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Guess who died in 2021

Benjamin Grimm Jan 01 2021 05:07 AM

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Carlos_do_Carmo.jpg> Portuguese fado singer Carlos do Carmo, 80.

Edgy MD Jan 01 2021 08:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Ben's favorite post of the year.

G-Fafif Jan 01 2021 03:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Former Attorney General and Pa. Gov. Richard Thornburgh, 88. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/us/politics/richard-thornburgh-dead.html

ashie62 Jan 01 2021 03:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Thornburg worked for both Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 01 2021 04:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

My memory is hazy but back in college we road tripped to Bucknell for some party, stayed in a dorm or frat house floor overnight. One of the students we partied with was one of Dick Thornburg's sons--the 2nd biggest party animal I ever met. (No 1 is a different story I will never be able to explain if you weren't there). I believe Thorny was AG at the time, would have been late in Reagan 2nd term

whippoorwill Jan 01 2021 05:04 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Bucknell is not far from me; that must have been quite the road trip

Chad ochoseis Jan 01 2021 08:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I remember he was there same time I was, and I graduated in 1986. He might have even been same year as me. But I didn't know him. Probably about 3 hours from Delaware to Lewisburg.

Lefty Specialist Jan 02 2021 04:44 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I'm a Bison. Had 4 great years in Lewisburg as a fraternity party animal/Econ major, slightly ahead of your road trip.

Edgy MD Jan 02 2021 07:48 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

We have less than 20 active members and, like, three of you have reliable, first- or second-hand knowledge of Thorny, Jr.'s partying habits at a small school in central PA in the late eighties? So much so that when Thorny, Sr. died 30 years later, you're all willing to step up, put your hand on the Bible and say, "Yeah, that guy's son was a monster. He totally drank from the volcano."

Chad ochoseis Jan 02 2021 08:04 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 02 2021 08:09 AM

I knew nothing of his partying habits. All I knew about him was that he was there. Bucknell had more than enough scions of Pennsylvania political or corporate muckety-mucks to go around, so having the governor's kid there wasn't that big of a deal.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 02 2021 08:04 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Guy was nuts. Destroying shit, smoking lots of weed, completely smashed

whippoorwill Jan 02 2021 12:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Bucknell is a lovely campus My husbands 1974 HS football team played a championship game on their field because their school's field wasn't big enough for all the fans. He said it was terrifying

MFS62 Jan 02 2021 12:20 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 02 2021 12:22 PM

We visited there when our oldest daughter was looking at colleges. She had been accepted there and we wanted to check it out before she made a decision. It was perfect - the buildings were perfect. The lawns were perfect. The students we saw, including our tour guide, looked perfect. There was not a single scrap of paper in the trashcans along the paths- perfect. And we got scared out of our minds- we heard screaming from one of the dorms that sounded like someone was being tortured. As we ran back to our car, we all mentioned something about Stepford Wives. We never went back. Later

G-Fafif Jan 02 2021 12:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

NBA legend Paul Westphal, 70, from brain cancer.

MFS62 Jan 02 2021 12:33 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Joan Micklin Silver, Director -85 Directed Crossing Delancy and Hester Street. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/movies/joan-micklin-silver-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Obituaries&fbclid=IwAR1gM3YmEfVWKrkbuLdaA2x-5tjHNdA3EZ7OfQ1UM1r3fB5Hl7XuokSFzhY Later

G-Fafif Jan 02 2021 12:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Syracuse Orangemen and Denver Broncos great Floyd Little, 78, cell cancer.

MFS62 Jan 02 2021 12:49 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Syracuse Orangemen and Denver Broncos great Floyd Little, 78, cell cancer. Here's a link: https://www.newstimes.com/sports/article/Floyd-Little-New-Haven-s-NFL-Hall-of-Famer-15841557.php?utm_campaign=newstimes_breakingnews_20210102&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email Later

Edgy MD Jan 02 2021 04:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

So goes NBA great and Knicks good Paul Westphal, who was also a legendary competitor at H-O-R-S-E, which should totally be an Olympic sport.

G-Fafif Jan 03 2021 03:24 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Gerry Marsden, he of the Pacemakers, 78, from a heart infection. https://bestclassicbands.com/gerry-marsden-pacemakers-obituary-british-invasion-1-3-21/

Frayed Knot Jan 03 2021 04:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Not to be callous towards a newly dead guy or anything ... but when he started having heart issues, surely somebody had to bring up the potential irony of Gerry possibly needing a pacemaker.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 03 2021 05:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

RIP Thomas Cartmell, aka Alto Reed, Bob Seger's sax player. Colon cancer, age 72.

ashie62 Jan 03 2021 05:26 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Floyd Little was true star of the AFL. Also a black man in Denver CO during the sixties.

kcmets Jan 03 2021 05:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: Not to be callous towards a newly dead guy or anything ... but when he started having heart issues, surely somebody had to bring up the potential irony of Gerry possibly needing a pacemaker. I was gonna go there, but you did it better and just fine lol...

Benjamin Grimm Jan 03 2021 06:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Reminds me of when Redd Foxx died of a heart attack. Everyone probably thought he was joking. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e6/cc/eb/e6ccebc952a7418fc6244cf196bef43c.jpg>

G-Fafif Jan 03 2021 07:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Tanya Roberts, 65. https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/03/tanya-roberts-dead-dies-sheena-that-70s-show-bond-girl/ And for those who can't resist, the former Charlie's Angel is now in heaven.

Edgy MD Jan 03 2021 08:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Reminds me of when Redd Foxx died of a heart attack. Everyone probably thought he was joking. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e6/cc/eb/e6ccebc952a7418fc6244cf196bef43c.jpg> He died on the set of his then-new sitcom The Royal Family, and yes, there were reports of crew members thinking he was joking.

Edgy MD Jan 03 2021 08:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Tanya Roberts, 65. https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/03/tanya-roberts-dead-dies-sheena-that-70s-show-bond-girl/ And for those who can't resist, the former Charlie's Angel is now in heaven. Just saw her a few hours ago. In my great hunt for more (ever-more!) Greg Brady content, I found a Biblical production of Barry Williams playing Jacob with Tanya Roberts as Bathsheba.

Fman99 Jan 04 2021 05:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

She was great in "Beastmaster." As great, I mean, as anyone could have been in that movie. (Mostly she was great because she wasn't wearing much.)

MFS62 Jan 04 2021 03:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Barbara Shelley - actress - 88. Known for roles in Dr. Who and horror films, from COVID. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/barbara-shelley-dr-dracula-star-175121087.html Later

G-Fafif Jan 04 2021 03:55 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Guess who maybe didn't die in 2021. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Actress Tanya Roberts is still alive, her representative said Monday, saying the information that she had died Sunday was not correct. Roberts, 65, has been hospitalized since Dec. 24 after collapsing while walking her dogs, according to her publicist, Mike Pingel. On Sunday, he passed word that he received through her distraught boyfriend, who had visited her in the hospital, that she had passed. However, Pingel now says that information was not correct and that Roberts remains hospitalized. It was not immediately clear how the mistake occurred. https://abc7.com/tanya-roberts-still-alive-bond-girls-a-view-to-kill/9354423

whippoorwill Jan 04 2021 04:26 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Wow! Reprieve I hope

MFS62 Jan 04 2021 05:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Based on her career in horror films, if either actress had come back from the dead, I'd have thought it would have been Barbara Shelley. Later

Chad ochoseis Jan 04 2021 05:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Guess who maybe didn't die in 2021. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Actress Tanya Roberts is still alive, her representative said Monday, saying the information that she had died Sunday was not correct. Roberts, 65, has been hospitalized since Dec. 24 after collapsing while walking her dogs, according to her publicist, Mike Pingel. On Sunday, he passed word that he received through her distraught boyfriend, who had visited her in the hospital, that she had passed. However, Pingel now says that information was not correct and that Roberts remains hospitalized. It was not immediately clear how the mistake occurred. https://abc7.com/tanya-roberts-still-alive-bond-girls-a-view-to-kill/9354423 Cool. Any updates on Abe Vigoda?

ashie62 Jan 04 2021 06:09 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I believe Generalisimo Franco is still dead.

Frayed Knot Jan 05 2021 10:20 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Tanya Roberts has re-died. She was 65 this time too.

G-Fafif Jan 05 2021 10:31 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Well, she was already an Angel. https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/05/tanya-roberts-dead-dies-65-bond-girl-70s-show-premature-announcement/

MFS62 Jan 05 2021 12:43 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Sandra Scully, the wife of Vin Scully, from ALS. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30652597/sandra-scully-wife-dodgers-legend-vin-scully-dies-76 RIP Later

G-Fafif Jan 05 2021 08:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Helen Viola Jackson, the last known Civil War veteran widow, has died at 101. Though she kept details of her life mostly private, Jackson recently disclosed to her minister while working out the details of her funeral that she had married James Bolin, a 93-year-old Civil War veteran, when she was 17 years old, the statement read. At the time, Jackson had been providing daily care for Bolin, a widower who served as a private in the 14th Missouri Cavalry through the Civil War. Because the war veteran "did not believe in accepting charity," he asked Jackson "for her hand in marriage as a way to provide for her future," according to the statement. "I never wanted to share my story with the public," Jackson reportedly said during an oral history recording in 2018. "I didn't feel that it was that important and I didn't want a bunch of gossip about it." https://people.com/human-interest/last-known-widow-of-civil-war-veteran-helen-jackson-dies/

Willets Point Jan 05 2021 08:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hopefully other things left over from the Civil War are dying today as well.

Willets Point Jan 08 2021 02:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Filmmaker Michael Apted, 79, director of the groundbreaking Up Series of documentaries and an odd assortment of narrative films.

Edgy MD Jan 08 2021 09:55 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Never saw an Apted film, but feel like I've been deeply intrigued by the Village Voice review for each one.

MFS62 Jan 12 2021 07:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Sheldon Adelson - billionaire Trump supporter - 87. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/12/casino-mogul-and-gop-megadonor-sheldon-adelson-has-died-at-age-87.html?fbclid=IwAR2ijPPkg3nDFXaobK6rLW2kLPbmgboLAJGYJnCoA05Eq5El7sb6swAsQAA Later

Benjamin Grimm Jan 12 2021 08:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Wow, he had an even more extreme reaction than Bill Belichick did.

Frayed Knot Jan 12 2021 10:37 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I think he was one of those at least briefly mentioned as a potential NYM buyer

Benjamin Grimm Jan 12 2021 10:40 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I think so too! Wow, if he had bought the Mets they'd now be owned by his daughter Lorinda.

Frayed Knot Jan 12 2021 10:49 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

And with our luck she'd then get married to Jeff and it would be the same shit all over again.

Lefty Specialist Jan 12 2021 10:56 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think so too! Wow, if he had bought the Mets they'd now be owned by his daughter Lorinda. Well, Sheldon's casinos made a lot of money from de Roulet wheel.

Edgy MD Jan 12 2021 11:04 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

More likely, the owner would be his wife, dubious Medal of Freedom honoree Miriam Adelson.

