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Guess Who Died in 2019

G-Fafif Dec 31 2018 03:17 PM

Just before 2019, Ray Sawyer, lead singer of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, 81.

Edgy MD Dec 31 2018 04:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

If Rolling Stone doesn't honor him this month, then it's never gonna happen.

Frayed Knot Jan 02 2019 09:53 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Professional wrestling announcer/legend Eugene Arthur 'Mean Gene' Okerlund - 76 Factoid that I had forgotten, his son Todd was a college, Olympic, and, for four games, NY Islander hockey player.

kcmets Jan 02 2019 10:29 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Mean Gene is one of those guys I thought passed away several times already. RIP. His Hulkamania interviews were classic sports television.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 02 2019 11:08 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The HBO doc on Andre the Giant had some great Mean Gene bits. Loved that guy growing up. RIP Mean Gene!

41Forever Jan 02 2019 02:07 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

"Super Dave" Osborne -- who was actually Bob Einstein. [url]https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/bob-einstein-curb-your-enthusiasm-super-dave-actor-dead-774167/?fbclid=IwAR0E6eSTkhu6nWuk4hZpHhkZj-5V-qVMGPOgG757sgeBLY0i0KH1QyBmn8I

TransMonk Jan 02 2019 04:03 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Great on Arrested Development. RIP

kcmets Jan 02 2019 04:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

A Boy Named Seo wrote: The HBO doc on Andre the Giant had some great Mean Gene bits. Thanks for mentioning this. Watched half of it before and I'm really enjoying it.

41Forever Jan 02 2019 04:44 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bummer. Captain Daryl Dragon at 76. [url]https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/02/entertainment/captain-and-tennille-daryl-dragon-dead/index.html The first 45 I ever bought. [YOUTUBE]_QNEf9oGw8o[/YOUTUBE]

MFS62 Jan 02 2019 07:48 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Linda Brown - the student in the landmark Brown VS Board of Education case: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/linda-brown-student-1954-ruling-ending-school-segregation-dies-n860226 Later

Fman99 Jan 02 2019 07:50 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

A Boy Named Seo wrote: The HBO doc on Andre the Giant had some great Mean Gene bits. Loved that guy growing up. RIP Mean Gene! Fboy, ever the wrestling fan, texted me at work to give me this news.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 03 2019 01:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/90sWWE/status/1080593316738142211[/TWEET]

seawolf17 Jan 03 2019 01:47 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

That clip is fantastic!

A Boy Named Seo Jan 03 2019 02:14 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

poor thing had no idea what was so funny.

Edgy MD Jan 07 2019 09:17 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Eugeniu Iordachescu, my new hero.

Frayed Knot Jan 15 2019 01:51 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Broadway star (among other things) Carol Channing - 97

MFS62 Jan 16 2019 07:02 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Broadway star (among other things) Carol Channing - 97 Good-bye, Dolly. RIP. Later

Frayed Knot Jan 20 2019 02:51 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Tony Mendez, the CIA agent who spirited seven American hostages out of revolutionary Iran as was later depicted in ARGO by Ben Affleck -- 78 Also the world's oldest man, 113 y/o Masazo Nonaka of Japan (b. July 25, 1905)

G-Fafif Jan 23 2019 12:16 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 23 2019 12:32 AM

Kaye Ballard, 93, of film, theater and television, most memorably The Mothers-In-Law on NBC from 1967 to 1969 and, memorably to me, the central figure in this anecdote: I took a class in high school called Survey of Drama. Once a month we'd go to see a Broadway matinee (Wednesdays, naturally) and usually get an audience with some of the cast afterward. Our teacher, who had theatrical connections not to mention affectations, enjoyed telling a story of how one Wednesday, following a show that starred Kaye Ballard, who was chewing gum while answering student questions, was asked by a girl in the class, "Miss Ballard, do you have any more gum?" As our teacher put it, "Did you ever?"

G-Fafif Jan 23 2019 12:21 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Harris Wofford, 92, an important figure in the Kennedy administration and, much later, a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. I sat behind him on a southbound Amtrak in 2008 where he regaled an acquaintance (and eavesdropping me) with behind-the-scenes tales from the just-completed Obama Keystone State primary campaign. Once a pol, always a pol, I kind of thought, in a good way.

G-Fafif Jan 23 2019 12:26 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Russell Baker, 93, Pulitzer-winning columnist for the New York Times. This column in particular, from 1976, has stayed with me forever, especially the line about the overcoat. My father, as he would occasionally do with articles he liked, read it to us during dinner and I read it a few more times thereafter. Made quite an impression on a 13-year-old political junkie who also grew to admire the way invented dialogue could tell a topical story.

G-Fafif Jan 23 2019 12:29 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Harold Brown, 91, President Carter's Secretary of Defense. I have no personal reminiscence to accompany his recent passing, but I do remember his appointment and tenure.

Edgy MD Jan 24 2019 10:27 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Russell Baker was one of a kind. His memoirs are terrific reading. Harold Brown was (and I guess, still is) the only nuclear physicist to head up our defense department. He was a product of Brooklyn and graduated Bronx Science at 15. When he was appointed secretary of defense, he had been president of CalTech for about eight years. Being a college president used to be a good way for an ambitious political leader to show his merits while his party was on the outs.

Edgy MD Jan 29 2019 02:51 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Smoove jazz fixture and frequent chart topping duet singer James Ingram is on his journey back to Yah Mo.

G-Fafif Jan 29 2019 04:50 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

"Just Once" was climbing the charts when Cashen fired Torre. "I did my best/but I guess my best wasn't good enough" seemed to have been written for the moment. James's followup, "One Hundred Ways," scored the early stages of my first college romance. Only 66. Sigh.

MFS62 Feb 07 2019 06:34 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Singer James Ingram. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/james-ingram-death-tributes-paid-after-grammy-winning-singer-dies-aged-66/ar-BBSUNMk He was smooth. RIP Later

41Forever Feb 07 2019 07:57 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

“Former Democratic Rep. John D. Dingell Jr., the longest-serving member of Congress whose tenure stretched from Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama, died on Thursday. He was 92.” We had the pleasure of occasionally working with Rep. Dingell and his wife, the current Rep. Dingell, in my former job. Very, very nice people and dedicated public servants. Always respectful and civil. He will be missed.

G-Fafif Feb 08 2019 11:46 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Kristoff St. John, staple of daytime drama The Young & The Restless, 52, no cause of death yet released. Neil Winters was one of Genoa City's most solid characters, according to someone who used to watch the show religiously.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2019 11:57 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Albert Finney, 82. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/554faa2de4b02d0d0240270a/t/5b1761dc70a6ad549b3e0382/1528259039799/> (He's the one on the left.)

whippoorwill Feb 15 2019 07:42 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

In addition to burying my sister last July, my mom's friends have been dying left and right. I have probably been to more funerals in the past two years than I was in the first 55 years of my life. Tomorrow we will go to one of her first friend's (as a little girl) funeral. Earlier this winter was her recently best friend's funeral. She finds new friends as circumstances change. But the circle grows smaller. It breaks my heart. She says tonight that she thinks she is the last girl left from her elementary class. So sad.

Fman99 Feb 16 2019 05:01 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=whippoorwill post_id=2991 time=1550284935 user_id=79] In addition to burying my sister last July, my mom's friends have been dying left and right. I have probably been to more funerals in the past two years than I was in the first 55 years of my life. Tomorrow we will go to one of her first friend's (as a little girl) funeral. Earlier this winter was her recently best friend's funeral. She finds new friends as circumstances change. But the circle grows smaller. It breaks my heart. She says tonight that she thinks she is the last girl left from her elementary class. So sad.

Sorry Coobs.

41Forever Feb 16 2019 06:09 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/obituaries/patrick-caddell-dead.html Pollster and politico Pat Caddell, who was credited with Jimmy Carter's election, at 68.

G-Fafif Feb 16 2019 06:27 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Caddell's passing comes shortly after that of Raymond Price, 88, speechwriter who made Richard Nixon sound empathetic. Price had previously edited the editorial page of the New York Herald Tribune, which is the kind of credit I doubt is circulating much in journalism anymore.

MFS62 Feb 16 2019 07:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Lee Radziwill, sister of Jackie Kennedy Onasis and "socialite" (meaning she was known for being known). 85 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lee-radziwill-style-icon-jackie-181119558.html Later

The Hot Corner Feb 16 2019 09:32 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=whippoorwill post_id=2991 time=1550284935 user_id=79] ...I have probably been to more funerals in the past two years than I was in the first 55 years of my life...

Sad reality of getting older.

MFS62 Feb 18 2019 04:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Metsrant.com It was started by someone who many of you may know from the MOFO days - I think he was known as joelmon back then. (I wasn't around there then, but I've seen some of you mention him.) There was a steadily declining membership of frustrated Mets fans who just wanted to ... you guessed it, rant. I was told about it by the person who invited me here, then left. (I forget his screen name) and would check it out every once in a while. I believe one of his members was 7Line, who had his own sports T-shirt business. The site is gone. It wasn't renewed. Oh well. Later

kcmets Feb 18 2019 05:53 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The only thing I remember about joelmon is that he asked me not to be a picklehead when we disagreed about stuff. I don't recall ever agreeing with him on anything.

MFS62 Feb 18 2019 05:57 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

George Mendonsa 95 He delivered "the kiss" in the famous photo taken in Times Square when the end of World War II was announced. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/18/sailor-kissing-woman-vj-day-photo-times-square-dies/2904579002/ Later

Lefty Specialist Feb 18 2019 06:00 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The 7Line on Metsrant wasn't the T-shirt guy. (I should know) Too few people to have meaningful discussions after a while so I moved on.

MFS62 Feb 18 2019 06:44 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Lefty Specialist wrote: The 7Line on Metsrant wasn't the T-shirt guy. (I should know) Too few people to have meaningful discussions after a while so I moved on. Oops. Thanks. Later

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 18 2019 09:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The Poetry of Joelmon (summer, 2001) was probably the funniest thing I ever did. The internet has changed so much since, it would be impossible to do quite the same thing again. I hope it was just the site and not Joelmon who died

smg58 Feb 19 2019 04:04 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

[url]https://www.npr.org/2019/02/18/695797869/grandfather-of-climate-science-wallace-broecker-dies-at-87 Wallace Broecker, 87, author of arguably the most important paper on the subject of global warming.

metsmarathon Feb 19 2019 07:36 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

climate change - bah what a hoax! it was chilly this morning when i woke up, and my weather in my town at this precise moment is fully representative of the overall climate trend over the earth's entire surface.

whippoorwill Feb 19 2019 08:12 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The Poetry of Joelmon (summer, 2001) was probably the funniest thing I ever did. The internet has changed so much since, it would be impossible to do quite the same thing again. I hope it was just the site and not Joelmon who died Honestly, I thought he meant Joelmon at first too!

G-Fafif Feb 19 2019 05:08 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

David Horowitz, 81, high-profile consumer affairs journalist. Appeared on Johnny Carson quite a bit. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/David-Horowitz-passes-away-81-506025941.html

cal sharpie Feb 21 2019 09:11 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Peter Tork of the Monkees, 77 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/peter-tork-endearingly-offbeat-bassist-and-singer-in-the-monkees-dies-at-77/2019/02/21/479cf4ae-35ee-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html?utm_term=.052938ac603a

whippoorwill Feb 21 2019 09:25 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

nymr83 Feb 21 2019 10:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Some guy who got run over by Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim. I assume the investigation by local Syracuse law enforcement will be totally unbiased...

whippoorwill Feb 24 2019 05:31 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Lee Radziwill, sister of Jackie Kennedy Onasis and "socialite" (meaning she was known for being known). 85 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lee-radziwill-style-icon-jackie-181119558.html Later I got my mom a book about Jackie and Lee for Christmas, which I am reading now. I didn't know about Lee before this. Very pretty lady

Frayed Knot Feb 24 2019 05:42 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Photographer Guy Webster (back on Feb 9th) -- 79 Had more than a few R&R album covers to his credit: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/02/21/obituaries/21WEBSTERgrid2-print/19WEBSTER-grid-articleLarge-v4.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale>

Edgy MD Feb 24 2019 07:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

A poll of Guy Webster covers would be fun. This album turns out to have three or four Stones classics, in heavy rotation for five decades, and is the first to feature all original material, plus Brian Jones plays eight different instruments, but when it's called to mind, the first and almost only thing I think of is the cover. https://imagescdn.juno.co.uk/full/CS481882-01A-BIG.jpg> Apart from great cover portraits, he got some iconic live shots too: https://www.latimes.com/resizer/EWyIXEQS6n-8PLCzC56fIm_xzkA=/800x0/www.trbimg.com/img-5c705ec7/turbine/la-1550868163-auy0y3mzfr-snap-image>

MFS62 Feb 25 2019 05:11 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=nymr83 post_id=3228 time=1550769186 user_id=54] Some guy who got run over by Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim. I assume the investigation by local Syracuse law enforcement will be totally unbiased...

