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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: KiloDeltaCharlie on May 26, 2022, 03:18:30 PM
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It has not been a good day. As mentioned elsewhere we saw the death of the great actor Ray Liotta at 67. But also we have lost Yes drummer Alan White at 72 (after a short illness) and also Depeche Mode keyboard player Andy Fletcher at only 60.
RIP Ray, Alan and Andy
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What terrible news to wake up to. Ray Liotta was one of my faves. First saw him in Something Wild alongside Melanie Griffith & Jeff Daniels and instantly loved him and knew he was gonna be something great. A few years later he stars in Goodfellas and absolutely nails Henry Hill. Should’ve won the Oscar for that stellar performance. His career didn’t take off as a leading man the way it probably should’ve after that but still made a lot of good movies and played great roles but surprisingly never worked with Scorsese again after Goodfellas.
RIP Ray
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I always liked Ray Liotta, he was a good actor and I think he kind of got pigeon-holed after the success of Something Wild and Goodfellas. RIP
When I'm in the right mood, I love listening to Yes. Alan White had been with them for so long that it's hard to remember Bill Bruford. RIP
Depeche Mode was never my thing. Before I got married I dated a girl who was a big fan, so I tried to get into their music but just couldn't. I don't dislike it nor like it. Other than knowing that Andy Fletcher played in that group, I don't know anything about him. But RIP - 60 is too young.
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:o I don't know if it is because we are close in age, but these are my precise thoughts on all three.
R.I.P. x 3
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Depeche Mode were pretty big in the UK during the 80s and still have a large following. And don't forget the Born Again album having the same baby image as one of their singles back in the day.
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But Sabbath did evilize the baby though.
Not familiar with Yes or Depeche Mode at all myself to be honest...couldn't name (or recognize) a single song from either band.
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Ray Liotta hits me hardest. The guy had a lot of heart and that always came out in his roles.
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He truly had a lot of heart always in his acting which sets him apart from many others that's for sure.
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Very saddned to hear about the passing of actress Anne Heche...I always liked her.
I had no idea she was in such a bad place and struggling with addiction...
But what a horrible way to go though...
https://people.com/tv/anne-heche-dead/ (https://people.com/tv/anne-heche-dead/)
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I've been following it for the last few days, very sad not a nice way to go at all. Not seen much of her work but I knew the name and remember her (mainly from the remake of Psycho). RIP
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It's a shock, to be sure.
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Tourniquet founder and drummer Ted Kirkpatrick has suddenly passed away...
https://blabbermouth.net/news/tourniquet-founder-ted-kirkpatrick-dead-at-62 (https://blabbermouth.net/news/tourniquet-founder-ted-kirkpatrick-dead-at-62)
This came as a real shock...I just talked to him on facebook not too long ago about the upcoming Tourniquet album he was recording....damn...62 is just waay too young.
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Oh dear, that is too soon.
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Rest In Peace Queen Elizabeth.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-queen-elizabeth-is-dead-buckingham-palace-2022-09-08/ (https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-queen-elizabeth-is-dead-buckingham-palace-2022-09-08/)
Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday.
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96, that's a full life, there.
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When I was a kid and I'd visit my grandparents, there was a woman who would walk around everywhere, and they called her "Walking Mary". She'd wave sometimes, but none of use knew who she actually was. Or if her name was even Mary.
She was a common part of the backdrop for several years, then one day no one saw her walking around anymore. Word eventually got around that she had passed away, and I recall being sad about that. Not because I knew her, but because a long standing (I thought at the time anyway) thread that was woven in with many others that all tied the years together was gone.
I feel similarly about the passing of QEII. I didn't know her, but for my entire life she was the Queen of England, and now that's changed.
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Actor and comedian Robbie Coltrane has died at the age of 72. He was best known for his roles as Hagrid in all 8 of the Harry Potter films and as the Psychologist Fitz in the crime series Cracker.
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Yes just read about this...
I also liked him in the Bond movies.
I didn't catch the cause of death but I do recall him being ill for quite some time...?
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Loved him in Nuns on the Run!
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I first saw him on The Young Ones and then later he had a guest role in Black Adder III and a major supporting role in the Black Adder Christmas Special. Loved his warmth in his performances.
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We sadly lost Jet Black today (at 84). Original drummer with The Stranglers he retired in 2015 due to ill health, so not entirely a surprise, but sad nonetheless.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63904248 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63904248)
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Terry Hall of the Specials and Fun Boy Three has died at the age of 63 following a short illness. An icon from my youth, I'm not sure how well known he is outside the UK.
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Some familiarity here, Specials got more airplay of the two bands mentioned.
