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Guess Who Died in 2020

Benjamin Grimm Jan 01 2020 05:14 AM

Serikbolsyn Abdildin, Kazakh economist and politician. He was 82. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQrRtVvYctSHQhAytqfXJmQSVKRpUU8rZZGsiyj2WtCzAd3M7W9>

Edgy MD Jan 01 2020 06:08 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

He was committed to making it to 2020.

kcmets Jan 01 2020 09:31 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Damn fine economist, first met him in Kysylkesek in '72. Drank vodka like it was water and had breath that could stop a freight train,. RIP, comrade.

G-Fafif Jan 01 2020 02:07 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

David Stern, longtime NBA commissioner, 77, two weeks after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 01 2020 08:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I ran into David Stern on 53rd street during the 99 lockout. Didn't want to be bothered. "Are they going back to work?" "We're working on it.".

G-Fafif Jan 02 2020 01:24 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Sam Wyche, coach of the Bengals when they went to their second Super Bowl, 74.

G-Fafif Jan 08 2020 08:18 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Buck Henry, 89. https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry-dead-saturday-night-live-the-graduate-get-smart-1202825337/

MFS62 Jan 09 2020 06:06 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

"Kookie" 87 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/edd-byrnes-apos-grease-apos-224959673.html Later

Frayed Knot Jan 09 2020 07:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Buck Henry, 89. https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry-dead-saturday-night-live-the-graduate-get-smart-1202825337/ I'd often think about Buck Henry whenever I'd notice that SNL was having the newest flavor-of-the-week pop/TV star as guest host and how, even if there were a this generation's version of Buck, the current version of SNL likely wouldn't let him in the building to watch the show much less lead it.

41Forever Jan 10 2020 02:28 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart, 67, of brain cancer. This is horrible. [url]https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221/ My favorite song. [YOUTUBE]5Ht1fvQrKVc[/YOUTUBE]

kcmets Jan 10 2020 03:06 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

That sucks bhCmc... borrowed that great video for a fb post. RIP

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 10 2020 03:49 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Rocked out to Permanent Waves the other night. There's been rumors he'd been sick for years, and of course announced his retirement a few years back.

G-Fafif Jan 10 2020 06:09 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

A great inspiration to at least one aspiring drummer. https://youtu.be/fIbk5O2bAlI Sadly, not everybody was as enthusiastic over his talents. https://youtu.be/LrMBIH2TBpU

G-Fafif Jan 22 2020 06:10 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Terry Jones of Monty Python, 77.

MFS62 Jan 22 2020 06:58 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=30280 time=1579698659 user_id=55] Terry Jones of Monty Python, 77.

Let us all do a silly walk in his memory.

Later

G-Fafif Jan 23 2020 11:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Jim Lehrer, PBS anchor and presidential debate moderator, 85.

Frayed Knot Jan 23 2020 01:23 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=30396 time=1579803239 user_id=55] Jim Lehrer, PBS anchor and presidential debate moderator, 85.

This news prompted me to look up Robin McNeil who, although he retired (in 1995) from their show much earlier than Lehrer and has largely stayed out of the public eye since, is still kicking at the age of 89

Edgy MD Jan 26 2020 01:21 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Frayed Knot wrote: Jim Lehrer, PBS anchor and presidential debate moderator, 85. This news prompted me to look up Robin McNeil who, although he retired (in 1995) from their show much earlier than Lehrer and has largely stayed out of the public eye since, is still kicking at the age of 89 In my bookselling days, we had an event with special guest author Robert MacNeil. This was somewhat unusual, as partner Jim Lehrer was the far more prolific author, and he was the one based in DC, throwing the ball back and forth with MacNeil in New York. I imagined getting out of New York for a book tour was a nice little break for the anchored anchor. And being that the store has a PBS-y clientele, it was a pretty big crowd, with a long line afterwards to get him to sign their volumes. I was in charge of folding up the chairs — what we called the Phillip Glass portion of the evening, as all these long awaited intimate conversations with your heroes would take place against the underscoring of random clangs of metal. And who do I spot at the very back of the line, but Jim Fucking Lehrer. It struck me that these guys meet by broadcast every night but probably don't see each other in the flesh too often. Realizing he's a busy man, waiting patiently and alone at the back of a line that may be 20 minutes-to-a-half-hour from ending, I offered to get him a cup of coffee. "No, thanks" he answered, "I think Bob and I going to be getting something a lot stronger." It wasn't a great line, but it was warm and friendly enough that I read my way through the entire Jim Lehrer catalog. He apparently got his earliest jobs out of school working for Greyhound or some other inter-city bus outfit. And in fiction and non-fiction, he never stopped writing about buses.

Frayed Knot Jan 26 2020 02:48 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Edgy MD wrote: He apparently got his earliest jobs out of school working for Greyhound or some other inter-city bus outfit. And in fiction and non-fiction, he never stopped writing about buses. I was going to mention the bus thing. It may have been his father working for some bus company that triggered the interest, I can't recall at this point, but Jim remained a 'bus freak' for the remainder of his life and could accurately recite the announcements of the various stops on given lines (... with stops in Houston, Amarillo, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Lincoln); he'd do it for Imus during his various visits. He even went out and bought himself an old passenger bus at one point and worked on keeping it in running order. Like to know who the lucky person is to score that prize in the will.

Willets Point Jan 26 2020 08:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Edgy MD wrote: I was in charge of folding up the chairs — what we called the Phillip Glass portion of the evening, as all these long awaited intimate conversations with your heroes would take place against the underscoring of random clangs of metal. This is brilliant!

G-Fafif Jan 28 2020 01:35 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Harry Harrison, the morning mayor of New York radio, 89.

G-Fafif Jan 29 2020 02:33 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Pro Football Hall of Famer Chris Doleman, 58.

G-Fafif Jan 30 2020 02:18 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Fred Silverman, the programming mastermind who guided CBS and ABC to 1970s ratings triumphs, 82. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fred-silverman-dead-legendary-television-programmer-was-82-982205

G-Fafif Feb 04 2020 06:01 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Willie Wood, NFL great, 83.

G-Fafif Feb 04 2020 06:54 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Gene Reynolds, co-creator with Larry Gelbart, of M*A*S*H as a TV series, 96. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/gene-reynolds-dead-dies-mash-lou-grant-1203493159/

G-Fafif Feb 05 2020 04:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Kirk Douglas, 103.

kcmets Feb 05 2020 04:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Helluva run!

MFS62 Feb 06 2020 04:23 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=31138 time=1580945641 user_id=55] Kirk Douglas, 103.

Olevai Sholom!

We love you, Spartacus.

Later

Lefty Specialist Feb 06 2020 07:12 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

The guy who had the guts to break the Hollywood blacklist, no small feat in its day. A life well lived. Watching him and Burt Lancaster in Seven Days in May is to see what real stardom is all about.

MFS62 Feb 06 2020 06:43 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lefty Specialist wrote: The guy who had the guts to break the Hollywood blacklist, no small feat in its day. A life well lived. Watching him and Burt Lancaster in Seven Days in May is to see what real stardom is all about. Two writers involved in Spartacus, Howard Fast and Dalton Trumbo (who wrote under a pseudonym) had been on the Blacklist. Douglas wrote a book (when he was in his 90s) describing his role in breaking the Blacklist. But some say it was an overstatement: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/07/how-kirk-douglas-overstated-his-role-in-breaking-the-hollywood-blacklist/259111/ Later

G-Fafif Feb 08 2020 02:37 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Orson Bean, 91.

MFS62 Feb 08 2020 03:22 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Orson Bean, 91. I won't speak ill of the dead, but someone else can cry for him: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/02/08/orson-bean-the-man-who-inspired-andrew-breitbarts-turn-from-the-left/ Later

G-Fafif Feb 08 2020 05:19 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Robert Conrad, 84.

MFS62 Feb 08 2020 06:33 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=31304 time=1581207553 user_id=55] Robert Conrad, 84.

I liked him in both of his most famous roles, Adam West and Pappy Boyington.

RIP.

Later

Lefty Specialist Feb 08 2020 08:18 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=MFS62 post_id=31305 time=1581212034 user_id=60] =G-Fafif post_id=31304 time=1581207553 user_id=55] Robert Conrad, 84.

I liked him in both of his most famous roles, Adam West and Pappy Boyington.

RIP.

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James West. Adam West was a recurring character on Family Guy.

MFS62 Feb 09 2020 06:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lefty Specialist wrote: James West. Adam West was a recurring character on Family Guy. Yes, Oops. Later

Frayed Knot Feb 16 2020 04:08 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

We seem to have missed the death last week at the age of 78 of Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala, aka, Joseph Shabalala, the leader of the South African vocal/dance group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. With a name like that I think he almost had to go into music and much of the group were Joseph's relatives. Formed in South Africa during the 1960s, 'Ladysmith' released their first album in 1972 before later rising to world wide fame upon their collaboration with Paul Simon's 1986 album GRACELAND Also a favorite of Nelson Mandela, they were invited by him to Norway sing when he received his 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. 17 Grammys were to follow. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-02-11/joseph-shabalala-ladysmith-black-mambazo-death

G-Fafif Feb 17 2020 02:37 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Kellye Nakahara, Nurse Kellye on M*A*S*H, 72.

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 17 2020 06:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Nascar driver Ryan Newman? Was leading the last lap of the Daytona 500, got spun nose first hard into the wall then launched into the air by trailing traffic, lands upside down, skids a quarter mile. Holy hell

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 17 2020 08:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Not dead, but in serious condition with non life threatening injuries, Nascar sez.

smg58 Feb 18 2020 07:15 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Frayed Knot wrote: We seem to have missed the death last week at the age of 78 of Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala, aka, Joseph Shabalala, the leader of the South African vocal/dance group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. With a name like that I think he almost had to go into music and much of the group were Joseph's relatives. Formed in South Africa during the 1960s, 'Ladysmith' released their first album in 1972 before later rising to world wide fame upon their collaboration with Paul Simon's 1986 album GRACELAND Also a favorite of Nelson Mandela, they were invited by him to Norway sing when he received his 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. 17 Grammys were to follow. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-02-11/joseph-shabalala-ladysmith-black-mambazo-death The current version of the group, which includes four of his sons, just played in Patchogue two weeks ago. The group was constructed so that people could come in and out, or hang around a while (the longest-serving member of the current line-up joined in 1969), but the basic idea would remain the same. But they acknowledged more than once during the show that it was Joseph Shabalala's vision.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 18 2020 07:51 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I mostly know Ladysmith Black Mambazo from Sesame Street. (They arrive at the 1:47 part of the video) [YOUTUBE]rW_o9sQgVt0[/YOUTUBE]

G-Fafif Feb 18 2020 05:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Ja'Net DuBois, Willona on Good Times, 74.

Edgy MD Feb 19 2020 08:58 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

She set the standard for nextdoor neighbor characters, the performance of which is all about stagey, scene-stealing entrances. [YOUTUBE]qC6KrqAlKvU[/YOUTUBE]

Benjamin Grimm Feb 19 2020 09:09 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

This guy was doing it long before she was! https://i.pinimg.com/474x/3a/04/e0/3a04e03dd88fa0c001d78c364019d7ca.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 19 2020 12:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I overestimated the deadness of Ryan Newman. https://twitter.com/7eights2nine10/status/1229766031926792199 https://twitter.com/espn/status/1230213558933360640

kcmets Feb 19 2020 01:07 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

If I heard correctly, Ja'Net DuBois co-wrote the Good Times theme song and also wrote (and sang) The Jeffersons song. That's pretty cool. RIP

Benjamin Grimm Feb 19 2020 02:27 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

They played the opening portion of "Movin' On Up" on NPR's Morning Edition today and I had that song stuck in my head for a while. And now it's back!

Benjamin Grimm Feb 19 2020 02:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Fish don't fry in the kitchen Beans don't burn on the grill Took a whole lot of tryin' Just to get up that hill...

TransMonk Feb 19 2020 03:18 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/1230161060054913025[/TWEET]

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 19 2020 04:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

that guy was a genius

Frayed Knot Feb 19 2020 06:22 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I overestimated the deadness of Ryan Newman. Anyone who had the 'Under' on him walking out of the hospital inside 48 hours, step up and collect your prize.

Double Switch Feb 19 2020 09:27 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Racecars (one of my favorite palindromes - racecar) are designed to absorb energy and clearly Newman's was perfectly designed. Not that many years ago, it would have been like riding in a blender with the same result - mush.

Edgy MD Feb 20 2020 07:12 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Right? NASCAR was a celebration of badass American drivers, but there was always a secondary love for the engineering that could squeeze another horse out of a stock motor. After Dale Earnhardt's death, all their brainpower went into structural engineering — making cars that could crash-land from space and keep the driver from getting torn apart or flattened. It's been an impressive and under-celebrated success. The downside is that the cars sacrificed a lot on aerodynamics. They flow like bricks, but lighter-weight, spongier bricks, so they're certainly harder to handle, but that has helped give the people what they want — more crashes, but fewer cripplings and fatalities. It also has created a class of more professional drivers. Did I just do a hot take? I hates hot takes.