Sad.

If you know Boeheim's coaching philosophy, you've asked yourself this. If not, have a Syracuse hoops fan explain it to you.



The pedestrian wasn't in the right zone.



Later

whippoorwill Feb 25 2019 10:10 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Brian was my favorite. Wanted my hair cut like his. Mom refused. I had to wear braids til long after he was dead.

Edgy MD Feb 25 2019 02:48 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Please take a moment to ask yourself how much do you commit yourself in honor of Talk Talk frontman Mark Hollis, who stated over and over again that it's his life and it never ends. I hope he's right. https://cdn.extra.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/25204226/mark-hollis-1-1068x623.jpg>

Benjamin Grimm Mar 01 2019 01:03 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/382285688108_/KATHERINE-HELMOND-SOAP-EVERYBODY-LOVES-RAYMOND-AUTOGRAPH-7-x.jpg> Katherine Helmond, 89. She was Jessica Tate on Soap, and played Ray Romano's mother-in-law on Everybody Loves Raymond.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 01 2019 01:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Benjamin Grimm wrote: https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/382285688108_/KATHERINE-HELMOND-SOAP-EVERYBODY-LOVES-RAYMOND-AUTOGRAPH-7-x.jpg> Katherine Helmond, 89. She was Jessica Tate on Soap, and played Ray Romano's mother-in-law on Everybody Loves Raymond. She was great on Soap. What a terrific comedic character actress.

Fman99 Mar 01 2019 01:55 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Benjamin Grimm wrote: https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/382285688108_/KATHERINE-HELMOND-SOAP-EVERYBODY-LOVES-RAYMOND-AUTOGRAPH-7-x.jpg> Katherine Helmond, 89. She was Jessica Tate on Soap, and played Ray Romano's mother-in-law on Everybody Loves Raymond. I immediately thought of neither of these shows but rather as the horned up mama on "Who's the Boss?"

Edgy MD Mar 01 2019 03:36 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

She was also the team owner (possibly a Georgia Frontiere stand-in) in the later seasons of Coach, and a regular ensemble member for Terry Gilliam (Time Bandits, 12 Monkeys), for whom she typically delivered a wonderfully delusional performance. Also take a moment to scratch your head over celebrated pianist/composer/conductor André Previn, who strangely didn't go apeshit (publicly, anyhow), when his daughter ran off with her stepfather. [YOUTUBE]J2bCQMj3D9w[/YOUTUBE]

Fman99 Mar 02 2019 05:23 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: ...when his daughter ran off with her stepfather. That happens in like every single Internet porn video I've ever heard other people talk about having seen.

MFS62 Mar 02 2019 05:34 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: ...when his daughter ran off with her stepfather. That happens in like every single Internet porn video I've ever heard other people talk about having seen. Yeah, riiiiiiiiight. :) Later

dgwphotography Mar 04 2019 11:07 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Luke Perry, 52, after a massive stroke: https://www.etonline.com/luke-perry-beverly-hills-90210-and-riverdale-star-dead-at-52-120709

Edgy MD Mar 04 2019 11:19 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The age I'll be tomorry.

Frayed Knot Mar 04 2019 05:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I guess I was just of the wrong age and/or viewing habits, but I have virtually zero sense of Luke Perry. I mean, while I'm aware that he IS famous, I barely know who he is, have (at least to my knowledge) never seen him in anything, and quite possibly would have confused him with one or more of his peer group actors. Kind of a weird category but he's maybe the most famous person that I know the least about, at least until one of the kids from the Back Street Boys dies.

MFS62 Mar 04 2019 07:12 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: I guess I was just of the wrong age and/or viewing habits, but I have virtually zero sense of Luke Perry. I mean, while I'm aware that he IS famous, I barely know who he is, have (at least to my knowledge) never seen him in anything, and quite possibly would have confused him with one or more of his peer group actors. Kind of a weird category but he's maybe the most famous person that I know the least about, at least until one of the kids from the Back Street Boys dies. This. But it was still a terrible way to go and a shame for anyone go pass away that young. RIP. Later

G-Fafif Mar 08 2019 05:55 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 14 2019 10:39 PM

The great Dan Jenkins, sportswriter extraordinaire, 90. Here's his seminal Sports Illustrated piece from 1963 on Texas football fandom: http://grantland.com/features/dan-jenkins-si-piece-texas-football-fandom/#fn-7

dgwphotography Mar 08 2019 10:25 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Jan Michael Vincent, 74, about a month ago... https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47502183

Edgy MD Mar 08 2019 06:49 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Man, that poor guy went off the deep end. I would have guessed he'd never make it anywhere near 74.

Frayed Knot Mar 10 2019 10:17 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Julia Ruth Stevens - 102 She was the daughter of Babe's second wife Claire from her prior marriage. Adopted by Babe upon their marriage in 1929

MFS62 Mar 10 2019 02:37 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

NY Ranger great Harry Howell - 86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Howell_(ice_hockey) He was a defenseman for the NY Rangers and played with consistent grace and style, when defensemen weren't called upon to score. My friend and I called him "family man". What I remember most about him that when he played, he was the only player in the National Hockey League who had all his own teeth still in his mouth. They retired his uniform at MSG a few years ago. RIP Later

Edgy MD Mar 10 2019 03:06 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Julia Ruth Stevens - 102 She was the daughter of Babe's second wife Claire from her prior marriage. Adopted by Babe upon their marriage in 1929 Rooted for the Diamondbacks in 2001.

41Forever Mar 12 2019 04:31 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Legendary session drummer Hal Blaine at 90. [url]https://www.mlive.com/life/2019/03/hal-blaine-legendary-drummer-on-40-no-1-hits-dies-at-90.html Among the many hits he played on, the 'Pedia says he was on six consecutive Grammy Award Record of the Year winners: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in 1966 for "A Taste of Honey" Frank Sinatra in 1967 for "Strangers in the Night" The 5th Dimension in 1968 for "Up, Up and Away" Simon & Garfunkel in 1969 "Mrs. Robinson" The 5th Dimension in 1970 for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" Simon & Garfunkel in 1971 for "Bridge over Troubled Water"

Edgy MD Mar 12 2019 06:48 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Grab some pencils and bang out a beat in honor of the great Hal Blaine, author of the traffic stopping drum track on "Be My Baby," in addition to a seemingly endless string of hits, many of them transcendent. [YOUTUBE]hp1FBfjH60g[/YOUTUBE] May the beat go on.

G-Fafif Mar 14 2019 10:40 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Birch Bayh, 91, US Senator from Indiana who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976. (He didn't obtain it.)

Chad ochoseis Mar 15 2019 06:51 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=4341 time=1552624855 user_id=55] Birch Bayh, 91, US Senator from Indiana who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976. (He didn't obtain it.)

He did really well in Mr. Rosenberg's 7th grade social studies class mock primary at Shell Bank Junior High, though ultimately Fred Harris beat out Scoop Jackson 14-12 on the 18th ballot because Mike L. bribed Tony F. with a scooter pie to switch sides.



Fred Harris is, I believe, now the only delegate-drawing candidate from that primary besides Jimmy Carter who is still alive.

Frayed Knot Mar 15 2019 02:00 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

One-time #2 overall draft pick by the NY Jets (1980): Johnny 'Lam' Jones - 60 Prior to his NFL career -- prior to college even -- he was an Olympic Gold Medalist in the 4x100 relay and finished 6th in the individual 100 meter sprint (1976 - Montreal)

G-Fafif Mar 15 2019 02:12 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Chad ochoseis wrote: =G-Fafif post_id=4341 time=1552624855 user_id=55] Birch Bayh, 91, US Senator from Indiana who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976. (He didn't obtain it.) He did really well in Mr. Rosenberg's 7th grade social studies class mock primary at Shell Bank Junior High, though ultimately Fred Harris beat out Scoop Jackson 14-12 on the 18th ballot because Mike L. bribed Tony F. with a scooter pie to switch sides. Fred Harris is, I believe, now the only delegate-drawing candidate from that primary besides Jimmy Carter who is still alive.

He presumably entered after your class voted, but Jerry Brown also remains with us from the larger 1976 free-for-all.

Theoldmole Mar 16 2019 11:48 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Former poet laureate and environmentalist W. S. Merwin. Every year without knowing it I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me And the silence will set out Tireless traveller Like the beam of a lightless star Then I will no longer Find myself in life as in a strange garment Surprised at the earth And the love of one woman And the shamelessness of men As today writing after three days of rain Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease And bowing not knowing to what

Frayed Knot Mar 17 2019 07:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Richard Anthony Monsour -- aka: Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar -- 81 [YOUTUBE]ZIU0RMV_II8[/YOUTUBE] And here's Dick some 30 years later w/Stevie Ray Go ahead, tell me there's a more fun 2:57 than that! [YOUTUBE]56SAxtf-RTg[/YOUTUBE]

nymr83 Mar 27 2019 06:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Michel Bacos dead at 95.

G-Fafif Apr 06 2019 08:29 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, 97, who represented South Carolina for six terms and ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984. He came in second among Fritzes.

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2019 06:08 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, 97, who represented South Carolina for six terms ... I would have guessed closer to sixteen

RealityChuck Apr 16 2019 10:40 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Gene Wolfe, science fiction grandmaster. Wolfe was an amazing writing; his books were sophisticated and full of depth, but also great stories. His Book of the New Sun was one of the landmark works of the genre.

RealityChuck Apr 16 2019 10:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

George Engel, best known as Georgette from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. No one played ditzy-but-sweet better than she did. I saw her once on stage with a touring company of The Drowsy Chaperone as Mrs. Tottendale, a role she originated on stage. She was delightful

Edgy MD Apr 16 2019 11:26 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=RealityChuck post_id=7391 time=1555432815 user_id=82] Gene Wolfe, science fiction grandmaster. Wolfe was an amazing writing; his books were sophisticated and full of depth, but also great stories. His Book of the New Sun was one of the landmark works of the genre.

Wolfe was a fascinating guy. He came to writing from a productive career as an engineer, supposedly designing, among other things, the machine that cooks Pringles chips. Asked to name his biggest influences, he replied: “G. K. Chesterton and Marks' [Standard] Handbook for [Mechanical] Engineers.”

G-Fafif Apr 26 2019 01:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

John Havlicek, 79, Celtic great. The first athlete I remember my dad and I despising together based solely on how he tortured our team and nothing personal.

MFS62 Apr 26 2019 07:18 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=8273 time=1556263975 user_id=55] John Havlicek, 79, Celtic great. The first athlete I remember my dad and I despising together based solely on how he tortured our team and nothing personal.

We called him John Have-A-Shot because he never saw one he didn't like. When I was in college, our CCNY team beat another Division III team by a close score. The someone did one of those we beat them, and they beat THEM, and they beat THEM* .... etc. comparisons and proved that CCNY would have beat Havlicek's NCAA champion Ohio State team.



* = the one team that beat OSU that year.



Also, former basketball star Johnny Neumann, who I remember from his ABA days.

From his obit in the Oxford, MS Eagle:

Johnny Neumann (1951-2019) Johnny Neumann, who set records and led the nation in scoring during his time at Ole Miss, passed away Tuesday (April 23, 2019) in Oxford after a battle with brain cancer. One of the most exciting players in college basketball history, Neumann dazzled Rebel fans during his one season at Ole Miss. As a sophomore, he led the nation in scoring with 40.1 points per game and holds the school's single-season scoring record with 923 points in 1971. Neumann was also named the Southeastern Conference's Player of the Year. Following his one season in Oxford, Neumann joined the American Basketball Association in 1971 and became a member of the Memphis Tams. His professional career also included stops in Indiana, Los Angeles and Utah. Neumann also spent time as a player and a coach overseas in China, Greece, Israel and Japan.

RIP

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Frayed Knot Apr 26 2019 01:33 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Goodbye, Neumann Sorry, couldn't resist

G-Fafif Apr 28 2019 11:10 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Another longtime U.S. Senator whose presidential ambitions didn't garner much support: Dick Lugar, Birch Bayh's fellow Hoosier, 87. Six terms, widely admired, eventually elbowed out by Tea Partisans. Ran for the '96 GOP nomination that eventually went to Bob Dole.

Frayed Knot Apr 28 2019 05:20 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

For John Havlicek's list of accomplishments over at Basketball-Ref.com they have: John Havlicek 1940-2019; Hall of Fame; 13x All-Star; 1974 Finals MVP; Stole the Ball

Edgy MD Apr 28 2019 07:16 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=8463 time=1556471452 user_id=55] Another longtime U.S. Senator whose presidential ambitions didn't garner much support: Dick Lugar, Birch Bayh's fellow Hoosier, 87. Six terms, widely admired, eventually elbowed out by Tea Partisans. Ran for the '96 GOP nomination that eventually went to Bob Dole.