MFS62 Jan 12 2021 11:36 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lefty Specialist wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think so too! Wow, if he had bought the Mets they'd now be owned by his daughter Lorinda. Well, Sheldon's casinos made a lot of money from de Roulet wheel. Ouch! Later

G-Fafif Jan 13 2021 01:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Jessica Campbell, 38, actress who gave us great turns in Election and Freaks and Geeks. https://variety.com/2021/film/obituaries-people-news/jessica-campbell-dead-election-freaks-and-geeks-1234884718/

G-Fafif Jan 14 2021 08:30 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, from cancer. Partner to the late Roy. https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/legendary-illusionist-siegfried-fischbacher-dies-from-cancer-2252562/

Edgy MD Jan 14 2021 10:32 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Jessica Campbell, 38, actress who gave us great turns in Election and Freaks and Geeks. https://variety.com/2021/film/obituaries-people-news/jessica-campbell-dead-election-freaks-and-geeks-1234884718/ That's very sad. She was a terrifically relatable young presence, whose career clearly fizzled out in adulthood. Playing adolescents trying to find a gender identity they didn't have to hide from in a gender-norming world may not be the broadest of niches, but it was hers and she owned it.

TransMonk Jan 15 2021 09:42 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

New York Dolls Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain Dead at 69

ashie62 Jan 15 2021 10:32 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Sylvain had been battling cancer.

Edgy MD Jan 15 2021 02:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hard times for New York Dolls.

ashie62 Jan 15 2021 07:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

David Jo would be the last man standing..

Edgy MD Jan 15 2021 09:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

And still bringing it, God bless him.

ashie62 Jan 16 2021 06:52 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/QbjjbHRGxHs[/YOUTUBE]

batmagadanleadoff Jan 16 2021 07:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Harold Bornstein, Trump's long-time NYC personal physician until he disclosed to the public that Trump was receiving hair-growth supplements as part of his treatment, 73, of undisclosed causes.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jan 16 2021 10:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The day in the neighborhood is a little less beautiful today, with the passing of Mrs. Rogers. [url]https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/arts/television/joanne-rogers-dead.html

G-Fafif Jan 17 2021 08:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Phil Spector, 81. Phil Spector, the music producer responsible for some of the biggest hits in music and the architect of The Wall of Sound has died ... sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ. We're told he died from COVID-related complications, after being transferred from his prison cell to a hospital. We're told he was diagnosed 4 weeks ago and went to the hospital but recovered well enough to return to prison, where he is serving a 19-to-life sentence for the murder of Lana Clarkson. Our sources say he relapsed, had trouble breathing and was rushed back to the hospital, where he died Saturday. https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/17/phil-spector-dead-dies-81/

MFS62 Jan 17 2021 10:12 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

another Phil Spector article. https://www.yahoo.com/news/phil-spector-famed-music-producer-160916853.html You don't get to see "Music Producer and "Murderer" in the same sentence(no pun intended) very often. Later

smg58 Jan 17 2021 11:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I remember people making jokes about Spector's mental health for years, so it was basically common knowledge that he was unwell. And yet nobody did anything about it until he killed somebody.

whippoorwill Jan 17 2021 11:58 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I really liked the Wall of Sound, long before I knew there was a name for it

Willets Point Jan 17 2021 10:20 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/tombreihan/status/1350850214136000515[/TWEET]

ashie62 Jan 17 2021 10:38 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Phil could not take the 71 million and move to Key Largo FL.

G-Fafif Jan 22 2021 05:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Gregory Sierra, stalwart of ‘70s sitcoms, 83, from cancer. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gregory-sierra-dead-barney-miller-sanford-son-actor-was-83-1215625

whippoorwill Jan 22 2021 06:20 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Julio?

G-Fafif Jan 23 2021 05:57 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Larry King, 87.

Frayed Knot Jan 23 2021 06:03 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hearing that King was a Covid patient gave me the same reaction as when I heard it with singer John Prine, there's little chance of him getting out of this one. Being 87 y/o and looking like he weighed less than 87 lbs is not a good combination.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 23 2021 06:07 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: Being 87 y/o and ... Age is the most reliable indicator in determining whether a person is likely to have a bad covid outcome. A reasonably healthy 80 year old is at greater risk then, say, a 40 year old asthmatic with a history of heart surgery.

Frayed Knot Jan 23 2021 02:17 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Which is why I saw being 87 AND looking like death on two legs even before contracting Covid as signs that this wasn't going to end well for the Brooklyn-born Lawrence Harvey Zieger

ashie62 Jan 24 2021 05:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Larry King fit directly into the target audience for Covid.

G-Fafif Jan 25 2021 05:52 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hawthorne Wingo, Garden fan favorite during the Knicks' most recent championship season, 73, per Peter Vecsey.

ashie62 Jan 25 2021 06:28 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Played in the CBA for the Allentown Jets of the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League. He did become quite a darling for the Knickerbockers.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 25 2021 07:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hawthorne Wingo, Garden fan favorite during the Knicks' most recent championship season, 73, per Peter Vecsey. Immortalized in a great Beastie Boys rap from Paul's Boutique I've got Chinese eyes and Chinese suits Smokin' much Buddha and smokin' much boots More updated on the hip-hop lingo My favorite New York Knick was Harthorne Wingo! I met a girl at a party and I gave my card You know it said 'Napolean Bonaparte' Peepin' out the colors, I be buggin' on Cezanne They call me Mike D, Joe Blow, the Lover Man Your face turns red as your glass of wine That you spilled on my lyrics as you wasted my time Girl, you should be with me you should drop that bum 'Cause I got more flavor than Fruit Stripe Gum With that big round butt of yours I'd like to butter your ... muffin ...I'm not bluffin' Serve you on a platter Like Thanksgiving stuffin' [YOUTUBE]RdQX7THm0v4[/YOUTUBE] Fucking hell, Paul's Boutique is the ABBEY ROAD of the 80s

Fman99 Jan 25 2021 08:25 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

It's the greatest hip hop record of all time, is all.

Frayed Knot Jan 25 2021 09:10 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He was certainly a favorite of the MSG PA Announcer With a name like that, how could he not be!

Edgy MD Jan 25 2021 09:21 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

https://www.tryondailybulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/01/1.29Wingo.jpg> https://www.tcdb.com/Images/Cards/Basketball/2023/2023-2987096Fr.jpg>

batmagadanleadoff Jan 26 2021 05:19 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

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ashie62 Jan 26 2021 07:03 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

In the era I see Carvel and do think of the Beastie Boys.

Edgy MD Jan 26 2021 08:44 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

What a great jaw the guy had. Also, the other part of an odd name like that is it makes it real easy to figure out exactly which plantation your ancestors were enslaved on. He played in Italy for several years after the Knicks, adding two European Cups to his NBA championship.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 26 2021 08:54 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I don't understand the New York Post photos. The Tabloid Cover Derby Department in Stockholm was briefly abuzz with rumors that the Post was folding.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 26 2021 09:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't understand the New York Post photos. The category is Wingo.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 27 2021 03:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Cloris Leachman, 94. https://50plusworld.com/app/uploads/2016/04/Cloris-Leachman-yesterday-and-today-sources-Voice-Chasers-CBS-TV-CC25-and-PD1.jpg> https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/588925f6a1e548a74ab032b1/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/cloris-leachman-mary-tyler-moore.jpg>

G-Fafif Jan 27 2021 03:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Cloris Leachman was still coming in hot in the 2000s as Grandma Ida on Malcolm in the Middle, thirty years after her signature role as Phyllis Lindstrom.

Frayed Knot Jan 27 2021 03:25 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

And now I think Mel Brooks has officially out-lived everyone he ever worked with.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 27 2021 03:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=G-Fafif post_id=54962 time=1611786199 user_id=55] Cloris Leachman was still coming in hot in the 2000s as Grandma Ida on Malcolm in the Middle, thirty years after her signature role as Phyllis Lindstrom.

And even later than that, she was MawMaw on Raising Hope.

Edgy MD Jan 27 2021 04:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Cloris got her start as Miss America round-of-16 finalist and became a star playing comic grotesques. Range!

G-Fafif Jan 27 2021 05:06 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Benjamin Grimm wrote: =G-Fafif post_id=54962 time=1611786199 user_id=55] Cloris Leachman was still coming in hot in the 2000s as Grandma Ida on Malcolm in the Middle, thirty years after her signature role as Phyllis Lindstrom. And even later than that, she was MawMaw on Raising Hope.

Where she recalibrated the crazy old lady character from the one before and made it sing. (Great show.)



She was a champ.

G-Fafif Jan 27 2021 06:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Bruce Kirby, actor who was in everything (and father of Bruno Kirby), 95. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bruce-kirby-dead-columbo-cop-904097

G-Fafif Jan 28 2021 07:36 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hawthorne Wingo, Garden fan favorite during the Knicks' most recent championship season, 73, per Peter Vecsey. Richard Sandomir's NYT obit for Mr. Wingo: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/sports/Harthorne-wingo-dead.html

LWFS Jan 28 2021 08:22 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Cloris got her start as Miss America round-of-16 finalist and became a star playing comic grotesques. Range! One of the few performers to have The Ford Theater Hour and Lez Bomb on her resume, probably. Funny that she got her start in pageants, since-- from tragic-pathetic Last Picture Show housewife, to Phyllis, to rocking saggy adult diapers for laughs in Raising Hope-- she seemed to not have a vain bone in her body, work-wise.

Edgy MD Jan 28 2021 08:31 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=LWFS post_id=55029 time=1611847341 user_id=84]One of the few performers to have The Ford Theater Hour and Lez Bomb on her resume, probably. Funny that she got her start in pageants, since-- from tragic-pathetic Last Picture Show housewife, to Phyllis, to rocking saggy adult diapers for laughs in Raising Hope-- she seemed to not have a vain bone in her body, work-wise.

Joins Dick Van Patten in checking both the High Anxiety and Touched by an Angel boxes.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 28 2021 08:35 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/TheOnlyEdAsner/status/1354561222851452929[/TWEET]

Edgy MD Jan 28 2021 08:56 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The oldies in that MTM cast have been an indefatigable lot. Asner, Betty White, Gavin McLeod, John Amos, and until-this-week Cloris Leachman still plowing on.

Lefty Specialist Jan 28 2021 09:16 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Blucher!!!!!!! https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2015/06/blucher.jpg?resize=865,452&quality=65>

G-Fafif Jan 28 2021 10:56 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Sonny Fox, 95, host of Wonderama prior to Bob McAllister.

G-Fafif Jan 28 2021 05:20 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Cicely Tyson, 96.

TransMonk Jan 28 2021 06:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

She had a Tony, a couple Emmys, an honorary Oscar and is in the TV hall of fame. RIP

Frayed Knot Jan 28 2021 07:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Leachman at 94, Fox & Bruce Kirby at 95, Tyson at 96. Find anyone you know of age 97 and ensconce them in bubble wrap immediately!! P.S. my first image of Bruce Kirby when I saw the photo of him was as the man selling the food supplies to Gordy/Wil Wheaton in STAND BY ME. Kirby pere and fils were both born in NYC as Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu

batmagadanleadoff Jan 28 2021 08:19 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: Leachman at 94, Fox & Bruce Kirby at 95, Tyson at 96. Find anyone you know of age 97 and .... Henry Kissinger and Bob Dole.

G-Fafif Jan 29 2021 12:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

John Chaney, longtime Temple basketball coach, 89.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 31 2021 12:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hilton Valentine, guitarist, 77. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-43lLKaqBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeEyyqDICs8

Edgy MD Jan 31 2021 07:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I kind of got the idea that Burdon moved the Animals to LA and then broke them up shortly after he got them there.

