[sumo] Fwd: Katrina Watts on Akebono

[Katrina Watts]

Yes Dale, those were the days.

I do miss Doreen, the Queen of Sumo.  She had so much sumo knowledge to share as well as being such an interesting personality.

Sumo photographer and raconteur extraordinaire, Gerry Toff, is another great loss.  I remember long sumo discussions between him and the King of Sumo statistics, Clyde Newton.

Definitely missing sumo chats.

Katrina
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> On 12 Apr 2024, at 4:43 PM, Dale Carlson <drc at oz.net> wrote:
> 
>  At 08:54 PM 4/11/2024, Barbara Ann Klein wrote:
> 
> Thank you so much, Barbara, for posting this. And thank you, Katrina for your memories of Akebono. I was just
> a fan. You were his friend. My deepest condolences to you, and to his family.
> 
> One of the high points of my life was a dinner at Kirishima's chanko restaurant with both of you, Doreen Simmons,
> and a group of Swedish sumo fans. I sat across from Doreen. By the end of the evening, she was a bit tipsy,
> and sang (sort of under her breath) "Have You Never Been Mellow", the old Olivia Newton John song. She still
> had her lovely chorister's voice. She got to the bottom of the stairs after leaving and realized she'd forgotten her
> shoes. Slightly less tipsy, I'd noticed that, carried them down with me, and handed them to her :)  Seems so long
> ago. I miss her. Both of you as well. I hope you're doing well.
> 
> OK, I'll stop babbling now. This has been like a most welcome visit to the "old" sumo mailing list.
> 
> Dale
> 
>> A fine retrospective on Akebono In  Australia TV’s  interview with Katrina
>> 
>>> 
>>> https://youtu.be/wYbOsKLBPlc?si=5woUDLDJ5UmWr9Iv
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