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Post by Farrar on Jan 11, 2024 20:54:44 GMT -5
I'm not sure if anyone mentioned it but Bud Harrelson shortstop for the 1969 WS champ New York Mets, passed away at 79 from advanced Alzheimers. I was very sorry to hear this earlier today. RIP Mr. Harrelson. I loved watching him play ss, even if back then I didn't appreciate just how good he was at that difficult position. And he was a favorite player of at least a couple of good friends of mine, so every time he made a good-to-great play in a game--which was often--I heard all about it from them  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 12, 2024 8:26:29 GMT -5
Ed Broadbent, a Canadian politician who headed the NDP when I was young, has passed away.
He was one of the very few politicians of whom most everyone would say "yeah, he was a honest one". That is quite a legacy, even if his party never won the general election. He worked hard for fairer and sensible social measures, and left a positive mark on our political landscape here up north.
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Post by Calidore on Jan 14, 2024 14:51:51 GMT -5
Couple of long runs have come to an end.
Bill Hayes, who as a singer had a #1 hit with "The Ballad of Davy Crockett", and as an actor was best known for his decades on Days of Our Lives, has died at 98.
Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners, has died at 99.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 14, 2024 21:11:01 GMT -5
RIP to a rockabilly legend: Larry Collins, of the Collins Kids, dead at 79. Born in Oklahoma and a guitar whiz by age 10, Larry and older sister Lorrie became a dual act, The Collins Kids, appearing on Town Hall Party/Tex Ritter's Ranch Party (the syndicated version of the show), which featured country & western performers, as well as rockabilly (one of the better early venues for acts like Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent). Larry played a double-neck Mosrite guitar, just like his mentor, Joe Maphis, who played guitar and bass for the Town Hall Party in-house band, plus tons of records of his own and for others. Larry was also a songwriter and co-wrote the hit "Delta Dawn," which was covered by Bette Middler, Tanya Tucker and Helen Reddy, for whom it was a Number One, in the US.
Here is Larry, with mentor Joe Maphis on base, on "Ramrod."
With sister Lorrie, on "Hoy Hoy".....
and with fellow rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson, in 2007......
That kid was greased lightning on the guitar!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 15, 2024 13:24:48 GMT -5
It's been reported by a number of sources, including Kim Newman that Howard Waldrop has passed away. R. I. P. Howard Waldrop. Waldrop was one of the great short story writers of my lifetime. And one of the smartest writers I’ve read. Not in that “I’m going to show you how intelligent I am” way. He took little pieces of history and little kernels of popular culture and built them into small worlds that we could only only hope we could imagine. From the final fate of the dodo’s to an even more terrifying Hansel & Gretel. From paying the price for lycanthropy to the ending fate for beloved animatronics to the misfortune of a Martian pod landing in Texas (with a sheriff very reminiscent of Slim Pickens). Waldrop was nominated for dozens of Hugo’s, Nebulas, World Fantasy Awards, etc. “The Ugly Chickens” won the Hugo for best novelette and a WFA. If he’d worked at novel length he would have been far better known. But his work shone all the more brilliantly for the brief time it was on the page. Do yourself a favor and read The Ugly Chickens.   |
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Post by Calidore on Jan 21, 2024 22:20:40 GMT -5
Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las ("Leader of the Pack") has died at 75.
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Post by Mormel on Jan 21, 2024 23:42:43 GMT -5
Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las ("Leader of the Pack") has died at 75. RIP. That's an enduring pop song that saw a lot of airplay on the oldies radio channels I listened to even as a small child. Set the tone for a lot of girl groups that came after. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 22, 2024 21:30:04 GMT -5
RIP to Canadian director Norman Jewison....  (To the left of Rod Steiger) Jewison was a director of the highest caliber, both commercially successful and critically acclaimed and his resume reads like a Top Ten List of great films: Fiddler on the Roof In the Heat of the Night Agnes of God And Justice For All Moonstruck A Soldier's Story The Thomas Crown Affair (the original) Rollerball The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Jesus Christ Superstar He directed everything from Doris Day comedies, a murder mystery in the racially charged South, to a futuristic violent sport, as well as a satire of the Cold War and a suggestion that people are people, all over the world. When United Artists approached him about directing the film version of Fiddler on the Roof, he thought they made a mistake, based on his last name, that they thought he was Jewish. He told them he wasn't but still got the job. Jewison served in the Canadian Navy, in WW2 and a trip to Memphis, by bus, gave him a shocking view of discrimination and bigotry, in America, which fueled his work on In The Heat of the Night. Jewison began his career directing for the CBC, then moved to NBC, in the US, where he directed Your Hit Parade and The Andy Williams Show. He directed Judy Garland's comeback special, which led to a weekly series. During a rehearsal Tony Curtis suggested he should be directing film and he soon was, including the Doris Day comedies The Thrill of It All and Send Me No Flowers. After a third romantic comedy, he switched to drama, directing Steve McQueen in The Cincinnati Kid , followed by the Cold War satire, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, with Alan Arkin, who had been a member of the Compass Players, in Chicago. He was nominated three times for Best Director: In The Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck; but, never won. In Canada, he created the Canadian Centre Fro Advanced Film Studies (now the Canadian Film Centre) He was 97. |