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I thought this was a fair summary of those musicians we lost in 2022. This guy covers rock, prog and jazz/fusion genres but mentions a few others outside those spheres.
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Just heard that Jeff Beck joined the great gig in the sky. He was 78 years old, not a bad run, but he seemed in top shape but then got meningitis. Truth is one of my all-time favorite albums - RIP.
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I can't say I'm that familiar with his work, but everyone knew his name, and that he was an icon and a legend.
RIP Jeff.
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Yeah read about that too...
Such a shame. I wasn't too familiar with his work either but naturally knew who he was.
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Huge loss to the guitar/music world. Such an amazingly talented and skilled guitarist. Was always better than Clapton and Page.
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Beck was an amazing guy. He didn't court the spotlight as much as others did, so he was more of a guitarist's guitar player.
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The day before he died, I heard "Happenings Ten Year's Time Ago" by these guys:
(https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-b8f48d03774623f0d545b19d279d3bea-lq)
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Jeff Beck doing his Nigel Tufnel impersonation...
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Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie died of heart attack yesterday.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/13/lisa-marie-presley-obituary (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/13/lisa-marie-presley-obituary)
She was just 54 years old....
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Robbie Knievel also died yesterday.
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Quite a couple of days, now we've also lost Robbie Bachman from Bachman, Turner Overdrive at 69.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/robbie-bachman-of-bachman-turner-overdrive-has-died-3380297 (https://www.nme.com/news/music/robbie-bachman-of-bachman-turner-overdrive-has-died-3380297)
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Actress Annie Wersching passed away from cancer just few days ago...She was only 45 years old...Loved her in 24, Bosch, Castle and The Rookie...
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Another great actor passes...
LANCE REDDICK from The Wire, Bosch and The Fringe among others has passed away at the age of 60!
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/17/lance-reddick-dies-john-wick-the-wire-actor (https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/17/lance-reddick-dies-john-wick-the-wire-actor)
I am just currently rewatching The Fringe and and damn he was good in that too...what a great actor and gone waaay too young.
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Yeah, quite a shock. I only really knew him from the John Wick franchise where he plays Charon, the Continental Hotel concierge, really good in that supporting role.
John Wick 4 is out later this month, so an added reason to go see it.
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Very saddened to hear about the passing of the poker legend DOYLE BRUNSON.
The Godfather of Poker was one of the main reason why poker started to gain more and more interest over the years. He was not only a world class player but also a true ambassador of the sport.
He was one of those true gentlemen of the poker world and loved by everyone.
I always enjoyed watching Doyle play he was truly one of a kind.
https://www.worldpokertour.com/news/doyle-brunson-the-godfather-of-poker-gone-at-89/?fbclid=IwAR3nOdcy_zxqRL-gp-HJRGk1B7vsPQnxXyhtu_67SZCfEWZoenlDMmS77Dw (https://www.worldpokertour.com/news/doyle-brunson-the-godfather-of-poker-gone-at-89/?fbclid=IwAR3nOdcy_zxqRL-gp-HJRGk1B7vsPQnxXyhtu_67SZCfEWZoenlDMmS77Dw)
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Just read that Tina Turner has died at 83.
She had been in poor health in recent years, "legend" seems to be an appropriate description.
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Just saw that news myself. She was indeed a legend, in her own time and among her own peers. Courageous, determined, and a singular talent.
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Her Acid Queen album is amazing stuff, been playing it.
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Not a fan myself but one cannot deny Turner's influence on pop music over the years. I do like her Bond theme Golden Eye though...in my top 10 bond themes for sure!
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Try out this track of hers from back in the day. No 80s/90s production on it or spinning disco balls. It's some raw, emotional work with a tight backing band that includes the person responsible for the raw emotions Tina expresses here.
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Fantastic actor TREAT WILLIAMS passed away in a freak motorcycle accident yesterday! He was just 71 years old!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/treat-williams-dead-everwood-prince-of-the-city-1235513850/?fbclid=IwAR2AN1g78eoRDZpW3TL7xCHcE0JS2s0zWVHhcy0KuYQH2r46Dp95ArZp3Zo
Such a great actor and his movie Deep Rising is one of my all time favourite action horror comedies! Just a brilliant piece of work.
By all accounts Treat was a really nice guy as well. Such a shock...
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Yeah I was shocked to hear that as well. First came across him in “Once Upon A Time in America” back in the 80’s and had followed his career ever since. Really sad looking back on his Twitter feed and seeing his tweets from his ranch in Vermont, his last tweet was only a couple of hours before he died.
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Tony Bennett, age 96.
When I was a kid, I didn't want to give any crooner the time of day. If it wasn't rock - harder the better - it was a hard sell to get my interest.
