Skilled wrestling legend Ric Aptitude has shared his emotional response to the loss of life of his stepson, Sebastian Kidder, who was 24.

Kidder died by suicide on Saturday (October 26), his mom Wendy Barlow confirmed to TMZ. The next day, 75-year-old WWE Corridor of Famer Aptitude (actual title Richard Morgan Fliehr) shared a put up to Instagram reflecting on the rising musician’s premature passing.

“I Have Spent Hours Questioning What To Say. After Listening to The Information Of Sebastian’s Passing,” he started the prolonged caption. “I Can Solely Think about What Wendy @thewonderouswendy & Paul Are Going By means of Having Misplaced A Son Roughly The Identical Age In 2013. I Know The Ache Of Your Loss Will Be With You The Relaxation Of Your Life.”

Aptitude’s son Reid died in March 2013 at age 25 following an unintentional drug overdose. He was found in a lodge room in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“I Nonetheless Each Day Of My Life Assume About Reid As You Will Proceed To Assume About Sebastian,” he continued. “You Can’t Blame Yourselves As I Blamed Myself For Making Reid My Finest Buddy As a substitute Of Being A Good Mother or father. Generally We Get So Shut To Our Children, We Neglect That They Want Us In So Many Completely different Methods.

The skilled wrestler went on to share how “grateful” he was “for the time” he shared with Kidder.

“I Have So Many Nice Recollections & Bonding Time With Him As He Grew Up! He Stood Tall By His Mom Alongside With The Entire Household- Sophia, Paris, And Summer time, Whereas I Was Dying. He Was So Unselfish Sharing His Mom With Me As I Was Dying. And Additionally, At The Passing Of My Son Reid.

“He Was Multi-Proficient & In Everyone’s Eyes A Big Success And Will All the time Be Remembered That Means. I’m So Sorry! Wendy, Please Keep Robust & Don’t Let Something Deter You From All Your Profitable Endeavors You Have In Place In The Future. God Bless You Each! Relaxation In Peace Sebastian! 🙏🏻 @sebastianonthemic,” Aptitude concluded the put up.

Police are nonetheless investigating the circumstances surrounding his loss of life. In a press release, his mom instructed TMZ: “I’m devastated and shocked. That is an epidemic together with your younger males and psychological well being.”

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Fidder is the son of Barlow from a earlier relationship. Nonetheless, Aptitude had been a fixture within the musician’s life for greater than a decade earlier than he married Barlow; she performed “Fifi the Maid” alongside Aptitude at World Championship Wrestling (WCW) occasions. Whereas Aptitude and Barlow held a Florida wedding ceremony ceremony in 2018, they later instructed Folks that they by no means obtained a wedding certificates.

Aptitude introduced their separation in September after 13 years collectively. The pair beforehand introduced they have been separating in January 2022, however reconciled in Could of that 12 months. He thanked Barlow for her assist throughout his 2017 well being disaster when he was hospitalized for abdomen pains. He later suffered early levels of kidney failure and near-congestive coronary heart failure, prompting medical doctors to take away a part of his bowel and insert a pacemaker.

“Wendy And I Loved 13 Nice Years. As With Each Couple, We Have Skilled Our Ups And Downs,” Aptitude shared in a social media assertion on September 23. “I Assume It’s Necessary For Everybody To Know Proper Now That We Have Determined To Half Methods Respectfully.”

“I’ll By no means Ever Be Ready To Thank Her Sufficient For Standing By My Aspect By means of My Horrible Well being Disaster In 2017. She By no means Left My Aspect! And For That I Will All the time Be Grateful!”

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“We Each Are Working On Completely different Tasks At The Present Time & It Turns into Tough With My Schedule & Her Schedule To Make This Work,” Aptitude concluded. “I Want Her The Finest Of Luck With Her Tasks, And I Know That She Helps Mine!”

Kidder launched his debut album, Beneath The Moon, in July. He made an look on Good Day Atlanta in June, by which he spoke about rising up with the WWE legend.

“Rising up with Ric as a stepdad, it was very completely different, very distinctive, that’s for certain,” Kidder stated. “You exit for a household meal and also you’re simply surrounded by followers and also you’re already uncovered to that at an early age, everyone developing, wanting footage, autographs, stuff like that.”