MFS62 Feb 20 2020 07:57 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I was in Columbia, S.C. when Earnhardt died. The outpouring of emotion was overwhelming. It was like what happened in L.A. after Kobe died. Later

Benjamin Grimm Feb 20 2020 03:19 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Sy Sperling, 78, is now a former customer of the Hair Club for Men.

MFS62 Feb 23 2020 10:24 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

B. Smith - restaurateur and model 70 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/famed-restaurateur-lifestyle-guru-b-163018234.html We dined at her place in NY several years ago. At the next table were Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee and our waiter said we just missed Glenn Close. It was A place to dine when going to the theater. Never got to her restaurant in DC. RIP LAter

G-Fafif Feb 24 2020 12:33 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Katherine Johnson, one of the real-life Hidden Figures behind the development of the space program, 101.

G-Fafif Feb 26 2020 06:11 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lee Bell, co-creator of Y&R and B&B, 91. True daytime drama royalty.

kcmets Feb 27 2020 05:38 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Read Katherine Johnson's NYT write up this morning. Wow, phwam!

G-Fafif Feb 28 2020 12:47 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Nick Apollo Forte, 81, Lou Canova in Broadway Danny Rose and the headline guest on the only Joe Franklin Show that I actually sat and watched for more than 10 seconds. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nick-apollo-forte-dead-actor-broadway-danny-rose-was-81-1281805

Edgy MD Feb 29 2020 08:44 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Man, there's a great episode of Joe Franklin out there (and by "great episode," I think I mean that it might be the only one that I watched for more than ten seconds), of Mr. and Mrs. George Foster being interviewed as they promote their new line of licensed "Get Metsmerized!" apparel. Joe is his typical uninformed self, and is obsequiously certain that Foster is the very best ballplayer in the last fifty years, to the point where both guests grow somewhat embarrassed.

G-Fafif Feb 29 2020 10:00 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Joe Coulombe, 89, the Joe of Trader Joe's.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 29 2020 10:28 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I saw the J. Geils Band on The Joe Franklin Show where the band played the role of the most incorrigible junior high school students you can imagine and Joe was like the substitute teacher. But it was all in good fun, I got the feeling, because the Geils band were Franklin regulars. Nick Apollo Forte, 81, Lou Canova in Broadway Danny Rose and the headline guest on the only Joe Franklin Show that I actually sat and watched for more than 10 seconds. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nick-apollo-forte-dead-actor-broadway-danny-rose-was-81-1281805 Here's 81 seconds: [YOUTUBE]R_xCoX60NtU[/YOUTUBE] I probably saw Broadway Danny Rose at least 25 times -- no exaggeration. And jeez, Nick Apollo is channeling Lou Canova on the Franklin show.

Edgy MD Feb 29 2020 04:03 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Who was most unprepared for his job on a daily basis: Joe Franklin, Larry King, or Mike Francessa? It's a scandal that such mooks get on the air, much less last for decades. (The correct answer, of course, is "Donald Trump.")

Willets Point Feb 29 2020 04:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

"Joe Franklin" is one of those names that bounces around the deepest recesses of my brain alongside "Uncle Floyd."

G-Fafif Mar 01 2020 01:27 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Combining the last two comments, Uncle Floyd once told the story of Joe Franklin forgetting his guest's name and that guest trying to remind him. JOE: And we have the fantastic... [awkward pause] LOUIS JORDAN: Louis Jordan, Joe. JOE: The fantastic Louis Jordanjoe.

41Forever Mar 02 2020 01:29 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

James Lipton, the oft-parodied host of the Bravo television series “Inside the Actors Studio,” died on Monday. [url]https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/arts/television/james-lipton-dead.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR1VFsKbxIr0zwDnIXbGbNcWahe9LR5s842z48eZ936M6uoCYD9Ot4iB5hY&fbclid=IwAR3_kOICdrsyjnYCWjme6mLAaIlp_htOrUWbkoDamc_J5ZbAEiei9cUhSHw Stuff I didn't know: His raw interviews lasted four to five hours and were then edited down to one hour for television. Damn, five hours is a LONG interview!! Only the Times can get away with a paragraph like this: Mr. Lipton was also one of the most castigated talk-show hosts on television. Critics described him variously as pompous, sycophantic, unctuous, oleaginous and obsequious.

Frayed Knot Mar 02 2020 01:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=41Forever post_id=32588 time=1583180978 user_id=69]Only the Times can get away with a paragraph like this: ... Critics described him variously as pompous, sycophantic, unctuous, oleaginous and obsequious.

Which, coincidently, is exactly how some people describe the New York Times.

G-Fafif Mar 02 2020 03:31 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Jack Welch, 84, former GE CEO. Corporate titan who didn't keep David Letterman at NBC.

dgwphotography Mar 06 2020 11:25 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Frank McLaughlin, 84 https://www.cbr.com/judomaster-co-creator-frank-mclaughlin-dies-84/?fbclid=IwAR2gcHHTac7Dg4bj1rlt8fRBQfkTnw7zFYgA-4mr9-J8MNkxOwvbaMeyGaM I had the good fortune to get to know Frank when he was my daughter's professor in college. Funny and cantankerous, he was my daughter's favorite.

G-Fafif Mar 06 2020 01:04 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Ed Ingles, 87, former sports director at WCBS-AM. A very familiar voice to anyone who ever tuned into 880 AM at :15 or :45 in any given hour.

G-Fafif Mar 08 2020 05:23 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Rosalind P. Walter, 95. She was the inspiration for Rosie the Riveter and a name-brand supporter of PBS programming. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/us/rosalind-p-walter-dead.html

Double Switch Mar 08 2020 06:24 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Wh-a-a-a-at? No love for "Pocket Rocket" Henri Richard, a leap year baby, February 29, 1936 – March 6, 2020.

Frayed Knot Mar 08 2020 06:54 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

What's more amazing about H. Richard, that he holds (tied w/Bill Russell I believe) the North American record for team championships won, or that he came within a week of being born AND dying on leap days? Now THAT would have been a neat trick to pull off. Smaller [5' 7" / 160] and a full 15 years younger than his more famous brother, he none-the-less outshone Maurice in Stanley Cups won for 'Les Habitants'

G-Fafif Mar 09 2020 04:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bobbie Battista, 67, an original CNN Headline News anchor.

MFS62 Mar 09 2020 07:10 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Max Von Sydow - 90 https://news.yahoo.com/exorcist-actor-max-von-sydow-124352144.html I'm sad. Later

Edgy MD Mar 09 2020 08:03 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Outlived Jesus by 57 years.

G-Fafif Mar 09 2020 11:14 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Playwright Mart Crowley, 84, author of “The Boys in the Band”.

G-Fafif Mar 09 2020 01:29 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Sitcom creative legend Earl Pomerantz, 75. https://deadline.com/2020/03/earl-pomerantz-dead-obituary-writer-mary-tyler-moore-show-cheers-major-dad-1202877649/

Fman99 Mar 09 2020 07:51 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Max Von Sydow - 90 https://news.yahoo.com/exorcist-actor-max-von-sydow-124352144.html I'm sad. Later Same here. "Death to Ming," indeed.

G-Fafif Mar 10 2020 05:42 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Johnny Yune, Korean comedian who appeared on Carson often, 84. http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=285928

Lefty Specialist Mar 11 2020 11:09 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Harvey Weinstein, in prison, soon.

kcmets Mar 11 2020 11:27 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Filthy wretch, I can't look at him when it comes on the news. I hope someone bites his wiener off and spits it in his face his first night in.

G-Fafif Mar 12 2020 08:08 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Del Shofner, great Giant receiver in the Y.A. Tittle years, 85.

G-Fafif Mar 17 2020 12:03 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lyle Waggoner, 84, The Carol Burnett Show and Wonder Woman dreamboat. If you've ever watched credits and noticed craft services were provided by Star Waggons, that's a company Waggoner founded.

Frayed Knot Mar 19 2020 01:47 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Al Worden, 88 Command Module pilot for Apollo 15 There are now less than half (11) of the 24 men to have flown to the moon still living. All are between 84 & 92 y/o Of the twelve who walked on the moon, just four still survive. Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11); Dave Scott (15); Charlie Duke (16); Harrison Schmidt (17)

batmagadanleadoff Mar 19 2020 03:18 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lyle Waggoner, 84, The Carol Burnett Show and Wonder Woman dreamboat. If you've ever watched credits and noticed craft services were provided by Star Waggons, that's a company Waggoner founded. Casting Batman and Robin for the mid-60s Batman TV show came down to Adam West and Burt Ward -- or -- Lyle Waggoner (Batman) and Peter Deyell (Robin). Below are pics of Waggoner's screen test. [FIMG=666]https://i.redd.it/swxjsgiphnl41.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=666]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/93/f5/c9/93f5c91c8b2fde6006d2b289f942fc5c.jpg[/FIMG]

G-Fafif Mar 24 2020 02:05 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Eric Weissberg, of "Dueling Banjos" fame, 80.

G-Fafif Mar 24 2020 01:18 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Playwright Terrence McNally, 81, from coronavirus complications. https://deadline.com/2020/03/terrence-mcnally-dead-coronavirus-1202891286/

Benjamin Grimm Mar 24 2020 01:33 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

He's also two degrees of separation from me. I was friends with his husband in college.

G-Fafif Mar 25 2020 10:17 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Richard Reeves, first-rate political writer and presidential biographer, 83.

G-Fafif Mar 26 2020 01:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Curly Neal, Harlem Globetrotter, 77.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2020 02:44 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Curly was the best. Also, Coronavirus claims the life of Mark Blum, who appeared in a hundred films and plays, but I'll always love for the hot tub he sold me in Desperately Seeking Susan. [fimg=450]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTNMOiQVMAA-YKM.jpg[/fimg]

Frayed Knot Mar 26 2020 04:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

There were Globetrotters before Curly Neal and there have been Globetrotters since him. But he, along with Meadowlark Lemon, were THE Globetrotters of MY memory.

G-Fafif Mar 28 2020 09:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, 98. Former U.S. senator Tom Coburn, 72. Lowery, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, offered the benediction at President Obama's first inauguration. Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma, entered the Senate with Obama in 2004 and forged a friendship with his fellow freshman that survived political differences.

G-Fafif Mar 30 2020 12:11 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

John Sears, politico for Nixon and Reagan, 79.

MFS62 Mar 30 2020 08:19 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Les Hunter 77 A star on an NCAA basketball Championship team and one of the early stars of the American Basketball Association. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Hunter_(basketball) I rooted for him as a New York Net. RIP Later

G-Fafif Mar 30 2020 11:04 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Manu Dibango, who gave the world “Soul Makossa,” 86, from Covid-19. https://youtu.be/EF92yOsv3Y8

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 01 2020 04:42 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Adam Schleshinger of Fountains of Wayne, from coronavirus. He was 52!

G-Fafif Apr 01 2020 04:45 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

https://youtu.be/dZLfasMPOU4

Fman99 Apr 01 2020 07:35 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Manu Dibango, who gave the world “Soul Makossa,” 86, from Covid-19. https://youtu.be/EF92yOsv3Y8 Damn. I love this song. He runs laps around the Stacy's mom guy.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 01 2020 07:46 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Landon Spradlin, 66. Spradlin, a Virginia pastor, downplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus as merely the media "pumping out fear and doing more harm than good". Spradlin suggested that "the media can manipulate your life", and that the coronavirus "will come and go". Spradlin died of complications from COVID-19.

Edgy MD Apr 01 2020 08:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I kind of got the idea that the five kids at the beginning of the "Stacey's Mom" video were based on The Cars. Also, I'm pretty sure the idea for the song was inspired by Valley Girl, but in the movie, it's Stacey's friend Suzi with the hot-to-trot mom.

G-Fafif Apr 01 2020 10:59 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitarist and father of musician John Pizzarelli, 94.

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 02 2020 05:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Edgy MD wrote: I kind of got the idea that the five kids at the beginning of the "Stacey's Mom" video were based on The Cars. Also, I'm pretty sure the idea for the song was inspired by Valley Girl, but in the movie, it's Stacey's friend Suzi with the hot-to-trot mom. No doubt. The license plate reads I ❤️ RIC

seawolf17 Apr 02 2020 06:29 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Adam Schleshinger of Fountains of Wayne, from coronavirus. He was 52! Terribly sad.

Edgy MD Apr 02 2020 07:04 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I kind of got the idea that the five kids at the beginning of the "Stacey's Mom" video were based on The Cars. Also, I'm pretty sure the idea for the song was inspired by Valley Girl, but in the movie, it's Stacey's friend Suzi with the hot-to-trot mom. No doubt. The license plate reads I ❤️ RIC Strange that I missed that. Gone are the days when we knew every vid shot for shot. I guess they should have cast Paulina Porizkova instead of Rachel Hunter.

Frayed Knot Apr 02 2020 12:28 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=34543 time=1585803573 user_id=55] Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitarist and father of musician John Pizzarelli, 94.

Also on the musical patriarch front: Ellis Marsalis (85)

The piano playing jazz man and teacher from New Orleans was the father of six sons, most notably trumpet playing Wynton and his sax-loving brother Branford

batmagadanleadoff Apr 02 2020 01:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Frayed Knot wrote: =G-Fafif post_id=34543 time=1585803573 user_id=55] Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitarist and father of musician John Pizzarelli, 94. Also on the musical patriarch front: Ellis Marsalis (85)....

