Sad news @ Dink

Mr. Pink

Mr. Pink

EOG Veteran
From Ira Mendel on Twitter

I knew this day was coming but I was hoping it might be a bit longer. My dear friend of 52+ years Alan Denkenson @dinkinc passed away after midnight. He tried his best to recover from cancer, but it was not working out. Alan was 69. May he RIP and have Hazel by his side. 💔
 
winkyduck

winkyduck

TYVM Morgan William!!!
I am CRUSHED!

EVERY TIME I hear about someone losing their battle to something I beat it brings tears to me and makes me realize how lucky I am.

RIP Dink
 
Dell Dude

Dell Dude

EOG Master
winkyduck said:
I am CRUSHED!

EVERY TIME I hear about someone losing their battle to something I beat it brings tears to me and makes me realize how lucky I am.

RIP Dink
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Notice howid Kinky not only makes it about heself but takes a subtle and passive aggressive but clear and inappropriate shot at dinky. Birdie and Kinky are scumbags on opposite sides of the political and religious spectrum.

I beat cancer! dink did not, sadly. RIP dink!
 
John Kelly

John Kelly

Born Gambler
Staff member
The start of the 2012 Major League Baseball season.

I told Dink about Fezzik's strategy to narrow his focus surrounding the 30 MLB teams.

Fezz was going to concentrate exclusively on six MLB teams, one team per division.

The goal was to be a specialist, not a generalist.

As I was explaining Fezzik's strategy to Dink, I could see Dink's face contort in a skeptical, better yet cynical, manner.

Dink then offered mockery in his response.

Dink proclaimed, "This upcoming season, I will be following only shortstops in the National League Central."
 
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ComptrBob

EOG Master
John Kelly said:
My life was better for knowing Dink.

I once served as the ring announcer for one of his wrestling promotions in Reno.

Just prior to a match, I asked Dink if he knew the city in England where one of the wrestlers was born.

Dink quickly responded, "Just make it up."

Dink had a great sense of humor.
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The wrestling card in Reno was when I met Dink in person. Met Bomzee as well as several guys came up from Vegas. JK turned in a stellar performance as the ring announcer.

I think Dink pictured me differently before we met.
 
Dell Dude

Dell Dude

EOG Master
ComptrBob said:
The wrestling card in Reno was when I met Dink in person. Met Bomzee as well as several guys came up from Vegas. JK turned in a stellar performance as the ring announcer.

I think Dink pictured me differently before we met.
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I picture you has the dude who sings Keep Forgettin.
 
winkyduck

winkyduck

TYVM Morgan William!!!
BTW - TO ALL OF THE FUCKING SHITHEADS who mocked Dink for going to Hospice care and getting better........................

.............FUCK YOU ASSHOLES!
 
Dell Dude

Dell Dude

EOG Master
Kinky with his second act. Pretending to be a tough guy while posting a false claim. This only describes his butt buttie Birdie and he has all the other "fucking shitheads" on pretend ignore. Third act will be complaining to JK via pm. Probably has already happened.
 
svbettor

svbettor

EOG Veteran
The last time I saw Dink ... I greeted him at the Bet Bash in LV. He was wearing a bright orange Philadelphia Flyers Jersey. He did seem ok.
 
mr merlin

mr merlin

EOG Master
Dell Dude said:
Kinky with his second act. Pretending to be a tough guy while posting a false claim. This only describes his butt buttie Birdie and he has all the other "fucking shitheads" on pretend ignore. Third act will be complaining to JK via pm. Probably has already happened.
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I think the loser winky has me on ignore, as if i assault anyone, he's about as sad as they come. Anytime i feel down i think about him suffering from cancer and it picks me up.
 
Neveragain

Neveragain

EOG Dedicated
Was just thinking to myself...(And I preface these remarks by acknowledging that I was only one of his many Twitter followers.)

To say that Dink had suffered great misfortune these past couple of years is putting it mildly.
I’m sure Dink endured more pain than many of us here could possibly imagine.

Starting with the Covid pandemic, he was forced to suspend his Dinkfund which was a roundabout way to sell picks and
donate the proceeds to a horse retirement aftercare program. He loved running his dink fund.

Next, he started grappling publicly with the idea that he couldn’t win anymore at gambling because he couldn’t model
sports or code an algorithm. I believe he surmised that sports betting had passed him by.

Next, he listed his home for sale, which is probably not what people who are 68 years old get excited to be doing.

Next, in early May this year he raised concern over the results of his CT scan results.

And over late spring and summer he had to come to grips with euthanizing his sick and elderly beloved dog Hazel.

The cancer came next with full force and here we are today.

Just want to say thanks Dink for sharing your treasure of gambling knowledge here at EOG. Very much appreciated.
RIP Dink.
 
mrbowling300

mrbowling300

EOG Dedicated
Met Dink a few times while visiting EOG radio, snapped this pic with Dink, JK and Spartan Mike. We would go out to dinner after, this particular night Dink was so anxious he couldn't sit still and ended leaving about 10 minutes into the meal. He was quite a person, had an unmistakable voice and hair...was glad he remembered me whenever I would post replies to him on FB or Twitter. RIP Dink.
 

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