Barlow can be mom to 3 daughters. In the meantime, Aptitude has been married 4 instances. He welcomed two youngsters – daughter Megan and son David – along with his first spouse of 12 years, Leslie Goodman. He shares one other daughter, Ashley, and his late son Reid along with his second spouse, Elizabeth Harrell.

His daughter Ashley signed with the WWE in 2012, adopting the ring title Charlotte Aptitude. On X/Twitter, she subtly reacted to Kidder’s loss of life by posting a prayer fingers emoji, a damaged coronary heart emoji, and a dove emoji.

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OSHU CITY, Japan (AP) — Indicators round Shohei Ohtani’s hometown in northern Japan proclaim him “The Pleasure of Oshu Metropolis.”

They may want so as to add “World Sequence Champion” quickly.

A whole lot of followers filed right into a public viewing heart in Ohtani’s hometown on Tuesday morning — the nation is 13 hours forward of New York — to observe the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yankees 4-2 to take a 3-0 lead within the best-of-seven World Sequence. These followers will certainly be tuned in once more Wednesday morning when Ohtani and the Dodgers have an opportunity to clinch the championship.

“I’m extraordinarily pleased as a result of the Dodgers — with Ohtani — have gained three in a row and are one win away from the World Sequence title,” Shoichi Segawa stated.

Ohtani was hitless within the sport, however followers obtained what they got here for over an extended morning of watching baseball: a Dodgers victory.

They lined up exterior the Oshu Metropolis Cultural Heart, a 500-seat auditorium, on an ideal fall morning to observe their native hero in a reside telecast.

Many got here wearing Dodger Blue — caps or jerseys — and have been provided with varied noisemakers, together with thunder sticks. The corridor was adorned with posters saying Ohtani as “The Pleasure of Oshu Metropolis.”

Ohtani, taking part in two days after dislocating his left shoulder in Recreation 2, drew a stroll on his first at-bat. That drew wild cheers from the 250 followers attending, who chanted “Go, Go. Shohei.” Then got here much more cheers when the Dodgers took a 2-0 lead on Freddie Freeman’s house run.

“He’s extra like a Japanese treasure than only a native (treasure),” stated fan Hiromitsu Kikuchi. “I believe he has handed past the hometown and is extra like world-class. We’ve got by no means had a star participant like this earlier than from our hometown.”

Among the many principally older followers have been about 20 kids from the kindergarten that Ohtani attended. They got here geared up with small flags emblazoned with Ohtani’s smiling face.

A number of followers stated they have been fearful Ohtani won’t play however set out from house once they obtained the excellent news.

“I got here to see Ohtani as a result of the tv information reported that he would play,” stated fan Tadashi Onodera. “It’s unbelievable. We’re proud to have such a participant from out hometown.”

That is the city the place Ohtani performed Little League, starred as a pitcher and hitter at Hanamaki Higashi Excessive Faculty, and have become the favourite son of Iwate Prefecture, a mountainous area abutting the Pacific Ocean.

His hometown is positioned about 300 miles (500 kilometers) north of Tokyo, a largely rural place removed from the capital, its tons of of skyscrapers and high-end prosperity.

All eyes on the viewing have been on the Dodgers celebrity — and his left shoulder. His harm briefly solid a pall and flipped Japan’s temper from magic to morose.

Then got here aid. The magic returned as Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts began Ohtani because the designated hitter and leadoff hitter in Recreation 3, what native followers and all of baseball wished to see.

“I used to be involved (in regards to the harm), however believed it could be okay,” stated Masatoshi Honmyo, one other native fan. “I might say he’s a hero.”

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Frederick “Shad” Rowe, Dallas’ extremely regarded funding supervisor and standard-bearer in in search of a remedy for Parkinson’s illness, died Friday at his residence in College Park from cancer-related problems.

The 78-year-old founder and supervisor of Greenbrier Companions Ltd. suffered with the progressively debilitating illness for 26 years, elevating hundreds of thousands of {dollars} for analysis and utilizing his physique to check modern therapies.

He and his spouse, Michele, lived in 4 completely different homes on Greenbrier Drive in the course of the span of their 48-year marriage — therefore the title of his firm.