Then I'm working in an office and we're having a music discussion and someone calls me out for not knowing the standards, how could I be so ignorant of them? "Buncha old-time crooners", I said.
So he tells me to listen to them with modern recordings - the technology of today does such a better job of capturing their vocals. OK, fine, I'll go along with that...
Fly me to the moon...
Oh.
WOW.
OK, so there's something to these old crooners... something really special...
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Tony Bennett was a true legend for sure.
I remember seeing him in a lot of Vegas set movies and tv-shows over the years.
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One of my favorite Christmas albums is the one he did with the Count Basie Orchestra - his version of "The Christmas Waltz" is my favorite.
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Great voice, up there with the best of his generation.
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The man could sing! I have never been a fan of the style of music he performed, but great talent is easily recognizable and respected. RIP
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William Friedkin has died at the age of 87.
Director of such 70s classics as The Exorcist and The French Connection, the Oscar winner is thought to have had a heart attack.
His last film - The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - is completed and should be released in due course.
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Yes I saw that as well.
He had a very good career. Bunch of great movies The Exorcist, The French Connection and my favourite To Live And Die In LA...
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Finland's former president and one of the last people to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for actually working for peace MARTTI AHTISAARI passed away yesterday at the age of 86.
Ahtisaari as president wasn't the most prominent figure nor did he achieve a lot but after his presidency he strived for peace on 3 different continents.
The interesting thing is that his own party shut him out and prevented him from running for second term because at the time most of the socialists were totally in Russia's pocket and did not like the fact that Ahtisaari was bringing Finland closer to the west and was even thinking about joining NATO in the late 90s. Instead they went for Tarja Halonen who was nothing but a tool for Russia and Putin....and she did last two terms!
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Suzanne Somers of Three's Company fame, passed away recently in the USA.
She got fired from the show because she asked for equal pay. She was earning a fifth of John Ritter's amount per episode. Best revenge, though, is living well, and the Thighmaster put her on top of the game.
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Quite shocking to hear about the passing of Matthew Perry.
Back in the day I quite liked Friends (the first few seasons anyways) and Chandler was my favourite character. And Perry's later roles in Studio 60 and The Odd Couple were stellar as well.
I know he had his struggles as well but he over came them well and proved to be something of an example to people struggling with addictions.
He was just 54 years old and apparently he drowned in his own swimming pool. Tragic to say the least.
There is a reason why people really really REALLY should stay as far away from water as possible.
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I saw that, it's sad news indeed.
I don't think I've seen a full episode of Friends, but all the main cast are well known regardless.
I heard that they found him in his hot tub, I'm sure there's more to it than just drowning, maybe a medical emergency or a mishap.
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What's great to hear about Perry is the testimonials of people he helped on their paths to sobriety. He really put his heart into helping others.
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Indeed. He did a lot of good and helped a lot of people. It's a real damn shame that people like him go so damn early.
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Shane MacGowan from The Pogues has died at the age of 65 after a period of ill-health.
Probably best known for the Christmas hit Fairy Tale of New York with Kirstie McColl and The Irish Rover with The Dubliners
The only shock is he didn't die 30 years ago! He had a history of drink and drug abuse and even in the 80s looked at deaths door!
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I heard an anecdote a long time ago that MacGowan was planning a little weekend get-together with some folks, and had extended an invitation to Keith Richards. Mr. Richards supposedly declined with the comment that he wasn't sure he'd live to see Monday if he participated.
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The partnership between Hall and Oates has died. They're suing each other over music rights and stuff.
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I can't go for that.
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I heard they employed Private Eyes on the case.
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Shane MacGowan from The Pogues has died at the age of 65 after a period of ill-health.
Probably best known for the Christmas hit Fairy Tale of New York with Kirstie McColl and The Irish Rover with The Dubliners
The only shock is he didn't die 30 years ago! He had a history of drink and drug abuse and even in the 80s looked at deaths door!
I have to say I have never even heard of him or the band...but it got some newspaper coverage here as well which truly surprised me so I guess they were more popular than I thought.
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Andre Braugher passed away yesterday, age 61, after a brief illness. I remember his excellent work in Homicide: Life on the Streets, Men of a Certain Age, and his epic role in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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Yes saw that as well...very very sad! He was such a great actor! I too remember him already from Homicide which is something of a forgotten gem.
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Homicide was a true gem of a show, absolutely. Not everything got solved and there were some truly ugly endings that rang true.
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Drummer legend JAMES KOTTAK passed away at the age of 61.
Kottak played drums for Scorpions but also did a small stint with DIO in the 90s.