When the Soviet Union disbanded, the world's third-largest nuclear power was briefly Ukraine. Several other former Soviet states with brand new governments, usually with the ink not even dry on their constitutions, also found themselves as members of the nuclear club. The Nunn-Lugar Act was one of the most important and under-appreciated initiatives in the history of arms control/anti-proliferation efforts, incentivizing these nations to dismantle these weapons or remand them back to Russia.



Once there was at least a notion that a Senator had a responsibility to make such efforts, and if partisanship drove somebody to indefensible inaction, they at least wouldn't rationalize it with a quote so disgusting as "If you don't want to get elected, you're in the wrong business.



Not out loud and in public, anyhow. And he'd hopefully be screwed to the wall if he did.



But what do I know. (/grumpy old man)

Frayed Knot Apr 29 2019 03:49 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Director John Singleton -- 51 Had a stroke last week Made BOYZ IN THE HOOD at age 23 Pretty good debut I'd say

Lefty Specialist Apr 30 2019 08:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: When the Soviet Union disbanded, the world's third-largest nuclear power was briefly Ukraine. Several other former Soviet states with brand new governments, usually with the ink not even dry on their constitutions, also found themselves as members of the nuclear club. The Nunn-Lugar Act was one of the most important and under-appreciated initiatives in the history of arms control/anti-proliferation efforts, incentivizing these nations to dismantle these weapons or remand them back to Russia. This is one of the greatest successes of the post-war era, supported by Republicans and Democrats alike. The world is a much, much safer place because of it.

G-Fafif May 02 2019 06:08 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Gino Marchetti, one of the great Baltimore Colts of the Diner era, 93.

whippoorwill May 02 2019 06:31 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Richard Anthony Monsour -- aka: Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar -- 81 [YOUTUBE]ZIU0RMV_II8[/YOUTUBE] And here's Dick some 30 years later w/Stevie Ray Go ahead, tell me there's a more fun 2:57 than that! [YOUTUBE]56SAxtf-RTg[/YOUTUBE] Tell the band that. They look as though they were just told they weren't getting paid this month, but they had to smile when the camera featured them. Good song; always wondered what it was.

seawolf17 May 02 2019 07:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/TheWookieeRoars/status/1124077256240967681[/TWEET]

Edgy MD May 02 2019 09:20 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I guess 75 isn't a bad age for a guy that tall. What was he? 7'4"?

Centerfield May 03 2019 02:49 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/TheWookieeRoars/status/1124077256240967681[/TWEET] Rumor has it that he died of heartbreak after seawolf made fun of his sleep apnea.

kcmets May 03 2019 03:00 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I never really thought of Chewbacca as a 7' 4" human in a costume. I assumed he was a real Wookiee. RIP

Frayed Knot May 09 2019 02:20 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on May 09 2019 08:11 PM

"While Jim is downstream wrestling with the alligator, I'll be back here safely in the tent sipping margaritas with Sonja" Johnny Carson, imitating main host Marlin Perkins, would use lines like that one as an introduction to the outwardly straight-laced, though entertainingly frequent (40-some appearances) TONIGHT SHOW guest, 'Mutual of Omaha's WILD KINGDOM' co-host Jim Fowler. Raised in Virginia, Fowler died today in Omaha, Nebraska (of course he did) at the age of 87 Hope the policy was paid up. And if you're under like 50 years old and have no idea what I'm talking about, trust me it was funny and the show itself (MoO'sWK ... although the TONIGHT SHOW too) was a throw back to the days when a single television show had a much greater chance of being an almost universally shared experience. That's it, nothing more to see. I'll go back to being old now.

Edgy MD May 09 2019 08:07 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Old shmold. I associate Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins, and he'd be about 120 by now.

Frayed Knot May 12 2019 04:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Actress Peggy Lipton, best known for her roles in THE MOD SQUAD and TWIN PEAKS - 72 Ex-wife of music biggie Quincy Jones, mother of actress Rashida Jones

MFS62 May 12 2019 08:14 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Actress Peggy Lipton, best known for her roles in THE MOD SQUAD and TWIN PEAKS - 72 Ex-wife of music biggie Quincy Jones, mother of actress Rashida Jones Sigh. I had a crush on her in her Mod Squad days. Who didn't? Olevai Shalom. Later

41Forever May 13 2019 07:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Doris Day at 97. I didn't realize her last film was in 1968. [url]https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/nation-world/legendary-actress-and-singer-doris-day-dead-at-97/507-3c85435c-f42a-4798-8134-9a4c2873fec3?fbclid=IwAR0-hjZ2PvEZpNlLFvMb-9mSHrXKmWPDO-8eFAQ1eyYNz6RitRR2QvaTYzc

G-Fafif May 13 2019 07:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Teacher's Pet, released in 1958 and co-starring Clark Gable, is my Doris Day jam. Best newspaper romcom with dramatic overtones ever made.

MFS62 May 13 2019 07:40 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=9849 time=1557754350 user_id=55] Teacher's Pet, released in 1958 and co-starring Clark Gable, is my Doris Day jam. Best newspaper romcom with dramatic overtones ever made.

My favorite Doris Day movie, too.

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TransMonk May 14 2019 10:47 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Tim Conway, 85

G-Fafif May 14 2019 01:51 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Possibly the funniest comic sketch actor ever. Carol Burnett upgrading from Lyle Waggoner to Tim Conway was the stuff of Wigginton to Wright. What you had was all right, what you brought in was transformational.

Lefty Specialist May 14 2019 02:19 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Watching him break up Harvey Korman NEVER gets old.

G-Fafif May 15 2019 07:08 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Alice Rivlin, OMB director under President Clinton and visionary behind CBO, 88.

MFS62 May 15 2019 07:21 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=9940 time=1557863489 user_id=55] Possibly the funniest comic sketch actor ever. Carol Burnett upgrading from Lyle Waggoner to Tim Conway was the stuff of Wigginton to Wright. What you had was all right, what you brought in was transformational.

It was the talk around the office today.

Young, old, black, white, everyone loved him.

RIP.

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Willets Point May 16 2019 08:33 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Doris Day and Tim Conway are people I would've assumed had been deceased for some time already.

Willets Point May 16 2019 03:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Architect I.M. Pei is reported to have died today having just turned 102 years old at the end April. He's known for the Louvre pyramid, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the JFK Library in Boston, and the East Wing of the National Gallery in Washington, among other buildings.

smg58 May 16 2019 04:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Lefty Specialist wrote: Watching him break up Harvey Korman NEVER gets old. I saw Carol Burnett give a Q&A about her career a couple of years ago, and she commented that once Conway realized he could get Korman to laugh on camera, he would try for it every time, always coming up with something unscripted or unrehearsed so Korman didn't know it was coming.

G-Fafif May 17 2019 09:26 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Twitter icon Grumpy Cat, 7.

kcmets May 17 2019 09:51 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=smg58 post_id=10215 time=1558044656 user_id=62][I saw Carol Burnett give a Q&A about her career a couple of years ago, and she commented that once Conway realized he could get Korman to laugh on camera, he would try for it every time, always coming up with something unscripted or unrehearsed so Korman didn't know it was coming.

I saw that too. I think in some past discussions here the forum was divided

over the whole Carol Burnett Show. Tim was a funny bastard and just thinking

about him trying get Harvey to lose it will always make me chuckle. RIP.

Benjamin Grimm May 17 2019 12:32 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Herman Wouk, 103, who had been previously mentioned in the "Guess Who's Still Alive" thread, has relocated to this thread.

cal sharpie May 17 2019 12:36 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I.M. Pei at 102 yesterday and now Herman Wouk at 103. My prediction is that a 104-year-old will die tomorrow.

Double Switch May 17 2019 12:53 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

A 95-year-old died today, Machiko Kyo. Famous in the west for Rashomon (Kurosawa), Gate of Hell (Kinugasa), and Floating Weeds (Ozu), she worked with all the "Golden Age" directors in Japan. Setsuko Hara, another Ozu mainstay, died at 95 in 2015. Isuzu Yamada also made it to 95, passing away in 2012. I include these last two only as an observation that some great Japanese actresses live a long, long time and that they all worked with Kurosawa and Ozu (among many others).

cal sharpie May 17 2019 12:56 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

She was great in Rashomon and Floating Weeds. Hadn't heard she had passed.

Double Switch May 17 2019 12:59 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

cal sharpie wrote: She was great in Rashomon and Floating Weeds. Hadn't heard she had passed. I would encourage you to watch Gate of Hell (aka Jigokumon) for another great performance. OK, now I kicked myself down the rabbit hole and started remembering so many other great Kyo roles, especially one with another Japanese director, Kenji Mizoguchi. Ugetsu Monogatari. This also is classic and also a ghost story, which is a staple of Japanese golden age cinema. It's likely available at libraries as will as TCM (check those late night listings).

Double Switch May 21 2019 01:27 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Niki Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019), one of my all-time favorite F-1 drivers, has passed. "On 20 May 2019 Lauda died in his sleep, aged 70, at the University Hospital of Zürich, where he had been undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney problems, following a period of ill health." He was a year younger than I. Now I really feel old.

Edgy MD May 22 2019 06:15 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

He looked about 94

Edgy MD May 22 2019 11:05 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

You're young and solid. I don't know if anybody ever told you this, but you kind of look like Bruce Lee.

Double Switch May 22 2019 12:08 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I hope not. He's been bleedin' demised since 1973.

Frayed Knot May 26 2019 01:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bart Starr -- 85

Frayed Knot May 26 2019 01:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Double Switch wrote: Niki Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019), one of my all-time favorite F-1 drivers, has passed. "On 20 May 2019 Lauda died in his sleep, aged 70, at the University Hospital of Zürich, where he had been undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney problems, following a period of ill health." He was a year younger than I. Now I really feel old. Some of the health problems he faced down the stretch apparently stemmed from a recent lung transplant which you have to figure was a byproduct of the crash that nearly killed him all those years ago (1976). Even after surviving that crash & fire, that he went on to make it just to 70 y/o is remarkable. The rivalry between Lauda and English driver James Hunt was the subject of the pretty good movie 'RUSH' starring German/Spanish actor Daniel Bruhl as Lauda with one of those Hemsworth brothers as Hunt. A bit formulaic in that it's a well worn path where polar opposites vie for the same prize and find mutual respect along the way after starting off as antagonists. But it's a well done and particularly well-filmed (Ron Howard as director) version of that kind of story.

Double Switch May 26 2019 06:21 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Double Switch wrote: Niki Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019), one of my all-time favorite F-1 drivers, has passed. "On 20 May 2019 Lauda died in his sleep, aged 70, at the University Hospital of Zürich, where he had been undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney problems, following a period of ill health." He was a year younger than I. Now I really feel old. Some of the health problems he faced down the stretch apparently stemmed from a recent lung transplant which you have to figure was a byproduct of the crash that nearly killed him all those years ago (1976). Even after surviving that crash & fire, that he went on to make it just to 70 y/o is remarkable. The rivalry between Lauda and English driver James Hunt was the subject of the pretty good movie 'RUSH' starring German/Spanish actor Daniel Bruhl as Lauda with one of those Hemsworth brothers as Hunt. A bit formulaic in that it's a well worn path where polar opposites vie for the same prize and find mutual respect along the way after starting off as antagonists. But it's a well done and particularly well-filmed (Ron Howard as director) version of that kind of story. I can appreciate that movies are made about F-1 and actually like some of those classics from back in the day, particularly the one (Grand Prix) that had Toshiro Mifune as an owner (named Izo Yamura) and was obviously (and poorly) dubbed. The only line that made it through final edit was when his character exclaims "Gasu reeking?" Myself, I was an avid fan all through that time, knew about the "Hunt the Shunt" stories (puking in his helmet on the grid and so on) with the help of Autoweek. Not much cable coverage back then. Lauda was a miracle of survival. I backed away when Gilles Villenueve died in a qualifying session crash in Belgium (1982). By then I'd had enough death by sports.

G-Fafif May 27 2019 08:56 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edmund Morris, 78, acclaimed biographer of TR, less acclaimed biographer of Ronald Reagan. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/obituaries/edmund-morris-reagan-biographer-who-upset-conventions-dies-at-78.html

41Forever May 28 2019 04:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edmund Morris, 78, acclaimed biographer of TR, less acclaimed biographer of Ronald Reagan. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/obituaries/edmund-morris-reagan-biographer-who-upset-conventions-dies-at-78.html Bummer. His TR trilogy is brilliant.

TransMonk May 28 2019 10:08 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I enjoyed his TR books as well. RIP.

cal sharpie May 28 2019 10:43 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bad time for Pulitzer Prize historians as Tony Horwitz died over the weekend. Best known for Confederates in the Attic he was a particular favorite of mine.

Willets Point May 28 2019 12:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

If you want to understand how our country reached the point of insanity it's at right now, Confederates in the Attic is a must read. A whole community of people who claim to be patriotic Americans while celebrating the greatest act of treason and terrorism against the United States. No wonder they love having a traitorous Fascist as President now.

