Once in a lifetime talents.

[CastletonSnob]

What athletes, musicians or entertainers do you consider once in a lifetime talents, that we'll never see again?

Michael Jackson and Jim Henson for me.

[Poopymonster]

Freddie Mercury.
Ron Jeremy.

[PC2]

Entertainer: George Carlin is my favorite.

Musician: Beethoven.

For sports I'm bored of everything except MMA which is a relatively new professional sport. I'd have to pick either Jon Jones or Khabib Nurmagomedov because nobody could beat them. I wish Khabib had done 1 or 2 more fights in the UFC in order to solidify his dominance. It seems like nobody could hurt him, nobody could ever control him.

[CastletonSnob]

For boxing: Roy Jones Jr.

The things he could do in his prime were unbelievable.

[FatGandalf]

Bo Jackson
Michael Jordan
Alexander Karelin
RJJ

Others
Einstein
Da Vinci

[Kathandira]

What athletes, musicians or entertainers do you consider once in a lifetime talents, that we'll never see again?

Michael Jackson and Jim Henson for me.

Musician/Entertainer - Devin Townsend.

[ldev]

Entertainer: George Carlin is my favorite.

Musician: Beethoven.

For sports I'm bored of everything except MMA which is a relatively new professional sport. I'd have to pick either Jon Jones or Khabib Nurmagomedov because nobody could beat them. I wish Khabib had done 1 or 2 more fights in the UFC in order to solidify his dominance. It seems like nobody could hurt him, nobody could ever control him.

Jon Jones was amazing. Too bad he was too rotten and wasted his talent. Stopped following UFC when it started being a clown show with clowns like mcgregor (I think loser knocked himself out once in a fight? broke his foot or something, lmao).

[Bakis]

The jamaican bobsleigh team in the Olympics, hands down.

[Lanrefni]

Jimmy Hendrix

Stevie Ray Vaughan

[Progenitor Aquarius]

Quincy Johnes, Michael Jackson, W.A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonardo Da Vinci, Whitney Houston, Krzysztof Penderecki.

[PC2]

Jon Jones was amazing. Too bad he was too rotten and wasted his talent.

Oh yeah he has a lot of demons and personal problems, but as long as an athlete only wins then I have infinite tolerance for all of their other issues. With Jon I wouldn't even necessarily say he's super athletic for a fighter because I think for him his super power is that he has a lot of 'in the moment creativity'. His opponents couldn't figure him out as a fighter because unlike many fighters he wasn't limited to a fighting formula, he was constantly innovating between fights and while fighting.

Stopped following UFC when it started being a clown show with clowns like mcgregor

That's good business though. McGregor earned disproportionately more than all the other fighters because of his attitude and clownery. Dana White loves that kind of thing and making the boss and the fans very happy is its own kind of talent.

[Draco-Onis]

Oh yeah he has a lot of demons and personal problems, but as long as an athlete only wins then I have infinite tolerance for all of their other issues. With Jon I wouldn't even necessarily say he's super athletic for a fighter because I think for him his super power is that he has a lot of 'in the moment creativity'. His opponents couldn't figure him out as a fighter because unlike many fighters he wasn't limited to a fighting formula, he was constantly innovating between fights and while fighting.

Most if not all his demons had to do with the fact that he was a black man living in the era of Jim Crow. He unabashedly dated and married white women and laws were passed to punish him for it, if you look up his history it's obvious he wasn't behaving anymore outrageous than white celebrities of his era. He just saw no reason to tone down his personality because he was black, he was going to live the celebrity life even with white America seething and he paid for it.

I mean for fuck sake they gave his second wife an psych exam because being insane is the only explanation for a white woman to be with a black man in their minds.

[PC2]

Most if not all his demons had to do with the fact that he was a black man living in the era of Jim Crow. He unabashedly dated and married white women and laws were passed to punish him for it, if you look up his history it's obvious he wasn't behaving anymore outrageous than white celebrities of his era. He just saw no reason to tone down his personality because he was black, he was going to live the celebrity life even with white America seething and he paid for it.

I mean for fuck sake they gave his second wife an psych exam because being insane is the only explanation for a white woman to be with a black man in their minds.

Oh, I'm not sure if we are talking about the same person.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Jones

I try not to judge people in general. I try to focus on the good aspects of people and ignore their negative behavior for as long as they aren't directly hurting other people. Although I guess I mean "hurting people without consent", because technically it's his job to physically hurt people and give them the beat down, hehe.

[Draco-Onis]

Oh, I'm not sure if we are talking about the same person.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Jones

My apologies for some reason I was recalling Jack Johnson's history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)

[Hotmail]

Do game designers count as entertainers? I'd have to say David Brevik and Chris Avellone in their prime.

[CastletonSnob]

Most if not all his demons had to do with the fact that he was a black man living in the era of Jim Crow. He unabashedly dated and married white women and laws were passed to punish him for it, if you look up his history it's obvious he wasn't behaving anymore outrageous than white celebrities of his era. He just saw no reason to tone down his personality because he was black, he was going to live the celebrity life even with white America seething and he paid for it.

I mean for fuck sake they gave his second wife an psych exam because being insane is the only explanation for a white woman to be with a black man in their minds.

Jack Johnson was the first ever black Heavyweight Champion of the World, at a time when the Heavyweight Championship of the World was THE most prestigious title in sports.