“Regardless of the outward bodily signs, it was very straightforward to overlook that my dad suffered from Parkinson’s illness,” his son Adam Rowe stated. “He nearly by no means talked about it besides to help and have a good time analysis to discover a remedy. Even within the final years of his life, when the signs grew to become extra debilitating, Parkinson’s by no means prevented him from having fun with what he beloved most — his work, and the corporate of family and friends. It by no means robbed him of his fast wit and buoyant good humor.”

Rowe stated his dad delighted in his 10 grandchildren — whom he affectionately named “critters.”

“He would grin and giggle as they crawled throughout him. He was a loving and supportive father, and a loyal and adoring husband to my mother. He was a superb man in each sense.”

For the love of Shad

In 2007, Rowe and John Neill, co-founder of Telesis Co., launched Nice Traders’ Greatest Concepts (which grew to become often known as GIBI and is pronounced gibby) as a method to increase 1,000,000 bucks for his or her two favourite charities in a day: the Michael J. Fox Basis for Parkinson’s Analysis and the Vickery Meadow Youth Improvement Basis.

Rowe sweet-talked star-studded audio system into giving their inventory and investments concepts without charge.

“Shad was recognized, revered and appreciated by world-class buyers everywhere in the nation,” Neill stated. “The excessive esteem different buyers held in Shad was actually wonderful. His report was held in awe by his friends.

“That’s what Shad delivered to the get together. And it was a celebration. All of us had such enjoyable.”

Certainly one of Rowe’s promoting factors was that you simply didn’t need to put on a tux to attend the Winspear Opera Home occasion.

Michael J. Fox referred to as Rowe “a mannequin board member, a terrific pal and a pressure of nature” in an announcement despatched to The Information on Monday.

“His brilliance in conceiving the Nice Traders’ Greatest Concepts symposium to learn the inspiration resulted in hundreds of thousands of {dollars} for analysis,” stated the 63-year-old retired actor, who has lived with Parkinson’s for greater than half of his life. ”Shad’s generosity in connecting us to his broad and deep community throughout Texas and the nation led to our assembly numerous new supporters.

“His profound dedication to philanthropy was an inspiration to me and to everybody who met him. He can be missed, however we’ll be grateful perpetually.”

Throughout its 12-year run, GIBI raised greater than $12 million, stated Neill, who runs a two-family funding fund.

It was pace courting for buyers who paid $1,000 (largely tax deductible) to listen to 15-minute — timer enforced — suggestions from a slate of funding gurus, together with Dallas’ late billionaire legends T. Boone Pickens and Rusty Rose, New York mega-investor Mario Gabelli and hedge-fund supervisor David Einhorn.

In 2016, Susan Byrne Montgomery, founding father of Dallas-based Westwood Holdings Group Inc., recommended that buyers pay attention to a boring, 30-buck inventory, Apple Inc., as a result of it paid wholesome dividends.

That very same 12 months, Dallas billionaire Andy Beal, CEO of Beal Monetary Corp., urged the viewers to ditch conventional types investments that he appropriately predicted have been due their overpriced comeuppance.

Beal, one of many best-known whales within the realm of poker, additionally participated in a high-stakes, winner-take-all Texas Maintain’em match hosted by GIBI with the proceeds going to the gamers’ favourite charities.

Beal took all of it — $150,000 — after which graciously turned it over to GIBI, Neill stated.

From his earliest days, Rowe performed golf at Brook Hole Golf Membership Nation. “He was on the market sinking putts till the very finish,” Adam Rowe stated.

Rowe stated his father satirically thanked his well being nemesis for giving him a welcome dose of humility. “He informed individuals, ‘It’s taken away somewhat of my vanity and possibly made me a nicer particular person.’ “

Brief vendor turns into lengthy holder

Rowe was amongst a selected few common outdoors contributors to Grant’s Curiosity Charge Observer, thought-about to be a number one unbiased funding publication, stated Jim Grant, founder and editor.

He acquired to know Rowe within the late Eighties, when Rowe was a brief vendor betting closely on the demise of Texas financial institution shares. He invited Grant to Dallas for a look-see of empty workplace towers.

“There have been actually no individuals to interrupt the road of sight,” Grant stated.

His readers who listened made some huge cash.

“We printed a couple of dozen items of his through the years,” Grant stated. “Invariably they have been humorous, sensible and sometimes worthwhile for our readers.”