Frayed Knot May 28 2019 02:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I read only his MIDNIGHT RISING book on the John Brown raid.

cal sharpie May 28 2019 02:42 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

His BLUE LATITUDES on the voyages of Captain Cook (and his joining in with a group trying to recreate them) is well worth it as is BAGHDAD WITHOUT A MAP about, well, Baghdad.

Edgy MD May 28 2019 05:17 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Only 60 years old. Wonder if he had a relation to Jay Horwitz.

Fman99 May 28 2019 08:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Those all sound good. I'm surprised I never heard of him. If you want good historical fiction about John Brown, I am particularly fond of "Cloudsplitter" by Russell Banks. It's a weighty endeavor but well worth it.

Willets Point May 28 2019 08:59 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Cloudsplitter was awesome. As to Tony Horwitz, in addition to the books already mentioned, I'd add A Voyage Long and Strange. Also, Baghdad Without a Map isn't just about Iraq, but has stories about several Middle Eastern nations.

Edgy MD May 29 2019 07:27 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

He just collapsed on a sidewalk in DC. Seemed like a healthy guy to me. I was a passing fan, but my wife read and re-read all his books devotedly.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 11:36 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

This is pretty incredible. Curtis Blake, one of the two brothers who founded Friendly's restaurants, died last week at age 102. His co-founder brother Pres survives him. He's 104!!! https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/leadership/friendlys-co-founder-curtis-blake-dies-102

Frayed Knot May 29 2019 12:44 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

So now we all know what we should have been eating all along!!

MFS62 May 29 2019 07:24 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: This is pretty incredible. Curtis Blake, one of the two brothers who founded Friendly's restaurants, died last week at age 102. His co-founder brother Pres survives him. He's 104!!! https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/leadership/friendlys-co-founder-curtis-blake-dies-102 They lasted longer than many of their restaurant locations. Later

Willets Point May 30 2019 08:39 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Friendly's jumped the shark after the Blakes sold the company to Hershey's in the early 80s.

Lefty Specialist May 30 2019 08:53 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I still have one near me. It's a guilty pleasure.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 30 2019 09:14 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Yeah Friendly's definitely jumped the shark. Where I grew up it was a great thing to have in town: A public place where kids could go and hang out and eat affordably and get treated like adults and get ice cream, and salesmen and local workers could sit and have lunch without the dehumanization that comes with quick-service joints like McDonalds and taco Bell. It wasn't like our village had a lot of options anyway (we didn't have any fast food franchises beyond a Carvel) The other restuarants in our town either were velvet-curtain stuffy places expressly targeting adults, or take-out places (deli, pizza, chinese). There were also bars for commuter alcoholics near the train station. Great memories of our XC team after running 8 miles on a long saturday morning practice all piling into a couple booths at Friendly's in our sweats and replacing those lost calories with a greasy burger, crinkle-cut fries and jim dandy sundae

Willets Point May 30 2019 09:19 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

We had one near my house that we went to a lot when I was little, and a couple more in neighboring towns. I remember one by one each of them being remodeled to the same cookie cutter design and the menu being updated from basic but good grub to bland and mediocre.

MFS62 May 30 2019 09:59 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The one near us closed a few months ago. I didn't know some were still open because this one always seemed to be busy. So I thought the whole chain was kaput. Later

dgwphotography May 30 2019 11:25 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Leon Redbone, 69

Willets Point May 30 2019 11:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I remember him from Saturday Night Live and these very entertaining Budweiser ads. [YOUTUBE]wU6xhLNfnQ4[/YOUTUBE] I'm stunned that he was 69 because I always assumed he was an old man back in the 1980s!

dgwphotography May 30 2019 12:22 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I thought he would have been much older, too.

Frayed Knot May 31 2019 10:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Reading the NY Times obit on Redbone, it seems like he was quite intentionally murky about the details of his life so who knows how accurate that age is. "I've heard he's anywhere from 25 to 60 ... I've been this close" [holding his hands 18 inches apart] Bob Dylan once said, "and I can't tell". Apparently born as Dickran Gobalian in August of 1949 on the island of Cyprus to parents who fled Israel after the new government there seized their property. Was said to hold a Canadian passport but lived out his life in Pennsylvania where he's survived by a wife, two daughters and three grandchildren.

Edgy MD Jun 01 2019 07:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

My dick ran gobalian once. It was alarming, but I did some breathing exercises and things calmed down once I lowered my heart rate. He did about a billion commercials, even many ones he didn't appear in, and I'm sure he made far more from advertising than he did from recording and touring. Mama gets 'em out with A-L-L!

RealityChuck Jun 03 2019 12:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Paul Darrow, British actor. Best known as Kerr Avon from the science fiction classic Blake's 7. One of the delights of the show. [YOUTUBE]SWHLU8fwi80[/YOUTUBE] "I'm not expandable; I'm not stupid; and I'm not going."

G-Fafif Jun 06 2019 04:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Dr. John, 77. [youtube]HT4RainY-lY[/youtube]

Fman99 Jun 06 2019 07:04 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Aw, bummer. Love the Doc. [youtube]SCRrXZP8b0I[/youtube]

G-Fafif Jun 12 2019 07:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys, 52. [youtube]6IJCFc_qkHw[/youtube]

batmagadanleadoff Jun 13 2019 02:41 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

"You were gonna ask me for money? [Youtube]X6UG7H2dcos[/youtube] RIP

whippoorwill Jun 13 2019 04:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Hilarious scene. Very sad news

41Forever Jun 17 2019 08:28 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Gloria Vanderbilt, the “poor little rich girl” heiress at the center of a scandalous custody battle of the 1930s and the designer jeans queen of the 1970s and '80s, died on Monday at 95, according to her son, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. [url]https://apnews.com/3eef907c05aa4e24898d2d28a78eecf9

Edgy MD Jun 17 2019 09:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bigger even than her is the great Italian film director Franco Zeffirilli. Unlike the Hollywood system that historically culled it's directors from actors, screenwriters, and editors, and later right out of film school, the great European filmmakers would often establish themselves directing operas and plays, and even return to the stage as their film career was flourishing. Often they would direct a play or opera and then adapt it to the screen, or film the production on stage, and make a movie of it that way, getting realistic angles and intimacy that wouldn't otherwise appear in a film of a stage production. Zeff, along with Bergman, was one of these. And being Italian, he could commit to making a film in a grittily realistic style, but still couldn't help making it gorgeous. He was the first director to use appropriate-age actors to play Romeo and Juliet, and his 1968 Romeo and Juliet remains, I think, the last Shakespeare adaptation nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. He shot in Romanesque Italian locations, including Tuscany, and shot Brother Sun, Sister Moon in the streets of Assisi. The heart of his career — The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), and The Champ (1979) — was just monumental, even as he continued to direct lavish stage productions featuring the greatest opera stars of the age. And then he made Endless Love (1981), which should make any right-thinking person want to punch him in the face. Just dig him up and shoot him. Youthful love, beauty, and tragedy, which seemed so powerful in his Renaissance stories, seemed utterly cheap and trashy when moved to the American suburbs, with a breathy Lionel Richie ballad. A couple of late-career entries — an interestingly decent-if-awkward Hamlet with Mel Gibson, and a very good Jayne Eyre with William Hurt and Charlotte Gainsborough — took him a few steps toward redemption. But Endless Love is Endless Love. Interestingly, both Gloria Vanderbilt and Franco Zeffirilli made a pile of money exploiting the teenaged ass of Brooke Shields. I'm not sure what that says.

kcmets Jun 17 2019 10:11 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

So Anderson Cooper is, like, a billionaire? Phwam...

Willets Point Jun 19 2019 02:40 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Pretty much everything that happened during Brooke Shields' childhood was incredibly creepy and I don't know what people were thinking letting it happen. Somehow she seems to have become an adult without severe mental illnesses.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 19 2019 03:03 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I think it was Calvin Kleins that hugged Brooke Shields ass not GVs

Edgy MD Jun 22 2019 08:50 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I think you right. Willets too is correct — at least regarding the creepiness. I can't say for sure whether she's escaped psychotrauma.

MFS62 Jun 23 2019 05:18 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: Willets too is correct — at least regarding the creepiness. I can't say for sure whether she's escaped psychotrauma. I think she finally snapped. She made a tv movie for the Hallmark Murder and Mysteries Channel. Later

whippoorwill Jun 23 2019 06:46 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

She was hilarious as the white trash neighbor on The Middle

Frayed Knot Jun 23 2019 07:33 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Yes, the ad copy was: "Nothing comes between me and my Calvins" - with its implication that she -- maybe 15 or 16 at the time? -- spent her entire day going 'commando'. Then there was a satire going around at the time (SNL probably) concerning the (then) recently released photos of her quite young and mostly naked. In the satire the Brooke impersonator was complaining the the photographer had used and exploited her; "And that's supposed to be my mother's job!" Creepy indeed.

whippoorwill Jun 23 2019 09:55 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Yes, the ad copy was: "Nothing comes between me and my Calvins" - with its implication that she -- maybe 15 or 16 at the time? -- spent her entire day going 'commando'. Then there was a satire going around at the time (SNL probably) concerning the (then) recently released photos of her quite young and mostly naked. In the satire the Brooke impersonator was complaining the the photographer had used and exploited her; "And that's supposed to be my mother's job!" Creepy indeed. I was dense enough to not get the Calvin Klein ad and I was prolly about 20 and I should have Yes I recall Brooke's Mom being quite a piece of work

G-Fafif Jul 02 2019 07:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Lee Iacocca, 94. High-profile auto executive from the days when people would say of him, “a businessman oughta run for president,” and we were clever enough to ignore them.

Double Switch Jul 02 2019 07:32 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Iacocca might have been a decent guy to turn into a president. He never struck me as a raving nutbar but who knows what it took to get the Mustang on the road. Never owned one, so I suspect I should have no opinion. I've always stuck with Japanese cars.

G-Fafif Jul 03 2019 12:51 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Arte Johnson of Laugh-In fame, 90.

MFS62 Jul 03 2019 04:24 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=14994 time=1562179908 user_id=55] Arte Johnson of Laugh-In fame, 90.

Very interesting.



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G-Fafif Jul 08 2019 09:12 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Joāo Gilberto, one of the godfathers of Bossa Nova, 88.

G-Fafif Jul 09 2019 08:20 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Ross Perot, tycoon and would-be president, 89, from leukemia.

41Forever Jul 09 2019 09:03 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Ross Perot, tycoon and would-be president, 89, from leukemia. One of my fave Sesame Street skits! [YOUTUBE]iKSGF4Ufso8[/YOUTUBE]

G-Fafif Jul 09 2019 09:08 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Actor Rip Torn, 88. AKA Artie, producer, The Larry Sanders Show.

TransMonk Jul 10 2019 05:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Rip Torn was pretty amazing. RIP, Rip. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/arts/rip-torn-dead.html

Double Switch Jul 10 2019 08:47 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Jim Bouton ~ March 8, 1939 – July 10, 2019

G-Fafif Jul 11 2019 02:35 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Walt Michaels, the coach who led the Jets back to the playoffs late in their Shea tenure, 89, reportedly from kidney failure.

MFS62 Jul 11 2019 06:53 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=15634 time=1562834139 user_id=55] Walt Michaels, the coach who led the Jets back to the playoffs late in their Shea tenure, 89, reportedly from kidney failure.

Where did you see/ read that? I haven't.



Later

G-Fafif Jul 11 2019 07:03 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The Freezing in Flushing Facebook group, generally reliable as it includes former players.

G-Fafif Jul 11 2019 11:07 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

https://www.timesleader.com/news/749426/former-new-york-jets-coach-swoyersville-native-walt-michaels-dead-at-89

MFS62 Jul 11 2019 11:17 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Sad. Thanks, Later

seawolf17 Jul 11 2019 12:39 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Feels like we've had a few minor celebrity death WHOA moments the last few days. Denise Nickerson, the actress who played Violet Beauregarde. Cameron Boyce, just 20 years old, who I know because he played one of the kids on Jessie, which my son watched repeatedly for weeks. Arte Johnson, best known as the four-letter crossword answer to "Funnyman Johnson." Jared Lorenzen, former Giants QB.

G-Fafif Jul 12 2019 05:22 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Influential labor leader and advocate for immigrants Hector Figueroa, 57, from a heart attack. Lived in the same Jackson Heights building as a friend of mine,

G-Fafif Jul 12 2019 06:07 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Recent passing: Actor Max Wright, 75, brilliant as the beleaguered station manager in Buffalo Bill, better known as Alf's co-star. Could have played Joe Lieberman.

G-Fafif Jul 12 2019 07:12 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Jerry Lawson of the Persuasions, 75.