He was also part of the HAIL supergroup and played drums for A New Revenge with Tim Ripper Owens few years ago.
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Legendary actor Carl Weathers passed away yesterday in his sleep at the age of 76
https://deadline.com/2024/02/carl-weathers-dead-1235812684/ (https://deadline.com/2024/02/carl-weathers-dead-1235812684/)
He's most known for his role of Apollo Creed on Rocky but I also remember him as Dillon in Predator and from the short lived but brilliant buddy cop action series Street Justice from the early 90s!
Rest in peace sir!
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RIP Mr. Weathers!
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Brother Wayne - RIP, motherfucker!
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Aw, man, Wayne Kramer had been through a LOT.
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Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel fame, has died at the age of 73. Touring until recently he had cancelled some dates to get cancer treatment. Best known song was Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) which hit the UK No. 1 back in 75.
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Not familiar with that fellow, but 73 is way to young to go regardless!
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On April 30th, so a few days ago, Duane Eddy passed away at the age of 86. His signature twang turned him into a one-trick pony, but it was one heck of a "trick" that he used to great effect on many hit songs back in the day. Among a lot of things, he was the first guitarist to have a "signature" model made by a guitar company - Gretsch, I believe.
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On April 30th, so a few days ago, Duane Eddy passed away at the age of 86. His signature twang turned him into a one-trick pony, but it was one heck of a "trick" that he used to great effect on many hit songs back in the day. Among a lot of things, he was the first guitarist to have a "signature" model made by a guitar company - Gretsch, I believe.
He's frequently requested on my oldies show. I saw there was a post here and thought, "I'll add Duane Eddy to the list today", but the work is done.
His sound put other people on the path of finding a sound, helped to get the pedal and effects industry going. :pub:
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Today we lost Bernard Hill, aged 79.
An actor best known as Captain Smith of the Titanic in Titanic and King Theoden in the last two Lord of the Rings films. His breakout role was in the 80s with the TV series Boys from the Black Stuff.
RIP Bernard
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I only really knew of him as Theoden, and I thought he did a great job portraying the king as Tolkien had described him. RIP
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Yes I too knew him as Theoden, would not have remembered him from Titanic...which I've only seen once and probably slept through more than 3/4 of it!
But he was wonderful as Theoden indeed. Loved his preformance. RIP good sir!
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Very saddened to hear about the passing of the legendary actor DONALD SUTHERLAND at the age of 88!
Such a fantastic career and he was a great bad guy actor but played good guys well too!
https://www.etonline.com/donald-sutherland-mash-and-hunger-games-star-dead-at-88-227719?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2a6GChMIhMlbrofZj6kf_I375_NdM9ue1U6_jv_2l9MRBmsBarXSLQFZQ_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
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Yes, very sad news, just seem it on the news. Many great films on his CV.
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I always enjoyed Donald in the different roles he played through the years
His son Kiefer is a great actor in his own way as well
Rip
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RIP Don - a storied career and a life well lived.
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One of those actors that was always a treat to take in.
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And today we learn of the passing of Iconic Hawaii'an actor Taylor Wily. Who was most known for his preformance of Kamekona on the SUBERB Hawaii 5-0!
https://www.etonline.com/taylor-wily-hawaii-five-o-actor-dead-at-56-227798?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR24nqhlxSWB8u1WaSD9yfH7hN_pxSFggVcwuHkeOtofFazQA9hRI17LNiw_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
He was only 56 years old!
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Legendary actor JAMES EARL JONES has passed away at the age of 93...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce81rkg87w8o?fbclid=IwY2xjawFMSjBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHR9-ulmQwFd3WO3gz8yN5nf68RsRsE38xLsAkGPAQPNNXPMNpGnStja0jw_aem_oWzB5hrnjkOgwbMFvWSI7A
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Yes, just seen that sad news. But 93 is a good age.
RIP Darth Vader err James Earl Jones
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Dang, I didn't even realize he was still walking among us. RIP JEJ.
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Loved him most in The Sandlot. :) Great guy. Totes McGotes.
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Former Iron Maiden singer Paul DiAnno has died.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/ex-iron-maiden-singer-paul-dianno-dead-at-66
This seemed to have been rather unexpected and sudden as he was planning on doing one final tour next year.
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That's news to me I hadn't seen it announced anywhere. It's sad news for sure but as the article points out he had a history of ill health.
RIP Paul
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RIP Paul - Around about 1993 I went into a record shop and bought a brand new copy of Helmet's new (at the time) record "Meantime". I got home with it, opened it up, and what did I find? no inner sleeve at all, and a vinyl disk of Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone. What the actual fuck. I took it back the next day, and was told they didn't believe my story, so I dropped the record in the trash can right there in the store, shrugged, and never went back to that place.