MFS62 Feb 01 2021 12:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Dustin Diamond stops screeching at 45. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/former-saved-bell-star-dustin-190555808.html RIP Later

G-Fafif Feb 01 2021 11:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hal Holbrook, 95. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/theater/hal-holbrook-dead.html

Fman99 Feb 02 2021 06:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hal Holbrook, 95. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/theater/hal-holbrook-dead.html I liked him in "The Firm."

Edgy MD Feb 02 2021 10:03 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He played Mark Twain a lot longer than Mark Twain did.

Frayed Knot Feb 02 2021 10:25 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The last thing I saw him in was the movie adaptation of INTO THE WILD where he was closing in on 90 yet still quite good.

G-Fafif Feb 03 2021 09:09 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

TV creative giant Allan Burns, 85. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/allan-burns-dead-mary-tyler-moore-show-lou-grant-my-mother-car-creator-was-85-1122683

G-Fafif Feb 03 2021 09:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Barry Lewis, the historian who walked PBS viewers through New York, 75. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/nyregion/barry-lewis-dead.html

Edgy MD Feb 03 2021 09:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

G- must be sitting right on top of the Telex machine for these things.

Edgy MD Feb 04 2021 12:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

But here's a sad turn that I'm beating G- to, noting the passing of Ole Miss quarterback turned gold-plated songwriter Jim Weatherly. Long before Jim Steinman ever tried to turn long titles into melodies, Jim was busting out, "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)," and "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me)," among others. 　　"We were made for each other." 　　　– Gladys Knight

Willets Point Feb 04 2021 05:47 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The song was originally "Midnight Plane to Houston" which was a much shorter trip that taking a train from Los Angeles to Georgia.

Frayed Knot Feb 04 2021 05:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

And the original original lyrics -- mid-day bus to Altoona -- just didn't convey the proper sense of longing and displacement.

Edgy MD Feb 05 2021 12:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

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MFS62 Feb 05 2021 12:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He was 91. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/christopher-plummer-oscar-winner-and-sound-of-music-star-dies-at-91-191156195.html Later

dinosaur jesus Feb 05 2021 01:24 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I got to see Christopher Plummer on stage. It was in Macbeth, in Toronto in 1988, before it went to Broadway. Glenda Jackson was Lady Macbeth. I wish I could say something about his performance, but all I remember is that his Macbeth seemed scared to death of her Lady Macbeth, with some reason. She was fierce. It's a little like how I can say I saw Willie Mays play, but all I remember is that he got thrown out going first to third and the Mets lost.

Edgy MD Feb 05 2021 01:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Christopher Plummer was totally the Willie Mays of Canada.

dinosaur jesus Feb 05 2021 02:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Funnily enough, Willie Mays is the Donald Sutherland of the USA.

Lefty Specialist Feb 05 2021 03:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Great. Now the missus will insist on watching The Sound of Music again. Played possibly the best Klingon ever in Star Trek VI.

Frayed Knot Feb 05 2021 04:35 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Plummer's nightmare comes true (as I'm sure he knew it would) as the headlines and lead lines to his obit notices describe him first, and often solely, as the star of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, a movie he hated.

Willets Point Feb 05 2021 05:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

It's like Richard Harris being remembered for Harry Potter.

Fman99 Feb 05 2021 05:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He was great in the Dan Aykroyd/Tom Hanks reboot "Dragnet." I hope that that's what he's remembered for.

Edgy MD Feb 05 2021 07:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: Plummer's nightmare comes true (as I'm sure he knew it would) as the headlines and lead lines to his obit notices describe him first, and often solely, as the star of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, a movie he hated. He may have spent his career trying to escape that role, but if I got to defiantly rip up a Nazi flag ... in Nazi-occupied territory ... in a film that was a hit the world over, still resonating today, I'd consider that a career peak seven days a week.

TransMonk Feb 06 2021 09:09 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He was great in the Dan Aykroyd/Tom Hanks reboot "Dragnet." I hope that that's what he's remembered for. I was trying to think of all the Chris Plummer roles I could last night. I'm disappointed that I didn't recall this one.

Edgy MD Feb 06 2021 09:16 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I'm disappointed Akyroyd and Hanks haven't followed up with any more rap records.

G-Fafif Feb 06 2021 04:38 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Leon Spinks, Olympics gold medalist and heavyweight champion after dethroning Muhammad Ali, 67, from cancer,

G-Fafif Feb 06 2021 04:47 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Weatherly's biggest solo hit. https://youtu.be/DZjbRb3Hev4 The retitling of “Midnight Train to Houston” was an all-time American Top 40 anecdote.

Fman99 Feb 07 2021 04:09 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Leon Spinks, Olympics gold medalist and heavyweight champion after dethroning Muhammad Ali, 67, from cancer, Was reminded of this SI cover -- which amused the five year old Fman when it arrived at my house. https://th.bing.com/th/id/R22c007a7c4180e20704bb6f3b72488bf?rik=Us5NE2%2byU1zkCg&riu=http%3a%2f%2fmedia.al.com%2fsports_impact%2fphoto%2f17011462-large.jpg&ehk=A8s7wAt2H0HrJ0ekIACxpdsY5%2faG%2b9uShY61Erd0%2fTg%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw>

whippoorwill Feb 07 2021 06:42 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Aww I'll bet it did! Matching smiles!

Frayed Knot Feb 07 2021 11:24 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Former Sec of State (also Treasury, Office Mgmt & Budget, Labor) George Schultz - 100

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 07 2021 12:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Leon Spinks, Olympics gold medalist and heavyweight champion after dethroning Muhammad Ali, 67, from cancer, Was reminded of this SI cover -- which amused the five year old Fman when it arrived at my house. https://th.bing.com/th/id/R22c007a7c4180e20704bb6f3b72488bf?rik=Us5NE2%2byU1zkCg&riu=http%3a%2f%2fmedia.al.com%2fsports_impact%2fphoto%2f17011462-large.jpg&ehk=A8s7wAt2H0HrJ0ekIACxpdsY5%2faG%2b9uShY61Erd0%2fTg%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw> I was a new subscriber when that cover came out myself. Consider it the "classic" SI period, candid portraits, succinct and impactful headlines, nothing staged. (Cale Yarborough-- 81 and not dead yet) https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A11t849DI7L._AC_SL1500_.jpg>

Edgy MD Feb 07 2021 12:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

My dad had a photo gallery of big shots he met in his career in hospitality. Next to shots of him with presidents and prime ministers were shots of heavyweight champs — Leon and Michael Spinks, and Mike T. The Leon photo seemed to disappear in a move or something, though.

G-Fafif Feb 09 2021 04:01 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Mary Wilson of the Supremes, 76.

Willets Point Feb 09 2021 09:47 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

And so Diana Ross is the last of the original Supremes.

G-Fafif Feb 09 2021 10:19 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Coach Marty Schottenheimer, 77, following Alzheimer's.

Frayed Knot Feb 09 2021 04:36 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Willets Point wrote: And so Diana Ross is the last of the original Supremes. Yes, although current Supremes Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomsyor carry on the legacy.

Edgy MD Feb 10 2021 08:22 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Uni Watch chose to honor the man in saluting his remarkable nameplate. [fimg=500]https://dugout.uni-watch.com/app/uploads/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-09-at-11.11.35-AM.jpg[/fimg]

Frayed Knot Feb 10 2021 08:38 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

That reminds me of when the (5' 8"-ish) John Vanbiesbrouck was the NYR goaltender. His name ran virtually from elbow to elbow.

Willets Point Feb 10 2021 08:49 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: Willets Point wrote: And so Diana Ross is the last of the original Supremes. Yes, although current Supremes Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomsyor carry on the legacy. whomp, whomp

G-Fafif Feb 10 2021 04:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Larry Flynt, 78. https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/10/larry-flynt-dead-dies-hustler-founder/

batmagadanleadoff Feb 10 2021 08:54 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Larry Flynt, 78. https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/10/larry-flynt-dead-dies-hustler-founder/ Separated at Birth? [FIMG=444]https://imagez.tmz.com/image/a3/4by3/2021/02/10/a313e656b9c5465eaf3cbbf7816b0d16_md.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=444]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Rusty_Staub_2010_CROP.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=444]https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/larryflynt-ap-1612996411.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.752xh;0,0&resize=900:*[/FIMG] [FIMG=444]https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/rusty-staub-mets.jpg?quality=80&strip=all[/FIMG] [FIMG=444]https://i1.wp.com/nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/041709church_rusty-staub.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&ssl=1[/FIMG]

smg58 Feb 11 2021 11:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

One was easier to like than the other.

whippoorwill Feb 11 2021 12:13 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Jeez I hate to admit it but I thought of Rusty when I saw him too

Edgy MD Feb 11 2021 01:09 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Maybe separated after a birth injury, but ... .

Benjamin Grimm Feb 11 2021 01:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Or maybe they were separated by Dr. Ben Carson.

G-Fafif Feb 11 2021 03:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Jazz great Chick Corea, 79.

ashie62 Feb 14 2021 03:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Tim Bogert Vanilla Fudge 76 [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Fudge

MFS62 Feb 17 2021 10:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Rush Limbaugh - 70 from lung cancer: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rush-limbaugh-wing-radio-host-172203802.html Write your own headline. Later

TransMonk Feb 17 2021 11:07 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Good riddance.

G-Fafif Feb 17 2021 11:28 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Worked for the Royals in promotions. Told a self-effacing story about getting to the mound for a first pitch, asking for a ball and being pummeled with them from the dugout. Thus concludes the lone remotely non-disgusting anecdote about the deceased.

Fman99 Feb 17 2021 12:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I've taught my kids not to wish ill upon anyone or revel in other people's illness, or their deaths. But, you know, I don't know anyone I'm close to that will miss this guy. What a shitass.

kcmets Feb 17 2021 12:25 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I'm not even gonna utter the name CNN said before of who a possible replacement might be but it starts with T and rythmes with rump haha...

Lefty Specialist Feb 17 2021 01:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

More oxygen for the rest of us.

MFS62 Feb 17 2021 01:04 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I read that when he was a young broadcaster he asked himself if he would make more money as a liberal or conservative. He chose the second path. He did not believe any of the tripe he broadcast. He just did it for the money. Dante would have had a special circle for him. Later

Frayed Knot Feb 17 2021 07:12 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=MFS62 post_id=56292 time=1613592285 user_id=60] I read that when he was a young broadcaster he asked himself if he would make more money as a liberal or conservative. He chose the second path. He did not believe any of the tripe he broadcast.

I don't believe that's even remotely accurate.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 17 2021 08:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Rush Limbaugh Was a Blight on America The talk-radio titan was responsible more than any other non-politician for the spread of the prion disease from movement conservatism to the Republican Party. He ranks with Father Coughlin and Joe McCarthy among the country's most destructive demagogues. By Charles P. Pierce Feb 17, 2021 Excerpt: I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction. —Clarence Darrow The doctrine of nil nisi bonum is not often subjected to the kind of stress test that it now will undergo with the death of Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday. I have gone all around Robin Hood's barn trying to find anything to say about him that is simply neutral, let alone complimentary. I have given up and decided to stand with Voltaire: "to the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth." The truth is that Limbaugh was a titan of American broadcasting who saw the potential of deregulated talk-radio as a profit center and conservative vandalism as a hyper-sellable product. That's it. That's all of it. Outside of those things, he was a blight, responsible more than any other non-politician for the spread of the prion disease from movement conservatism to the Republican Party, and the index patient for Trumpism before any of us even knew what it was. He ranks with Father Coughlin, Joe McCarthy, and very few others among the country's most destructive demagogues. American politics would have been infinitely better off if he'd stuck to promoting baseball. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a35538951/rush-limbaugh-obituary-dead-at-70/

Edgy MD Feb 17 2021 08:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Way to bring back Fr. Charles Coughlin who was, in many ways, worse than Limbaugh, largely because he had a younger base, and the authority of the Church. And he was just simply a worse guy. I kind of think it's useful to distinguish the demagogues in politics like McCarthy and Benjamin Tillman from the ones who use the media for their platforms, like Rush and Coughlin and so many others. I think the latter are more dangerous, if only because they spawn more offspring.