Edgy MD Jul 16 2019 02:44 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The Persuasions were great. Also, spare a thought for world music pioneer, South African anti-Apartheid force, and man who NEVER stopped wearing casual jackets from the 80s, Johnny Clegg. https://i2.wp.com/www.thezimbabwemail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Johnny-Clegg.jpg?zoom=2.625&resize=372%2C209&ssl=1> https://www.sapeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hqdefault.jpg>

Frayed Knot Jul 16 2019 08:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens The lone SC appointee from the Gerald Ford presidency was 99

Edgy MD Jul 16 2019 09:57 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Longest-living Supreme Court justice in history I believe. Voted to bring back the death penalty in Gregg vs. Georgia and lived to regret it. Hopefully he started regretting it immediately.

Double Switch Jul 24 2019 07:23 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Rutger Hauer, 75.

Edgy MD Jul 24 2019 08:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Want to have your mind blown? Dig this: BLADE RUNNER was set in 2019, so Rutger Hauer was programmed to expire at the same time Roy Batty was. BOOM! [YOUTUBE]NoAzpa1x7jU[/YOUTUBE]

Double Switch Jul 24 2019 09:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: Want to have your mind blown? Dig this: BLADE RUNNER was set in 2019, so Rutger Hauer was programmed to expire at the same time Roy Batty was. BOOM! [YOUTUBE]NoAzpa1x7jU[/YOUTUBE] Double Boom!

G-Fafif Jul 31 2019 09:04 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Nick Buoniconti, Super Bowl champion Dolphin, pro football hall of famer, TV personality and an advocate for paralysis research (following the spinal cord injury his son suffered while playing college football), 78. Nick himself struggled with neurological issues.

G-Fafif Jul 31 2019 10:08 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Hal Prince, an enormously impactful Broadway figure, 91. My father's office, when he was situated in Manhattan, occasionally received misdirected calls for him, but he was no relation.

Edgy MD Jul 31 2019 07:06 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

My first association with Hal Prince is that Hirschfeld used to draw him with massive turtleneck sweaters. https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ff/1f/af/ff1fafd3e2d20448cef5ffedb8cf28a5.jpg>

Double Switch Jul 31 2019 07:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Took a while, but I spotted the "Nina" just above his ear.

G-Fafif Aug 03 2019 07:36 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Pioneering documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker, 94.

G-Fafif Aug 03 2019 09:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The great Raiders receiver Cliff Branch, 71.

whippoorwill Aug 04 2019 08:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Time to dredge up the massacre thread :( Two in one night

41Forever Aug 06 2019 07:49 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison has died at 88. [url]https://www.apnews.com/11910324b8c848af823a4b19a3e1bc7e

G-Fafif Aug 07 2019 02:37 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Russi Taylor, 75, voice of Martin Prince on The Simpsons among other animated characters.

G-Fafif Aug 08 2019 12:18 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Rosie Ruiz, 66. She didn't win the 1980 Boston Marathon but briefly convinced the world she did.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 08 2019 12:49 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I remember her! (But when I read her name, I first thought you meant Rosie Perez.)

G-Fafif Aug 08 2019 05:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Tom Gulotta, 75, former Nassau County Executive and Town of Hempstead pol.

G-Fafif Aug 08 2019 05:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

David Corcoran, 72, former Science Times editor. Very well-regarded journalist, lover of poetry, gentle soul and, yes, a true orange and blue Mets fan (and friend of mine). A good man who will be missed. https://ksj.mit.edu/dispatches/2019/08/05/remembering-david-corcoran-veteran-journalist-and-ksj-family-member/

Edgy MD Aug 10 2019 08:11 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

And Jeffrey Epstein dies in prison after an apparent suicide, and takes the most horrible moral secrets of God-knows-how-many rich and powerful men to the grave with him.

Lefty Specialist Aug 10 2019 10:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

A lot of powerful people are breathing a lot easier today. Wonder who got paid off.

Edgy MD Aug 10 2019 10:54 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

And how many young women are breathing a lot harder, wondering if they're in the crosshairs?

G-Fafif Aug 16 2019 01:18 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Henri Belolo, 82, dance music producer and a founder of the Village People. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/village-people-co-creator-henri-belolo-dead-at-82-868333/

Frayed Knot Aug 16 2019 05:20 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Peter Fonda - 79 Younger brother of Jane, son of Henry, father of (former*) actress Bridget Best known for EASY RIDER. Nominated for two Oscars: 1970 Best original screenplay for EASY RIDER (also Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern); best actor for ULEE'S GOLD (1998) * Now 55 y/o, Bridget Fonda has no acting credits (acc to IMDB) since 2002

MFS62 Aug 16 2019 05:27 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

"Damn Hippie." RIP Later

Edgy MD Aug 16 2019 07:14 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Oddly enough, John Lennon's "She said, 'I know what it's like to be dead'" was based on a conversation with Peter Fonda.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 16 2019 11:24 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Holy Moley! Not that I'm necessarily looking to Batman this thread up, but the Batman card I'm working on right now is a Batman69 insert with Peter Fonda in the "says" box. And as I was working on it, I decided that I'd watch Easy Rider when I get the chance. RIP Captain America.

Frayed Knot Aug 17 2019 01:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I saw EASY RIDER exactly once, many years ago but also many (20?) years after its release. And while I can appreciate its status as a movie of its time, it remains exactly that: a movie of its time. iow, it didn't age well and there are a lot of other 'anti-hero' movies from that era that I'd turn to a whole lot quicker than this one. My other lasting impression was that Jack Nicholson, though clearly the third banana as far as script time goes, so clearly out-classed the main two actors (who were also the film's writers) that I'm half surprised they didn't cut him out and re-film his parts using someone else. It was like he was actually playing a role while the other two were more akin to teenagers with their father's camera going; 'Hey cool man, let's make a movie'

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 11:04 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Kip Addotta, standup staple of the talk show circuit back in the day, 75.

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 01:41 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Jack Whitaker, sports journalist and essayist for CBS and ABC, 95.

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 03:38 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, 76.

41Forever Aug 23 2019 07:36 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 23 2019 08:21 AM

Philanthropist, conservative activist David Koch, 79. Donated more than $1 billion for cancer research. [url]https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/23/billionaire-david-koch-major-conservative-donor-died-age/40000813/

Vic Sage Aug 23 2019 08:17 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Philanthropist? That's how you describe one of the most destructive forces burrowing into our democracy, one arm of the Kochtopus, the shadowy network he created with his brother to fund fringe-right tea party politics and propaganda and paved the way for Trumpism -- oh, and lets not even get into his company's fossil fuel-funded destruction of environmental protections -- a "philanthropist" and "conservative activist". Wow. just wow. please let me know where his grave is so i can piss on it.

Edgy MD Aug 23 2019 08:49 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Pretty much every news outlet included that descriptor in their headline and/or lede.

seawolf17 Aug 23 2019 09:00 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Vic Sage wrote: Philanthropist? That's how you describe one of the most destructive forces burrowing into our democracy, one arm of the Kochtopus, the shadowy network he created with his brother to fund fringe-right tea party politics and propaganda and paved the way for Trumpism -- oh, and lets not even get into his company's fossil fuel-funded destruction of environmental protections -- a "philanthropist" and "conservative activist". Wow. just wow. please let me know where his grave is so i can piss on it. This. Eff that guy.

Lefty Specialist Aug 23 2019 09:06 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. - Clarence Darrow

Willets Point Aug 23 2019 10:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Koch is survived by his heirs: the worldwide reemergence of fascist governments, widespread poverty, and a burning earth.

Double Switch Aug 23 2019 11:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=41Forever post_id=19689 time=1566567371 user_id=69] Philanthropist, conservative activist David Koch, 79. Donated more than $1 billion for cancer research.

Because he had cancer himself. I highly doubt he'd otherwise have given a dime or a damn.

Fman99 Aug 23 2019 12:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Willets Point wrote: Koch is survived by his heirs: the worldwide reemergence of fascist governments, widespread poverty, and a burning earth. Yeah, seriously. Fuck this guy for dragging us backwards 150 years in time with his bullshit machinery.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 23 2019 01:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

What a sick cocksucker this David Koch was. He did everything in his quite considerable power to destroy the Earth's future. Why? Because the billionaire didnt have enough money? And he didnt give a flying fuck because, as his death proves, he ain't gonna be around when the planet becomes uninhabitable. These climate change deniers and obstructionists will go down as having perpetrated the biggest crimes against humanity.

smg58 Aug 23 2019 04:40 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The world has one less villain.

MFS62 Aug 23 2019 07:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Humorist Will Rogers said, "I never met a man I didn't like". Rogers would have punched Koch in the mouth. Later

LWFS Aug 24 2019 08:21 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

In lieu of flowers, please create a shell corporation through which to funnel millions to a lobbying juggernaut/shadow government working to kill this earth and shunt even more money into the pockets of the obscenely wealthy. One down.

Lefty Specialist Aug 26 2019 07:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=LWFS post_id=19904 time=1566699682 user_id=84] One down.

Yeah, that was my first thought, too. But the damage they've done will long outlive them.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 26 2019 07:50 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 26 2019 11:17 AM

Charlie Pierce on the death of David Koch. Good grief. Describing this bastard in the first instance as a philanthropist is like devoting the opening paragraph of Hitler's death to his deep love of his mother. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a28798394/david-koch-dead-climate-denial-republican-politics/

Vic Sage Aug 26 2019 10:34 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

An organization i work with rejected Koch's "philanthropy" as blood money, and we didn't want to allow him to use us as to rebrand himself a "patron" rather than the parasite he was. Everytime some mainstream columnist or publication calls him a "philanthropist", he's won.

G-Fafif Aug 26 2019 08:47 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Jack Perkins, host of Biography, 85.

smg58 Aug 27 2019 12:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Vic Sage wrote: An organization i work with rejected Koch's "philanthropy" as blood money, and we didn't want to allow him to use us as to rebrand himself a "patron" rather than the parasite he was. Everytime some mainstream columnist or publication calls him a "philanthropist", he's won. Good for your organization. As opposed to the American Museum of Natural History naming the dinosaur wing after him.

MFS62 Aug 27 2019 07:07 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=smg58 post_id=20035 time=1566930323 user_id=62] Good for your organization. As opposed to the American Museum of Natural History naming the dinosaur wing after him.

But it IS appropriate.

Later

41Forever Aug 30 2019 06:33 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

You might not know the name, but you've seen him in this famous photo. James Leavelle, the detective handcuffed to Lee Oswald when he was shot, at 99. https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/12/12/18/29-photo-ap.jpg?w968h681> [url]https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/james-leavelle-dead.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

Benjamin Grimm Aug 30 2019 09:08 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p276/umdb/oswald.jpg>

Frayed Knot Aug 30 2019 01:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=41Forever post_id=20326 time=1567168402 user_id=69]... you've seen him in this famous photo. James Leavelle, the detective handcuffed to Lee Oswald when he was shot, at 99.

Just another case of witnesses and co-conspirators to the cover-up being rubbed out before they can talk.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 30 2019 05:20 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Rhoda has now joined Mary. Valerie Harper has died.

Edgy MD Aug 30 2019 06:04 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

She pretty much robbed The Reaper the last 10 years, didn't she? Betty White was the oldest cast member, and she may end up surviving them all.

Double Switch Aug 30 2019 06:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: She pretty much robbed The Reaper the last 10 years, didn't she? Betty White was the oldest cast member, and she may end up surviving them all. Betty was the best part of Boston Legal, too. Valerie clearly Beat the Reaper for years. Cloris Leachman and Ed Anser are still around too.

Edgy MD Aug 30 2019 06:40 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

And Gavin McLeod and John Amos and Robbie Rist. But my money is on Sue Ann.

Double Switch Aug 30 2019 06:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: And Gavin McLeod and John Amos and Robbie Rist. Bug my money is on Sue Ann. Right there with ya (although one of my very favorite ever scenes in any movie was when Cloris Leachman flang the coffee pot at the wall in The Last Picture Show.

Edgy MD Aug 30 2019 07:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

You say Cloris Leachman at the movies, and I think Crazy Mama. [fimg=550]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTczYjc5NGQtOTY1OC00N2NhLTg5M2EtYWQ4Y2IzNDk3YzgxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,1222,1000_AL_.jpg[/fimg]

Frayed Knot Aug 30 2019 07:41 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Didn't realize Cloris Leachman was still around (b. 1926 Des Moines, IA) but, Hell, she's not only still living but still working! I remember a thread from a while back (prolly around Gene Wilder's death) where we talked about how Mel Brooks has by now out-lived virtually his entire cast of usual suspects.

Double Switch Aug 30 2019 08:12 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Didn't realize Cloris Leachman was still around (b. 1926 Des Moines, IA) but, Hell, she's not only still living but still working! I remember a thread from a while back (prolly around Gene Wilder's death) where we talked about how Mel Brooks has by now out-lived virtually his entire cast of usual suspects. Carl Reiner still walks the earth (March 20, 1922). I'll have what he's having, if you don't mind.