.... of complications from COVID-19.

41Forever Apr 02 2020 02:14 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Frayed Knot wrote: Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitarist and father of musician John Pizzarelli, 94. Also on the musical patriarch front: Ellis Marsalis (85) The piano playing jazz man and teacher from New Orleans was the father of six sons, most notably trumpet playing Wynton and his sax-loving brother Branford Years ago, he was touring with Branford, and for the only time in my life, we scored front row, dead center tickets for a show. It was in a beautiful Detroit Theater, the Fox. My wife liked the CD of the two of them playing and was excited I could score tickets like that. It was one of those times when I could get to the Ticketmaster before the window opened and was first in line. Everything went wrong. The babysitter was really, really late. Long construction detour. Even got stuck forever at a train crossing. We got to the show about 10 minutes late, with an usher helping us to the seats, my wife softly crying. I looked up, and there's Branford, only about 10 feet away, shaking his head. I was crushed. I just wanted to say, "Dude, if you only knew what it took to get here!"

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 03 2020 08:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Goddamnit, Bill Withers

MFS62 Apr 03 2020 08:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Goddamnit, Bill Withers Ain't No Sunshine , now he's gone. Later

Chad ochoseis Apr 03 2020 09:20 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I hope he gets to find Grandma's hands. No word on a cause.

MFS62 Apr 03 2020 09:21 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Chad ochoseis wrote: "Heart Complications". Later

G-Fafif Apr 03 2020 09:24 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Giant. https://youtu.be/g3hBYTkI-sE

Edgy MD Apr 03 2020 11:31 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Questlove once called him the closest think black Americans have to a Bruce Springsteen.

LWFS Apr 03 2020 01:17 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

He was like, half the radio in our house when I was superlittle.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2020 09:06 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Tom Dempsey, legendary NFL kicker who was born without fingers on his right hand and toes on his right foot, 73 --- of complications from COVID---19.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2020 04:23 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Alan Merrill, 69, singer/musician/songwriter who recorded many albums, including three with Rick Derringer. Merrill wrote Joan Jett's huge hit "I Love Rock and Roll" and Lou Rawls's hit "When the Night Comes"..... ...of complications from COVID-19.

G-Fafif Apr 06 2020 12:12 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bobby Mitchell, HOF receiver and first black player on the heretofore lily-white Washington football franchise, 84.

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2020 01:09 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Honor Blackman - 94 English actress best known for her role as Pussy Galore opposite Sean Connery in GOLDFINGER Her work after that seemed to be largely in British TV with her most recent credit in 2015

Willets Point Apr 06 2020 03:35 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

My very proper grandmother was named Honor. Her name was unusual until 1964 when, too her horror, people started saying "just like Pussy Galore!"

The Hot Corner Apr 07 2020 11:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Adam Schleshinger of Fountains of Wayne, from coronavirus. He was 52! Fountains of Wayne is one of my favorite contemporary bands. Schlesinger and Fountains of Wayne delivered catchy, melodic, hook filled pop rock that just seemed to get stuck in my head (in a good way). Both my son and daughter texted me regarding Adam Schlesinger's passing, as they are both fans of his work in Fountains of Wayne.

The Hot Corner Apr 07 2020 11:55 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bill Withers was a tremendous talent. I listen to much of his music to this day. Timeless music of substance never gets old.

G-Fafif Apr 07 2020 07:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

John Prine, 73. Complications from COVID-19.

kcmets Apr 07 2020 07:38 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

It will be hard to top a character name like Pussy Galore ever again. RIP.

G-Fafif Apr 07 2020 08:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Allen Garfield, character actor you'd recognize in a second, 80. Complications from COVID-19.

G-Fafif Apr 08 2020 01:33 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Fred Klein, the longest-time of Knicks season ticket holders, going back to 1959 (with his pal Stan Asofsky, he was the go-to for reporters seeking the fan point of view of what was great then or what's wrong now at the Garden), 85. Complications from COVID-19.

G-Fafif Apr 08 2020 01:37 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Linda Tripp, terrible friend to Monica Lewinsky, 70.

Chad ochoseis Apr 08 2020 02:36 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=34861 time=1586309151 user_id=55] John Prine, 73. Complications from COVID-19.

In accordance with his wishes, his brain will be thrown in a hurricane and the blind can have his eyes. The deaf can take both his ears, if they don't mind the size.

MFS62 Apr 09 2020 10:09 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Pussy Galore no more: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/honor-blackman-dies-james-bond-170927546.html Honor Blackman - 94 Later

kcmets Apr 09 2020 10:34 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Reported here on Monday... Frayed Knot wrote: Honor Blackman - 94 English actress best known for her role as Pussy Galore opposite Sean Connery in GOLDFINGER Her work after that seemed to be largely in British TV with her most recent credit in 2015

G-Fafif Apr 09 2020 11:10 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Mort Drucker, MAD Magazine caricaturist, 91.

Edgy MD Apr 09 2020 03:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

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G-Fafif Apr 10 2020 08:14 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Timothy Brown, 82. Played in the NFL before portraying Spearchucker on the first season of M*A*S*H.

Frayed Knot Apr 12 2020 12:59 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Brown was said to be suffering from dementia, whether age related (82) or football related ... likely both. Dr. Oliver 'Spearchucker' Jones -- the nickname was from throwing the javelin -- was character in the book, movie, and TV versions of M*A*S*H. But the character simply disappeared from the TV show during the first season never to be revived -- maybe he's hanging out with Richie Cunningham's older brother -- so Brown appeared in just six episodes. Brown was coincidently in the M*A*S*H movie also although not as 'Spearchucker', that version was played by another former NFL player* Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson. Williamson is also 82 and is not only still around but is still acting. Not that I've actually ever heard of any of his recent projects, but there are a number of them and he's got a bunch more currently in production. Let's hope Fred is well and that the same coincidence that befell the movie and TV Henry Blakes -- the actors playing those roles died just one day apart even though both were just in their '60s -- doesn't strike again. * Other one-time NFL'ers to appear (though uncredited) for the rival '325th Evac' team in the football scene in M*A*S*H included such 1960's notable names as: Ben Davidson, Fran Tarkinton, Buck Buchanan, Johnny Unitas and Joe Kapp

Edgy MD Apr 12 2020 03:38 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I got the idea that the original premise of the M*A*S*H* series had them as a much bigger unit with the principals being just a few of the dozens of surgeons assigned to the 4077. As the show developed, it pared down to a combat hospital with just the four surgeons. Sorta like Cheers dialed down the number of regular customers to three and The Facts of Life was set at a girl's school that lost all but four of their girls and all of their instructors.

Willets Point Apr 12 2020 04:22 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I always liked first season Facts of Life better.

dgwphotography Apr 12 2020 08:43 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Anthony Cousi, NY Post photographer, 48 https://nypost.com/2020/04/12/anthony-causis-kindness-talent-touched-everyone-in-ny-sports/

Edgy MD Apr 13 2020 06:28 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Cousi was a frequent contributor to our Tabloid Cover Derby. It was Cousi who turned Yoenis Céspedes into the Folly Rancher. It's felt like it's only a matter of time before this pandemic has gotten one of us (it seems middle-aged men are far more susceptible than previously thought), and now it feels like it has. He also caught my nephew the day he improbably scored field-level seats to the Giants. https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/fauci.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 13 2020 08:07 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

For some reason we followed one another on instagram

Benjamin Grimm Apr 13 2020 08:08 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

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Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 13 2020 08:45 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

You FOLLY RANCHER haters are regretting it now

G-Fafif Apr 15 2020 07:38 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Saul Turteltaub, TV producer/writer, 87. If you watched sitcoms from the ‘60s to the ‘80s, chances are you saw his name in the credits. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/saul-turteltaub-dead-sanford-son-girl-writer-producer-was-87-1289950

Willets Point Apr 15 2020 07:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I'm just realizing now that a character on BoJack Horseman, a tv producer named Lenny Turteltaub who is literally a turtle, must be based on Saul Turteltaub.

Edgy MD Apr 15 2020 07:55 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I always thought former Mets minor leaguer Greg Turtletaub must be a nephew or something of his. The resemblance was there.

G-Fafif Apr 15 2020 02:07 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Willie Davis, Pro Football Hall of Famer and NFL champion Green Bay Packer, 85. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/willie-davis-nfl-hall-fame-defensive-end-dies-85-n1184606

41Forever Apr 16 2020 12:06 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Actor Brian Dennehy from Tommy Boy and a ton of other things. [url]https://variety.com/2020/film/news/brian-dennehy-dead-dies-tommy-boy-first-blood-1234582309/?fbclid=IwAR3bOm3s3Lfg1yvo5c7oHgiPGyzGy95iTfP7c8B7xqbR27h01NO3Ues7WHY&fbclid=IwAR2-sTRoKdliaX0WhCi2jxTvywl5JuqeG12pyfvEiugaUz3xzcYWyFebnhU

cal sharpie Apr 16 2020 01:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I saw his James Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" opposite Vanessa Redgrave and Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was magnificent. Also saw him in "The Cherry Orchard" about 30 years ago. His film work always seemed minor next to his incredible stage work.

Edgy MD Apr 16 2020 02:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

He must've played about 200 cops in his career. His massive chest and round Irish face just screamed "NYPD detective!" Even got to play small town cops. He was the stupid sheriff who tried to roust John Rambo out of town. BIG mistake.

Fman99 Apr 16 2020 07:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Actor Brian Dennehy from Tommy Boy and a ton of other things. [url]https://variety.com/2020/film/news/brian-dennehy-dead-dies-tommy-boy-first-blood-1234582309/?fbclid=IwAR3bOm3s3Lfg1yvo5c7oHgiPGyzGy95iTfP7c8B7xqbR27h01NO3Ues7WHY&fbclid=IwAR2-sTRoKdliaX0WhCi2jxTvywl5JuqeG12pyfvEiugaUz3xzcYWyFebnhU Great in everything he did. I liked him as Harrison Ford's boss in "Presumed Innocent."

G-Fafif Apr 19 2020 07:49 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, 84, from cancer. Collaborated on a book asserting the administration of which he was a part, Bush's in 2001-2002, was not the best of the best. Among its allegations was not only that Mr. Bush was often unengaged in policy discussions, but also that many decisions, including the invasion of Iraq, had seemed to have been politically ordained. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/politics/paul-oneill-dead.html

G-Fafif Apr 20 2020 06:56 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Tom Lester, 81, Eb from Green Acres, complications from Parkinson's.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2020 09:26 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

If you believe rumors, possibly Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un of North Korea.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 26 2020 09:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I read one headline that said that he's either dead, or brain dead, or just fine.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2020 10:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

That's pretty much the summary of the story. If he has passed, Dennis Rodman is his designated successor, right?

kcmets Apr 26 2020 11:40 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Any updates on the mad maniacal munchkin from the north?

Edgy MD Apr 26 2020 04:47 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I'm sure a functioning US government would have cleared this up by now, but the South Korean government says he's alive and jongin'.

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2020 06:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I read one headline that said that he's either dead, or brain dead, or just fine. I feel like I've been all of those recently.

kcmets Apr 26 2020 06:53 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Edgy MD wrote: I'm sure a functioning US government would have cleared this up by now Not really the government's job to report the news. Except in places like No Korea, China, etc... I saw no reports of any of this except here, but I'm on a media blackout of sorts to maintain some sanity.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2020 07:16 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Yeah, but it's more than news. It's global security. It's also a market factor Any other president would announce, "We are aware of the rumors and reports, and ..." "... our sources cannot yet confirm the situation." or "... our sources have confirmed the situation, and are confident at this hour that Mr. Kim is dead/alive." or, most likely "... our sources are pursuing as much information as possible, and we will be keeping the nation and our allies briefed on the situation going forward as details unfold." That last one is most likely because it's probably what they'd say whether they knew or not. But this president only makes things worse with public announcements, so he's instead going to watch FOX and humiliate himself on Twitter.

kcmets Apr 26 2020 07:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Mad Maniacal Munchkin Loses Battle With Cognac Addiction-Details at Eleven.

LWFS Apr 26 2020 08:21 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Richard Hake, WNYC news anchor/the voice of your bathroom mornings, probably, if you're a city-dweller, 51.

Frayed Knot May 01 2020 06:32 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Sam Lloyd who, despite being maybe the seventh or eighth highest billed character on the show, would often steal scenes as Ted the sad-sack lawyer for 'Sacred Heart' Hospital on TV's SCRUBS Only 56, brain tumor. Nephew of Christopher Lloyd (I did not know that until just now).

G-Fafif May 02 2020 09:14 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Peter Hunt, 81, directed “1776” on Broadway, won a Tony. From complications related to Parkinson's.