Fman99 Feb 19 2021 06:23 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Aw, man. Prince Markie Dee, of the Fat Boys, age 52. This totally bums me out.

Willets Point Feb 19 2021 11:53 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Is Kool Rock-Ski the only Fat Boy left?

Fman99 Feb 19 2021 08:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Willets Point wrote: Is Kool Rock-Ski the only Fat Boy left? He is. Buffy (aka "The Human Beat Box") died in the mid 90's.

Edgy MD Feb 20 2021 04:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/tykelly11/status/1362099581870166016[/TWEET]

MFS62 Feb 22 2021 05:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Martha Stewart - no not that one. The actress - 98 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/actress-martha-stewart-dies-lonely-155653980.html Later

kcmets Feb 22 2021 07:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Willets Point wrote: Is Kool Rock-Ski the only Fat Boy left? He is. Buffy (aka "The Human Beat Box") died in the mid 90's. Are you guys talking in some kind of code?

Frayed Knot Feb 23 2021 03:19 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: [TWEET]https://twitter.com/tykelly11/status/1362099581870166016[/TWEET] Neil Peart was a racist?

Edgy MD Feb 23 2021 06:24 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Please. He used the word "tom-tom" for God's sake.

whippoorwill Feb 23 2021 06:39 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Willets Point wrote: Is Kool Rock-Ski the only Fat Boy left? He is. Buffy (aka "The Human Beat Box") died in the mid 90's. Are you guys talking in some kind of code? Kids and their teenage slang

Willets Point Feb 23 2021 08:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Willets Point wrote: Is Kool Rock-Ski the only Fat Boy left? He is. Buffy (aka "The Human Beat Box") died in the mid 90's. Are you guys talking in some kind of code? Kids and their teenage slang Slang from the 1980s.

kcmets Feb 23 2021 08:56 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I'm of course just razzin` yas, aside from a little Run DMC I'm genre clueless.

Edgy MD Feb 23 2021 09:10 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Sez the guy who launched the "It Ain't About the Sneakers" thread.

Willets Point Feb 23 2021 10:22 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=kcmets post_id=56749 time=1614095788 user_id=53] I'm of course just razzin` yas, aside from a little Run DMC I'm genre clueless.

My hip hop genre knowledge is firmly locked in the 1980s.

whippoorwill Feb 23 2021 11:34 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

90s for me; my daughter listened to it constantly while in high school She turned out good though :)

Chad ochoseis Feb 23 2021 01:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, last of the Beat poets, 101. For years the old Italians have been dying all over America.

Edgy MD Feb 23 2021 01:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Chad ochoseis wrote: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, last of the Beat poets, 101. Well, there's still Kool Rock-Ski.

Double Switch Feb 23 2021 02:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Chad ochoseis wrote: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, last of the Beat poets, 101. And barely a month shy of his 102nd.

Willets Point Feb 23 2021 02:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Chad ochoseis wrote: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, last of the Beat poets, 101. Well, there's still Kool Rock-Ski. A Beat Box Poet.

Frayed Knot Feb 23 2021 02:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Chad ochoseis wrote: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, last of the Beat poets, 101. He was (at least compared to most of the rest of the cast) the old man reciting one of his poems during the filming of THE LAST WALTZ ... and that was from 1976!!

Willets Point Feb 23 2021 10:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He was born before Ginsburg and Kerouac so he was always an old man among Beat Poets.

G-Fafif Feb 28 2021 07:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Irv Cross, NFL — and NFL on CBS — star, 81.

G-Fafif Mar 01 2021 07:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

John Mendenhall, one of the bright spots of the Giants of the ‘70s, 72.

G-Fafif Mar 02 2021 06:34 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Civil Rightsleader and President Clinton confidant Vernon Jordan, 85.

Frayed Knot Mar 05 2021 07:09 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

From the sports world: Mark Pavelich, 63, part of the 'Miracle on Ice' team and had a decent career in the NHL, most of it with the Rangers. Was a small-ish guy (listed at 5' 8" / 180) but a terrific playmaker and I used to love watching his game. His life had devolved into mental illness and violence in recent years. From the entertainment world: British born writer, performer, humorist Tony Hendra, 79, of ALS Varied career but probably known to most as band manager Ian from THIS IS SPINAL TAP

Chad ochoseis Mar 06 2021 09:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Michael Stanley, who was a one-hit wonder nationally with "He Can't Love You" in 1980, and a huge deal in Cleveland throughout his life, 72. Always seemed about half a step away from making it big nationally.

G-Fafif Mar 06 2021 10:07 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

https://youtu.be/HplvE-GXUtw https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/03/michael-stanley-cleveland-rock-legend-and-noted-local-radio-and-tv-personality-dead-at-72.html

whippoorwill Mar 06 2021 10:23 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

That is a creepy video

Frayed Knot Mar 06 2021 12:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

That song is, like, Bruce Springsteen meets Rick Springfield ... Brick Steenfield

Chad ochoseis Mar 06 2021 01:38 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/03/michael-stanley-cleveland-rock-legend-and-noted-local-radio-and-tv-personality-dead-at-72.html This was an excellent article, but there's a typo in here that really demonstrates the importance of not missing a comma: Drummer Dobeck remembered a wrench, inadvertently left by a crew member falling from the lighting truss during a Richfield Coliseum show and hitting Stanley in the head.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 07 2021 08:32 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

There's a lotta great detail in that story, the guy whose band was "into satin" made me laugh. I know people from Cleveland swear by this guy, and that he never broke though is a mystery to them. This is just me talking here but a guy aiming at the big time behind an accessible sound but not necessarily a unique one, and the idea they were a band and not a guy, shouldn't be allowed to give themselves a name that comes off like it represents an artiste or a known quantity. He badly needed the ampersand as in "& the Heartbreakers" "& the Destroyers" "& the E Street" and "& the Silver Bullet Band." They just needed a band name that represented they were a gang you shouldn't fuck with, not some vehicle for a guy we never heard of. Then maybe we'd be open to learning what if any points of difference they represented. Like Seger had that element of rock-meets-Motown soul and the smoky voice, Thorogood the steeped-in-tradition booze guitar, the Heartbreakers had Campbell's sound and the organ going, Springsteen had the band and the grand ambitions that were obvious to the lister. Even Johnny Cougar eventually got taken seriously once he found a brand pocket.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 07 2021 08:36 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Also, should he have really gone by "Michael"? He comes off as a "Mike" or a "Mick" to me The Mick Stanley Band sounds better to me. Maybe even "Nick"

Edgy MD Mar 07 2021 11:09 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

You have something there about the branding. It took a lot of focus to figure out which one of these guys were Stanley. That's OK. I love bands with rotating singers. But if it's your name on the band, and you're not the singer on the breakthrough song, but you are the guy front and center, that's a head-scratcher. And yes, that track may be the Rick Springfieldiest thing in existence that's not done by Rick. And that's saying something, since Springfield himself was so shamelessly derivative.

G-Fafif Mar 09 2021 03:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Roger Mudd, 93 — forty years to the day Dan Rather assumed the CBS anchor chair Mudd believed should have been his.

Double Switch Mar 10 2021 09:47 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

April 23, 1967 – March 8, 2021 ~ Rhéal Cormier, the durable left-hander who spent 16 seasons in the majors and remarkably pitched in the Olympics before and after his time in the big leagues, died Monday. He was 53. The Philadelphia Phillies said Cormier died of cancer at his home in New Brunswick, Canada.

G-Fafif Mar 13 2021 10:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

This is respect. https://twitter.com/davegaptv/status/1369001687252340742?s=21

Edgy MD Mar 13 2021 12:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The billboards are a reference to this track, which goes a long way toward explaining the love affair between the MSB and Cleveland. [YOUTUBE]eCouhmcWmLk[/YOUTUBE]

MFS62 Mar 13 2021 05:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Marvin Hagler - boxing Champ -66 https://sports.yahoo.com/marvin-hagler-middleweight-boxing-great-003151282.html “I am sorry to make a very sad announcement,” she wrote. “Today unfortunately my beloved husband Marvelous Marvin passed away unexpectedly at his home here in New Hampshire. Our family requests that you respect our privacy during this difficult time.” Hagler was 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts from 1973 to 1987. He was the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to his loss to Leonard at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 6, 1987. RIP Later

G-Fafif Mar 13 2021 06:39 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The middleweight division was his town.

Frayed Knot Mar 14 2021 05:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Also, should he have really gone by "Michael"? He comes off as a "Mike" or a "Mick" to me The Mick Stanley Band sounds better to me. Maybe even "Nick" Born: Michael Stanley Gee At least he didn't choose to by 'Dylan'

MFS62 Mar 16 2021 08:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Yaphet Kotto - actor, 81 Later

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 16 2021 11:21 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: The billboards are a reference to this track, which goes a long way toward explaining the love affair between the MSB and Cleveland. [YOUTUBE]eCouhmcWmLk[/YOUTUBE] Cleveland: A great place to smoke while shooting hoops, break into abandoned factories, flirt with carhops and disrupt military recruitment efforts.

MFS62 Mar 16 2021 12:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Cleveland: A great place to smoke while shooting hoops, break into abandoned factories, flirt with carhops and disrupt military recruitment efforts. And celebrate a burning river. https://burningriverfest.org/ Later

Fman99 Mar 16 2021 12:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Yaphet Kotto - actor, 81 Later Man, he was great in a ton of stuff. I think of "Alien" first but "The Running Man" shortly after that. My wife enjoyed him in "Homicide: Life on the Street."

Edgy MD Mar 19 2021 02:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Run a mile for Dick Hoyt, who first ran a marathon in Boston in 1980, while pushing his paraplegic son Rick in a wheelchair. They subsequently competed together as "Team Hoyt" in hundreds of marathons, ultramarathons, and triathalons, when he'd draw his son behind him in a boat during the swimming portion and in a trailer during the biking portion. They had run shorter races together (and come in last) before his son's condition ended his running years, but they enjoyed training together and didn't quit. He developed heart troubles late in life, and meant to retire after the 2013 Boston race, but they didn't finish because of the terrorist bombing, so they went back and ran Boston in 2014, because they were badasses. [fimg=600]https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/t_share/MTc0NDY4NjMwMDczODQ1MDk2/a-fathers-dedication-the-racing-world-of-dick-and-rick-hoyt.jpg[/fimg]

kcmets Mar 19 2021 04:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Heartwarming picture... RIP

Willets Point Mar 19 2021 06:57 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The Hoyts are legends.

