NFT: RIP Oliver (longtime BBIer)

I always looked forward to his reports and he seemed like a really bright and insightful guy. RIP

In comment 15404493 Eric from BBI said:

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was the original BBI training camp / locker room reporter and photographer. Photography was his passion. He also had a gift of relating to the lesser-known players on the team, to the point where they actively sought him out and gave him hugs after the 2000 NFC Championship Game.

That's a heartwarming story.

RIP.

I remember reading him.

Thanks for passing along, Duned.

best wishes to the family hopefully they are more at peace now. We are losing so many of the fans and the history of the golden age of the NFL. It's inevitable but hopefully some will keep the flame burning and pass it down.

He always struck me as a person with many talents and wrote very good posts.

he was a true Giants fan and a great sharer. May his eternal soul rest in peace and may he receive joy in his new traves.

Thank you for the sharing the extraordinary insight.

In comment 15404650 Bill2 said:

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May I add to all of the wonderful posts above that David was also a great American patriot. He was a negotiator for us during the Cold War with several Iron Curtain countries and the Soviet Union. Starting in the Nixon years, David spent a lot of time in Moscow and more dangerously in Siberia. He was on our team for the SALT talks and the Non Proliferation treaty. He did a lot of work on currency and trade negotiations in Asia and Central and Latin America. In his later years of service he was working with the Yelstin and was a leader of the technical details behind the NAFTA Treaty. David interacted with 6 Administration's and the DOD, Treasury, State and the CIA. I write this to acknowledge that we do not know how lucky we were in that earlier version of BBI to be interacting with all kinds of perspectives and expertise. Some of those threads left members interacting with national level expertise but having no idea of that given the humility and discretion of posters like David. He was a very good man with a wide range of interests and also dedicated to our futures as citizens of a great experiment. A good life well lived and a very good man.

Thanks for that Bill2. I had forgaotten him, but this thread jogged my memory and I'm glad for that. But at no time did I ever know that incredible background you just shared, and I thank you for that so that I may have a greater appreciation than just a vague memory.

Hey my friend. Saddened by his passing and the wisdom and good times he sent my way. Just wanted folks who knew him how he really was both a great mensch and a great contributor.

He had a great library and we swapped stuff back and forth. I still re read some of them to understand what we are seeing to this day. He could see trends play out far into the future. After Orwell, he was the best at laying out paths I recognize in the details of these days.

Hope to see you soon Jon

River. Good to see you

In comment 15409263 Bill2 said:

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River. Good to see you

And as always, good to see your posts. Life hasn't permitted me to be on this site nearly as much as I used to be.

As mentioned above, he was a BBI Legend.

the original BBI members are aging fast

He was a really nice guy

Sad

Rest in peace. He was a good man.

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and remember his handle. Sorry to hear, RIP

RIP