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Post by foxley on Jan 23, 2024 0:32:28 GMT -5
RIP to Canadian director Norman Jewison.... (To the left of Rod Steiger) Jewison was a director of the highest caliber, both commercially successful and critically acclaimed and his resume reads like a Top Ten List of great films: Fiddler on the Roof In the Heat of the Night Agnes of God And Justice For All Moonstruck A Soldier's Story The Thomas Crown Affair (the original) Rollerball The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Jesus Christ Superstar He directed everything from Doris Day comedies, a murder mystery in the racially charged South, to a futuristic violent sport, as well as a satire of the Cold War and a suggestion that people are people, all over the world. When United Artists approached him about directing the film version of Fiddler on the Roof, he thought they made a mistake, based on his last name, that they thought he was Jewish. He told them he wasn't but still got the job. Jewison served in the Canadian Navy, in WW2 and a trip to Memphis, by bus, gave him a shocking view of discrimination and bigotry, in America, which fueled his work on In The Heat of the Night. Jewison began his career directing for the CBC, then moved to NBC, in the US, where he directed Your Hit Parade and The Andy Williams Show. He directed Judy Garland's comeback special, which led to a weekly series. During a rehearsal Tony Curtis suggested he should be directing film and he soon was, including the Doris Day comedies The Thrill of It All and Send Me No Flowers. After a third romantic comedy, he switched to drama, directing Steve McQueen in The Cincinnati Kid , followed by the Cold War satire, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, with Alan Arkin, who had been a member of the Compass Players, in Chicago. He was nominated three times for Best Director: In The Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck; but, never won. In Canada, he created the Canadian Centre Fro Advanced Film Studies (now the Canadian Film Centre) He was 97. Tfere are some bona fide classics amongst his directing list. A towering talent who will be missed. |
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Post by Calidore on Jan 23, 2024 10:09:44 GMT -5
David Emge, who played "Flyboy" Stephen in the original Dawn of the Dead, has died at 77.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jan 25, 2024 1:57:41 GMT -5
Singer songwriter Melanie Safka passed away in Nashville yesterday. She was 76.
Melanie was a long-time resident here in the Nashville area. I actually saw her and her son, who served as her sideman, at a few local performances. She was always approachable and appreciative of the audience.
I know that none of us get a free pass in life, but this loss makes me particularly sad as not only was she a smart, creative tunesmith, but she was such a genuinely nice person to friends and strangers alike.
I feel it only fitting to post my absolute favorite Melanie Safka song, and one heck of a killer live performance.
What she may have lacked in vocal range, she made up for with sheer power and emotive delivery.
With the Edwin Hawkins singers-- I've watched this video countless times, but it never fails to give me chills.
Vaya con Dios, Melanie, a beautiful person inside and out.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 25, 2024 8:49:00 GMT -5
Her song " Brand new key" was genius in its naughtiness.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 25, 2024 19:38:58 GMT -5
Singer songwriter Melanie Safka passed away in Nashville yesterday. She was 76. Melanie was a long-time resident here in the Nashville area. I actually saw her and her son, who served as her sideman, at a few local performances. She was always approachable and appreciative of the audience.
I know that none of us get a free pass in life, but this loss makes me particularly sad as not only was she a smart, creative tunesmith, but she was such a genuinely nice person to friends and strangers alike.
I feel it only fitting to post my absolute favorite Melanie Safka song, and one heck of a killer live performance.
What she may have lacked in vocal range, she made up for with sheer power and emotive delivery.
With the Edwin Hawkins singers-- I've watched this video countless times, but it never fails to give me chills.
Vaya con Dios, Melanie, a beautiful person inside and out.
Awww, that's a shame that she's passed away. I'm a big Melanie fan. I think she's tremendously underrated at this point. I know some people find her music impossibly twee or too damn hippie-dippy for comfort, but I think she's a really clever tunesmith who made deceptively simple sounding music. It's hard to pick a song that I like above all others, as she did so many great tunes. But I think I'm gonna pick "I Don't Eat Animals" because, as somebody who has been a vegetarian for almost 40 years, I think this song really gets to the heart of why I don't eat meat... "I don't eat animals and they don't eat me, Oh no, I don't eat animals 'cause I love them, you see." |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 25, 2024 22:31:17 GMT -5
RIP to CBS commentator/newsman Charles Osgood
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jan 28, 2024 18:34:00 GMT -5
RIP Brian Lumley (1937-2024), prolific British author of Cthulhu mythos tales as well as the long-running NECROSCOPE series.
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