G-Fafif Mar 22 2021 12:54 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Elgin Baylor, NBA great, 86.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 22 2021 04:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

[FIMG=555]https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/print/10/14/break/images/artworkimages/medium/2/los-angeles-lakers-elgin-baylor-october-24-1966-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg[/FIMG]

ashie62 Mar 22 2021 06:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Baylor averaged over 40 minutes a game, for his entire career.

G-Fafif Mar 23 2021 07:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

George Segal, 87. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-segal-dead-wheres-poppa-owl-pussycat-just-shoot-me-goldbergs-star-was-87-1199045

G-Fafif Mar 25 2021 12:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Jessica Walter, indelible as Lucille Bluth, 80. https://consequenceofsound.net/2021/03/jessica-walter-dead/

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 25 2021 01:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

She was really funny in that role.

G-Fafif Mar 25 2021 02:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Mallory Archer, too.

G-Fafif Mar 25 2021 09:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Stan Albeck, who coached the Nets, 89.

MFS62 Mar 26 2021 07:01 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Stan Albeck, who coached the Nets, 89. Not just the Nets. Albeck coached the ABA's Denver Rockets in 1970-71, then directed Cleveland in 1979-80, San Antonio from 1980-83, New Jersey from 1983-85 and Chicago in 1985-86 — with Michael Jordan in his second season. https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/stan-albeck-longtime-nba-coach-dies-89-hospice-76692968 RIP. Later

Benjamin Grimm Mar 26 2021 10:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Larry McMurtry, 84. Wrote Lonesome Dove and much more.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2021 12:20 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Father of singer/songwriter James McMurtry and I think he may also be related to 1983 National League Rookie of the Year runner-up Craig McMurtry.

G-Fafif Mar 26 2021 12:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Bill Brock, former RNC chairman and senator from Tennessee, 90. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/us/politics/bill-brock-dead.html

Willets Point Mar 26 2021 03:24 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/HarperCollins/status/1375554229729918980[/TWEET]

TransMonk Mar 26 2021 03:49 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

104! RIP

Chad ochoseis Mar 26 2021 04:12 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

If you're ever on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon, visit the park with a sculpture garden featuring statues of Henry, Ramona, Beezus, and Ribsy. RIP.

Willets Point Mar 26 2021 04:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

When my son was younger and we were reading the Henry & Ribsy books, he asked if Klickitat Street was a real place. So we looked it up on Google Streetview and found those statues. Still haven't seen them in person, though.

whippoorwill Mar 26 2021 06:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Wow that is amazing that she was still alive. A family favorite for us too

Edgy MD Mar 26 2021 07:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I'm a Ramona man.

Willets Point Mar 26 2021 07:20 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

My daughter is basically Ramona. I'll let you know when we need a babysitter.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2021 08:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

She really is.

G-Fafif Mar 27 2021 11:07 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Howard Schnellenberger, head coach who led the Miami Hurricanes to the 1983 National title, 87. A gravely-voiced, pipe-smoking, hard-nosed coach, Schnellenberger coached his final game in 2011. He has a football complex and a field named in his honor at Louisville and FAU, and is responsible for a national championship banner hanging at UM. Schnellenberger was a master salesman and his product was football. He was as adept at winning over potential donors as he was cooing babies. His act was part Lombardi and part Barnum & Bailey. “Howard is one of the best coaches I've seen,” Bowden, a rival and friend of Schnellenberger's, once said. “Lou (Holtz), Joe (Paterno), Barry Switzer, Howard would have been right up there with any of them. He's so smart. He's not a guy to beat himself.” https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/college/owls/2021/03/27/howard-schellenberger-dies-coached-football-miami-hurricanes-fau/5897463002/

G-Fafif Mar 30 2021 06:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Watergate villain G.Gordon Liddy, 90. A theatrical personality whose event-filled career included more twists and turns than a fictional potboiler, Mr. Liddy was at various times an FBI agent, jailbird, radio talk-show host, best-selling author, candidate for Congress, actor and promoter of gold investments. The role for which he is best remembered was in the plot to bug the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in June 1972. Mr. Liddy's combination of can-do ruthlessness, loyalty to Nixon and ends-justify-the-means philosophy made him a natural fit in a White House determined to get even with its political enemies. At the same time, he was viewed by his superiors as “a little nuts,” in Nixon's phrase. “I mean, he just isn't well screwed on, is he?” the president complained to chief of staff H.R. Haldeman a week after the break-in. With his intense stare, cannonball head, bristling mustache and machine-gun style of speaking, Mr. Liddy looked like the archetypal bad guys he later depicted in television shows including “Miami Vice.” His friend and fellow Watergate conspirator, the late E. Howard Hunt, described him as “a wired, wisecracking extrovert who seemed as if he might be a candidate for decaffeinated coffee.” Mr. Liddy often boasted of his transformation “from a puny, fearful boy to a strong, fearless man” through a regime of intense exercise and physical bravado such as eating rats and holding his hand over a candle until the flesh burned. “The trick is not minding,” he once explained of the pain, echoing a line used by Peter O'Toole in the 1962 movie “Lawrence of Arabia.” He also developed a fascination early on with Nazi Germany, saying that he felt an “electric current” surge through his body when he listened to Hitler on the radio. To the young Liddy, the führer embodied the “power of will.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/gordon-liddy-dead/2021/03/30/4d50c40c-91ae-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html

Frayed Knot Mar 30 2021 06:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 31 2021 10:39 AM

Not many people have both volunteered to be an assassin and also to be assassinated. G. Gordon Liddy is on that short list.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 30 2021 06:12 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Me too!

Edgy MD Mar 30 2021 06:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I managed to get tough without eating rats. And without stealing lines from Peter O'Toole either.

Willets Point Mar 31 2021 09:53 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Henry Kissinger is one step closer to decanting the Tontine bottle.

Frayed Knot Mar 31 2021 06:06 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=G-Fafif post_id=58664 time=1616698093 user_id=55] Jessica Walter, indelible as Lucille Bluth, 80.

I had forgotten that she, as a much younger woman, was the pycho girlfriend in PLAY MISTY FOR ME

G-Fafif Apr 05 2021 07:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

https://twitter.com/madmagazine/status/1379244565891227652?s=21

Edgy MD Apr 05 2021 09:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I remember Jacobs for his 1977 satire of baseball's new age of free agency, "Casey at the Talks." I think he probably rewrote "Casey at the Bat" three or more times, but the timing must've been good, because I can't tell you anything else from 1977's MAD that I can instantly recall.

G-Fafif Apr 08 2021 11:58 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Anne Beatts, original SNL writer and creator of one-season sitcom wonder Square Pegs, 74. https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/anne-beatts-dead-snl-square-pegs-1234947040/

Frayed Knot Apr 08 2021 03:12 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

In one of the few SNL skits she actually appeared in, Beatts did a great routine where she was an overly-amphetamine'd housewife talking a mile a minute as she cleaned the kitchen while folding and stacking all the paper bags in nice neat plies, etc. I remember it as being very understated (unlike the current version of the show which tends to hit you over the head with stuff) but also quite funny. I saw her last not too long ago when she was tapped as one of the talking heads for a TV retrospective of the early days of National Lampoon magazine which was running on one of the cable movie channels a year or so back. Dad would occasionally win coolness points from his kids when he'd walk by one of us watching a VHS tape of SNL or say Spinal Tap and, despite having no idea what we were watching, would glance towards the TV and recognize her, or the also recently deceased Tony Hendra, and say, 'Oh I know him/her'. Wait, what?!?

Edgy MD Apr 08 2021 04:06 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The surprising thing in that story was reading that Belushi had a widow. I mean I'm sure I knew that at some point, but I guess I've forgotten it in the decades of Belushi lore.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 09 2021 05:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth. 99. https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/27d8d4bf84f551b26cb8bbcc6ec150e6?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=1202&cropW=2142&xPos=105&yPos=164&width=862&height=485>

whippoorwill Apr 09 2021 06:04 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

That's sad. He was class

Lefty Specialist Apr 09 2021 07:15 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Fox & Friends, always keeping it classy, blamed his death on Harry and Meghan. I guess because they couldn't connect it to Hunter Biden.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 09 2021 07:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

A 99-year-old man is gravely ill. The man's grandson and his wife talks to Oprah. The 99-year-old man dies. I suppose you have to blame the grandson and his wife. What else could it be?

Willets Point Apr 09 2021 08:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He was embalmed years ago to prepare for this day.

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 09 2021 08:29 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The CEO of BJs Wholesale Club, Lee Delaney, was 48 or 49. Really bright guy

LWFS Apr 09 2021 11:29 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/4FFK5Oh10os[/YOUTUBE] Tortured, mercurial, gruff, soulful: Yonkers-born rapper/actor DMX, 50, heart attack complications. (The linked obit-cum-career-appraisal, by Times critic Jon Caramanica, is a nice, reflective bit of obituary writing.)

MFS62 Apr 09 2021 11:46 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lefty Specialist wrote: Fox & Friends, always keeping it classy, blamed his death on Harry and Meghan. I guess because they couldn't connect it to Hunter Biden. Their depravity knows no bounds. Later

Edgy MD Apr 09 2021 01:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I always knew DMX and Prince Phillip would go together. They were two halves of the same whole.

Frayed Knot Apr 09 2021 02:43 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Well, sure. Except that, if forced to guess which one would cash it in via an OD-induced heart attack, you'd almost certainly have gone with Phil on that one.

KenVolkner Apr 09 2021 08:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=whippoorwill post_id=60226 time=1617969846 user_id=79] That's sad. He was class

Born 100 years after the country of his birth was liberated from Ottoman Rule and lived to see its 200 year anniversary.

MFS62 Apr 10 2021 06:08 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Welcome, Ken. Later

whippoorwill Apr 10 2021 06:40 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=KenVolkner post_id=60283 time=1618022098 user_id=108] =whippoorwill post_id=60226 time=1617969846 user_id=79] That's sad. He was class

Born 100 years after the country of his birth was liberated from Ottoman Rule and lived to see its 200 year anniversary.


Indeed, welcome!

I just read an article on his childhood; very sad and lonely. He was an attractive little boy and still lived a privileged life but without his family

Frayed Knot Apr 10 2021 09:29 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=whippoorwill post_id=60293 time=1618058435 user_id=79] I just read an article on his childhood; very sad and lonely. He was an attractive little boy and still lived a privileged life but without his family

British aristocracy raised by distant (physical or otherwise) parents?

You don't say.

G-Fafif Apr 10 2021 10:03 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Ramsey Clark, LBJ's attorney general (and last surviving cabinet member), 93. Ran against Jacob Javits for the senate from New York in 1974. Fought for causes not always popular. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ramsey-clark-dead/2021/04/10/70314e68-9949-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html

whippoorwill Apr 10 2021 10:14 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: =whippoorwill post_id=60293 time=1618058435 user_id=79] I just read an article on his childhood; very sad and lonely. He was an attractive little boy and still lived a privileged life but without his family British aristocracy raised by distant (physical or otherwise) parents? You don't say.

Well actually his mom was in a sanatorium and his dad died pretty young

Frayed Knot Apr 10 2021 10:23 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

If forced to guess whether Ramsey Clark had died more or less than 3 decades ago, i would have taken the over.

