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Posted: **Thu May 16, 2013 6:55 pm**

Sad news. The all-time best name in sports history, and a solid b-list NASCAR driver, dead at 71 of a self-inflicted gunshot.

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/st ... shot-wound

The Lincoln County Communications Center received a call, apparently from Trickle, that "there would be a dead body and it would be his." Center workers tried to place a return call to the number but did not get an answer.

Posted: **Thu May 16, 2013 7:25 pm**

Kind words from Olbermann, who'd throw in a joking Dick Trickle reference quite frequently on SportsCenter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/KeithOlberma ... 9069340673

Posted: **Thu May 16, 2013 7:29 pm**

Possible motive.

The incident occurred at 12:02 p.m. (EDT) at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, N.C. Emergency responders found the victim's body near his pickup truck.

Trickle moved from Wisconsin to Iron Station, N.C., in the early 1990s.

A sheriff's department representative said it would not have further comment beyond the release. The Charlotte Observer reported that a granddaughter of Trickle's is buried in the cemetery and he had difficulty accepting her death.

Posted: **Fri May 17, 2013 3:35 am**

93henfan wrote:Kind words from Olbermann ...

Who?

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