Frayed Knot Aug 30 2019 08:22 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Yeah that one I knew. Reiner's philosophy these days is to pick up the newspaper first thing in the morning and go right to the obituaries. If he doesn't see himself in it, he claims, then he has breakfast. Reiner & Mel are neighbors who, as widowers, have dinner together most nights while watching Jeopardy.

Double Switch Aug 30 2019 08:33 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Guessing they plan to split duty on being the 2,000-year-old man.

Edgy MD Aug 30 2019 09:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

In 1955, there was an astounding plan to tear down Carnegie Hall. That did not sit well with the city's lively arts community — both performers and patrons — and they took to the streets (or at least the sidewalks) to protest. One of them was a young woman named Valerie. And she caught some air. [fimg=650]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/valerie.jpg[/fimg]

HahnSolo Sep 04 2019 08:31 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: You say Cloris Leachman at the movies, and I think Crazy Mama. [fimg=550]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTczYjc5NGQtOTY1OC00N2NhLTg5M2EtYWQ4Y2IzNDk3YzgxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,1222,1000_AL_.jpg[/fimg] Linda Purl in tight jeans? More please.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2019 08:41 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

It's sort of an insane film, in which most of the punchlines go to Linda's fellow Happy Days cast member Donnie Most. But if Linda Purl is your jam, this may be your movie.

seawolf17 Sep 04 2019 08:42 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Reiner & Mel are neighbors who, as widowers, have dinner together most nights while watching Jeopardy. Hang on, adding "watch Jeopardy with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks" to my bucket list.

Frayed Knot Sep 04 2019 08:46 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Reiner & Mel are neighbors who, as widowers, have dinner together most nights while watching Jeopardy. Hang on, adding "watch Jeopardy with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks" to my bucket list. I know, right? I bet that, even if they can't answer correctly most of the times, the answers they do come up with will be better than the real ones.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 04 2019 09:12 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

For me, it's Young Frankenstein. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51KT51FibyL.jpg>

whippoorwill Sep 04 2019 12:40 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: In 1955, there was an astounding plan to tear down Carnegie Hall. That did not sit well with the city's lively arts community — both performers and patrons — and they took to the streets (or at least the sidewalks) to protest. One of them was a young woman named Valerie. And she caught some air. [fimg=650]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/valerie.jpg[/fimg] Never in a million years would I have guessed Rhoda could do this

Benjamin Grimm Sep 12 2019 08:42 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I just found out that Robert Mugabe died last week. Why didn't anyone tell me? I feel like a part of my soul is missing.

TransMonk Sep 12 2019 08:55 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Daniel Johnston Dies; Gifted and Enigmatic Songwriter Was 58

Benjamin Grimm Sep 12 2019 09:06 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Hey! I'm still not done processing Robert Mugabe!

TransMonk Sep 12 2019 09:36 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Sorry. RIP.

HahnSolo Sep 13 2019 08:28 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Eddie Money at age 70. Too soon for cracks about Paradise?

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 13 2019 08:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Oh, man. I knew he had cancer or something. Was trying to launch his daughter's career with a reality show. I liked his 1st 2 rekkids.

G-Fafif Sep 13 2019 09:23 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Every one of his airplay-attracting singles was dependable and durable. They could have come out in any decade and worked. "Take Me Home Tonight" ranks at No. 422 on my Top 1000. Not every rock guy would have the confidence to keep up with Ronnie Spector. [youtube]LnRCk6DN9EE[/youtube] On a personal note, his passing ends a long-running joke with my wife based on my having heard a Mix 105 DJ introduce either "Baby Hold On" or "Two Tickets to Paradise" in 1991 with the revelation that, "I saw Eddie Money about four years ago. He's looking good!" For the next 28 years, "he's looking good!" applied to anybody we hadn't seen in a long time (or whenever we heard a Money track on the radio) was a guaranteed laugh-getter.

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 13 2019 09:29 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

A tragedy that he died before we could Desert Island Mix-Tape him here. You are right, Money came off as a guy whose CAHNfidence exceeded his stuff. His voice had some Rod Stewart and some Robert Palmer in it, but he wasn't nearly as good as either of them but acted like he was. He also benefitted from a good guitar player on his records.

41Forever Sep 13 2019 09:40 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bummer. I liked him. He gave a free concert in a park here a few years ago, one of those concerts where you are surprised you know as many songs as you know. And afterwards he came out and signed autographs for seemingly anyone who wanted one. They were selling 8x10s to have signed, but I think the autographs were free. He was pretty chatty with fans, asking," Did you have a good time? Was the sound good?"

Edgy MD Sep 13 2019 11:37 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I'm not sure, but I think this is at least the second time he flatlined, possibly the third. I was thinking he was starting to develop a Jerry Lee Lewis-like skill for beating the Reaper.

Willets Point Sep 13 2019 12:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

At least we know he's not going to Hell or even Purgatory, because he has Tickets to Paradise!

Frayed Knot Sep 13 2019 01:14 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Willets Point wrote: At least we know he's not going to Hell or even Purgatory, because he has Tickets to Paradise! But who's he taking with him??? (cuz, y'know, he has TWO) Edward Joseph Mahoney, Long Island raised, Brooklyn born son of an NYC cop.

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 13 2019 01:57 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

[YOUTUBE]i7ZU5wtX0yw[/YOUTUBE] Check out Eddie's shredding guitarist who is named Jimmy Lyon. Eddie actually was a NYC cop for 2 years before going to Frisco to be a rock star

Willets Point Sep 13 2019 01:59 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Willets Point wrote: At least we know he's not going to Hell or even Purgatory, because he has Tickets to Paradise! But who's he taking with him??? (cuz, y'know, he has TWO) Dang, Eddie Money is like the ancient Pharoahs!

Edgy MD Sep 13 2019 02:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

When you have a name like “Eddie Mahoney,” you don't even have to go to the academy. The NYPD just says, “Here's your gun and badge — go get ‘em.”

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2019 09:48 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: When you have a name like “Eddie Mahoney,” you don't even have to go to the academy. The NYPD just says, “Here's your gun and badge — go get ‘em.” Particularly when you're the grandson, son, nephew, and brother of cops. Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Eddie actually was a NYC cop for 2 years before going to Frisco to be a rock star Eddie has told this story himself -- which explains how it gets into various "official" bios -- but also has admitted at times to never being more than briefly a trainee ("I typed up a couple of duty rosters") and the NYPD says that the latter version is the accurate one. So EM may have written 'Two Tickets to Paradise' but apparently never wrote so much as a single parking ticket.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2019 06:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 15 2019 06:26 PM

Ric Ocasek, 70, found dead in Manhattan townhouse. Early reports point to natural causes for the 'Cars' frontman.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2019 06:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Ric Ocasek found dead in Manhattan townhouse.

HahnSolo Sep 15 2019 06:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Ric Ocasek. Fuck. The Cars got me through a lot of long days and nights.

seawolf17 Sep 15 2019 06:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I feel like we talk about The Cars here way more than we ever talked about the Ramones.

G-Fafif Sep 15 2019 06:35 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Age reported as 75.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2019 06:43 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019 Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Sep 15 2019 07:24 PM

Age reported as 75. Yeah, the NY Post says 70 (which I blindly copied) but that's clearly not correct. Wikipedia lists no date of birth and lists the birth year as "1943 or 1944", making him somewhere from 74 and 76 depending on the specifics. I didn't realize going in that he was that old. I've said this before here, but I judge every musicians age in comparison to the Beatles since they are a few of celebs where I actually know their respective ages (July '40 = Ringo; J = Oct '40; P = Jun '42; G = Feb '43) So depending on when Ric actually was born, he could essentially be the same age as George, or at best a year and a half younger, even though the Cars didn't hit the charts until a decade and a half later.

41Forever Sep 15 2019 07:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

That's a shame. The second concert I eve saw -- The Candy-O tour at Nassau Coliseum! Loved the Cars.

Fman99 Sep 15 2019 07:51 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Agreed, that is a bummer. Love the damn Cars.

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 16 2019 07:40 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I loved the Cars and still do. One of the reasons they were so successful out of the gate was that they'd been around for long enough to experiment with different styles and understand what they were capable of. Arguably Ocasek's greatest strength beyond songwriting was that he knew what he wanted the Cars to be. Ric wrote all of their songs -- every one, I'm almost sure. Was recognized ts the frontman even though that role didn't really suit him well as he often came off sorta wooden in performances and in interviews, yet he was into supermodels off-stage, and he held all the cards on their breakup, reunions etc even though Greg and Elliott would have hung with him forever. I saw him walking down the street in Toronto last summer, though lots of people saw him walking down the street in NYC. RIP Ric. May you flow like Euripedes

G-Fafif Sep 16 2019 09:36 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Phyllis Newman, star of stage and song, 86. Always seemed to be on with Johnny Carson.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 17 2019 08:55 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Cokie Roberts, 75.

G-Fafif Sep 17 2019 08:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Cokie Roberts, longtime ABC News journalist, 75, complications from breast cancer.

41Forever Sep 17 2019 09:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=22130 time=1568732213 user_id=55] Cokie Roberts, longtime ABC News journalist, 75, complications from breast cancer.

Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts. She was friends with Betty Ford and spoke at her California funeral.

Edgy MD Sep 17 2019 11:36 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

She joined NPR almost the same week as Nina Totenberg and Linda Wertheimer. They looked around the newsroom and together realized that they weren't part of an overwhelming minority for the first time in their careers, they wouldn't be limited to puff pieces, and they'd have a chance to pursue the big stories that were handed off to men at their previous outlets, and they'd get a chance to progress in their careers commensurate with their achievements. She instantly jumped on the Panama Canal Treaty story and was rewarded with the network's Capitol Hill desk. Though the three women would all go on to big things with the network and beyond, they always made sure their new employers would allow them to keep making contributions to NPR. I met her a couple of times in my bookselling days — in fact, I'm realizing now that I've actually been to her house. She had fantastic hair.

Frayed Knot Sep 17 2019 02:19 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts. She was friends with Betty Ford and spoke at her California funeral. There should be a 'Boggs' (her family name) in there also between Claiborne and Roberts which was her husband's name. Her father, Hale Boggs, was a Congressman and one of the members of the Warren Commission. During a campaign tour his plane went down over Alaska somewhere, it was never found*. Her mother, Lindy, later won a special election to fill his seat and served for nearly 20 years. Lots of other pols & lobbyists in the friends & family plan. I always thought the negative to ABC giving her the Capitol Hill beat was that her mother was barely retired at that point and Cokie had known half the House since childhood and was friends with many of them which led, IMO, to more than a few punches being pulled. During the Republican mid-term landslide in 1994 she was visibly upset on the air over some of the names who had lost their seats as if she never considered them not having those jobs either for life or until voluntary retirement. Wrote often about women, inspired mostly by her mother, and occasionally about religion from the pov of a lifelong Catholic with a Jewish husband. Saw her regularly back when the ABC was my Sunday morning news show of choice. She was part of the wrap-up/round table with David Brinkley, Sam Donaldson, and George Will, back when round tables weren't just made up of people screaming at each other. * clearly he knew something and was silenced

Edgy MD Sep 17 2019 02:38 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Sam Donaldson and George Will. God, those guys made for good television. Brinkley and Roberts too. I kind of associated her with Doris Kearns Goodwin in that both were/are big shot political writers/practicing Catholic women married for a long time — and amicably by all accounts — to big shot Jewish men. Both were World War II bebes, too, I think.

Frayed Knot Sep 17 2019 04:53 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Will and Donaldson were usually an entertaining duo because they disagreed on almost everything but were actually good friends. Haven't heard from/about Sam in years but he's still kicking at 85. Wonder if his hair has moved since we last saw him?

G-Fafif Sep 18 2019 06:21 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Newsman Sander Vanocur, 91.

Lefty Specialist Sep 18 2019 06:53 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=22204 time=1568809313 user_id=55] Newsman Sander Vanocur, 91.

Loved him in Dave, one of my all-time favorite movies. Was on Nixon's Enemies list, always a bonus.

Edgy MD Sep 18 2019 07:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Will and Donaldson were usually an entertaining duo because they disagreed on almost everything but were actually good friends. I just thought it was great TV because they were both such insane personalities. Thinking back to the pre-cable era, a lot of the network commentariat — Will, Donaldson, Buckley, McLaughlin, Vidal — was filled with such brilliant weirdos. Now the standard commentator is a relatable idiot. Also, I remain convinced that Sam Donaldson and Neil Diamond are the same person.

TransMonk Oct 03 2019 11:26 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Kim Shattuck, An Enduring Presence In L.A. Punk, Dead At 56 ALS...boo...RIP

41Forever Oct 04 2019 10:19 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Pioneering actress Diahann Carroll has passed away. [url]https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/diahann-carroll-dead-pioneering-actress-julia-dynasty-was-84-1196051

Edgy MD Oct 04 2019 06:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I'm always sad to see the passing of a cast member from The Star Wars Holiday Special.