G-Fafif Apr 11 2021 11:56 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

James Hampton, ace character actor (and F Troop bugler), 84. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/television/james-hampton-dead.html

G-Fafif Apr 11 2021 11:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lee Hart, wife of Senator Gary Hart (and recipient of attention galore amid the Monkey Business contretemps), 85. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/us/politics/lee-hart-dead.html

MFS62 Apr 13 2021 03:09 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

"Slick" Leonard - Pacers Hall-of-Fame basketball coach 88. https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/bobby-slick-leonard-88-pacers-hall-fame-coach-77051397 Leonard took the Pacers to the ABA Finals in his first season — and four more times over the next six years, winning titles in 1969-70, 1971-72 and 1972-73. Later

nymr83 Apr 14 2021 10:34 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Bernie Madoff, no longer burdening the taxpayer from his prison cell.

G-Fafif Apr 16 2021 07:18 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Rusty Young of Poco, 75. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rusty-young-poco-dead-obit-1156578/

G-Fafif Apr 16 2021 07:24 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

John Naisbitt, author of big deal early ‘80s book Megatrends, 92. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/books/john-naisbitt-dead.html

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2021 10:01 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The late DJ Pete Fornatale was as big a Poco fan (and several of their country-rock kin) as perhaps existed and his late in life legacy show, MIXED BAG, was created largely to catch artists like them who were FM radio staples but later fell through the cracks when more restrictive playlists became the norm. That show, through his successor, still exists and still plays its fair share from the Poco/Springfield/BurritoBros catalog. He played some Rusty Young solo just last week in fact and I'm sure the upcoming show will acknowledge his passing with even more.

Edgy MD Apr 16 2021 12:40 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Do you catch "Mixed Bag" on a satellite outlet, or is FUV carrying it?

batmagadanleadoff Apr 16 2021 01:05 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: The late DJ Pete Fornatale was as big a Poco fan (and several of their country-rock kin) as perhaps existed and his late in life legacy show, MIXED BAG, was created largely to catch artists like them who were FM radio staples but later fell through the cracks when more restrictive playlists became the norm. That show, through his successor, still exists and still plays its fair share from the Poco/Springfield/BurritoBros catalog. He played some Rusty Young solo just last week in fact and I'm sure the upcoming show will acknowledge his passing with even more. I met Pete Fornatale at a small record store in the early '80s. He was selling and promoting a book he had written and I had chatted him up. I was the only customer in the whole store and kinda felt bad for him and the low or no-turnout. So I bought his book, out of guilt, I think. [FIMG=333]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41AXwJw7FHL._SX333_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg[/FIMG]

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2021 01:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Do you catch "Mixed Bag" on a satellite outlet, or is FUV carrying it? WFUV.org carries it live (4:00 - 8:00 Saturdays) and also keeps the two most recent shows in their 'Weekend Archive' section so you can listen on demand. That's almost always how I catch it and in fact am listening to last week's show NOW!!!! It also plays via old fashioned terrestrial radio on 90.7, at least whenever it's not being pre-empted by Universty sports and/or religious services.

G-Fafif Apr 20 2021 12:53 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman, 73. https://variety.com/2021/music/news/jim-steinman-dead-meat-loaf-celine-dion-1234955739/

TransMonk Apr 20 2021 12:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He survived a total eclipse of the heart. RIP

Lefty Specialist Apr 20 2021 01:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Saw the Bat out of Hell musical at City Center two years ago and it was a deliriously good time. "That's no way to treat an expensive musical instrument!!!!" RIP

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 20 2021 02:13 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Bombastic and fantastic.

Willets Point Apr 20 2021 02:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

If he had plans for his own funeral it is certain to be fantastic.

MFS62 Apr 20 2021 02:35 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

A friend we've known for over 25 years, Michael Whalen, did the cover art for the follow-up album to Bat Out of Hell. I once wrote a parody to Paradise By the Dashboard Light about Rey Ordonez. The key lyrics were: He could do anything with the glove, But not with the bat. RIP Later

ashie62 Apr 27 2021 06:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Les McKeon 65 Bay City Rollers Teenage crush of many including Wifey. [YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/5u-rYzSSs7U[/YOUTUBE]

G-Fafif Apr 28 2021 11:18 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Michael Collins, pilot of the Apollo 11 command module on the first manned mission to the moon, 90.

dinosaur jesus Apr 28 2021 11:53 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Michael Collins, pilot of the Apollo 11 command module on the first manned mission to the moon, 90. My favorite astronaut. For patiently keeping the taxi running while his comrades romped around on the moon. For being the loneliest man in history. And for his beautiful space mustache. http://public.media.smithsonianmag.com/legacy_blog/ap11-s69-45495.jpg>

MFS62 Apr 28 2021 12:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Fredo was an astronaut? And all this time, we thought Michael sent him to Las Vegas to learn the Casino business. Later

Edgy MD Apr 28 2021 12:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Michael Collins was born in Italy, where his father was a career US Army officer. His grandfather, Jeremiah Bernard Collins, had left Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland in the early 1860s as a young boy to join the rest of the family in Cincinnati, OH.

Edgy MD Apr 28 2021 01:19 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

[fimg=500]https://www.independent.ie/incoming/73f6b/38336563.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/anpost2%202.jpg[/fimg] Ireland issued this stamp to honor Collins on the 50th Anniversary of the first moon landing, but Irish word for moon, “gealach,” is misspelled “gaelach,” which means “Irish.” Possibly an intentional mis-spelling to create a very nuanced pun.

Willets Point Apr 28 2021 06:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

In Ireland, he's known as "The Big Fellow in Space."

Frayed Knot Apr 28 2021 06:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 30 2021 12:52 PM

And Liam Neeson played him in a movie!!! [FIMG=300]https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/ItemImages/000016/mar15-473_lg.jpeg[/FIMG]

MFS62 Apr 30 2021 11:02 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Johnny Crawford starred in tv's The Rifleman -75 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/johnny-crawford-young-star-of-the-rifleman-dies-at-75 Later

MFS62 Apr 30 2021 02:55 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Jets Super Bowl tight end Pete Lammons. 77 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31366691/former-new-york-jets-texas-longhorns-championship-winning-tight-end-pete-lammons-dies-77 He died in a boating accident, so I doubt that tough hombre died with his boots on. RIP Later

RealityChuck Apr 30 2021 06:33 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lammons was the least known of Namath's receiving corps of the late 60s Jets, but was as big a threat as Maynard or Sauer. Sad news.

Frayed Knot May 01 2021 03:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Actress, Oscar Winner, and cousin of the one-time Massachusetts Governor/Presidential Candidate, Olympia Dukakis - 89

MFS62 May 01 2021 04:13 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: Actress, Oscar Winner, and cousin of the one-time Massachusetts Governor/Presidential Candidate, Olympia Dukakis - 89 I liked her as Noah Wylie's impatient (for him to get married) mother in the Librarian made for TV movies. RIP Later

Frayed Knot May 03 2021 04:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Race car driver and three-time Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser -- 87

Edgy MD May 03 2021 08:54 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

What professional sport has slid more in status since the 1970s? Formula one racing or prizefighting?

G-Fafif May 03 2021 11:05 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Tommy West, 78. Partner of Terry Cashman. Produced hits for Jim Croce and Henry Gross. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am9FjQM45o0

Edgy MD May 08 2021 08:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Put on your best personality today in honor of Lloyd Price, who has fled his earthly form at the age of 88. Rocket 88. Guy was as responsible for the development and establishment of rock 'n' roll as anybody. He cut "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" in 1952 with Fats Domino sitting in on piano, for Pete's sake.

TransMonk May 08 2021 09:19 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Tawny Kitaen, '80s Music Video Vixen and ‘Bachelor Party' Star, Dies at 59 https://www.vhnd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/original.gif>

G-Fafif May 08 2021 01:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Bo, former presidential pooch, 12. [tweet]https://twitter.com/barackobama/status/1391106025269440516[/tweet]

G-Fafif May 11 2021 07:03 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Former Delaware governor and 1988 Republican presidential aspirant Pierre “Pete” du Pont, 86. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/obituaries/pete-du-pont-dead.html

G-Fafif May 11 2021 05:25 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Norman Lloyd, an actor who went back some, 106. https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/norman-lloyd-dead-106-st-elsewhere-tom-fontana-1234970945/

batmagadanleadoff May 11 2021 05:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

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

Double Switch May 11 2021 06:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=G-Fafif post_id=63871 time=1620775516 user_id=55] Norman Lloyd, an actor who went back some, 106.

And now, the 20th century truly comes to a close. Kudos, Mr. Lloyd (Perlmutter).

G-Fafif May 12 2021 06:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lester Wolff, eight-term Congressman who represented the North Shore and Queens from Johnson to Carter, 102. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/lester-l-wolff-influential-former-congressman-dies-at-102.html

G-Fafif May 12 2021 08:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Minneapolis sports columnist and senatorial father Jim Klobuchar, 93. https://www.startribune.com/jim-klobuchar-longtime-star-tribune-columnist-and-adventurer-dies-at-93/600056415/

G-Fafif May 14 2021 02:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Channel 5 10 O'Clock News anchor Bill McCreary, 87. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/nyregion/bill-mccreary-dead.html

Edgy MD May 14 2021 09:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

To my young mindset WNEW had mustiest, old guy evening news broadcast, with sort of a budget feel as well. But McCreary knew how to rock a solid mustache and throw it to Bill Mazer. In fact, partnered with the pompadoured stiffness of Bill Jorgenson, I'm just now realizing they frequently came with an all-Bill studio staff, but McCreary was really the only one with a pulse.

Benjamin Grimm May 15 2021 02:28 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I'm going to have to look on YouTube to see if I can find a clip of him throwing his mustache at Bill Mazer.

G-Fafif May 16 2021 02:03 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Joe Valerio, ESPN producer who covered the Mets at the outset of his career (he wrote the post-1969 chapter for the 1974 update of Jerry Mitchell's The Amazing Mets), 71. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/31456064/joe-valerio-sports-reporters-producer-majority-30-year-run-espn-dies-age-71

G-Fafif May 18 2021 11:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Charles Grodin, 86. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/movies/charles-grodin-dead.html

Lefty Specialist May 19 2021 09:15 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

If you watch nothing else, his small role in Dave as Murray the accountant was hilarious.

Fman99 May 19 2021 10:14 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lefty Specialist wrote: If you watch nothing else, his small role in Dave as Murray the accountant was hilarious. The kids remembered and enjoyed him as the antagonist from "The Great Muppet Caper," which is to my belief the best of all Muppet movies.

Edgy MD May 19 2021 12:04 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lefty Specialist wrote: If you watch nothing else, his small role in Dave as Murray the accountant was hilarious. The kids remembered and enjoyed him as the antagonist from "The Great Muppet Caper," which is to my belief the best of all Muppet movies. That film was nothing compared to the antics that went on offscreen.

G-Fafif May 19 2021 06:17 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Comedian, actor and writer Paul Mooney, 79. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/arts/paul-mooney-dead.html

G-Fafif May 19 2021 06:20 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer, 77. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/buddy-roemer-dead.html

Frayed Knot May 19 2021 06:36 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lee Evans -- 74 Olympic activist and gold medalist and world record holder (for over 20 years) in the 400m and 4 x 400 relay at the Mexico City games in 1968.

