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Post by codystarbuck on May 26, 2021 19:17:53 GMT -5
ps Another beloved childrens author has died: Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle was 91. he didn't start illustrating childrens books until he was 40, after working for the New York Times. He was born in Syracuse, NY, but his immigrant mother grew homesick for Germany and his parents returned, just in time for WW2 to kick off. His father was drafted into the Wehrmacht and was a prisoner-of-war in a Russian camp for many years. Carle's books were an easy and regular sell, at Barnes & Noble and we had a local hospital who had been given an endowment, by the grandfather of a child born there, to provide books the newborn children,, to help set them on the path for life. For several years, we regularly filled large orders of several books, including Dr Seuss (The cat in the Hat), Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar), Sam McBratney (Guess How Much I Love You) and Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are).
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Post by The Captain on May 26, 2021 20:15:09 GMT -5
ps Another beloved childrens author has died: Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle was 91. he didn't start illustrating childrens books until he was 40, after working for the New York Times. He was born in Syracuse, NY, but his immigrant mother grew homesick for Germany and his parents returned, just in time for WW2 to kick off. His father was drafted into the Wehrmacht and was a prisoner-of-war in a Russian camp for many years. Carle's books were an easy and regular sell, at Barnes & Noble and we had a local hospital who had been given an endowment, by the grandfather of a child born there, to provide books the newborn children,, to help set them on the path for life. For several years, we regularly filled large orders of several books, including Dr Seuss (The cat in the Hat), Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar), Sam McBratney (Guess How Much I Love You) and Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are). My girls loved his books, particularly Brown Bear, Brown Bear... and its related titles. I read each of those 100s of times for naptime, bedtime, or just because. At 91, he obviously didn't get cheated on time, but it's still sad that he is gone.
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Post by impulse on May 27, 2021 9:00:52 GMT -5
Brown Bear, Polar Bear, and now the Caterpillar have gotten their share of time in our household, too.
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Post by Calidore on May 27, 2021 11:38:04 GMT -5
Sadly, local musician/actor Kevin Clark, who played drummer Freddy "Spazzy McGee" Jones in School of Rock, was killed at age 32 in a bicycle accident at about 1:20 a.m. yesterday.
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Post by impulse on May 27, 2021 15:34:15 GMT -5
I saw that, so sad. I didn't realize he was on a bicycle. How tragic.
I don't know what the exact solution is, but I think current road sharing laws between cars and bicycles are woefully out of date and do not reflect the current volume of cars on the roads nor current infrastructure.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 27, 2021 17:14:41 GMT -5
We lost a couple of musical/comedy artists who are not household names. Singer-songwriter Patrick Sky who was a mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 60s has passed away at age 77. Probably best known for his 1973 album "Songs That Made America Famous" which was very controversial with its explicit satirical lyrics. Comedian/singer Rusty Warren passed away at 91. Warren's comedy albums and routines, including "Knocker's Up" were quite bawdy for the early 60s. Ms. Warren's albums sold in the millions of copies.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on May 27, 2021 20:28:37 GMT -5
We lost a couple of musical/comedy artists who are not household names. Singer-songwriter Patrick Sky who was a mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 60s has passed away at age 77. Probably best known for his 1973 album "Songs That Made America Famous" which was very controversial with its explicit satirical lyrics. Comedian/singer Rusty Warren passed away at 91. Warren's comedy albums and routines, including "Knocker's Up" were quite bawdy for the early 60s. Ms. Warren's albums sold in the millions of copies. I like these lines from Patrick Sky's "Nectar of God": "Well, you ask what's the blues, I'll tell you if I can / It's a ten dollar woman, god almighty now / And a five dollar man"
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Post by codystarbuck on May 27, 2021 21:17:42 GMT -5
We lost a couple of musical/comedy artists who are not household names. Singer-songwriter Patrick Sky who was a mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 60s has passed away at age 77. Probably best known for his 1973 album "Songs That Made America Famous" which was very controversial with its explicit satirical lyrics. Comedian/singer Rusty Warren passed away at 91. Warren's comedy albums and routines, including "Knocker's Up" were quite bawdy for the early 60s. Ms. Warren's albums sold in the millions of copies. Catherine O'Hara based her character Dusty Towne, in part, on Rusty Warren, on SCTV. I believe she said her father owned some of her records and they used to listen to them and imitate her style.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 29, 2021 5:17:12 GMT -5
I just read on FB that Paul Soles died at age 90. Besides his acting work he was famous for voice work in animated series in the 60's and beyond. He voiced Hermey the elf in Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and Spider-man in the 60's animated show.
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 29, 2021 16:25:16 GMT -5
Just saw the news that actor Gavin MacLeod has died at the age of 90. He was best remembered for his roles in the Mary Tyler Moore Show and, of course, as the captain on Love Boat.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 29, 2021 18:09:36 GMT -5
Just saw the news that actor Gavin MacLeod has died at the age of 90. He was best remembered for his roles in the Mary Tyler Moore Show and, of course, as the captain on Love Boat. I tend to remember him best for Operation Petticoat and Kelly's Heroes; but, I am all about the negative waves, Moriarty!
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Post by berkley on May 29, 2021 20:49:02 GMT -5
I just read on FB that Paul Soles died at age 90. Besides his acting work he was famous for voice work in animated series in the 60's and beyond. He voiced Hermey the elf in Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and Spider-man in the 60's animated show.
He was a well-known tv personality in Canada ever since I was a kid. One of the things I remember best is a game show called This is the Law, where a panel tried to guess what law was being broken in a short little film clip. Paul Soles always played the lawbreaker and he'd be doing some seemingly innocuous, everyday thing, like riding a bicycle or something and then the cop would arrest him. IIRC they were always silent, as in no dialogue, but with background music. It was a fun little show that I would watch again if I saw the episodes on youtube - I think the last time I looked there were a few short bits but no full episodes .
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Post by codystarbuck on May 30, 2021 10:10:47 GMT -5
Adult Contemporary singer BJ Thomas has passed away. Best known for his 1970s hits "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (used in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and "Hooked on a Feeling," among others.
This was another big hit, from 1976...
I always liked his voice and the songs were good; but, our local station always played "Raindrops" and the Carpenters' "Rainy Days & Mondays" whenever it was pouring rain and gray. Made you so depressed you started to glance at the gas oven.
Thomas crossed over between pop, country and gospel charts, with songs that smoothly fit into those genres and audiences.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2021 22:25:27 GMT -5
Joe Lara, star of the movie Tarzan in Manhattan and Tarzan: The Epic Adventures tv series, is among 7 presumed dead in a Tennesse plane crash.I'm pretty sure it was my first introduction to the character, and I vividly remember watching Tarzan in Manhattan when it aired on CBS in 1989. RIP Good Sir.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 31, 2021 10:44:16 GMT -5
Saw a news piece about the crash but hadn't heard he was one of the passengers. I caught a few minutes of Tarzan in Manhattan, but nothing else. I mostly recall him from Starlog articles about Tarzan.
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