41Forever Oct 06 2019 07:04 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

[url]https://apnews.com/7ec9fb9b640c43fea5a41c24f026a484 Ginger Baker passed away.

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2019 07:24 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

How'd he make it to 80?

kcmets Oct 06 2019 08:45 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Ginger was well preserved! RIP

whippoorwill Oct 06 2019 09:54 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: How'd he make it to 80? Really What a legend though

batmagadanleadoff Oct 06 2019 10:02 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

A goddamn giant of pop music. He was the driving force that formed Cream. And on a personal note, the first time I ever decided to listen to pop music by concentrating as hard as I could solely on the drumming, trying to isolate the drumming as best I could from the rest of the music, was, no doubt, on Ginger Baker and Cream.

G-Fafif Oct 06 2019 04:23 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Rip Taylor, who is best described as “Rip Taylor,” 84.

Edgy MD Oct 06 2019 04:46 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

$1.98 for everybody.

Double Switch Oct 06 2019 05:54 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

"Ginger Baker please, Jack Bruce please, Eric Clapton please." Disraeli Gears was my security blanket for many months, many months. I don't know you people and wonder if I should expose this much about myself to strangers but (what the hell, you have no idea where I live so ... ) - back in the day, the day of Cream et al, I smoked a lot of dope. A lot of dope. Mainly because I have had life-long insomnia and it was the only way I could break a string of sleepless nights: weed to the max. And, while smoking myself to blissful, blessed sleep, I'd play Disraeli Gears on (this clearly dates me) a phonograph (you can look it up). With that preface out of the way, I will explain about the phantom cut on the record. I swore there was a song called Prairie Dog Blues on Disraeli Gears. I heard it every time I was high and smoking myself to sleep. But - I could not find it listed on the album cover. No Prairie Dog Blues. Then, once, for whatever reason, I played the record unstoned and found out it really was this: Bue Condition ~ Peter Edward Baker Don't take the wrong direction passing through Instead of deep reflection of what's true, For it's a combination of judgments made by you That causes a deep dejection all the way through. No relaxation, no conversation, no variation In a very dark blue, blue condition. Early rising every day. You must be enterprising in your way, For you will hear no laughter, nor see the sun; Life would be one disaster all the way through. No relaxation, no conversation, no variation In a very dark blue, blue condition. Don't take the wrong direction passing through Instead of deep reflection of what's true, For it's a combination of judgments made by you That cause a deep dejection all the way through. No relaxation, no conversation, no variation In a very dark blue, blue condition. No relaxation, no conversation, no variation In a very dark blue, blue condition. Yes, when in near-sleep euphoria, I heard "very dark blue condition" as "prairie dog blues." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONOwxX4dt-s I stopped smoking everything by the time I was 31 because, as I may have mentioned before, my lungs said very clearly that I could breathe or smoke but not both: pick one. I picked. Of course, insomnia has been my intermittent companion ever since. Except now, Aha! My enlightened state has made pot legal and I can get the sleep component of pot at the legal store in capsule form. Which reminds me, I'm nearly out of CBD. And now, if you have managed to slog to this point, I will reward you with something similar but different: Stevie Winwood and Bonnie Raitt. While checking out Blue Condition videos, I ran across something that really stirred my soup because one YouTube leads to another, and because I always was in for Stevie Winwood, to find this priceless version of his Can't Find My Way Home done by Bonnie Raitt (whom I still love beyond words for who she was/is/shall be), Lowell George et al, I'm presenting this to you all (although I venture to guess it sails over the heads of a few). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tJiyU_gjY

whippoorwill Oct 06 2019 07:03 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Awesome story! Here's my Cream story; it's not as good but I like it ... It must have been this time of year because birds were flocking I was just coming to cross a bridge over the Susquehanna when I Feel Free started on my CD player The birds swirled up and around my car as they were crooning the beginning of the song. It last five or ten seconds as I was driving along and it was AWESOME

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2019 07:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Maybe the birds mistakenly thought it was a song by The Byrds.

whippoorwill Oct 06 2019 07:07 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Heehee :)

Double Switch Oct 06 2019 07:33 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Maybe the birds mistakenly thought it was a song by The Byrds. Oh, geez, now I'll go off on a Byrds binge on YouTube. .... worse things could happen.

whippoorwill Oct 07 2019 07:12 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Great idea!

Edgy MD Oct 07 2019 07:42 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

You'll probably feel a whole lot better.

Double Switch Oct 07 2019 10:48 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: You'll probably feel a whole lot better. Then what? I feel mighty fine as it is.

Edgy MD Oct 07 2019 10:54 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The next step is to make a point not to play somebody else's games, I think.

Double Switch Oct 07 2019 10:59 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

If you have a point, make it. Because this is not the first instance of game playing I have observed from you. I am not here for your amusement. I am here for mine.

kcmets Oct 07 2019 11:26 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Everyone should own the Cream reunion at Royal Albert Hall dvd. Best $20 you'll spend in some time.

Edgy MD Oct 07 2019 12:11 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Double Switch wrote: If you have a point, make it. Because this is not the first instance of game playing I have observed from you. I am not here for your amusement. I am here for mine. I'm sorry. I was merely quoting the Byrds staple "Feel a Whole Lot Better." I had thought you understood that.

Double Switch Oct 07 2019 12:47 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Thank you for clarifying. No, I did not recognize this because, as was made clear in the previous screed I posted, I listened to music smoked out of my mind and if I remembered lyrics at all, they likely came out as "Mondagreens," such as the aforementioned "Prairie Dog Blues," or one I cannot claim but appreciate anyway, Jimi Hendrix singing " 'scuse me while I kiss this guy." Still, as for playing games, not my thing.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 08 2019 10:16 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Double Switch wrote: "Ginger Baker please, Jack Bruce please, Eric Clapton please." Disraeli Gears was my security blanket for many months, many months. I don't know you people and wonder if I should expose this much about myself to strangers but (what the hell, you have no idea where I live so ... ) - back in the day, the day of Cream et al, I smoked a lot of dope. A lot of dope. Mainly because I have had life-long insomnia and it was the only way I could break a string of sleepless nights: weed to the max. And, while smoking myself to blissful, blessed sleep, I'd play Disraeli Gears on (this clearly dates me) a phonograph (you can look it up). With that preface out of the way, I will explain about the phantom cut on the record. I swore there was a song called Prairie Dog Blues on Disraeli Gears. I heard it every time I was high and smoking myself to sleep. But - I could not find it listed on the album cover. No Prairie Dog Blues. Then, once, for whatever reason, I played the record unstoned and found out it really was this: Bue Condition ~ Peter Edward Baker Don't take the wrong direction passing through Instead of deep reflection of what's true, For it's a combination of judgments made by you That causes a deep dejection all the way through. No relaxation, no conversation, no variation In a very dark blue, blue condition. Early rising every day. You must be enterprising in your way, For you will hear no laughter, nor see the sun; Life would be one disaster all the way through. No relaxation, no conversation, no variation In a very dark blue, blue condition. Don't take the wrong direction passing through Instead of deep reflection of what's true, For it's a combination of judgments made by you That cause a deep dejection all the way through. No relaxation, no conversation, no variation In a very dark blue, blue condition. No relaxation, no conversation, no variation In a very dark blue, blue condition. Yes, when in near-sleep euphoria, I heard "very dark blue condition" as "prairie dog blues." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONOwxX4dt-s I stopped smoking everything by the time I was 31 because, as I may have mentioned before, my lungs said very clearly that I could breathe or smoke but not both: pick one. I picked. Of course, insomnia has been my intermittent companion ever since. Except now, Aha! My enlightened state has made pot legal and I can get the sleep component of pot at the legal store in capsule form. Which reminds me, I'm nearly out of CBD. And now, if you have managed to slog to this point, I will reward you with something similar but different: Stevie Winwood and Bonnie Raitt. While checking out Blue Condition videos, I ran across something that really stirred my soup because one YouTube leads to another, and because I always was in for Stevie Winwood, to find this priceless version of his Can't Find My Way Home done by Bonnie Raitt (whom I still love beyond words for who she was/is/shall be), Lowell George et al, I'm presenting this to you all (although I venture to guess it sails over the heads of a few). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tJiyU_gjY I love that Bonnie Raitt video (audio, really) of Can't Find My Way Home. I stumbled upon it a few years ago while searching for a Stevie Winwood version of CFMWH that appeared, as a snippet, in the movie Taking Woodstock. It's a version that I've never heard before, and is not included on the Taking Woodstock soundtrack. I never did find the full length cut of that version of CFMWH, but in the process of looking for it, found a couple of forums where posters were also looking for that version, without any success, and wondering where the hell that version came from. On a side note, I googled Taking Woodstock just before writing this post, only to be reminded that that movie's ten years old when I woulda sworn that it was only three or four years old, five at the most. Jeez does time zoom by as you get older. Disraeli Gears is probably a desert island album of mine, and would've definitely been a desert island album of mine as far back as my teen-age years if I ever made such a list back then. I still have memories of buying Disraeli on vinyl about 40 years ago at J&R Music World, and ripping the see through plastic off of the album cover and then pressing the album cover to my nose and taking a deep smell. Album covers had a unique, wonderful smell to them. I bought four albums on that day, and can still remember which four albums I bought. Keith Hernandez still loves Disraeli and is good for a coupl'a references a season to the album, though I don't recall Keith specifically bringing up Disraeli this past baseball season. We used to have this thread on the old forum -- Jeff Wilpon in History. Its premise, or theme, was to post images, usually of a historical nature, but with Jeff Wilpon photoshopped (the verb ... not necessarily the product) into the images. The thread died down because it was transferred to a remote and less trafficked part of the forum, and then altogether not moved to this new forum. Plus, some of the thread's key contributors aren't posting as often anymore, if at all. But here's an image from that thread I produced. [FIMG=777]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5834/22493945456_fe4aed17d1_o.jpg[/FIMG] Plus an old White Album on vinyl where its owner sketched Disraeli Gears onto the cover. [FIMG=777]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48865818341_685c688dd8_c.jpg[/FIMG]

Double Switch Oct 08 2019 11:07 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Not wanting to recopy this whole exquisitely handsome thread over again but I wish to add the first "psychedelic" album I bought was Surrealistic Pillow. It plays even today on my car system (and, if pressed, I could hardly recall a lyric (except for Somebody to Love) and maybe White Rabbit if I've had a bit of wine) after, Lo, these 50+ years except that I can sing along with Comin' Back to Me, but not unless it's playing). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NdvMT32skw Back in the '70s, I knew Signe Toly's mom, Evelyn. Never met Signe, though. I never learned how to use Photoshop, sad confession.

Lefty Specialist Oct 08 2019 11:15 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Nolan Ryan + I've Got Blisters on My Fingers. Genius!

Frayed Knot Oct 08 2019 01:24 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I remember referencing 'Coming Back to Me' in last year's version of this thread after Marty Balin died (just a year ago last week ago as it turns out) as way of mentioning that CBtM was used to nice effect in WITHOUT LIMITS*, a biopic of track star Steve Prefontaine, as was 'Can't Find My Way Home' (the Winwood version) and Cream's 'Badge' and 'I Feel Free', just to keep it all in the thread. * 1998: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter

whippoorwill Oct 08 2019 02:03 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Badge hehe. Weird song Only song I can think of that mentions someone named Mabel

whippoorwill Oct 08 2019 02:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Speaking of Mary Balin, I was on a ‘Miracles' binge a week or so ago. That song brings me practically to tears it's so beautiful.

Double Switch Oct 08 2019 02:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Only song I can think of that mentions someone named Mabel May I submit San Francisco Mabel Joy? I was an ardent fan of Mickey Newbury way back in the day (I was a folkie before getting roped into psychedelia). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reP8JNB0pQE&list=RDreP8JNB0pQE&start_radio=1&t=23 Just to demonstrate versatility, Mickey also wrote "Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In."

G-Fafif Oct 11 2019 09:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Actor Robert Forster, 78.

41Forever Oct 17 2019 04:29 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Elijah Cummings, congressman from Baltimore. [url]https://apnews.com/472ab99bda374c3ba906366d2f0a6d00

MFS62 Oct 17 2019 05:38 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Elijah Cummings, congressman from Baltimore. [url]https://apnews.com/472ab99bda374c3ba906366d2f0a6d00 A true champion of good and a voice for many who had no voice. Later

Lefty Specialist Oct 17 2019 07:09 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

A huge loss.

G-Fafif Oct 18 2019 05:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Actor Bill Macy, of Maude fame, 97.

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2019 02:38 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

So William Hall Macy Jr. winds up adopting the rather formal sounding moniker of William H. Macy as his professional name because, around the time he's a teenager and quite possibly already with his mind set on going into the acting trade, some guy named Wolf Martin Garber decides to register himself as Bill Macy under the actor's unions. What are the odds?!?