G-Fafif May 26 2021 06:39 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

John Warner, five-term senator from Virginia known at least as much for his marriage to Elizabeth Taylor, 94. https://apnews.com/article/john-warner-virginia-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-government-and-politics-17a5cd9c4218ee6a931099956ec4c119

Willets Point May 26 2021 07:49 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

One of the last "moderate" Republicans that old-timer Democrats like Joe Biden can remember being actual rational human beings one could negotiate with. I remember when he went against the Virginia Republican Party by sponsoring an independent candidate in a Senate race against Oliver North. I saw Warner and the independent candidate (who's name escapes me) at a restaurant during that campaign, one of my slight brushes with fame.

Edgy MD May 26 2021 09:37 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

"The Grand Old Party will not put a felon in the U.S. Senate." — John Warner.

Willets Point May 26 2021 11:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: "The Grand Old Party will not put a felon in the U.S. Senate." — John Warner. Oops.

Edgy MD May 26 2021 11:44 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Yup.

Benjamin Grimm May 26 2021 11:47 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He didn't say anything about the White House.

G-Fafif May 29 2021 11:48 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 29 2021 04:27 PM

Mark Eaton, a literally enormous presence for the Utah Jazz, 64, after a bike crash. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31532507/former-utah-jazz-center-mark-eaton-dies-bicycle-crash-age-64

MFS62 May 29 2021 01:46 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Gavin MacLeod TV actor 90 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gavin-macleod-mary-tyler-moore-190406528.html Later

G-Fafif May 29 2021 02:19 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Murray Slaughter, the heartbeat of the WJM newsroom. https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/gavin-macleod-dead-dies-love-boat-mary-tyler-moore-show-1234984591/

Benjamin Grimm May 29 2021 02:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

That was a very long-lived cast, except for Ted Knight. Now Ed Asner and Betty White are all that remain.

Lefty Specialist May 29 2021 02:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

The man simply OWNED Ted Baxter.

MFS62 May 29 2021 06:19 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

B.J. Thomas singer 78 Famous for "Raindrops keep falling on my head". https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/b-j-thomas-grammy-winning-233758817.html (reprint of article in Variety) RIP Later

Edgy MD May 30 2021 03:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That was a very long-lived cast, except for Ted Knight. Now Ed Asner and Betty White are all that remain. John Amos and Lisa Gerritsen both resent your dismissal. Joyce Bulifant would like a word as well.

G-Fafif May 31 2021 10:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Arlene Golonka, top-flight sitcom utility player, 85. https://extratv.com/2021/05/31/mayberry-r-f-d-actress-arlene-golonka-dies-at-85/

G-Fafif Jun 03 2021 10:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Celebrity lawyer F. Lee Bailey, 87. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/f-lee-bailey-dead.html

G-Fafif Jun 06 2021 03:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Clarence Williams III, Linc from The Mod Squad, 81. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/clarence-williams-iii-mod-squad-dies-at-81-1234963703/

MFS62 Jun 06 2021 04:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Clarence Williams III, Linc from The Mod Squad, 81. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/clarence-williams-iii-mod-squad-dies-at-81-1234963703/ I don't remember seeing him between his Mod Squad days and his co-starring roles in the Mystery Woman movies. But I liked him in both. Later

whippoorwill Jun 07 2021 05:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Oh I do. My sister watched to see Michael Cole but I loved LINC

Edgy MD Jun 07 2021 08:25 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Pretty famously, he was The Kid's father in Purple Rain.

Willets Point Jun 07 2021 08:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Pretty famously, he was The Kid's father in Purple Rain. Too bold.

dinosaur jesus Jun 07 2021 11:08 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I just read the name of this thread as Guess Who Will Die in 2021, and it made me very worried.

Edgy MD Jun 07 2021 01:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Yeah, this forum has enough questionable taste without starting a dead pool.

MFS62 Jun 07 2021 01:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, this forum has enough questionable taste without starting a dead pool. LOL! But we've gotten close to that Gothic territory with our "Look Who's Still Alive" threads. Later

Frayed Knot Jun 08 2021 04:34 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Former NYG football coach Jim Fassel - 71, heart attack.

G-Fafif Jun 08 2021 05:25 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 27 2021 08:53 AM

Fassel said the Giants would make the playoffs in 2000 when they were flailing at 7-4 and they went undefeated until the Super Bowl. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/06/08/former-giants-head-coach-jim-fassel-dies-at-71/ [tweet]https://twitter.com/wbg84/status/1402158253975408642[/tweet]

G-Fafif Jun 13 2021 05:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Ned Beatty, 83. https://apnews.com/article/ned-beatty-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-c72da9a1db177ce0759cabaca117bdf6 https://youtu.be/yuBe93FMiJc

Edgy MD Jun 13 2021 08:39 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Hear My Song (1991) = Ned Beatty masterpiece. He plays a mysterious operatic ballad singer who was a big splash in Liverpool 30 years ago, but has been hiding as a tax outlaw back in the west of Ireland for 30 years. When a fast-talking concert promoter on the outs tries to hunt him down and bring him back to Liverpool for one big triumphant comeback show, hyjinx begin ensuing. I wouldn't lie to you. Not about Ned Beatty, I wouldn't.

Fman99 Jun 14 2021 05:46 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I suspect that like lots of other folks in my age group, he will be forever in my mind as bumbling Otis to Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor in the first two Christopher Reeve Superman movies.

Lefty Specialist Jun 14 2021 06:53 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Or squealing like a pig in Deliverance.

cal sharpie Jun 14 2021 07:20 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I was in LA about ten years ago. A friend of mine there said that we should eat at an old-line Hollywood restaurant since a lot of older Hollywood ate there. Ned Beatty was at the next table -- totally satisfying my friend's prediction.

Edgy MD Jun 14 2021 07:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Lefty Specialist wrote: Or squealing like a pig in Deliverance. Hear My Song even made my Ned Beatty-triggered rape anxiety go away.

Lefty Specialist Jun 14 2021 08:42 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Or squealing like a pig in Deliverance. Hear My Song even made my Ned Beatty-triggered rape anxiety go away. I still have an irrational fear of banjos.

Willets Point Jun 14 2021 09:08 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Ned Beatty was someone I would've thought had already died some time ago. He was great in Network, a movie that I had mixed feelings about.

Edgy MD Jun 14 2021 09:18 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

He got an Oscar nomination for Network despite (I think) less than six minutes of screen time. There's a thesis waiting to be written about how a whole generation's understanding of homosexuality, for better or for worse, was directly connected to Burt Reynolds movies.

Frayed Knot Jun 14 2021 10:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I was going to mention NETWORK. Beatty's entire part is basically a monolog but he gives it a great reading.

Double Switch Jun 14 2021 11:22 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Stanley "Big Man" Bolander ~ RIP My favorite line: "De-tec-tive Munch."

Lefty Specialist Jun 14 2021 12:22 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Double Switch wrote: Stanley "Big Man" Bolander ~ RIP My favorite line: "De-tec-tive Munch." I'd forgotten about that. Homicide: Life on the Street is one of my all-time favorites, but it's not available to stream anywhere.

G-Fafif Jun 16 2021 07:52 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

William vanden Heuvel, an advocate for justice and public servant, 91. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/obituaries/william-vanden-heuvel-diplomat-and-a-kennedy-confidant-dies-at-91.html

Willets Point Jun 16 2021 10:21 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I recognize his surname because his daughter, Katrina, is editor of The Nation.

Edgy MD Jun 16 2021 10:28 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Joins Cokie Roberts, Mika Brzezinski, Andrew Cuomo, and Maria Shriver among other children of prominent public servants who became prominent telejournalists. I guess Jenna Bush Hager counts too. I can grudgingly yield with regards to Today counting as journalism. I draw the line at The View.

G-Fafif Jun 17 2021 10:00 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Joins Cokie Roberts, Mika Brzezinski, Andrew Cuomo, and Maria Shriver among other children of prominent public servants who became prominent telejournalists. I guess Jenna Bush Hager counts too. I can grudgingly yield with regards to Today counting as journalism. I draw the line at The View. Chris Cuomo, not Andrew.

G-Fafif Jun 17 2021 10:01 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frank Bonner, Herb Tarlek on “WKRP in Cincinnati,” 79.

Edgy MD Jun 17 2021 10:04 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Joins Cokie Roberts, Mika Brzezinski, Andrew Cuomo, and Maria Shriver among other children of prominent public servants who became prominent telejournalists. I guess Jenna Bush Hager counts too. I can grudgingly yield with regards to Today counting as journalism. I draw the line at The View. Chris Cuomo, not Andrew. My mind goes one way. My fingers another.

Edgy MD Jun 17 2021 10:34 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

=G-Fafif post_id=68265 time=1623945692 user_id=55] Frank Bonner, Herb Tarlek on “WKRP in Cincinnati,” 79.

Is there a name in drama for the character archetype embodied by Frank's and Fred Willard's characters? It feels like there are parallels in Shakespeare if not in the Greeks. The vainglorious, unselfaware, scheming half-wit. Baritone-voiced and practiced in his manner but so gloriously innocent of what a jerk he comes across as that it's almost sweet. Shameless suck-up to authority, and un-deterred by his massive romantic strikeout record.



Anyhow, happy trails to Herb.

Willets Point Jun 17 2021 10:54 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

There was an episode of WKRP where Herb and his family were on a show called "Real Families" which is shot on hand-held cameras with no laugh track that seems to anticipate both reality television and mockumentary-style sitcoms by 20 years.

Edgy MD Jun 17 2021 11:09 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edie McClurg = funny.

Double Switch Jun 17 2021 12:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Edie McClurg = funny. Eating Raoul.

Fman99 Jun 18 2021 07:08 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Edie McClurg = funny. Agreed. Syracuse U alum, also, so she's got that goin for her. And, just to be clear given this thread, still alive at age 75.

G-Fafif Jun 27 2021 11:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Former senator from Alaska and long-shot presidential candidate Mike Gravel, 91. https://www.npr.org/2021/06/27/1010702706/mike-gravel-former-alaska-senator-and-anti-war-advocate-dies-at-age-91

G-Fafif Jun 27 2021 12:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Jacques Barzaghi, highly visible adviser to Jerry Brown, 82. https://www.avpress.com/news/barzaghi-a-former-fixture-beside-jerry-brown-dies/article_3475d940-d704-11eb-a073-df9692539ddb.html

G-Fafif Jun 27 2021 12:03 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

TV writer John Sacret Young, whose credits include The West Wing, 75. https://www.avpress.com/news/john-sacret-young-creative-force-behind-china-beach-has-died/article_5810207c-d704-11eb-9966-63bf45bbfb61.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next

Marshmallowmilkshake Jun 30 2021 01:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Former Secretary of Defense -- twice! -- Donald Rumsfield passes away at age 88. [url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/30/donald-rumsfeld-dies-ex-pentagon-chief-iraq-afghanistan-wars/7810730002/

Chad ochoseis Jun 30 2021 01:43 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Former Secretary of Defense -- twice! -- Donald Rumsfield passes away at age 88. [url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/30/donald-rumsfeld-dies-ex-pentagon-chief-iraq-afghanistan-wars/7810730002/ Both the oldest and the youngest SecDef in history. Also, Edgy once posted a story about meeting him in an elevator.