MFS62 May 04 2020 08:45 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Don Shula 90 https://www.yahoo.com/sports/don-shula-nf-ls-alltime-winningest-head-coach-and-leader-of-undefeated-1972-dolphins-dies-at-age-90-142020071.html The NFL's winningest coach, but he lost the most important game in NFL history. Later

G-Fafif May 04 2020 10:57 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Ronan O'Rahilly, the inspiration for the charming movie Pirate Radio, 79. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/arts/music/ronan-orahilly-dead.html It was on the Saturday before Easter 1964 that Radio Caroline sent out its opening salvo, the Rolling Stones' cover of Buddy Holly's “Not Fade Away,” from a rehabilitated Dutch ferry anchored three miles off the coast of England. For British teenagers, used to a bland diet of children's programs, 1950s ballads and farm news on the BBC — also known by the nickname Auntie — it was a revelation. And Ronan O'Rahilly, the roguish Irish entrepreneur and showman behind Radio Caroline, who was then just 23, made sure that his operation would become the most famous of the pirate radio stations run from a ragtag armada of ships moored in international waters when the BBC had a monopoly on the airwaves. Mr. O'Rahilly died on April 20 at a nursing home in County Louth, outside Dublin. He was 79. His partner, Ines Rocha Trindade, who confirmed the death, said he had learned he had vascular dementia in 2013. Charismatic, deeply eccentric — he was a committed conspiracy theorist and often went by a pseudonym — and with a flair for the grand gesture, Mr. O'Rahilly was at the center of the music scene in London in the early 1960s, or tried to be. He had left his home outside Dublin at 17, worked checking coats in a London night spot, and was soon running his own club, the Scene.

Edgy MD May 04 2020 11:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I would have thought that Bellychick had taken Don Shula's record by now. All-time-winning-est coach is a pretty good title to die with.

MFS62 May 04 2020 12:27 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Edgy MD wrote: I would have thought that Bellychick had taken Don Shula's record by now. All-time-winning-est coach is a pretty good title to die with. But he is most remembered here in New York for being that coach whose team lost Super Bowl III. I'm sure he left instructions about how his grave is to be watered. Later

kcmets May 04 2020 12:59 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=MFS62 post_id=36347 time=1588616870 user_id=60]But he is most remembered here in New York for being that coach whose team lost Super Bowl III.

Not by me (I was like 7 for Super Bowl 3, and only saw it for the first

time 4-5 years ago) or anyone younger than me.



Can we let his body cool and his toenails grow some before driving home

the notion that The Legend lost a a Super Bowl 50 years ago. A Super Bowl

that Namath sold his soul to the devil for and you how the last 50 years have

been with that debt yet to be collected

Frayed Knot May 04 2020 01:14 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

One Shula story I heard a bunch of years ago epitomized how he fit the stereotyped tunnel-vision that football coaches were known to have. He was with the Dolphins and it was the era when MIAMI VICE was not only all the rage on TV but in pop culture as well and particularly so in south Florida. I had a buddy living there at the time and he'd tell me that about 75% of the young males in the area were dressing themselves like Don Johnson's character, right down to the three- day stubble. So at one point a couple of the show's stars got access into the Dolphin facility and were introduced to Shula as being from MIAMI VICE. He gave them each a quick handshake and muttered something along the lines of: 'Thanks, you guys do a great job', and quickly turned right back to his work. He was thinking there were actual Vice cops from the city because he was too single-minded to have ever heard of the TV program much less watched it.

Edgy MD May 04 2020 02:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Or to have realized that, you know, when it's the eighties in Miami, and The Miami Sun won't lead with a murder story unless it's at least a triple, the actual Miami vice squad probably wasn't doing as great a job as all that. Although, I'm sure their budget was a fraction of the TV show's.

G-Fafif May 04 2020 02:32 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

This surprisingly self-effacing anecdote has always stayed with me. Here's the one amusing story Shula likes to tell, as told by retired Sentinel columnist Larry Guest: "Don Shula has been humbled only once in his life. After he coached the '72 Dolphins to a 17-0 record, he and his late wife, Dorothy, vacationed in a small town in Maine. Entering a movie theater, they received an ovation from the few people already in the theater. Shula begged off, explaining he didn't expect special treatment just because of who he is. Said one of the moviegoers: 'We don't care who you are. They wouldn't start the movie until we had 10 people here, and you two just put us over the top.'" https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2007-08-24-dolphinsking24-story.html

Frayed Knot May 04 2020 03:22 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Edgy MD wrote: I would have thought that Bellychick had taken Don Shula's record by now. Still trailing by 55: 328 - 273 with George Halas in between (318) So that's a minimum of Five GOOD seasons just to catch by a coach who turned 68 a few weeks back. On the other hand, he's won at least 11 games each season in 15 of the last 17 years. On the other other hand, his QB is gone.

Chad ochoseis May 06 2020 03:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk has exited the Autobahn at 75. [url]https://variety.com/2020/music/news/kraftwerk-florian-schneider-dead-dies-1234599445/?fbclid=IwAR3EmGHZ3FIXw12WATENiWFYNbt-48MdcaLi-mXfMSzc8UGyNlsn4fR7l3g

G-Fafif May 06 2020 08:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Millie Small, of “My Boy Lollipop” fame, 72. Suffered a stroke. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52557332

G-Fafif May 06 2020 09:53 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Matty Simmons, co-founder of National Lampoon, 93. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matty-simmons-dead-national-lampoon-founder-animal-house-producer-was-93-1292827

G-Fafif May 07 2020 11:46 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Barry Farber, longtime NYC talk show host who once ran for mayor, 90. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-barry-farber-obit-20200507-cbxm2dop2fgz7p2xuil4c2irfy-story.html

G-Fafif May 07 2020 08:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Hillard “Sweet Pea” Atkinson, lead singer for Was (Not Was), 74, from a heart attack. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52571088

MFS62 May 08 2020 06:58 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Mike Storen 84 He started the Toys For Tots program, and was a General Manager of several teams, Commissioner of the American Basketball Association and father of ESPN personality Hannah Storm. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/29148482/mike-storen-sports-executive-guided-pacers-aba-dies-84 RIP Later

G-Fafif May 08 2020 07:35 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Roy Horn, half of Siegfried & Roy, 75, from Covid-19.

Edgy MD May 08 2020 10:17 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Wow. Survived a vicious mauling from a tiger but taken down by "This is a flu. This is like a flu."

MFS62 May 09 2020 05:48 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Edgy MD wrote: Wow. Survived a vicious mauling from a tiger but taken down by "This is a flu. This is like a flu." The moral of this story, boys and girls, is that a tiger is less dangerous to your health than Donald Trump. Now, eat your vegetables. Later

41Forever May 09 2020 08:09 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Little Richard, 87. Not many people can say the Beatles were their opening act. [url]https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/little-richard-dead-48505/

Lefty Specialist May 09 2020 09:43 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1259129336780775432

MFS62 May 09 2020 10:29 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lefty Specialist wrote: https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1259129336780775432 Good Golly, Miss Molly. RIP Later

G-Fafif May 10 2020 01:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bad week for R&B, as Betty Wright, 66, passes on, having been diagnosed with cancer last year. Best known for making it easy for the “Clean Up Woman”,

batmagadanleadoff May 11 2020 04:01 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller's real-life dad and George Costanza's Seinfeld dad, 92, of natural causes.

Edgy MD May 11 2020 07:26 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

On Seinfeld Night at Citi, sang one of the most tuneless "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" renditions I've ever heard east of Chicago. Clips of his comedy routines with Anne Meara are American gold.

TransMonk May 11 2020 02:17 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAD4L0mFYOy/?igshid=3ca4chq5le8x

kcmets May 11 2020 02:39 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I know King of Queens wasn't as globally cool as Seinfeld, but Arthur Spooner dialed up Stiller's nuttiness a notch and was even better than Mr. Costanza. RIP, Father of Festivus lolol...

Edgy MD May 15 2020 12:11 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Legendary photographer Astrid Kirchherr, first to photograph the Beatles and a major shaper of their aesthetic has reported passed away, according to Beatles historian Mark Lewisjohn on Twitter. He's scooping the media, but he's about as reliable source as there is when it comes to Beatle figures. https://shapersofthe80s.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/beatles61cavern-dec8.jpg?w=500>https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8385248/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x436+0+0/resize/840x610!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbf%2F3a%2F912ab223a9303d5cd1bb38b1c29b%2Fla-xpm-photo-2013-feb-02-la-et-cm-beatles-photos-20130203> https://nostalgiacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kirchherr06.jpg>

G-Fafif May 16 2020 12:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Fred Willard, comic actor who made everything better, 86, from natural causes.

G-Fafif May 16 2020 04:50 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Phyllis George, NFL Today co-host in the Age of Musburger, 70. From “an illness,” according to reports.

Frayed Knot May 16 2020 04:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 17 2020 05:25 AM

On Willard: I wouldn't have guessed that old. On George: I really have no opinion of her as the whole idea of a pre-game show being appointment viewing has always eluded me. So while I was contemporaneously aware that that show was a must-see media event for so many people, it never was for me and so in all the years it ran I never saw more than just short segments of it here and there in passing.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 16 2020 05:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

The man was a genius. Fred Willard that is.

Edgy MD May 16 2020 08:39 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=36935 time=1589669413 user_id=55] Phyllis George, NFL Today co-host in the Age of Musburger, 70. From “an illness,” according to reports.

Also a one-time Miss 'Murica. Had been a rumored candidate to oppose Majority Leader McConnell in a Senate run a dozen years ago.

LWFS May 16 2020 09:04 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The man was a genius. Fred Willard that is. Just watched "A Mighty Wind," and am finishing up "Best in Show." His improv is INSANE (he and the Brit did all their dog-show commentary in ONE day, after reviewing the 'footage' for a couple of hours beforehand)... as is the fact that "content-creation" was just kinda catching up to his gifts in the last twenty years of his life. He basically hit his prime post-retirement age.

G-Fafif May 18 2020 03:43 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on Leave It to Beaver, 76, cause unknown.

Benjamin Grimm May 19 2020 12:39 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

John Glenn's widow, Annie, 100, of coronavirus.

G-Fafif May 22 2020 08:51 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bulls great and Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, 78. He'd been diagnosed with Parkinson's a few years ago. https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2020/05/22/jerry-sloan-utah-jazzs/

G-Fafif May 22 2020 08:53 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Harold Blake, an aide to Robert Moses, 91, from COVID-19. There can't be too many of those who worked directly for Moses still around. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/nyregion/harold-blake-dead-coronavirus.html

G-Fafif May 24 2020 11:39 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Eddie Sutton, big-time college basketball coach, 84.

G-Fafif May 26 2020 08:21 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Chris Dufresne, 62, sportswriter. Wrote eloquently in his last column about the kneejerk jerks wishing to throw people of a certain age overboard. https://www.si.com/college/tmg/chris-dufresne/covid-19

Frayed Knot May 27 2020 10:48 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Larry Kramer -- playwright and longtime AIDS activist, 84

Edgy MD May 27 2020 01:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I've never seen one of his plays, but that guy impressed the hell out of me. Or I should say that Act-Up impressed the hell out of me. How often do you see a group so committed to agitation stand down and become a productive part of the problem solving coalition once they've won the rhetorical war? There's the guerilla activism of the outsider, and the wonky activism of the insider. Usually, at best, they drive each other crazy, but recognize the need for each other and maintain an unhappy marriage. At worst, they undermine each other and question each other's real commitment. But Act-Up has been both at different times, and incredibly effective at each.

Frayed Knot May 27 2020 02:38 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

And Kramer certainly drove a lot of people crazy, perhaps those he was trying to work with at least as much as those he was working against.

Edgy MD May 27 2020 07:39 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Indeed, he pretty much single-handledly estblished GMHC and got kicked out of it within a year or two by the very guys he recruited. As a younger man, I kept the Act-Up movement at arm's length. So much of the arts community seemed to be trying to make a scene for it's own sake. It seemed distasteful to me and I'm kind of ashamed of it now, especially as those very same not-so-merry-pranksters, once they were able to get AIDS on the national agenda, became a crucial part of the movement to turn the epidemic around.

G-Fafif May 28 2020 10:49 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Marge Redmond, Sister Jacqueline on The Flying Nun, 95. She died February 10 but her passing was only recently reported.

G-Fafif May 31 2020 01:33 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Herb Stempel, whose role as the victimized schlump in the quiz show scandal of the late ‘50s was immortalized bu John Turturro in “Quiz Show,” 93.

Edgy MD May 31 2020 02:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

A fascinating American figure that Herb.

G-Fafif May 31 2020 08:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Christo, the artist whose 2005 “The Gates” installation adorned Central Park in 2005 with large swaths of orange in hopes of attracting thousands of blue-capped Mets fans, 84. https://www.npr.org/2020/05/31/866450495/christo-famous-for-his-monumental-works-of-art-dies-at-84

G-Fafif Jun 02 2020 08:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

NBA great Wes Unseld, 74.

MFS62 Jun 02 2020 08:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=37788 time=1591107190 user_id=55] NBA great Wes Unseld, 74.

His battles with Willis Reed were epic. He played center in the NBA at well under 6'8".

RIP

Later

G-Fafif Jun 02 2020 09:32 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

https://twitter.com/anthony/status/1268019167095066625?s=21

MFS62 Jun 03 2020 05:34 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lee Grosscup - Quarterback for both NY football teams - 83 https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/lee-grosscup-dies-at-83?fbclid=IwAR2EQQ9xl32vEB-1M1NaLZ1hccalp9Zjtz5J7Y1BIadiz4Vfrz7R2JDEWo0 He lived in the apartment next to me when I lived in Flushing. He knew I was a Titans fan. When he joined the Titans, he gave me tickets to sit with the player families. We used to talk all the time, and I could hear the clack of the keys of his typewriter through the apartment walls when he was writing his book "Fourth and Ten". RIP. Later

Willets Point Jun 03 2020 09:23 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

An athlete named Grosscup must've endured a lifetime of locker room humor.