Edgy MD Oct 18 2019 08:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

If you've got a name like "Wolf," you keep that shit.

G-Fafif Oct 20 2019 03:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Lou Palmer, an early voice for both ESPN and WFAN, 83. https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2019/10/espn-remembers-pioneering-sportscaster-lou-palmer/

41Forever Oct 20 2019 07:36 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

MLB umpire Eric Cooper. He was just 52. [url]https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/10/20/mlb-umpire-eric-cooper-dies-52

G-Fafif Oct 22 2019 12:07 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Willie Brown, the Raider you see running back an interception for a touchdown in the last great daylight Super Bowl NFL Films clip, 78.

G-Fafif Oct 23 2019 06:12 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Thomas D'Alesandro, former mayor of Baltimore (and brother of Nancy Pelosi), 90. William Milliken, former governor of Michigan, 97.

G-Fafif Oct 24 2019 02:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Actor Jerry Fogel, 83. Played the son-in-law on The Mothers-in-Law and the brother-in-law on The White Shadow.

Edgy MD Oct 24 2019 04:28 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

The Mothers-in-Law was a good show. Good comic tension.

G-Fafif Oct 25 2019 06:46 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Maurice Nadjari, New York State specially appointed prosecutor, 95 — one of those names you always heard during newscasts in the ‘70s. Like “Aqueduct” or “barometric pressure”.

Frayed Knot Oct 27 2019 06:04 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bad week for long-serving black Congressmen: John Conyers [D - Michigan], 90 Served the Detroit area from 1964 until his resignation in 2017 following various sex scandals and (supposed) health concerns (I think the sex scandals were bad for his health). Also didn't help that his city council wife served time on a bribery scandal.

G-Fafif Oct 28 2019 12:08 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Robert Evans, 89, longtime Hollywood producer and power player; the kid in The Kid Stays in the Picture.

Lefty Specialist Oct 28 2019 01:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Bad week for long-serving black Congressmen: John Conyers [D - Michigan], 90 Served the Detroit area from 1964 until his resignation in 2017 following various sex scandals and (supposed) health concerns (I think the sex scandals were bad for his health). Also didn't help that his city council wife served time on a bribery scandal. Hired Rosa Parks when she couldn't find a job. She worked as a receptionist for him for 21 years.

G-Fafif Oct 28 2019 01:57 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 30 2019 01:29 PM

Another former public officeholder responds to the quorum call in the great beyond: Kay Hagan, who represented North Carolina in the US Senate for a term that concluded in 2015 (she unseated Elizabeth Dole), 66.

G-Fafif Oct 28 2019 09:16 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

A few weeks ago: Bill Bidwill, who moved the football Cardinals from St. Louis to Phoenix, 88.

G-Fafif Oct 29 2019 04:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Al Bianchi, former Knicks GM and basketball lifer, 87.

Edgy MD Oct 29 2019 08:33 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

It seems like a veteran political officeholder has died each day for about 10 straight days.

G-Fafif Nov 03 2019 05:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bernard Slade, 89, playwright and creator of the Partridge Family. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/theater/bernard-slade-dead.html

G-Fafif Nov 13 2019 04:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Rick Ludwin, NBC executive who pushed for Seinfeld when others demurred, 71. https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/rick-ludwin-nbc-late-night-executive-who-backed-seinfeld-dies-at-71-1203400852/

Edgy MD Nov 22 2019 06:45 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Play some harmless backyard football with the kids, and spare a thought for Fred Cox, longtime Minnesota Vikings kicker and inventor of the Nerf football. Fred was also famous for reliably never accepting a photographer's offer of a comb. He was everything that made 1970s football cards mysterious and great. https://c.shld.net/rpx/i/s/pi/mp/1363/prod_3439706003?src=http%3A%2F%2Fsite.unbeatablesale.com%2FEB073%2Fatgpw69242.gif&d=8dae39f5958aa122144f3d832e9c5094f6daa222&?hei=64&wid=64&qlt=50>

RealityChuck Nov 22 2019 11:39 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Gahan Wilson, cartoonist. Wilson was a more grotesque version of Charles Addams and a master of the macabre. His work appeared in Playboy, The New Yorker, and in Fantasy and Science Fiction (every month for years). One of his classics (which was ripped off for Gremlins: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uHxIxV5__1k/Uk9xaD8yKVI/AAAAAAAAZMo/eKBqUBrF-Wg/s1600/gahan-wilson-Playboy-Oct-1964-miss-emmy-page-1061.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 22 2019 11:50 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

He did a lot of National Lampoon work as well

RealityChuck Nov 22 2019 11:54 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Not a good day: Character actor Michael J. Pollard of Bonnie and Clyde. He had a long list of movies, and appeared on both Star Trek and Lost in Space in 1966. He's the one on the right. https://image.slidesharecdn.com/lecinemadreams-160517071853/95/le-cinema-dreams-film-essay-bonnie-and-clyde-1967-1-638.jpg?cb=1477954714>

Frayed Knot Nov 22 2019 12:56 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Pollard was a hoot as a side player in Steve Martin's ROXANNE

Edgy MD Nov 22 2019 01:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

He played the leader of the pack when the Enterprise visited a creepy planet entirely populated by children and teens (aka Mayberry). He was about 27 and had thinning hair, but he was so good at playing weenies, they threw him the role anyhow.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 22 2019 02:20 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bonk, bonk on the head!

41Forever Nov 22 2019 02:28 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Pollard was a hoot as a side player in Steve Martin's ROXANNE And in one of my fave Christmas movies -- Scrooged! -- with Bill Murray [YOUTUBE]mnDWcWNxqUA[/YOUTUBE]

RealityChuck Nov 22 2019 06:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Edgy MD wrote: He played the leader of the pack when the Enterprise visited a creepy planet entirely populated by children and teens (aka Mayberry). He was about 27 and had thinning hair, but he was so good at playing weenies, they threw him the role anyhow. His Lost in Space episode, "The Boy," was one of the top episodes of the show. It actually concentrated on Penny, who got trapped in some sort of mirror dimension and met with him. One of the more dramatic episodes and one of the few that avoided silliness.

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 23 2019 07:27 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Gary, one of the Cheeto dads and a super guy who's the opposite of what you would consider a little league parent. Devastated.😥

kcmets Nov 23 2019 08:07 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Was Gary battling an illness or was this unexpected? Condolences to you and your circle of friends and family. Just sucks.

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 23 2019 09:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

He evidently had a short battle with cancer, was 52

G-Fafif Nov 26 2019 07:57 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

John Simon, indelicate theater critic, 94. Played himself on The Odd Couple.

G-Fafif Nov 26 2019 07:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Alfred E. Smith IV, 68. Kept his historymaking great grandfather's name alive via the big-deal Alfred E. Smith dinner.

G-Fafif Nov 27 2019 12:08 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

William Ruckelshaus, 87, Nixon appointee who resigned rather than blindly follow orders to fire Archibald Cox amid the Saturday Night Massacre, which took place on the eve of the seventh game of the 1973 World Series.

G-Fafif Dec 07 2019 12:09 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Actor Ron Leibman, the union organizer in Norma Rae among many roles, 82.

G-Fafif Dec 08 2019 11:24 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Caroll Spinney, the Sesame Street puppeteer who brought us Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, 85.

Edgy MD Dec 08 2019 09:46 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Much-loved actor Rene Auberjonois has passed. He was celebrated on stage and had long runs on the small screen in Benson, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Boston Legal, but rarely got much beyond the periphery in the cinema. But on TV, man, he was, like, the Cal Ripken of uptight dudes. A rare exception, though, was his turn as the big screen version of Father Mulcahy in the original M*A*S*H* (1970). https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mash/images/0/0c/MASH-movie-Father-Mulcahy.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120915114125>

Benjamin Grimm Dec 09 2019 12:23 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I can't believe Big Bird is dead.

G-Fafif Dec 09 2019 11:29 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, 92.

kcmets Dec 09 2019 11:53 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

KB coworker lost her husband of about a year over the weekend. Died in his sleep, no word yet of the cause. They haven't announced a pregnancy but some feel she may be with child. Sad and scary, he was a mere 38 years old.

Frayed Knot Dec 09 2019 01:45 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Pete Frates, the former Boston College baseball player/captain who was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 27 and went on to inspire the 'Ice Bucket Challenge' fundraising drive. He was 34

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 10 2019 06:14 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Roxette singer Marie Frederickson of a brain tumor, 61. Roxette is one of those bands CPF peeps iirc Othmts convinced me to give a shot to. Notable for having the second-best album called LOOK SHARP in rnr history

G-Fafif Dec 10 2019 05:12 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Philip McKeon, 55. Tommy, son of the title character from Alice.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 11 2019 02:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I always wanted to punch that Alice kid

Edgy MD Dec 11 2019 03:04 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

He got a lot of free meals.

kcmets Dec 11 2019 03:09 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

All that free grease, not good. I liked that show, even though it mostly sucked.

G-Fafif Dec 12 2019 05:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=kcmets post_id=28190 time=1576102172 user_id=53] I liked that show, even though it mostly sucked.

Alice was the Mendoza Line of ‘70s sitcoms if the Mendoza Line was like .240 with some pop.



That kid got on my nerves, too. RIP to the actor.

kcmets Dec 12 2019 05:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I don't really remember the kid so much. I liked Vera the most, I was a weird kid. Waiting for kiss my grits and dy-no-mite was a thing back then.

G-Fafif Dec 13 2019 10:15 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Danny Aiello, 86, actor in everything from Moonstruck to [I]Do The Right Thing to the “Papa Don't Preach” video.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 13 2019 10:37 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=28375 time=1576257324 user_id=55] Danny Aiello, 86, actor in everything from Moonstruck to [I]Do The Right Thing to the “Papa Don't Preach” video.

Wow. I watched him in The Purple Rose of Cairo which might be my favorite Woody Allen movie, just the other day. Aiello plays Mia Farrow's brute of a husband.

Frayed Knot Dec 13 2019 12:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

He's also an uncle to MFY broadcaster Michael Kay

kcmets Dec 13 2019 02:22 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I'll always think of him as 'the chiropractor' in Jacob's Ladder.

Fman99 Dec 13 2019 08:18 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I think of him as the crooked cop from "Harlem Nights," myself. Plus he tried to kill Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II.

G-Fafif Dec 27 2019 06:50 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Bill Greider, real deal journalist, 83. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/business/media/william-greider-dead.html

MFS62 Dec 27 2019 01:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion 86 Great wide receiver from the early days of the American Football League, and one of the best sports nicknames ever, https://africa.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28377403/former-afl-bills-star-receiver-elbert-dubenion-dies-86 RIP Later

kcmets Dec 27 2019 03:35 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I imagine Don Imus deserves his own thread, but just reporting here it's a wrap for him at age 79.

Double Switch Dec 27 2019 04:32 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I imagine Don Imus deserves his own thread, but just reporting here it's a wrap for him at age 79. "Remember - only He knows but He don't care. If you're only foolin', say Halleluiah."

MFS62 Dec 27 2019 04:37 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I guess I'll never get that bobble-head doll he said I won. (The week before he went into rehab) Later

G-Fafif Dec 27 2019 04:51 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Jerry Herman, the compoaer who gave the world "Hello, Dolly!," "Mame" and "La Cage aux Folles," 88.

Edgy MD Dec 29 2019 07:50 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

I didn't get Imus as a radio funnyman, even as a tweenager when we mostly laughed at anything. When he evolved into an influencer — a guy whose show folks just had to go on if they were serious about their national political ambitions — I was even more confused. I mean, Larry King has shown for decades the most important part of being a broadcast personality is having the job in the first place. After that, you're the incumbent with the familiar voice that people have come to expect to fill the spot, no matter how little you bring to the table. I mean, Mike Francessa, right? That said, he had good, strong radio voice, and good cadences. And in the days when disc jockeys jockeyed discs, that wasn't a minor skill set. That he torpedoed the last act of his career, trying to be as loose and flip with derogatory language as Howard Stern, was sadly, highly unsurprising.

smg58 Dec 30 2019 08:11 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

[url]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/neil-innes-monty-python-collaborator-dies-aged-75/ Neil Innes, everybody's favorite minstrel, 75.

G-Fafif Dec 31 2019 03:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Jack Sheldon, 88. He was Just a Bill https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jack-sheldon-dead-trumpeter-merv-griffin-sidekick-was-88-1265379

MFS62 Jan 01 2020 08:43 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Missed this. Actress Sue Lyon. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sue-lyon-star-stanley-kubricks-163031356.html Later

Edgy MD Jan 01 2020 08:57 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2019

Jack Sheldon, 88. He was Just a Bill https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jack-sheldon-dead-trumpeter-merv-griffin-sidekick-was-88-1265379 Bill kind of looked like they tried to use Sheldon's face as a model.