MFS62 Jul 05 2021 08:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks - 24 from a head injury resulting from an accident. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/blue-jackets-goaltender-matiss-kivlenieks-dies-at-24-in-tragic-accident-133323563.html Later

MFS62 Jul 05 2021 04:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks - 24 from a head injury resulting from an accident. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/blue-jackets-goaltender-matiss-kivlenieks-dies-at-24-in-tragic-accident-133323563.html Later More details from WCBS radio. He was in a hot tub with friends. There was an explosion of fireworks and a wayward piece (rocket?) hit him in the chest, knocking him over and killing him. Later

MFS62 Jul 05 2021 04:53 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks - 24 from a head injury resulting from an accident. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/blue-jackets-goaltender-matiss-kivlenieks-dies-at-24-in-tragic-accident-133323563.html Later More details from WCBS radio. He was in a hot tub with friends. There was an explosion of fireworks and a wayward piece (rocket?) hit him in the chest, knocking him over and killing him. Later

Fman99 Jul 05 2021 07:47 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Richard Donner, 91, film director, maybe best known for "Superman" but also a number of other popular movies ("The Omen," "Goonies," "Lethal Weapon").

Edgy MD Jul 06 2021 12:26 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Donner was a machine. Very formulaic but knew what he was out for. Also a big fan of classic soul and helped give Darlene Love's career new life when he cast her as Trish Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon. Also directed the Danger Island segments in The Banana Splits Show, which were insane but should nonetheless be used in flim schools, because they packed about two hours of narrative into about eight minutes.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 06 2021 01:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Donner was a machine. Very formulaic but knew what he was out for. Also a big fan of classic soul and helped give Darlene Love's career new life when he cast her as Trish Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon. Also directed the Danger Island segments in The Banana Splits Show, which were insane but should nonetheless be used in flim schools, because they packed about two hours of narrative into about eight minutes. Banana Splits! He also directed Scrooged, one of my favorite movies. But apparently he and Bill Murray didn't get along. Wonder what the Murray version would have been like. Bill Murray and director Richard Donner reportedly did not enjoy working together, creating a lot of tension on-set. When asked by film critic Roger Ebert if he had any disagreements with Donner, Murray replied: "Only a few. Every single minute of the day. That could have been a really, really great movie. The script was so good. There's maybe one take in the final cut movie that is mine. We made it so fast, it was like doing a movie live. He kept telling me to do things louder, louder, louder. I think he was deaf."

Frayed Knot Jul 06 2021 01:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I'm not sure Bill Murray plays well with others all that often. The other person who didn't like how SCROOGED turned out was lead writer Michael O'Donoghue. Apparently O'Donoghue's version of the script was considerably darker (as was O'Donoghue himself often) than what wound up as the final edit and he wasn't happy how it was, in his view anyway, toned-down, dumb-downed, cleaned-up, etc.

Edgy MD Jul 06 2021 01:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Well, getting fired three quarters of the way through Superman II suggests Donner had some playing-with-others problems too. But Murray's estrangement from Harold Ramis is probably pretty indicting to the former. They were great creative partners but they were, like, the saddest and happiest guys in Hollywood, respectively. Also, the whole saga behind the making the Superman franchise is fascinating. All the producers were no-talent weirdos, borderline mobsters, backstabbers, and shady money men. They made two good, memorable films out of five, and that's amazing in itself, and probably as much a testament to Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman as anybody.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 06 2021 02:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm not sure Bill Murray plays well with others all that often. The other person who didn't like how SCROOGED turned out was lead writer Michael O'Donoghue. Apparently O'Donoghue's version of the script was considerably darker (as was O'Donoghue himself often) than what wound up as the final edit and he wasn't happy how it was, in his view anyway, toned-down, dumb-downed, cleaned-up, etc. Good points! I remember some talk about "Caddyshack," too, where he wasn't getting along with Ted Knight and others. I get a sense that Murray looks at the script as a suggestion or a starting point and just adlibs away. We see the version that works, and I suspect there are a lot of adlib takes in the trash. I do like the toned-down version of Scrooged. There's a lot of classic stuff in there. Some good songs on the soundtrack, too!

Frayed Knot Jul 06 2021 05:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Oh I liked SCROOGED too. It's just that O'Donohue, a man whose philosophy was summarized by the phrase, 'Comedy is No Laughing Matter', had a darker view of things and wasn't happy about his concept being rejiggered for the masses.

Edgy MD Jul 06 2021 07:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Frank Bonner and Richard Donner. Lester Conner be careful.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 07 2021 02:44 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

I think Murray is by far the worst thing about Caddyshack. I'd cut about 87% of his screen time. I wanted more Dannie and Maggie

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 03:06 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Yeah, but casting Lee Mazzilli as the bully was inspired.

G-Fafif Jul 12 2021 04:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, one of those Louisiana politicians inevitably described as colorful, 93. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/us/politics/edwin-edwards-dead.html

G-Fafif Jul 12 2021 06:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 13 2021 08:21 PM

Actor Charlie Robinson, 75. Best-known for his role in Night Court, but to me a scene-stealer as Newdell in Buffalo Bill. https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/charlie-robinson-dead-mac-night-court-1235018057/

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 12 2021 06:56 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Paul Orndorff, "Mr Wonderful" pro wrestler, 71

G-Fafif Jul 16 2021 09:57 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Dennis Murphy, godfather of the ABA and WHA, 94. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/sports/dennis-murphy-dead.html

G-Fafif Jul 16 2021 05:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Biz Markie, who gave us “Just A Friend,” 57. https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/16/just-a-friend-rapper-biz-markie-dead-at-57/

Edgy MD Jul 16 2021 07:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Oh, man. Met him at the Sunrise Multiplex in Massapequa. He was just hanging out outside a theater going un-noticed, even though he was wearing a great big nightshirt ... and he was Biz Markie! We were heading into see (I think) Jungle Fever, and my brother had an eye for spotting folks, and we introduced ourselves. The funny thing was that we had met his brother a few months earlier in the Hamptons. Seems the brother was a cop. And he couldn't stand calling his mother on the phone, because all she wanted to talk about was "Your brother won't get off the couch!" and "You've got to come over here and do something about your brother!" and a few weeks later, his brother was suddenly a national star, and the cop brother was feeling like a sucker and a half. We didn't mention any of this to Biz. Biz passes into eternity alongside my beloved aunt and godmother Patsy today. Patsy is the third of four sisters to die in the last year, following my mother and my Aunt Kathleen. She had a massive heart but was foolish enough to fall for President Trump's bullshit in 2016, gave him her vote and quickly regretted it. She caught the official Trump-branded virus and went through a horrible cascade of health failures — her lungs weakened her heart and they went in there and fixed her heart up, but the heart medication did damage to her guts and her digestive tract just died on her.

MFS62 Jul 17 2021 06:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Sorry to hear of your loss, Edgy. Later

Lefty Specialist Jul 17 2021 06:55 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Sorry, Edgy. Tough year.

Fman99 Jul 17 2021 06:39 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Sorry for your loss, Edgy, plus of course, our collective loss. I loved Biz like I love all the OG hip hop stars of my pre teen and teen years. My kids loved him too, from "Biz' Beat of the Day" on Yo Gabba Gabba.0

Edgy MD Jul 18 2021 07:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Thanks folks. I have to say, no hip-hop line is as evergreen funny as "I asked her her name — she said 'Blah-blah-blah'."

G-Fafif Jul 24 2021 06:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Jackie Mason, 93. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/arts/jackie-mason-dead.html

MFS62 Jul 24 2021 08:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Jackie Mason, 93. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/arts/jackie-mason-dead.html I once saw him coming out of the Barnes and Noble on Fifth Avenue, went up to him and asked (in my best attempt at a Jackie Mason impression) "You want I should talk like Jackie Mason?" He stopped, looked up at me (he was short), smiled, and said "Not bad, kid. Not bad." Olevai, Sholom. Later

G-Fafif Jul 26 2021 04:40 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Bob Moses, civil rights organizer, 86. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/us/bob-moses-dead.html

G-Fafif Jul 27 2021 07:17 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Mike Enzi, former senator from Wyoming, 77, after a bicycle accident. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-wyoming-mike-enzi-8833e25a17c3e7e1923e1aa083c4142a

Edgy MD Jul 28 2021 01:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

And do a Texas blues shuffle in C for Dustuh Hill, bassist and co-frontman of ZZ Top, what was presumably the longest surviving trio lineup in music.

Fman99 Jul 28 2021 06:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Saw ZZ Top (for free!) at the great New York State Fair a few years back. They were great. "Same three guys. Same three chords." RIP Dusty

Edgy MD Jul 28 2021 06:49 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Say what you want about the guy. All he was looking for was tush.

kcmets Jul 28 2021 08:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

A lot of people looked down their nose at the band, but they were fun. Always. I'm gonna go buy some cheap sunglasses and look at some tush.

G-Fafif Jul 29 2021 10:15 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Mets A/V squad played a few ZZT licks between innings last night in tribute.

Edgy MD Jul 29 2021 01:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

A lot of people looked down their nose at the band, but they were fun. Always. I'm gonna go buy some cheap sunglasses and look at some tush. They were exactly the sort of act you can look down on, and suddenly realize that the joke was on you. I have a friend who worked for a theater that booked them. It was part of the rider that they have a portable john available to them right behind their set. Apparently, for somebody in the band, when he had to go, he had to go, and didn't need the Spinal Tappian stress of wandering around the stage wings looking for relief. Aging rockers needing a portajohn would be awful easy to make fun of, but they would be exactly the kind of band that would turn that tale back on you by writing a terrific song called "When You Gotta Go." The band promises to continue, with their guitar tech Elwood Francis taking over as bassist, with Dustuh's blessing. Elwood better get started on his beard.

G-Fafif Jul 29 2021 08:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Carl Levin, six-term U.S. senator from Michigan, 87. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2021/07/29/carl-levin-dies/7983742002/

batmagadanleadoff Jul 30 2021 12:09 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Ron Popeil, inventor, pitchman, 86. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GeF7A05zQ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3wv5X2GbUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIrzkPDtrk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKTx5WFcs0

batmagadanleadoff Aug 05 2021 09:24 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Scott Apley, Texas GOP Leader who, in response to a covid mask burning party in Cincinnati, tweeted that he wished he lived in that area; who regularly published Facebook posts claiming that covid vaccines don't work; who mocked mask wearers -- dead at 45. Guess what he died of? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/05/texas-gop-leader-antimask-antivax-dies-covid/ Patrick McGinnis, chairman of the Galveston County Republican Party, set up a GoFundMe page to cover Apley's funeral expenses. The GoFundMe page des not mention Apley's cause of death.

G-Fafif Aug 07 2021 03:47 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, from Kool & the Gang, 70. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-6d8e81b4ec72e00aa8a50a6d4827a245

G-Fafif Aug 07 2021 06:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Herb Schlosser, NBC executive with an unmatched track record, 95. …put an indelible stamp on the network by negotiating Johnny Carson's first deal to host “The Tonight Show,” putting “Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In” on the air and overseeing the development of “Saturday Night Live”… https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/business/media/herbert-schlosser-dead.html

G-Fafif Aug 07 2021 06:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Another loss for Poco: Paul Cotton, 78. https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/poco-guitarist-paul-cotton-dead-78/VF3LYATCLRDEHBPNPBIR2XCD2U/

G-Fafif Aug 08 2021 01:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Markie Post, part of the Night Court ensemble, 70, from cancer. https://deadline.com/2021/08/markie-post-dead-night-court-actress-was-70-1234811055/

G-Fafif Aug 08 2021 08:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2021

Bobby Bowden, legendary Florida State coach, 91. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31986091/long-florida-state-football-coach-bobby-bowden-dies-91