MFS62 Jun 03 2020 10:23 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Willets Point wrote: An athlete named Grosscup must've endured a lifetime of locker room humor. His wife didn't think so. IIRC she was a Miss Utah and was very pretty. Later

Edgy MD Jun 03 2020 02:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Grosscup's daughter Kimah McCarty sez: My Papa, so wise, so talented, so strong. His life experience made him the best guide. He lived one day at a time, fully, completely, giving of himself regardless of the many challenges he faced. He is loved by so many people, and his relationship with GOD (Higher Power) gives me confidence that he is in a really good place. Lee Grosscup 1936-2020. The dash between the year of his birth and his passing leaves a legacy that will be cherished and bless many for generations to come. Peace be with us all in our time of grief. “Blessed be the mourning for they shall be comforted.”💜 The posts keep coming. My Dad was a devoted athlete. He compared football to “Gladiator Boot Camp”, and called professional football the “Consummate War Game”. He told me that he was happy the small town where my sons were raised didn't have a football team, saying they would be smarter and kinder people without all that “physical combat.” None the less, he made his career through playing the game and learning about, then broadcasting every nuance. His articulate way of shining light on the players, coaches, and game strategies gave him steady employment in the broadcast industry from 1966 to 2019. Phenomenal. My Dad possessed charisma and talent as an actor, model, published author, singer, and teacher. Most people associate him with his athleticism, but as a little girl he taught me to recite Shakespeare and to sing Broadway Musicals like Camelot and The Sound of Music. He taught me how to play chess and how to dance every style from the waltz to the twist. He loved classical music and literature and could have been an expert movie critique. Dad had so much going for himself, but In our last conversation together he reminded me that worldly success was no guarantee of happiness. In his case, fame and fortune nearly brought his early demise. Plagued by addiction to “booze and pills” spawned by football injuries and depression, he joined Alcoholics Anonymous and took his first step on the road to recovery. With over 45 years in the program, his devotion to living clean and sober meant more to him than any of his worldly accomplishments. As a leader by nature, he sponsored many recovering addicts and loved his Bay Area 12 Step family as his own.

MFS62 Jun 03 2020 05:24 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I knew from talking to him that he was much" deeper" than your usual jock. And it explains why he told me he never felt he really fitted in with some of his teammates. His book explained a lot of it too, but when it was released, some of them were still playing, so he held back a lot. Thank you. Later

G-Fafif Jun 03 2020 08:17 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Two big-time college football coaches: Auburn's Pat Dye (80) and Tennessee's Johnny Majors (85).

G-Fafif Jun 06 2020 02:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Steve Priest, Sweet bassist (name checked in “Ballroom Blitz” — “ready, Steve?”), 72.

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2020 08:59 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

A couple of athletes this week who were at the top of their sport in their eras but time and the marginalization of their sports sent both into obscurity for all but few. Kurt Thomas, 64, of a stroke, was America's top male gymnast in the late 1970s. But he lacked the exposure of the Olympics due to the U.S. boycott in 1980 and even there time has seen men's gymnastics increasingly pushed aside in coverage for the women's version so his time in the spotlight was brief and fleeting despite winning several world championships at both floor ex and pommel horse and having moves named for him still used today. He at least kept his hand in the sport through coaching up until his death so was at least well known within the gymnastics world. Bobby Morrow (84) on the other hand I doubt is a name known to more than a handful even among track enthusiasts. The white son of a carrot farmer from Texas, he dominated sprinting in the mid and late 1950s becoming, during the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956, the only man between Jesse Owens ('36) and Carl Lewis ('80) to triple gold in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100 relay (Owens & Lewis also won the long jump). In that day that got one on the covers of Sports Illustrated, Sport, and Life magazines and also as a guest on the Ed Sullivan Show. But while track men before and after continued to be mentioned, his fade into obscurity was largely his own choice as he was ahead of the curve in denouncing the treatment of athletes under the old 'amateur' rules and chose to separate himself from the sport after injuries and maybe politics kept him off the 1960 team. He remains the last white American to win a sprint championship.

41Forever Jun 07 2020 11:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Somehow missed this, but Bob Kulick, a guitarist who ghost-played on a lot of Kiss albums and openly on Paul Stanley's solo album, died on May 28 at age 70. No cause was listed. [url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/05/30/kiss-guitarist-bob-kulick-dead-70/5290695002/ Bob's brother Bruce got the official nod as a band member. But Bob started can be heard on the studio side of Alive II and on releases that followed. I saw him play with Paul Stanley on a solo tour at Toad's in New Haven in the late 1980s, one of the best shows I've ever seen! [YOUTUBE]pY6fJZ32Dlw[/YOUTUBE] He and his brother teamed up for a set on the 2017 Kiss Kruise where they played a lot of deep cuts that went over so well there was talk of htem recording and going out on tour. Bit he had a strange falling out with his brother and many others last year that got pretty public.

Edgy MD Jun 07 2020 02:16 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Kurt Thomas also starred in the most eighties film ever — Gymkata. An all-American athlete who gets recruited by the CIA to turn his awesome gymnastics skillz into martial artistry, and enter the reclusive central Asian country of Parmistan, where foreigners are challenged to participate in a survival game for their lives, navigating obstacles as the entire populace tries to kill them. Winners are granted their lives and one wish, and his will be for Parmistan to house a base for the US strategic missile defense system. Reagan-era propaganda, dumb writing, wooden acting, creepy foreigners, sketchy budget, contrived situations, and lots of cheesy-but-remorseless violence in one film. You can't ask for more. it's like it was made for Mystery Science Theater adaptation.

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2020 02:34 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

So you're saying that the plot was for the U.S.A. to take over Parmistan in order to make America grate again?

G-Fafif Jun 08 2020 03:55 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bonnie Pointer, the Pointer Sister who went solo, 69. https://youtu.be/D11KOwALbR8

MFS62 Jun 09 2020 07:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Christopher Andrade, 33, a co-worker for several years on June 6. He is survived by a son and girlfriend. No cause known yet. RIP Later

Willets Point Jun 09 2020 08:22 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bonnie Pointer, the Pointer Sister who went solo, 69. An early Pointer Sisters work that doesn't get the recognition it deserves, is the song for the Pinball Number Count animations on Sesame Street. [YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTr_HS_O4Ek&t=320s[/YOUTUBE]

G-Fafif Jun 16 2020 08:19 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bobby Lewis, who couldn't get to sleep at all last night, 95. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bobby-lewis-dead-singer-dies-at-95-1298323

MFS62 Jun 18 2020 06:46 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Dame Vera Lynn - 103 She entertained the British troops during World War II. https://www.yahoo.com/news/obituary-dame-vera-lynn-britains-084508005.html Later

kcmets Jun 18 2020 06:47 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MummZBgO3Ek[/YOUTUBE]

Frayed Knot Jun 18 2020 04:36 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 19 2020 01:16 PM

Jean Kennedy Smith, 92 The eighth of the nine children born to Joe & Rose Kennedy and, until now, the final survivor.

Fman99 Jun 19 2020 12:43 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

RIP Ian Holm, 88. Probably best known in the US as Bilbo in the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings trilogy, though he was great in Alien and countless other movies.

Edgy MD Jun 19 2020 07:35 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I think he played Napoleon in three different films.

G-Fafif Jun 20 2020 08:16 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Jim Kiick, Dolphins RB when they won Super Bowls, 73.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2020 08:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Joe Sinnott, in my opinion Marvel's finest inker, 93.

Edgy MD Jun 25 2020 09:31 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Sinnott was from Saugerties and so, naturally, was a friend of The Old Mole. He was a World War II vet, serving with the Seabees.

G-Fafif Jun 26 2020 09:55 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Milton Glaser, graphic designer who ❤️ NY, 91. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/obituaries/milton-glaser-dead.html

G-Fafif Jun 28 2020 01:56 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Joe Bugel, who coached the Hogs at the height of their Washington glory and later the whole shebang for the Phoenix Cardinals, 80.

G-Fafif Jun 29 2020 09:43 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Benny Mardones, who hit at both ends of the ‘80s with “Into The Night,” 73, following a long battle with Parkinson's. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9402923/benny-mardones-into-the-night-dead-73

G-Fafif Jun 30 2020 10:49 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

On the same day we learn Carl Reiner has died at 98, we also find out composer Johnny Mandel (the melody for the theme from M*A*S*H is heard multiple times a day still) has passed away at 94.

MFS62 Jul 02 2020 01:53 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Hugh Downs - 99 Former host of the Today Show and a voice we heard on TV over six decades. https://www.aol.com/hugh-downs-former-today-show-190200635.html Later

Frayed Knot Jul 02 2020 02:48 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

It was said for a time that Downs had logged more time on television than any other person in history. I'm not sure how official that was or if it's still true today, but it was likely the case for a long time.

G-Fafif Jul 06 2020 11:15 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Premier fiddler Charlie Daniels, 83, from a hemorrhagic stroke. https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/06/charlie-daniels-country-music-dies/5384087002/

MFS62 Jul 06 2020 01:27 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Ennio Marricone -91 Oscar winning composer. He wrote the memorable scores for the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns and other films. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ennio-morricone-best-known-composing-095335783.html Later

G-Fafif Jul 06 2020 01:53 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Broadway actor Nick Cordero, 41, from Covid-19. http://www.playbill.com/article/nick-cordero-passes-away-at-age-41

MFS62 Jul 06 2020 04:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Premier fiddler Charlie Daniels, 83, from a hemorrhagic stroke. https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/06/charlie-daniels-country-music-dies/5384087002/ Many years ago I heard an interview with someone who worked backstage at a large convert venue. He talked about what the stars ordered to their dressing room before a concert. I remember him saying that for the eight members of the Charlie Daniels band, the order was twelve cases of beer. RIP Later

TransMonk Jul 06 2020 04:24 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Jonathan Sackler, co-owner of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, dies at 65 Weird. I'm reading the new PHARMA book by Gerald Posner right now which obviously spends time on Sackler.

Frayed Knot Jul 06 2020 05:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=TransMonk post_id=40004 time=1594074297 user_id=71] Weird. I'm reading the new PHARMA book by Gerald Posner right now which obviously spends time on Sackler.

Let me know how that is when you get done (preferably in the 'Reading' thread as it'll get lost in here) as that book is slated to be one of my next projects.

Big fan of Posner's book on debunking the conspiracy angle on the JFK assassination: CASE CLOSED

TransMonk Jul 06 2020 06:11 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Will do.

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2020 04:34 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Mary Kay Letourneau - 58, of cancer. She was a 34 y/o married mother of four when, as a sixth grade teacher in Washington State, she began a sexual affair with one of her 12 y/o students and became pregnant. She was convicted of rape and gave birth to a daughter while awaiting sentencing. Her initial sentence was for six months but when they were caught having sex again shortly after her release she was re-sentenced, this time for seven years. She gave birth to a second child behind bars. The children were raised by his mother until she was out of prison and the couple married in 2005. They divorced in 2019.

G-Fafif Jul 13 2020 02:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Actress Kelly Preston, 57, from breast cancer.

whippoorwill Jul 13 2020 07:16 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Poor John Travolta has had a lot of heartbreak in his life

Lefty Specialist Jul 14 2020 05:15 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Grant Imahara, of Mythbusters fame, at 49 from a brain aneurysm. Lefty Jr and I watched a LOT of Mythbusters, so this makes me very sad. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grant-imahara-dead-mythbusters-host-was-49-1303101

Benjamin Grimm Jul 14 2020 06:44 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I feel the same, because I watched a lot of Craig Ferguson... https://i.pinimg.com/564x/55/e2/50/55e250f525c587f65f3c4e4e6aa94ccf.jpg>

metsmarathon Jul 14 2020 07:31 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lefty Specialist wrote: Grant Imahara, of Mythbusters fame, at 49 from a brain aneurysm. Lefty Jr and I watched a LOT of Mythbusters, so this makes me very sad. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grant-imahara-dead-mythbusters-host-was-49-1303101 damn, that one hurts...

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2020 12:12 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Peter Green, 73, Fleetwood Mac founder and one of the greats. https://www.nme.com/news/music/fleetwood-mac-co-founder-peter-green-died-2715066 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xFWXMcYs34 [FIMG=555]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/QyvI_t6Xrsi4Vi_Rb2kvkywbG6Eac6FD4yaL_lp-ReNkk77oJhdA9TG_J3KtSNTaFR9eyHvqqsAYGT9Y6VjHcqWTk8kaFqOiklhbgU2HdIIKm8ZHgwrF9rAL4k_syE5sH-ItBrQ[/FIMG]

Edgy MD Jul 25 2020 12:50 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Mick Fleetwood setting a UK manspreading record on that album cover.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2020 01:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020 Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Jul 25 2020 01:31 PM

Peter Green singlehandedly invents Santana on this instrumental from 1966 with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DsFnQqN8uk

G-Fafif Jul 25 2020 01:25 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Regis Philbin, 88, natural causes.

