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Posted: 16th Sep 2007 04:31 Edited at: 25th Oct 2007 02:09
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Posted: 16th Sep 2007 05:31 Edited at: 16th Sep 2007 05:45
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Yeah just heard. Colin (39) is dead. Looks like his five year old son and 2 others died in the helecopter crash near his house as well. He leaves a wife Alison (childhood sweetheart) and daughter Hollie (9).

RIP

If you don't know he is you probably played the Rally games..



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Ah, that sucks.
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This can't be real. McRae, dead in an accident? He's one of those legends who should die old and surrounded by friends.

Another proof of how fragile something we take so for granted actually is. Life. My thoughts and prayer to him, his son, and those he left behind. May he rest in peace.


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Posted: 16th Sep 2007 11:15
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I cant belive it.. And he had so good car taste!

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Posted: 16th Sep 2007 11:38
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btw it's still unconfirmed by some news agencies. but they're saying it's his helicopter.

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Screw the rally games, he should be remembered for the fact he was a rally legend.

My thoughts go out to his family.


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Posted: 16th Sep 2007 15:29
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Quote: "btw it's still unconfirmed by some news agencies. but they're saying it's his helicopter.
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It's true I'm almost sure because people at other forums says that aswell.

I never thought he'd die this way

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It's been confirmed by the police now as well.

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Sad stuff. Rallying is, imo, the greatest skill motorsport of them all, making McRae possibly the greatest driver of all time.


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Posted: 16th Sep 2007 16:41
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"Strathclyde Police released the names of the four people they thought were on board the crashed aircraft on Saturday. "

It is almost certain it's him, but still unconfirmed.

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Posted: 16th Sep 2007 16:45
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Will wait until it is confirmed, still if it is a damn shame.

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BREAKING NEWS: McRae confirmed dead in crash
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Colin McRae and two children - one his five-year-old son - died in the helicopter crash near his Scottish home.

Strathclyde Police said they now know the 39-year-old former world rally champion, his son Johnny, and two family friends died in the aircraft which burst into flames in Lanark, Scotland, yesterday afternoon.

The other victims were named as six-year-old Ben Porcelli, of Lanark, and Graeme Duncan, 37, who lived in France.

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1691873.0.breaking_news_mcrae_confirmed_dead_in_crash.php


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Dammit, i guess no more colin mcree rally games shame he died at 39, quite young :/
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There will be more. They won't stop a famous game series.

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Poor him.
(Who ever he... is.)

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Posted: 16th Sep 2007 23:05 Edited at: 16th Sep 2007 23:06
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His site has turned into a virtual memorial site now.

http://www.colinmcrae.com/

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I hate it when someone dies it goes so quick. Like Steve Irwin, I was watching a documentry he made and then the next morning he was killed by a stingray. Its all fate I tells ya all fate.

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I cant believe Colin survived so many WRC's driving a car at 150% of the speed its meant to be driven at over ice, gravel, sand and tarmac and then, after retiring from the sport, he bites it from a helicopter accident!

I wonder what actually caused the crash (ie 'driver error' or malfunction of a component somewhere)....

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Posted: 17th Sep 2007 03:14 Edited at: 17th Sep 2007 18:24
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Quote: "Dammit, i guess no more colin mcree rally games shame he died at 39, quite young :/"

That's quite insensitive.

He was a true great, I heard it on the news and had to double check it was real.
A lot of people idolised that guy.

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I think it was mechanical, by the way its being reported it sounds like it caught fire in the air which forced them to crash.

life is so fragile, the best we can do is remember that he had a good life, he did what he loved, and he will be missed.

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Posted: 17th Sep 2007 03:53 Edited at: 17th Sep 2007 18:24
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@junkrock
exactly, we wouldn't be talking about him if he hadn't

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Quote: "I cant believe Colin survived so many WRC\'s driving a car at 150% of the speed its meant to be driven at over ice, gravel, sand and tarmac and then, after retiring from the sport, he bites it from a helicopter accident!"


It is quite an ironic way to go really, still a shame.
Hope this doesn\'t end up going down like when Ayton Senna died; just pissed me off hearing all of those jokes about how he couldn\'t take corners no more than a few days after the accident.

Some are insensitive, then others are just a-holes.

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OBese87: Change your sig picture

Also, i know he will be missed by many, lets just hope all the tossers stay away from the jokes for a while.


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Oolite, I did it for him

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What, to a giant 404? Nice...

Shame about Colin though. Felt similar when Richard Burns died.

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I don't know, when Richard Burns died I wasn't really so about it. It's not like the guy was young as such, but Colin McRae was, not to mention according to reports he had two of his children with him.

That to me is more tragic because they had so much living to do yet.

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Daz,
I took the image out of his sig... That 404 image

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Quote: "not to mention according to reports he had two of his children with him."


One was his, one wasn't.

Man I loved that bloke, my Father knew him, he worked for him at one point, he was quite disturbed by his death. He's over it now but it came as a bit of a shock to him.


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Quote: "It's not like the guy was young as such"
Sure you have the right guy? Burns was 34 (my age incidentally) when he died I believe. McRae was 39.

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Thanks Jess, why was it so freaking huge! "Hey everyone look how crap our image hosting is! WOOOOOH!"

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I thought he was 64, might be thinking of different people.

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Quote: "I cant believe Colin survived so many WRC's driving a car at 150% of the speed its meant to be driven at over ice, gravel, sand and tarmac and then, after retiring from the sport, he bites it from a helicopter accident!"

Its like Steve Irwin he fought huge Crocidiles and the most harmless creature kills him.

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The Grim Reaper is the cousin of Irony. Or something similar. Maybe. Unsure.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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Quote: "the most harmless creature kills him"
Well, hardly harmless considering it shoved a large spike through his heart. But I get what you mean. Death by kitten is probably more like it.

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Quote: "Death by kitten is probably more like it."

Now that could happen. Scratch you to death. And I hate Cats and Kittens.-(Well maybe not kittens)

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