person, as well as an outstanding fund manager in our Japanese team, and he will be sorely missed by his family and all of us at RAB Capital.

[Mulboyne]

By several accounts, an FG employee of Citigroup passed away after a big night out in Tokyo. Sadly, he leaves behind a wife and children.

[sillygirl]

[Buraku]

Did any one mention Richard Reimer he died some time back, 2000 I think. Reimer was known to TV audiences from his brief role in the movie "Shogun".


http://www.sacticket.com/static/movies/dvd_video/images/shogun02.jpg

Reimer lived south of Tokyo. Reimer made his living primarily as a translator of documents from Japanese into English. The Japanese often said that Reimer was the best speaker of Japanese, with the most prefect accent, of any American living in Japan. The exact date of death is unknown and the cause of death is unknown as well. They do not know if he died from a fall or from a heart attack. His body was cremated. His body was discovered on August 4, 2000, but he may have died as early as August 1.


such a nice guy

&


such a sad and miserable end to his life



RIP another F%*ked gaijin

[AssKissinger]

AK Blew his brains out

[dingosatemybaby]

AK Blew his brains out

...in a car;
He hadn't noticed that the light had changed...

[Taro Toporific]

[Buraku]

Matthew Littauer, who operates a consulting firm murdered. Multiple stab wounds Vietnamese-American man stabbed to death in the J-dump known as Roppongi

RIP Matthew

[Mulboyne]

From Planet Rugby Website
On 28 November in Yamate, the Yokohama Country & Athletic Club won the MacFadyen Cup, beating the Tokyo Crusaders 18-14 to do so. The cup is named for New Zealander Gareth MacFadyen who died in bizarre circumstances four years ago. MacFadyen, a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch, went from New Zealand to Japan in 1996 and played rugby there, amongst others for Tokyo Crusaders and for the Yokohama Country and Athletic Club.
In Auckland before Christmas in 2000, MacFadyen attended his firm's "Hawaiian" Christmas party which went horribly wrong. A partygoer, a friend, the worse for liquor, thought it a prank to set his grass skirt alight. MacFadyen died as a result of his 95% burns and the prankster was sent to two years in gaol.
Four months later the two clubs met for the first of the Gareth MacFadyen Memorial Trophy matches, the fourth of which happened at the end of November 2004. The Crusaders won the first match and presented MacFadyen's mother Sue with his No.8 jersey. The club now plays without a No.8 jersey.

[Taro Toporific]

[Captain Japan]

Popular ex-Hawk Traxler dead at 37

Sad news reached Japan recently with the word that Brian Traxler, a former member of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, had passed away at the age of 37 in San Antonio on Nov. 19.

Brian Traxler, a popular ex-player for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, died at age 37 in San Antonio on Nov. 19. WAYNE GRACZYK PHOTO

Traxler, a native of Waukegan, Ill., hit .263 with 15 home runs and 62 RBIs for the Hawks in 129 games during the 1994 season.

The left-handed first baseman was a fan favorite in Fukuoka, where he was affectionately known as "Koro Koro-chan" because of his distinctly round physique. He could often be seen riding his bicycle to games at the Fukuoka Dome.

I remember when he was heavily touted by the Dodgers about 15 years ago. Shame, really.

[Taro Toporific]

Popular ex-Hawk Traxler dead at 37
Traxler's family did not publicly disclose the cause of death, but The Japan Times has learned that he died as a result of liver problems related to alcoholism.
A major league source said, "He had some problems with alcoholism. He checked into the hospital a few weeks ago, but he didn't make it through. It was something similar to cirrhosis of the liver."

Sounds like Japan really helped kill him.
If didn't have a drinking problem before he came to Japan, I GUARANTEE he had a bad problem by the time he left. I bet he rode that famous bike of his because the Hawks were tired of him causing them trouble for drunk driving.

[Mulboyne]

Kyodo: Horse racing: Former leading sire Northern Taste dies
Northern Taste, the leading sire in Japanese horse racing for a record 11 times, died of natural causes Saturday, the Japan Racing Association said. Northern Taste died at Shadai Stallion Station in Hayakita, Hokkaido, at the age of 33. He was born in Canada in 1971 and begun stud duty in Japan in 1976, having won the leading sire honors for 11 consecutive years from 1982.

[Taro Toporific]

... He was born in Canada in 1971 and begun stud duty in Japan in 1976, having won the leading sire honors for 11 consecutive years from 1982.

Hey, that's a real f'ed Gaijin.

In related news,Zippy Chippy, retired last Mondayafter only 100 straight losses. However, Japan's Haru-chan is still going at 113 unbroken losses. See old FG thread:Japan's Version of Zippy Chippy ?

[b]Asian Pop Tokyo Trends / Latest Cell-phone Chic] -- SFgate.com
,,,The unlucky thoroughbred can now lay claim to a 113-race losing streak, even after having been ridden by Japan's top jockey, Yutaka Take, which has only added to the Haru Fever gripping the nation. T-shirts, keitai (cell-phone) decorations (a little horse with a small sign reading "Never give up") and postcards bearing her photo have been flying out of stores. ...
...slated for retirement (and certain death) in 2003, but her trainer, Dai Muneishi, now says that after her last race, possibly in March 2005, the horse will be allowed to retire to a comfy pasture on a farm near her birthplace. In the interim, a Haru Urara gallery and souvenir shop will open by the racetrack in December, and a movie is in the works for release sometime next year.

[ChrisRT]

So non Japanese people drop dead all the time in Japan? What do they do with the bodies?

[FG Lurker]

So non Japanese people drop dead all the time in Japan? What do they do with the bodies?

There's an FG undertaker who built his business doing this type of thing. Embalming to send FG's on that final trip home or cremation.

There are also FG cemeteries, the most famous of which is in Yokohama.

[kurohinge1]

So non Japanese people drop dead all the time in Japan? What do they do with the bodies?

Landill, Umbrella stands, Bike racks, boat moorings, etc.



They're really quite useful.