Frayed Knot Jul 25 2020 03:37 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Peter Green: born Peter Allen Greenbaum to a Jewish family in London His mental illness and drug abuse -- the cause and effect of those are probably interchangeable -- affected not his influence necessarily but certainly the totality of his career. On Regis: I know he spent about 9-zillion hours on TV over the years but I saw very few of them. He's closer to being in the 'famous for being famous' category for me as I have virtually no basis for even forming an opinion on him.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 25 2020 04:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I know Regis from his appearances with David Letterman. I've never watched his "Live" show.

G-Fafif Jul 26 2020 06:48 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Also known for being known by Jay Horwitz. https://twitter.com/jay_horwitzpr/status/1287362536061521921?s=21

kcmets Jul 26 2020 07:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 26 2020 11:01 AM

avi wuz here

G-Fafif Jul 26 2020 10:38 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Olivia de Havilland, who made Gone With the Wind more than eighty years ago, 104.

MFS62 Jul 26 2020 10:44 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=41737 time=1595781488 user_id=55] Olivia de Havilland, who made Gone With the Wind more than eighty years ago, 104.

We DO give a damn.

RIP to a real beauty.



Later

Benjamin Grimm Jul 26 2020 10:48 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I really liked that she was still alive all these years later. I suppose it had to end some time.

Frayed Knot Jul 26 2020 11:43 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Kind of cool to be in a classic movie and then outlive it by 81 years. It's like Ernest Borgnine who was already 38 y/o when he made MARTY but still got to look at his Best Actor statue for 57 years after that. And speaking of outlived, de Haviland outlived her younger, and often bitter rival, sister by nearly seven years as Joan Fontaine lived to be a mere 96 She and Kirk Douglas (after Kirk took over for Abe Vigoda) were the poster children for various 'Still Alive' threads over the years. Now we have to find new standard bearers.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 26 2020 11:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Frayed Knot wrote: Now we have to find new standard bearers. Norman Lloyd, 105, turns 106 in November -- even older than Olivia de Havilland. Still alive. And still working. Perhaps best known as Frank Fry, the villain who falls to his death from the top of the Statue of Liberty in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur, 1942. [FIMG=555]https://dancinglady39.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/351e6512-cbec-4674-8ab8-9a3f40d74056.jpeg[/FIMG] [FIMG=555]https://static.rogerebert.com/redactor_assets/pictures/55a6852d2afe7b20410000b8/NL_Saboteur.jpg[/FIMG]

Edgy MD Jul 26 2020 11:57 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Pretty cool to still be around when you played the villain in a film written by Dorothy Parker.

whippoorwill Jul 26 2020 12:00 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=MFS62 post_id=41738 time=1595781850 user_id=60] =G-Fafif post_id=41737 time=1595781488 user_id=55] Olivia de Havilland, who made Gone With the Wind more than eighty years ago, 104.

We DO give a damn.

RIP to a real beauty.



Later


Adored her

Chad ochoseis Jul 26 2020 12:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

The Curt Flood of the film industry. [url]https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/26/entertainment/olivia-de-havilland-dies/index.html

G-Fafif Jul 26 2020 06:50 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Actor John Saxon, 83.

G-Fafif Jul 30 2020 09:32 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Herman Cain, GOP presidential candidate in 2012, 74, from COVID-19. Attended Trump's Tulsa rally, tweeted against masks. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/30/herman-cain-dies-after-battle-covid-19/5544484002/

MFS62 Jul 31 2020 07:31 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Mike Gale, played pro basketball for several teams including the Nets - 70. From KEN-5 (CBS) in San Antonio: SAN ANTONIO — Mike "Sugar" Gale, the former basketball player who spent four-plus seasons with the San Antonio Spurs as part of an 11-year pro career, passed away at the age of 70 on Thursday, sources tell KENS 5. A Philadelphia native, Gale also spent portions of his career with the then-New York Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors and the now-defunct Kentucky Colonels. He won the ABA Championship with the Colonels in 1975, a year before the NBA-ABA merger. Gale, who was twice named to the ABA's All-Defensive First Team, amassed over 6,200 points, more than 3,100 assists and nearly 1,350 steals in his 11 years on the hardwood. RIP. Later

G-Fafif Jul 31 2020 10:27 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Director Alan Parker, who gave us The Commitments (a personal favorite) among other films, 76.

G-Fafif Aug 01 2020 09:14 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Wilford Brimley, the old guy in everything even when he wasn't that old, 85.

Fman99 Aug 02 2020 04:34 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I just looked it up - Brimley was just 3 years older than I am now when "The Natural" came out. So I'm feeling pretty good about how I'm aging. Of course I'm not getting nearly as many movie role offers as he did.

Edgy MD Aug 02 2020 07:02 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

A big part of the turnaround for the last-place 1939 Knights.

Frayed Knot Aug 02 2020 08:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Wilford Brimley, the old guy in everything even when he wasn't that old, 85. Probably from complications due to diabeetus. Turned 50 y/o during the filming of COCOON where he played an age appropriate companion to Don Ameche (26 years his senior), Hume Cronyn (23), and Jack Gilford (26) Was 48 & 49 at the release of TENDER MERCIES [below-left w/Betty Buckley] and THE NATURAL [FIMG=400]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWVmZTU3YWEtYmM0MS00N2FjLWI0NWItYjU3M2QyNTZiY2IwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzEzMDAyNTI@._V1_SY500_SX750_AL_.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=400]https://pmctvline2.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/wilford-brimley-the-natural.jpg?w=620&h=420&crop=1[/FIMG] And for years I couldn't hear his voice without flashing to the Don Imus routines where he'd run -- 'alternate versions' might be a nice way to put it -- satires of Brimley's long running commercials for Quaker Oats

MFS62 Aug 04 2020 06:36 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Rene Santoni, actor, - 81 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/reni-santoni-dies-seinfeld-dirty-084652010.html I remember him in Dirty Harry. Later

G-Fafif Aug 05 2020 06:17 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Pete Hamill, the written voice of New York, 85. Here's his 1987 profile of Keith Hernandez. https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/04/07/new-yorks-met-a-fans-notes-on-keith-hernandez/

Edgy MD Aug 05 2020 03:41 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

My Pete Hamill story. My dad's partner in his squad car for, I think, 15 years was Patrolman Jim Crowley. Jim had grown up in the same neighborhood as Hamill, and I believe Pete had dated Jim's sister. Hamill and Jimmy Breslin were required reading for anybody who worked the streets of New York, and one day, as Jim was driving, my dad read him Hamill's tabloid column out loud. The subject of the day was ... crappy cops. As dad read each case cited of what they both knew were legit complaints, Jim got more pissed, saying, "That son of a BITCH!" after each one. Jim was a good cop — a VERY good cop, according to his colleagues — but took it to heart when each case was cited because he heard it as Hamill indicting the whole NYPD. "That son of a BITCH!" he barked, seeing each indictment by Hamill as a personal betrayal, but my dad kept smiling as Jim's face turned more tomato-colored, because when he got to the end, the final paragraph included a sentence along the lines of "None of these disgraces are worthy of wearing the same uniform and badge as Patrolman Jim Crowley of Brooklyn's 63rd Precinct, a good, honorable cop if ever there was one. May we find more like him." "SON OF A BITCH!!" Jim exclaimed, his rage suddenly turned to joy at this unexpected flattery. My dad said every call they got the rest of the week, he'd tell his partner, "It's a good thing they called a good, honorable cop like you, Jim!" If you read only one "How I came to be a newspaperman" memoir, you'd have a tough time doing batter than Hamill's A Drinking Life. Godspeed, Pete Hamill.

Frayed Knot Aug 05 2020 05:42 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

My brief Hamill story revolves around the fact that he dabbled in art most of his life and considered trying to become a cartoonist prior to turning to writing, a fact which was enough to get him an invite to a National Cartoonist Society outing once as an honored guest (I was a un-honored guest at this one). During his brief speech he mentioned once sending a fan letter to cartooning legend Milton Caniff which sent my dad to seek him out after the dinner and say: 'That fan letter to Caniff ... I did the exact same thing' (dad was about 5 years older than Hamill so they were essentially contemporaries). The other kicker to that night is that it happened to occur just days prior to the release of 'A DRINKING LIFE'. Yet not only did Hamill not make his attendance at this shindig contingent on his being able to plug the book but, even given that a mere mention of it would have certainly been more than acceptable, he never uttered a word. He was a celeb who attended an outing because he was actually honored to be invited and to be in the company of those who invited him, most of whom would have been totally unknown to him. Good on you Pete. I read DRINKING LIFE shortly afterward.

Chad ochoseis Aug 06 2020 09:19 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I had a busy day yesterday and missed the Pete Hamill news. I imagine I'm not the only person who grew up in Brooklyn in the 70s and basically learned to read and write from Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill. I was always a light sleeper, and I'd wake up as soon as the Daily News banged up against the door of our apartment at 6:15 or so, grab the paper, look at the back page to see how the Mets did (or maybe the Knicks if it was winter), and then go straight to Breslin's or Hamill's column, depending on what day it was. Breslin was the clown prince - the fat funny guy who was always half tanked (or more) and invented kooky caricatures like Un Occhio the mob boss and Klein the Lawyer. Hamill was the dry straight man who didn't need to create caricatures to write sharp, witty prose. I preferred Breslin when I was a kid, but Hamill wasn't for kids, even kids who read above their grade level. I didn't learn to appreciate Hamill quite as much until I got older and left New York, and would occasionally come across a Hamill story that reminded me of what I was missing. RIP.

G-Fafif Aug 07 2020 03:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Brent Scowcroft, a National Security Adviser when administrations were serious about that sort of thing, 95.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 12 2020 12:26 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Trini Lopez, chart-topping singer-guitarist with big 60s hit, If I Had a Hammer and Lemon Tree, designer of Gibson guitars still loved by musicians, including Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, and actor who appeared in The Dirty Dozen, 83, of complications from covid-19.

Edgy MD Aug 12 2020 05:47 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Trini briefly attempted to front the Crickets after Buddy Holly's death. I remember him most fondly from his guest billing on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, in which he plays a thinly disguised version of himself — headlining lounge entertainer — who ends up being the perp.

G-Fafif Aug 12 2020 06:25 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Wayne Fontana, 74, from cancer. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/arts/music/wayne-fontana-hitmaker-with-the-game-of-love-dies-at-74.html

MFS62 Aug 12 2020 07:37 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Media Mogul Sumner Redstone -97 https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-08-12/la-me-sumner-redstone-dies Owned Viacom/CBS Later

Lefty Specialist Aug 12 2020 09:47 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Redstone's health had been the focus of much speculation in his later years. With CBS and Viacom in merger talks in the spring of 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that he was unable to speak much. Citing people who had been with him, the newspaper said the notoriously autocratic Redstone had an iPad connected to buttons to activate his recorded voice uttering “yes,” “no” and “f--- you.”

G-Fafif Aug 15 2020 12:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Former Illinois governor “Big” Jim Thompson, 84, from heart problems. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/former-illinois-gov-james-thompson-big-jim-dies-84-n1236867 I remember his election in 1976 from my voracious consumption of nationwide returns and turning around one day years later and learning he was the longest-serving governor in the nation, one of those “time flies“ episodes that dot a lifetime.

MFS62 Aug 16 2020 06:27 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Donald Trump's brother, Robert Trump - 71 https://www.yahoo.com/news/robert-trump-president-younger-brother-022805753.html Later

G-Fafif Aug 16 2020 11:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Claire Shulman, Queens borough president whose administration oversaw the arrival of the 1986 world championship in Flushing, 94, from lung and pancreatic cancer. She served 16 years in all.