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Hahah! That's quite the Paul DiAnno story! :D
I probably would have handled the situation rather similary considering I'm not a fan...
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Musicians we lost in 2024, all genres, some were news to me, others I just didn't know.
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I just found out that John Sykes from Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and other bands has passed on
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Yes, heard that this morning myself. Apparently he died from cancer at 65, too young, probably had a good few of music left in him.
RIP John
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Saw about this yesterday. Honestly I did not know who he was...had to google. I have never been a fan of Thin Lizzy or Whitesnake so he had slipped under my radar.
Non the less too young to go. Apparently he was struggling with Cancer....damn that disease sucks!
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Play it loud for Mr. Sykes:
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Rick Buckler, the drummer with The Jam has passed away at the age of 69.
The Jam were a big part of my teenage years, my favourite group between about '78 and '80, They were sorta punky, sorta Who-like and given their genre/roots it's amazing to think they had 4 #1 singles!
A solid drummer he wasn't a Ward, Paice or Bonham but was perfect for the music he was playing. After The Jam split he sorta disappeared from the scene.
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RIP Rick Buckler!
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RIP Dave Johansen aka Buster Poindexter.
Two sides of the man, first with the glam-punk New York Dolls:
And then, later in his mellowed life, as a folk singer doing a tribute to his bass player, Killer Kane, who had passed away after getting the band together one last time:
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Saw that...don't know anything about his music or the band at all...not my genre.
Also few days ago we lost the legendary actor GENE HACKMAN at the age of 95. What a long and prolific life he had. Countless great movies... The French Connection, The Unforgiven and one of my favourites Loose Cannons where he proved he could do comedy just as well as Dan Aykroyd and Dom DeLuise!
What a great actor he was...Might have look at watching something from him soon...
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Knew about Hackman, had not caught the news about Johansen. His first solo album is iconic, which is saying something considering his pedigree with the Dolls. And Gene Hackman, what an actor that guy was!
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Hackman, was indeed a great actor. I was late to the game with some of his performances... it's only in the last 5 years I saw The French Connection. I'll need to check out some of his other iconic roles.
Some mystery over the death of Hackman and his wife, I immediately thought Carbon Monoxide (or similar), but I see that's been ruled out.
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Some mystery over the death of Hackman and his wife, I immediately thought Carbon Monoxide (or similar), but I see that's been ruled out.
Still being investigated according to the latest. Certainly is odd circumstances, him, his wife, and their dog. All dead, all in different rooms. Nothing in the air, maybe some really bad food they had and happened to share some with Fido? Maybe Fido died, Gene came in, saw him, it upset him and due to his advanced age it was too much and he died. Then wife comes in, finds the dog, then finds her husband, freaks out and overdoses on some pills? Or any combination thereof. Weird.
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Saddened to hear about the passing of actor VAL KILMER.
He was one of those actors that could play the bad guy and the good guy very well. That's not something everyone can do.
He was just 65 years old.
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Yes, very sad news.
Great actor. 65 is too young but hadn't been in great health since his cancer diagnosis in 2014.
His cameo in Top Gun: Maverick was one of the better moments.
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Val Kilmer a true loss, I'm sad with that news.
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RIP Mr. Kilmer.
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I think I shall watch TOMBSTONE in honor of mr. Kilmer. Haven't seen that one since the 90s...
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I have always thought Val did a great job portraying the Doc as he suffered from TB.
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Saddened to hear about the passing of legendary drummer LES BINKS.
He was just 73 years old.
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I hadn't heard the man left the house - RIP Les, what a varied and notable career you had!
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RIP Les Binks!
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On this day in 1955, Albert Einstein died. There has been a little contention about his last words, but experts agree it was one of three things (all in German, of course):
1. I'm thirsty...
2. That nurse has a very fine ass.
3. Don't ever elect anyone named Trump as president of the USA.
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He was a wise, witty man. Also a thirsty guy.
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Pope has died. He sure chose a good day for it...will be well remembered even by non fantatic catholics...
He was 88 years old and been quite ill for the past few months.
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I'm not Catholic so have never really followed the popes over time, but they are such a big deal - even in this day and age - a person would have to live under a rock not to be familiar with certain things. In his case, I always got the sense that he was more of a "people person" than a "policy and ritual person".
The first pope I remember with any clarity is Paul VI. The I recall another guy became pope but then according to Wikipedia he died 33 days later, after which John Paull II took the helm. I recall the 33-day pope, but couldn't remember why it was so short - always just thought they fucked up some ritual or sent the wrong colored smoke when they selected him and so he had to step down. Didn't pay enough attention at the time to know he had actually died.