Rowe turned his again on quick promoting and have become a loyal follower of Warren Buffett and a terrific believer in American exceptionalism. “He was lengthy on the ‘Magnificent 7′ earlier than they acquired their title,” Grant stated, referring to Tesla, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and NVIDIA.

In 2011, Rowe spoke at a Grant’s occasion at The Dorchester in London. “Shad stood on the entrance of this elegant room stuffed with elegant Brits and recited unfavorable headlines in regards to the American inventory market. Then he suggested the individuals to pay no consideration to them.”

As a substitute they need to spend money on Americanization. “That was the patriot. The soon-to-be very wealthy patriot,” Grant stated.

The second was to spend money on disruptive, rising companies that have been going to vary their industries, “Shad recommended Apple and Costco — his two all-time favorites.

“Frederick E. ‘Shad’ Rowe with this Texas twang addressing Brits was a terrific cultural second in addition to very profitable for the viewers.”

A person for others

Gretchen Morgenson, presently senior monetary reporter of investigations for NBC Information, moderated GIBI from its inception whereas she was a widely known enterprise columnist for The New York Occasions.

However their friendship dated to lengthy earlier than that when she was a columnist at Forbes journal and he was a contributing columnist. “The editor was very demanding, so that you needed to be particular. Shad made that grade,” Morgenson stated.

“Lots of people on Wall Road are ‘me firsters,’ ” Morgenson stated. “Shad was all the time a person for others. He was a man who went out on the lookout for good corporations to spend money on, but it surely wasn’t nearly what it will accrue to him. It was about how others might be helped.”

One instance: Rowe took on company governance reform together with his Traders for Director Accountability Basis, which pushed for initiatives that might make boards extra conscious of outdoors, on a regular basis shareholders, she stated.

“Shad was a terrific raconteur who informed nice Texas tales. He wasn’t lethal critical on a regular basis. He thought you can persuade much more individuals with humor than perhaps you can with info, figures and knowledge,” Morgenson stated.

“He was a down-home man who introduced down-home sensibilities to a really lofty position of being a cash supervisor.”

Monetary journalist and creator Roger Lowenstein stated Rowe helped him out for no obvious purpose when he was simply beginning on the funding beat for The Wall Road Journal.

“With different funding professionals you can really feel the recent breath of self-interest however not with Shad,” Lowenstein stated. “Whether or not he owned a place or not, his instincts have been these of a superb reporter. If hassle was amiss he needed to out it.

“Shad wasn’t a kind of information sources who would degree essentially the most searing accusations in personal and get all squirmy when you needed to cite them. The general public Shad and the personal Shad have been precisely the identical.”

Rowe is survived by his spouse Michele, his 4 kids, Frederick E. Rowe IV, Adam Rowe, Madeleine Rowe Riehl and Ginette Rowe Beecherl, 10 grandchildren, and his sister Marian “Nini” Lion.

Funeral providers can be held 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 8011 Douglas Avenue in Dallas.

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Ay, Caramba! Bart and Homer Simpson, meet “Monday Evening Soccer.”

The Dec. 9 Monday night time recreation between the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys will even air from Atoms Stadium in Springfield as a part of an alternate telecast.

“The Simpsons Funday Soccer” telecast will likely be streamed on ESPN+ and Disney+ whereas the sport airs on ESPN and ABC.

That is the second 12 months ESPN has completed an alternate broadcast for an NFL recreation. It used the characters from “Toy Story” for final 12 months’s Sunday morning recreation from London between the Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars.

On this iteration, Bart will crew up with the Bengals whereas Homer joins the Cowboys. Others Simpsons characters, together with Marge, Lisa and Maggie, will even be featured.

Producers for “The Simpsons” will even have authentic content material for the telecast that will likely be utilized earlier than, throughout and after the sport.

ESPN has been profitable with alternate broadcasts of NFL video games, together with the “ManningCast” throughout “Monday Evening Soccer” and playoff video games.

The telecast will likely be fully animated, with the gamers’ actions in sync with what is occurring in actual time on the sphere. That’s completed by player-tracking knowledge enabled by the NFL’s Subsequent Gen Stats system and Past Sports activities.

Past Sports activities, an organization based mostly within the Netherlands, will principally be accountable for the participant animation and ensuring the participant monitoring knowledge works with the animated product.

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