G-Fafif Aug 16 2020 11:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Shulman was regularly engaged in “friendly” wagers with Giuliani over Mets-MFYs series, as if she represented some out-of-town entity. In July of 1999, Matt Franco made a winner out of Claire. Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Queens Borough President Claire Shulman today entered into a friendly wager on the outcome of this weekend's subway series between their respective favorite baseball teams -- the Yankees and the Mets. The teams will face-off against one another in the first of a three game series tonight at Shea Stadium. The Mayor and Borough President Shulman placed the wager on this morning's broadcast of "Live From City Hall…With Rudy Giuliani," the Mayor's weekly live radio show on WABC, 770 AM. The terms of the wager are outlined below. Should the Mets lose, Borough President Claire Shulman will give the Mayor: · An unspecified quantity of Italian ices from the famed Lemon Ice King of Corona, located at 52-02 108th Street in Queens. · Hero sandwiches from the popular Corona, Queens deli, Leo's Latticini, located at 46-02 104th Street. · An undisclosed "surprise" from Borough President Shulman. Should the Yankees lose, Mayor Giuliani will give Borough President Shulman: · An assortment of cheesecakes from S&S Cheesecakes, located at 222 West 238th Street in the Bronx. · A gift basket containing an assortment of Stella D'oro cookies, which have been manufactured in the Bronx since 1952 at 184 West 237th Street. · An assortment of Italian American cuisine from Frankie and Johnny's Pine Tavern, located at 1913 Bronxdale Avenue in the Bronx. "The prospect of a Yankees/Mets World Series has all New Yorkers eagerly awaiting this weekend's three-game matchup between our home teams," the Mayor said. "Although Claire Shulman and I each have our favorite team -- and one of us will lose this friendly wager -- when it comes to the Mets and Yankees, the entire City wins big. The Mets and Yankees are both dominant teams in their respective leagues and every season, they are a constant source of pride for sports fans and non-sports fans alike. Let's hope that the weekend showdown between the Mets and the Yankees turns out to be a preview of this year's World Series." Queens Borough President Claire Shulman said, "We are happy to host this series in Queens and look forward to a great match up that will result in a victory for the Mets. Good weather, combined with good pitching, will make for an exciting series for all New Yorkers. Let's go Mets!" http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/99a/pr281-99.html

MFS62 Aug 18 2020 05:28 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

NHL Hall of Fame player Dale Hawerchuck -57 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2020/08/18/dale-hawerchuk-hall-famer-and-former-no-1-pick-dies-57/2751950001/ Later

ashie62 Aug 23 2020 08:16 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Walter Lure 71, liver cancer. The last man standing is no more. I am heartbroken

Frayed Knot Aug 24 2020 04:29 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Singer Justin Townes Earle - 38. No cause given via the report I read (CNN). Is the son of singer Steve Earle and named in honor of pop's songwriting idol Townes Van Zandt

G-Fafif Aug 25 2020 12:36 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Writer Gail Sheehy, 83, complications from pneumonia. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/books/gail-sheehy-dead.html

G-Fafif Aug 28 2020 08:16 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Actor Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed Jackie Robinson in 42, 43 years old, from colon cancer. Also starred in Black Panther.

Frayed Knot Aug 28 2020 08:22 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Wow! That sucks.

Frayed Knot Aug 28 2020 08:40 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Cathy Smith - 73 Not a well-known name but had a Zelig-like existence as Gordon Lightfoot's girlfriend and muse (subject of his song SUNDOWN) and later the one who injected the fatal cocaine dose to John Belushi. She served 15 months in prison for the Belushi case and was deported back to her native Canada upon her release. She also claimed she was the inspiration for THE BAND's song 'The Weight'

Edgy MD Aug 28 2020 09:23 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=45083 time=1598667360 user_id=55] Actor Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed Jackie Robinson in 42, 43 years old, from colon cancer. Also starred in Black Panther.

On Jackie Robinson Day.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 28 2020 09:47 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Well, I'm glad I turned down the chance to play Cathy Smith

Edgy MD Aug 28 2020 09:59 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Frayed Knot wrote: Cathy Smith - 73 Not a well-known name but had a Zelig-like existence as Gordon Lightfoot's girlfriend and muse (subject of his song SUNDOWN) and later the one who injected the fatal cocaine dose to John Belushi. She served 15 months in prison for the Belushi case and was deported back to her native Canada upon her release. She also claimed she was the inspiration for THE BAND's song 'The Weight' Also blamed by many for the death of Little Feat singer Lowell George. Her tumultuous relationship with Lightfoot led to his wife getting the most valuable divorce settlement in Canadian history. Worst. Groupie. Ever.

ashie62 Aug 28 2020 10:26 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Buzz Verno checks out at 66. He was from Staten Island and played bass for the David Johansen Group. He got on MTV when the David Johansen band played a live New Years Eve date. Great talent lost here. Bad week for Rock and Roll pioneers

Edgy MD Aug 29 2020 06:47 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Thanks for keeping track of all New York Doll affiliates.

whippoorwill Aug 29 2020 07:03 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=45083 time=1598667360 user_id=55] Actor Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed Jackie Robinson in 42, 43 years old, from colon cancer. Also starred in Black Panther.

What??? Was he Black Panther?

G-Fafif Aug 29 2020 10:17 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Clifford Robinson, NBA star with the Blazers (and finished his 18-year career with the Nets, becoming their second Cliff Robinson), 53.

MFS62 Aug 29 2020 10:43 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=45136 time=1598717864 user_id=55] Clifford Robinson, NBA star with the Blazers (and finished his 18-year career with the Nets, becoming their second Cliff Robinson), 53.

He helped lead UCONN basketball to prominence and is one of 3 players (with Rasheed Wallace and Dirk Nowitzki) in NBA history with more than 1,000 career 3PT baskets, blocks & steals.

RIP.

Later

stevejrogers Aug 29 2020 02:41 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=whippoorwill post_id=45125 time=1598706234 user_id=79] =G-Fafif post_id=45083 time=1598667360 user_id=55] Actor Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed Jackie Robinson in 42, 43 years old, from colon cancer. Also starred in Black Panther.

What??? Was he Black Panther?


Yup. From what can be extrapolated, he was battling it privately the entire time since debuting in Captain America: Civil War :(

Frayed Knot Aug 29 2020 03:38 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Anthony died this week. He was 63 Whattaya mean, which Anthony? The one who taught everyone of a certain age that Wednesday was Prince Spaghetti Day. OK the young'uns here can now tune out and let the old folks wallow in youthful nostalgia cuz you have to be at least 50 to know all this. [YOUTUBE]P8ti1hnLiLw[/YOUTUBE] So who was the actor playing Anthony Martingnetti, the Italian immigrant kid from the north end of Boston? Turns out it wasn't an actor at all but instead was a local Italian immigrant kid from the north end of Boston named Anthony Martingnetti. Casting agents stumbled across 12 y/o Anthony while looking for a location to shoot a commercial and decided to cast him as himself. The gig paid Anthony “several hundred dollars” after negotiations with his non-English speaking parents were made via Anthony's older brother as the interpreter. Originally intended to be sold a macaroni association with the aim of broadening the appeal of pasta, the ad was rejected by them but then picked up by Prince where it ran, first in New England and later nationally, for 14 years. Royalties from that run added up over the years to somewhere around $20,000 for Anthony. No cause of death was given. Anthony's ‘mother' in the ad was also played by a non-actor, a local who knew Anthony from the neighborhood. She died a few years back.

whippoorwill Aug 29 2020 04:17 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Appeal of pasta... I could live on it. That was a great ad. I don't think Prince spaghetti ever made it to Central Pa though Black Panther is a family favorite. I love his sister

ashie62 Aug 29 2020 05:56 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I ate the spaghetti at the age of about 10

whippoorwill Aug 30 2020 05:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I can remember trying to convince my mom that other families had spaghetti every Wednesday so we should too

Lefty Specialist Aug 30 2020 02:44 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

My father was a big proponent of Wednesday as Prince Spaghetti Day.

G-Fafif Aug 31 2020 07:44 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

John Thompson, Jr., the coach who led Georgetown basketball to national prominence in the 1980s, just shy of 79.

G-Fafif Aug 31 2020 07:51 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Fun fact re Prince Spaghetti Day: When you're a first grader whose last name is the same as a widely advertised brand of pasta, other first graders will incessantly remind you that “today” is Prince Spaghetti Day, whether it's Wednesday or another day.

Edgy MD Aug 31 2020 09:05 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I always think about how the nicknames of elementary school were all gleaned from supermarket items. Danny Welch, was "Grape-Ade." Steve Cholden was "Cold Cuts." Joey Ellner was "Elmer's Glue-All."

G-Fafif Aug 31 2020 11:23 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Brand consciousness — where would we be without it?

Benjamin Grimm Aug 31 2020 11:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

It would be like waking up without Folger's in your cup.

kcmets Aug 31 2020 12:39 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

It's funny how brainwashing some of that stuff is/was, I can rattle off 'two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun' like it's still 1975 or whenever that was a popular ad.

MFS62 Aug 31 2020 12:45 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

It's funny how brainwashing some of that stuff is/was, I can rattle off 'two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun' like it's still 1975 or whenever that was a popular ad. And if it was the plain burger it still would look good- 24 years later: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-8682141/Woman-keeps-McDonalds-hamburger-fries-closet-24-YEARS.html Later

batmagadanleadoff Aug 31 2020 01:29 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=kcmets post_id=45337 time=1598899148 user_id=53] It's funny how brainwashing some of that stuff is/was, I can rattle off 'two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun' like it's still 1975 or whenever that was a popular ad.

It came out in 1974. I'll bet that most people about our age have that jingle memorized for life.

kcmets Aug 31 2020 03:57 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Right. I was singing the Armour Hot Dog and Oscar Mayer b-o-l-o-g-n-a jingles before in the woods. Thankfully I didn't run into anyone...

The Hot Corner Aug 31 2020 06:53 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

It's funny how brainwashing some of that stuff is/was, I can rattle off 'two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun' like it's still 1975 or whenever that was a popular ad. It came out in 1974. I'll bet that most people about our age have that jingle memorized for life. Yup. Commercial jingles just worm their way into our memories and never seem to leave. As KC says, the Armour Hot Dogs and Oscar Meyer Bologna jingles are stuck in my head as well. One I recently had stuck in my head was, "I am stuck on Band Aid brand, cause Band Aid stuck on me."

Edgy MD Sep 01 2020 07:17 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

You can't go wrong when you hire Manilow.

G-Fafif Sep 07 2020 03:23 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Kevin Dobson, of Kojak, 77.

Edgy MD Sep 09 2020 09:44 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Ronald Bell has sadly done his last jungle boogie. Survived by the Gang.

MFS62 Sep 10 2020 04:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Edgy MD wrote: Ronald Bell has sadly done his last jungle boogie. Survived by the Gang. We won't be able to celebrate. Later

G-Fafif Sep 10 2020 08:51 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Avenger Diana Rigg, 82. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/diana-rigg-dead-82-dies-avengers-game-of-thrones-1234765209/

MFS62 Sep 10 2020 08:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Avenger Diana Rigg, 82. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/diana-rigg-dead-82-dies-avengers-game-of-thrones-1234765209/ Probably the first kick-ass woman on a tv series. And yes, I had a crush on her. RIP Later

Lefty Specialist Sep 10 2020 11:20 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Boy, who didn't? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idtYckLIZnI

G-Fafif Sep 20 2020 07:32 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Donald Kendall, founder and longtime chairman of PepsiCo, 99.

whippoorwill Sep 22 2020 11:30 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Zvon 😭

stevejrogers Sep 22 2020 12:01 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

RIP :(

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2020 03:10 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Ran across a couple of semi-famous names that probably got overlooked in the shadow of RB Ginsburg William H. Gates II (94) - Father of the Microsoft founder and namesake and a driving force behind the philanthropy that Bill & wife Melinda took up Ann Getty (79) - Tough week for philanthropists. The wife of Gordon Getty, himself the son of J. Paul, the couple were art, culture, and education donors in the SF area Winston Groom (77) - His 'Conversations with the Enemy' about an American POW in Vietnam was a Pulitzer Prize finalist although the Alabama native and 'Bama' grad is best known for writing 'Forest Gump' Tommy DeVito (92) - Founding member, baritone voice, and guitarist for 'The Four Seasons'. And this one was from Covid

ashie62 Sep 22 2020 07:59 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

R.I.P Zvon.

Edgy MD Sep 22 2020 09:14 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Frayed Knot wrote: Tommy DeVito (92) - Founding member, baritone voice, and guitarist for 'The Four Seasons'. And this one was from Covid Interesting life. He was supposedly lifelong friends with Joe Pesci, but he appears to about 15 years older, so I don't know what that's about. Quit the Seasons in 1970 and sold his piece of the name, and then he was broke by 1971. I imagine he died pretty wealthy in the end, though.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 23 2020 07:25 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Legendary Hall of Fame Chicago Bears running back, Gale Sayers, 77.

G-Fafif Sep 23 2020 08:27 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Sayers's death comes a few days after that of another NFL great, Larry Wilson Hall of Fame safety for the St. Louis Cardinals, 82.

whippoorwill Sep 23 2020 10:16 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Aw...read his book in Jr Hi

G-Fafif Sep 29 2020 08:12 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Helen Reddy, 78. She was woman. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/arts/music/helen-reddy-dead.html

G-Fafif Sep 29 2020 08:14 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

https://youtu.be/Cs4fbkTwux8

G-Fafif Sep 29 2020 10:39 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Mac Davis, 78. https://youtu.be/oDfI6MrKNEc

batmagadanleadoff Sep 30 2020 06:10 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Helen Reddy, 78. She was woman. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/arts/music/helen-reddy-dead.html I hadn't bought many 45s in my life. Just a handful, and all of them before I was 15, before my musical tastes were really developed. But I bought Reddy's 'Angie Baby'. That was one of them.

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 30 2020 06:49 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

That single was in our home too, one of the older siblings had it. I wanna say the label was orange or yellow

G-Fafif Oct 06 2020 08:10 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr., 95. Grandson of the 10th president of these United States, subject of occasional “you're not gonna believe this” features in the 21st century.