Hoping the next pope is named Chad or Alan. Maybe D'Money or Snoop Diggity Bang.
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I remember the 33-day pope, John Paul. The comedian Jasper Carrot (friend of Mr Iommi) made the observation that Birmingham City FC - - having a bit of a slump at the time - were the only football team not to score a goal during the reign of the pope!
I remember being disappointed that John Paul II chose that name rather than the more obvious George Ringo!
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My older cat Nellie (yes she was named after the little helicopter thingy from a certain Bond film) passed away today...it was sudden, although she had been bit ill already for a while. But the ending came quickly. One minute she was walking about the next gone.
But peaceful and sudden death is ofcourse always preferred.
She would have turned 18 this fall so she had a nice long life.
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Sorry to hear about Nellie, 18 is a pretty good age for a cat.
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Condolences Charger - pets are special.
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Thanks guys.
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Checking in just now - so sorry for your loss, Charger. So sorry. :(
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Thank bud...Yeah it does hurt..
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Sorry I am late but you have my condolences Charger
It is so difficult to deal with the death of a cat
Thinking of you and yours
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Thanks buddy.
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Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart passed away the other day. I'll be making a special edition of my Funk and Soul show for him that will air Monday.
Right on, Sly. Right on...
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I saw the news but I have absolutely no connection to the man...in fact I'm not sure if I've ever heard of him...But maybe not that surprising as it's not my area of music.
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Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) has just passed at the age of 82.
Brian was the creative force in the band and crafted many great songs in the 60s... not so much afterwards but let's not hold that against him.
RIP Mr Wilson
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RIP Brian. I barely like but a couple of songs from the Beach Boys, some of their early stuff. But I do recognize Brian Wilson's musical genius, prior to him losing it.
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Now Beach Boys I have heard of! But I doubt I'd know or name a single one of their songs!
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They were very much a pop group. Their earliest tracks were nice little R&B tunes about cars, beaches, girls, and Southern California stuff in general. Then they got into one-upmanship with The Beatles and the two bands drove each other deeper into pretentiousness. The Beatles broke up, the Beach Boys did a slew of "best of" albums.
My favorite Beach Boys song is Dick Dale's "Misrlou."
"Hang on," you say, "The Beach Boys had nothing to do with that tune!"
Exactly. It's why it's my favorite Beach Boys song. Kind of like my favorite Lennon/McCartney song is "Something" and my favorite Star Wars movie is "The Fifth Element". :smug:
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I've heard about Egyptian women, but have never met one.
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I had a fair number of students from Egypt in my classes. One young lady was funny as hell, we all loved her sharp wit.
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Legendary composer LALO SCHIFRIN has passed away at 93!
He was featured on our best tv themes thread by me!
Some of his iconic scores include Mission Impossible, Dirty Harry, Bullit, Amityville Horror and even Rush Hour!
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I love the music he made for Dirty Harry and Bullitt
Rip :death:
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Actor Michael Madsen passed away yesterday from a sudden heart attack. He was only 67 years old.
He was a great bad guy actor. He had such a great presense and charisma.
Also Portugese footsy player DIOGO JOTA and his brother died in a car accident in spain.
Jota played in Liverpool and he was just 28 years old...and he just got married and already had 3 kids.
It seems that he was overtaking a car on the freeway with his Lamborghini with considerable speed and suffered a tyre puncture and off he went. Died on the scene before rescuers even got there.
Very sad.
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Sorry to hear about Michael Madsen.
Reservoir Dogs and Species were just 2 of the many films I enjoyed watching him in.
R.I.P.
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Extremely saddened to hear about the passing of the legendary composer MARK SNOW!
His themes to The X Files and MILLENNIUM are just beyond iconic.
He was 78 years old.
https://variety.com/2025/artisans/news/mark-snow-dead-x-files-ghost-whisperer-blue-bloods-1236447489/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLVKhZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBVb1FKNzUyVHp4c1I2ZVFvAR5yozi98OBL3QLtPKENWUONSzhsKnDDkaSSPlh_g-LQZ5fR_0Mq4dQ7NANe2A_aem_-I-N3U6j5Jrkx9mqwRb7Vg
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Madsen, Jota and Snow are all sad loses. RIP.
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And more.
Now we get the news that actor Julian McMahon has passed away from cancer! He was only 57 years old!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/julian-mcmahon-dead-nip-tuck-fantastic-four-1236306768/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawLV-MFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBVb1FKNzUyVHp4c1I2ZVFvAR7HE2oVA9CbtxaFxvaq-zBG7KoJioMweew1XJX1KuhuttWencsWC8TFE6U1ag_aem_CEjC1WbJEvfCMkGyjoBzzg
I remember him best from his brilliant role in Charmed. But he was also starring in Nip/Tuck and made several smaller roles. He too usually played a very good villain!
