RIP George Foreman

[Bump]

George Foreman has passed away.

Rest in peace

I loved the George Foreman grill when I was in college too(I would never use that again but at the time I cooked a lot with it).

[Al Czervik]

RIP George!!!
1973 vs. Joe Frazier
Will never forget that fight!!

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Couch-Potato

Does anyone still use those grills? Everyone had one back in the day.

I have one we still use at least 2-3 times a month...

[TEX]

Ran into him last fall at Wells Fargo Bank in Huffman Tx... I went inside the bank to make a deposit, bc the drive through line was long, and he was there with one of his sons. We were the only ones inside that day, and I noticed him and right away I wanted to say something to him but I didn't out of respect cuz I'm sure everybody does. So he actually looked at me and said, "Good Morning, how are you doing?" And I kind of froze up because greatness was talking to me. I told him I was doing well and asked him how he was doing, and he said that he was doing great he was just out and about running errands. Then it all made sense because I saw this really cool totally restored 1960's Ford truck in the parking lot. So I asked him if it was his truck and he said it was. So we got to talking, and when his son came back, we walked outside and he showed me the truck. I mean this thing was MINT! I had driven my "67 Mustang convertible to the bank that day, and he had noticed it, and I told him I'd let him drive it if he wanted to, because I was sure he was good for it if he wrecked it. He started laughing and said he doesn't fit in Mustangs. So we got to talking a little more and then he asked me if I wanted to go to Dairy Queen with he and his son, and I was like HOLY SHIT! I'm just going to the bank and now I'm riding in George Foreman's truck going to Dairy Queen! Fkn REALLY???!!! We went to Dairy Queen right around the corner from the bank, and I ended up buying him and his son and ice cream cone. Just an unbelievable experience!
RIP Big George!

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Kman34

Quick George story… My daughter played high level basketball tournaments all through out the Midwest and at one tournament we had an opening ceremony where George Foreman was the speaker that kicked off the tournament..
He gave an amazing speech and all the girls got to meet him and he was awesome with them and us parents were in awe..
All the Dads were stoked to meet the former heavyweight champ of the world but the girls were so excited to meet the maker of the Foreman grill..

RIP Champ..

George Foreman versus all of the girls at the tournament in boxing. The girls can only take him on three at a time. Who do you got?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by TEX

Ran into him last fall at Wells Fargo Bank in Huffman Tx... I went inside the bank to make a deposit, bc the drive through line was long, and he was there with one of his sons. We were the only ones inside that day, and I noticed him and right away I wanted to say something to him but I didn't out of respect cuz I'm sure everybody does. So he actually looked at me and said, "Good Morning, how are you doing?" And I kind of froze up because greatness was talking to me. I told him I was doing well and asked him how he was doing, and he said that he was doing great he was just out and about running errands. Then it all made sense because I saw this really cool totally restored 1960's truck in the parking lot. So I asked him if it was his truck and he said it was and he said he'd show me the truck if I waited around after he finished his business. I said sure So we got to talk in a little bit more and his son came back out and he showed me the truck and he said you want to go for a ride and I was like holy shit I'm just going to the bank and I'm riding in George Foreman's truck. We went to Dairy Queen right around the corner from the bank and I ended up buying him and his son and ice cream cone.

Which son? George? Or George? Or George?

[Frazod]

RIP George. He seemed like an awesome guy.

I had one of those grills too, and used it a ton.

[Mosbonian]

Pretty sure I have.told this story before...

In the early 2000's I worked for the company that owned the rights to the Foreman Grill...Salton Inc, which at the time was based in Columbia MO.

One summer the State Special Olympics was held in Columbia and George was the Grand Marshall for the ceremonies.

He came in a day early to meet with the associates at Salton and I was lucky enough to meet him in person when the VP of Finance brought him by my office. Got to shake his hand...and braced myself for my hand to be crushed.

What i got instead was a very cordial soft handshake which puzzled me a bit. What I found out later was that he had worked with a team that taught him how to shake hands so that he could relate to everyone.

Got to spend about 20 minutes chatting with him and the he took a group picture with my team which I still have.

One of the nicest celebrities I ever met....a couple of times I got to chat with him when he was at the Housewares Show at Mccormick Place in Chicago.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Which son? George? Or George? Or George?

Lol! Right! George III

[xztop123]

I always considered him the one guy I was certain would beat prime Mike Tyson.

It would have been a tough matchup for Tyson.

Kind of like paper rock scissors. I see Tyson beating Ali, Ali beat foreman and foreman would have beat Tyson

[UChieffyBugger]

Wow this is sad. Dude was chastised after Ali beat him but he really turned his career around at an older age, became a champ again and then became a great business man after he retired. Word is he made more money outside the ring than he did inside it.

R.i.p George.

[ChiefEd]

Wife just asked “Was he a boxer originally?”

I said, “Yes he was. Before he was a grill salesman.”

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by stumppy

RIP Champ.

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[Cleavage]

Why in the world couldn't you use a George Foreman grill now? They are great, little, inexpensive grills.

[PunkinDrublic]

RIP

****ing disrespectful Hank Hill had the nerve to call George’s grill a novelty iron!

[greg63]

RIP George