MFS62 Oct 06 2020 06:02 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I can see clearly now that Johnny Nash died - 80 https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/johnny-nash-dead-80-i-can-see-clearly-now-235726007.html Later

G-Fafif Oct 08 2020 10:05 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Journalist Jim Dwyer, 63, who covered the city for Newsday, the News and the Times over a long career, from cancer. Jim Dwyer joins Kenny Rogers in that small circle of 2020 passings that have to be delineated for Mets fans, “not THAT...” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/nyregion/jim-dwyer-dead.html

G-Fafif Oct 08 2020 10:13 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I can see clearly now that Johnny Nash died - 80 https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/johnny-nash-dead-80-i-can-see-clearly-now-235726007.html Fourth No. 1 hitmaker from 1972 (my seminal music year) to go in 2020 and the third in a very short time from the fall of ‘72. There seems a decent chance that a Top 40 station in Delaware might have played a set that included “I Can See Clearly Now,” “I Am Woman” and “Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me” leading into or out of a commercial urging listeners to vote young Joe Biden into the US Senate. (“Lean On Me” might have been mixed in there, too.) “Stir It Up” was my first 45.

Edgy MD Oct 08 2020 11:28 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

I certainly did not mean to suggest he was the first. Jim Dwyer, lest it go unsaid, did some terrific work.

G-Fafif Oct 08 2020 11:59 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Jim Dwyer joins Kenny Rogers in that small circle of 2020 passings that have to be delineated for Mets fans, “not THAT...” In that same-name vein, Rainmakers co-founder Steve Phillips recently died from COVID-19. https://fox4kc.com/news/the-elders-announces-guitarist-steve-phillip-dies-from-covid-19/

Edgy MD Oct 08 2020 12:50 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Jim Dwyer joins Kenny Rogers in that small circle of 2020 passings that have to be delineated for Mets fans, “not THAT...” In that same-name vein, Rainmakers co-founder Steve Phillips recently died from COVID-19. https://fox4kc.com/news/the-elders-announces-guitarist-steve-phillip-dies-from-covid-19/ Forget not Maryland Congressman John (not the mid-sixties Met) Lewis and Baseball Hall-of-Famer Bob (not the 1987 Met) Gibson.

G-Fafif Oct 11 2020 06:52 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Tom Kennedy, dependable game show host, 93. https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-tom-kennedy-name-that-tune-game-show-host-dies-age-93-20201011-k2cj563vfffd7c2codq7lqt3ga-story.html

Frayed Knot Oct 12 2020 02:06 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Roberta McCain, the mother of the late Senator - 108 She had an identical twin who herself just died a few years back.

MFS62 Oct 12 2020 02:11 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Frayed Knot wrote: Roberta McCain, the mother of the late Senator - 108 She had an identical twin who herself just died a few years back. Good genes in that family. It looks like you're destined for a long life, if you're not tortured as a prisoner of war. Later

G-Fafif Oct 12 2020 02:23 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

John McCain's mother outlived John Tyler's grandson in 2020 is a lot to unpack.

Frayed Knot Oct 12 2020 03:23 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 13 2020 07:13 PM

The death of Mrs McCain reminds that my grandmother (one of them anyway) would have turned 111 a few months back (she died back in '02). The connection here is that her son, my uncle, and John McCain were 18 y/o roommates at the USNA.

MFS62 Oct 12 2020 03:51 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

A different "Golden Girl" Margaret Nolan, 76 https://www.yahoo.com/news/margaret-nolan-actress-james-bond-143600639.html Later

G-Fafif Oct 13 2020 07:44 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Character actress Conchata Ferrell, 77.

Edgy MD Oct 13 2020 09:13 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

She and Doc coupled up on El Barco del Amor. https://static2.tvbuzer.com/images/episodes/00/008425fe41a0f330c68aa106abaa5b28-255254-512-341.jpg>

kcmets Oct 14 2020 08:11 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Berta is my favorite syndicated sitcom actor from that era. RIP, ya big sexy barrel of laughs...

G-Fafif Oct 15 2020 06:37 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Fred Dean, defensive end for the first two 49ers Super Bowl champs, 68, from Covid-19 infection. Dean is the third pro football HOF member to die recently, following Larry Wilson and Gale Sayers. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/10/15/reports-hall-of-fame-defensive-end-fred-dean-dies-of-covid-19-at-68/

MFS62 Oct 17 2020 06:16 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Rhonda Fleming, movie star in the 40's - 97 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rhonda-fleming-film-star-40s-043229816.html I spoke to her about 10 years ago when she purchased a beauty product from a company I was working for. Her secretary put her on the phone and she said "This is Rhonda Fleming" and I told her that I'd recognize her voice anywhere. We tried to sign her up for a testimonial, but she said she'd like to use it for a while before she'd do that. She later returned the product. RIP Later

whippoorwill Oct 17 2020 06:37 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Lol But sorry about her death

G-Fafif Oct 21 2020 09:28 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bill Mathis, original Titan and champion Jet, a player all 10 seasons of the AFL, 81.

MFS62 Oct 21 2020 09:43 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

=G-Fafif post_id=48820 time=1603294118 user_id=55] Bill Mathis, original Titan and champion Jet, a player all 10 seasons of the AFL, 81.

Workhorse running back.

He was there from the humble beginnings in the startup league to the sweetness of victory in Super Bowl III.

RIP, Bill



Later

G-Fafif Oct 21 2020 12:05 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Tony Lewis of the Outfield, 62. “Your Love” is on the short list of Summer 1986 cues, and that's almost never not a good thing. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/tony-lewis-singer-80s-pop-rock-band-outfield-dies-62-n1244115

G-Fafif Oct 21 2020 01:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Spencer Davis, 81, from pneumonia. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/arts/spencer-davis-dead.html

MFS62 Oct 21 2020 04:42 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Bob Rais, PA voice of the Jets at Shea Stadium - 95 https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/bob-rais-pa-voice-of-the-jets-at-shea-stadium-has-died-at-95 I was at that first Jets game there. I can still hear the PA saying "Tackle by, ... guess who?" And the crowd all yelling "WA-HOOOO". RIP Later

MFS62 Oct 23 2020 12:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Snow White, well actually the person who was the model for Snow White, Marge Champion- 101. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/marge-champion-dancer-actor-model-143445023.html There were no partially eaten apples found near the body. I remember when dance couples were a big thing on tv variety shows (if you don't know what those were, ask your parents) and Marge and Gower Champion were one of the most famous. Later

G-Fafif Oct 24 2020 08:33 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Jerry Jeff Walker, songwriter who gave us “Mr. Bojangles,” 82.

Edgy MD Oct 24 2020 08:43 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Todd Snider (I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElEfR2CXIAAaUXN?format=jpg&name=large>

Chad ochoseis Oct 24 2020 10:42 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

That was great. Except, this being a new page, I spent the last couple of hours thinking that Todd Snider had died way too young. RIP, Jerry Jeff.

Frayed Knot Oct 25 2020 02:15 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 25 2020 02:37 PM

=G-Fafif post_id=48980 time=1603550004 user_id=55] Jerry Jeff Walker, songwriter who gave us “Mr. Bojangles,” 82.

Born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, NY

It would have taken me a lifetime of guesses to come anywhere close to either of those facts.

whippoorwill Oct 25 2020 02:30 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Love that song to smithereens

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 26 2020 05:43 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Chad ochoseis wrote: That was great. Except, this being a new page, I spent the last couple of hours thinking that Todd Snider had died way too young. RIP, Jerry Jeff. I though Snider died too at first.

Edgy MD Oct 26 2020 12:32 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Sorry about the Snider/Walker confusion, guys. I knew that Jerry Jeff from Texas was actually Ronald Clyde from New York thanks to a favorite song o' mine, seen here in a creepy home performance introduced, purely coincidentally, by ... Todd Fuckin' Snider. [YOUTUBE]RMI3p2sEUEI[/YOUTUBE]

G-Fafif Oct 26 2020 03:48 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Two voices of ‘70s soul recently left the stage: Edna Wright of the Honey Cone, 78, and Pamela Hutchinson of the Emotions, 61. https://youtu.be/WxMArJ2NcqU https://youtu.be/RO5rQSiO0Ew

Frayed Knot Oct 30 2020 06:12 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Travis Roy - 45 The son of a Maine hockey rink manager, he was on skates before he was two and grew into a true "rink rat" which earned him a scholarship to hockey powerhouse Boston University. 11 seconds into his first shift of his first game as a freshman, he tripped while checking an opponent and went head-long into the boards. The result broke his 4th and 5th vertebrae and left him a quadriplegic. He spent the remainder of his life as an advocate for spinal cord injury research and treatment through his eponymously named charity, as well as a motivational speaker.

G-Fafif Oct 30 2020 03:42 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Herb Adderly, yet another NFL great (Packers dynasty), 81.

Edgy MD Oct 30 2020 08:17 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

We missed it at the time, but Martin Milner, seen recently in this space starring in the "Blonde Guy and a Dark Guy (and a Car)" thread, passed on the same day as Mac Davis and Helen Reddy. He was a two-time member of the fraternity, starring in Route 66, before taking the wheel additionally in Adam-12. In the later seventies, he starred in non-BGaaDG(aaC) show The Swiss Family Robinson.

MFS62 Oct 31 2020 07:36 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Sean Connery - Bond, James Bond - 90 https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/sean-connery-dead-dies-124139820.html Among many memorable performances, my favorite Connery role was in The Presidio. He may deserve his own thread. Later

Edgy MD Nov 05 2020 06:38 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Spare a moment in time in honor of the recently passed Elsa Raven, lovingly known as the Save the Clocktower Lady to historic preservation activists everywhere, who count her as a heroine. We're having a memorial gathering in her honor tonight front of Lou's Aerobics. We meet up at 10:04. Take a flyer. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/a5/6f/c7a56fc9185be8c406bceb933a54c7b9.jpg>

Fman99 Nov 05 2020 06:44 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

She was old 35 years ago.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2020 06:56 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

That's a shit way to honor somebody who cares about our clocktowers.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2020 06:57 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Edgy MD wrote: That's a shit way to honor somebody who cares about our clocktowers. It's early yet, but this is my favorite sentence of the day.

G-Fafif Nov 07 2020 04:50 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Len Barry, 78. You might say he taught a generation to count. https://youtu.be/KhxFKwUyGsA

G-Fafif Nov 08 2020 08:37 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Comedian Norm Crosby, 93. https://deadline.com/2020/11/norman-crosby-dead-alright-already-actor-master-malaprop-was-93-1234611184/

whippoorwill Nov 08 2020 10:52 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Alex Trebeck. Sadness on an otherwise happy day

G-Fafif Nov 08 2020 11:15 AM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Alex Trebek was 80.

Frayed Knot Nov 08 2020 12:19 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Weird seeing a guy on TV Friday who's gone by Sunday morning. And while I know that the show we saw Friday didn't actually occur on Friday, I would think if there had been a halt in taping that such news would have leaked out at some point prior to now so the assumption is that Alex was still taping yet-to-be-aired shows as of early last week. I looked for signs of illness as this new season started some 6-7 weeks ago and I thought maybe I detected a weakness in his voice although it's equally likely that I was imagining it simply from the act of looking for it. I'm sure the show has somebody in mind to take over, at least on a temporary basis. It only makes sense to do so when your host is in his late 70s, as Trebek was when he signed his last current three year contract, even before a diagnosis of deadly cancer surfaces. I have just two slight Trebek connections. One is that I once saw him play hockey at MSG. Back in the early/mid-'90s maybe there was some kind of celebration of North American/Swedish friendship and trade cooperation so various celebs who were capable of lacing up a pair of skates -- and Alex was born and raised in Canada after all -- took part in a charity game prior to a regularly scheduled something to follow (likely a Ranger game but I don't now remember). The other is that his wife (the second one anyway) went to my High School. I didn't know her but my sister and mother both did. She was about my sister's age which would put her about 25 years younger than him. The less than flattering account that I got was that she moved west with the intention to marry some TV or film star and pretty much settled for a game show host. But by all public accounts it was a good marriage that produced two (now adult) children and endured until his passing so I guess things all worked out. Cheers Alex, ya had a good run.

Edgy MD Nov 08 2020 03:58 PM Re: Guess Who Died in 2020

Became an All-Star and MVP in the second half of his career after spending the first half as a journeyman [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TD][fimg=350]https://images.wsj.net/im-102691?width=620&size=1[/fimg] The Wizard of Odds, 1973–1974[/TD] [TD][fimg=350]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZKJw_75fnK0/hqdefault.jpg[/fimg] Double Dare, 1976–1977[/TD] [TD][fimg=350]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FZAAAOSwTJZcYkKt/s-l400.jpg[/fimg] Pimpin' on High Rollers, 1978–1980[/TD] [TD][fimg=350]https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/TBDBATT_EC001-e1604861947202.jpg?w=800[/fimg] Infringing on trademarks in Battlestars, 1981–1982[/TD] [TD][fimg=350]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/screen-shot-2020-11-08-at-5.55.58-pm.png[/fimg] Moonlighting from Jeopardy! on Classic Concentration and giving zero fucks, 1990-1991[/TD] [TD][fimg=350]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/screen-shot-2020-11-08-at-5.47.27-pm.png[/fimg] Taking over To Tell the Truth from NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann, while still moonlighting from Jeopardy!, and giving less than zero fucks, 1991[/TD] He also hosted several shows on SCTV as played by Eugene Levy. Clearly he found his home on the Jeopardy! soundstage, but when Concentration or To Tell the Truth come calling, that's not a gig you can say no to. Jeopardy! reportedly has enough episodes in the can to take them through to December 25.