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Devastating news, Ozzy has died.
Hard to even believe. :(
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Devastating news, Ozzy has died.
Hard to even believe. :(
I just saw that news, I'm still in shock about it.
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Holy shit. Did not expect to read this today!
This one came out of the left field for sure!
I thought he looked pretty good in that final show...
Well I am super happy that he got to give his farewell to the fans and belt out quite the preformance even...
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Thanks Ozzy for the music and the theatrics
Sad day today
Godspeed John and may you never be forgotten
R.I.P.
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GAH!
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What timing for that farewell concert. Holy smokes, it's hard to believe.
He was part of what shaped my up & coming years in the 70s and beyond, becoming an icon in his own right.
This shouldn't be suprising to me, but it is. RIP
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Just listening to some Sabbath now. It's a part of my life taken away, more so than when Ronnie or indeed anyone else has died.
I was in the pub earlier when someone mentioned it, I didn't have internet access so couldn't post earlier... devastated.:(
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He was part of what shaped my up & coming years in the 70s and beyond,
:yes:
Usually this type of thing does not bother me all that much, but, I've got to admit, this time is pretty rough.
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I had to dig up my old Glow-In-The-Dark Ozzy shirt and wear it to work tonight.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54672439581_5e0cfa6511_z.jpg)
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Current listening - "Spiral Architect"
A fitting epitaph, a hail and farewell, for the legend.
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His death is a massive news story here in the UK, of course it was always going to be mentioned and have some analysis, but it's still the opening news story on the BBC 1 news at 1pm. I can't think of anyone else getting this sort of coverage outside the death of the Queen.
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Not to be flippant about the Queen, but I remember the coverage when Freddie Mercury died, as well. When there's a beloved performer passing, the coverage is multiplied when people from different parts of life resonate with an "I feel that way, too" response. It's humanizing. Painful, but good that we have this way of processing our love for the work the artist did.
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I'm told that Ozzie's final memoir, Last Rites, is set for release in October.
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Hulk Hogan, RIP.
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RIP Mr. Hogan - he was a very large dude.
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Hulk was quite the character too. Gone too soon as well!
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I don't know the details, but being the body building athletic type, I'm surprised.
R.I.P.
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RIP Robert Redford died today at 89.
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Report said he passed away in his sleep, with his loved ones nearby.
Bittersweet, but I feel good about being able to pass away where those still alive are near to comfort each other.
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R.I.P. Robert Redford. I enjoyed your films.
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Just saw this as well...
I can remember enjoying some of his films.
89 is a very respectable age!
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RIP Bob Red - I didn't realize he was still kicking around. The man was certainly in a lot of movies!
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Dame Patricia Routledge passed last night at 96. She was famous for her role as Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced bouquet) in "Keeping Up Appearances". But she was also a treat in any of her other many roles on stage and screen.
I do hope she's able to have one ghostly whisper to the hearse driver, "Mind the pedestrians!" :)
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Oh I didn't even know she was still around...how did I assume she was gone long ago...
Well 96! That is respectable indeed!
I remember watching Keeping Up Appearances back when I was a kid and enjoying it immensly!
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She was someone who found fame later in life, well into her 50s when Keeping Up Appearances began. I think I first became aware of her slightly before that when she performed an Alan Bennett monologue in his Talking Head series in the 80s.
I knew she was still alive as she lived in Chichester a few miles east of here, and had opened some sort of event back in May whilst in a wheelchair.
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Yeah, I didn't realize she was still running around, either. RIP!
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I have seen Keeping Up Appearances a few times, but did not recall her name.
R.I.P.
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Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has passed away...technically I think he was brain dead for quite some time and yesterday he was removed from life support.
It seems that he fell in his house few months ago and I guess suffered a brain bleed that went unnoticed and it got worse pretty fast...
https://blabbermouth.net/news/ace-frehley-dead-at-74
Bit of a shocker as he was heavily touring just earlier this year...
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Ace is one of my favorite guitar players
I have been KISS fan since 7th grade and Ace was always my favorite member of the band
R.I.P.
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RIP Ace
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I just saw the news story, RIP Ace. :(
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Rest in Piece Ace - no one did it better.
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Good friend of mine is as big a KISS fan as I am a Sabbath fan. He sent my a picture of himself with Ace from years ago. I told him it reminded me of my picture with Ozzie.
R.I.P.
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Prunella Scales, best known as Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, has died at the age of 93.
In recent years she has suffered from dementia but still worked on the Great Canal Journeys TV show with husband Timothy West.
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Those Canal Journeys shows are incredible when you want a little Slow TV to chill with. They're a low-key love story between Prunella and Timothy, quite endearing.
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I am not familiar with Canal Journeys or Fawlty Towers....
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RIP Ms. Scales. I knew she had dementia, I believe her and her husband created a TV program discussing the disease and how it impacted folks, with her issues as the lynch-pin. This was a long time ago, I did not realize she was still hanging in there.
You gotta watch some Fawlty Towers, Charger. Holy shit it's got some hilarious episodes.
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I've seen only 3 or 4 of the Fawlty Towers episodes, because Cleese was in it. I thought they were okay, but I didn't find it as funny as Monty Python. Perhaps I have not seen enough of the show to tell.
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My fave Fawlty Towers episode is "Waldorf Salad". The rage is strong in that one. :D
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Fawlty towers is my favorite sitcom
R.I.P. Prunella
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My fave Fawlty Towers episode is "Waldorf Salad". The rage is strong in that one. :D
They could have just titled that one, "The American". I did feel a little bad for Basil when he got lambasted. A little :)
I had a crush on Connie Booth's character. Not Connie herself, but the character. Alas, twas just my imagination haha!
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The Major was my favorite character. Reassuring in his confidence, even if it was not well-founded.
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I did some research on the show and it seemed that it played here in the mid to late 80s so that's probably why I've missed it as I was too young at the time...
It did another run in the early 2000s in early mornings which is a reason why I missed it then....
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Steve Cropper died, age 84.
Steve Cropper was the legendary axeman at Stax Studios who laid down guitar parts on hundreds, possibly thousands of songs recorded in those studios. He's done loads of amazing things with his guitar, perhaps the most recognizable is his work on Sam & Dave's "Soul Man":
He's a guitar player's guitar player. Hail and farewell, Steve Cropper!
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RIP Steve!
He is a legend.
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RIP Mr Cropper.
You may not know the name but you will definitely know his work.
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Personally I only "know" Cropper from Blues Brothers movies and from the song Green Onions...and that's only cause Deep Purple's been doing the song for years as part of their end of the show jam!
But I am aware that he's been in about gazillion different things! Some of which I am sure I've heard but never known who was playing guitar!
Quite the legend this fellow though. May he rock in peace!
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RIP Chris Rea aged 74
I don't know how well known he was outside the UK but he had a number of hits here include The Road to Hell and (ironically) Driving Home for Christmas.
He died in hospital after a short illness.
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I am not sure I know the name...I don't think so..might recognize the songs though potentially....
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Don't recognize the name; I found some of his material and nope, don't recognize any of it.........RIP Mr. Rea, all the same. I'll now return to my isolation chamber.
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Bob Weir, founding member of The Grateful Dead, played with them for their entire run up until disbanding in 1995, and continued to milk...play...San Francisco jam music thereafter up until his disbanding from this planet earlier today. He was 78.
I have never been able to get into the music of The Grateful Dead, or any band built around the type of aesthetic they pioneered (Phish, anyone). But their impact on music in general is undeniable, and Mr. Weir was a large part of that, second only to Jerry Garcia as far as I'm concerned. Pigpen may have more name recognition, but only because of his stupid nickname and the fact he kicked the bucket at 27, but Bob Weir kept the faith (well, the Dead's version at any rate) and was a top instrumentalist.
RIP Bob, don't let St. Peter catch you holding, Heaven don't like that shit.
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^^^^^^
Was never into Grateful Dead music either, but you are right about Mr. Weir's talent and contribution.
R.I.P.
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I can triple down on that one...never understood all the fuzz about Grateful Dead, never liked them...
But I too can understand the contribution to the genre over the years.
RIP mr Weir
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Bob Weir for me was an excellent writer and guitarist, and I always liked his contributions on Dead albums. What helped me get into Dead music was my mom introducing me to Texas Outlaw Country when I was about to graduate high school and I found that there was a kind of country that I could get into that had a richer sense of storytelling in its lyrics and more of a rock vibe to it than the Nashburg Muck coming out in the 80s. (Even country fans agree that the 80s were pretty awful for country.) When I got to college, I decided to try out a few Grateful Dead albums and was locked in on American Beauty and Workingman's Dead, both of which dropped the psychedelic stuff for more straight-ahead country and folk-flavored rock, very much like that Texas Outlaw stuff I liked. They lost me again in the Godcheaux era, but I was glad to get my copy of Touch of Grey when it came out at a rock bottom time of my life in mid-1987.
Give "Hell in a Bucket" a try, it's by Bob Weir and one of my favorite Dead tunes.