Guess who died in 2024

[Frayed Knot]

Cissy Houston - 91
Gospel singer, backup singer (listen to Paul Simon's 'Mother and Child Reunion'), Grammy winner for solo records, and, most famously, mother of Whitney.

[Frayed Knot]

Ethel Kennedy, Bobby's (Sr.) widow and the crazy one's mother -- 96

[MFS62]

Mitzi Gaynor - star of South Pacific - 93
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... lYhWZlGR2A

Later

[Batty31]

Iron Maiden’s original singer, Paul Di’Anno. 😔




https://blabbermouth.net/news/ex-iron-m ... dead-at-66

[cal sharpie]

The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh, 84.

[Edgy MD]

In a parallel universe, Mitzi Gaynor, Paul Di'Anno, and Phil Lesh released two interesting albums as a super group called Los Diegos.

[Edgy MD]

Go out and bust some heads in honor of David Harris, who breathed life into the role of Cochise, part-shaman, part-mystic, part-consigliere, and always ready for action in The Warriors.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Salutes Cochise. Not as a big a bopper as Snowball but a bigger personality

[Edgy MD]

His eyes were always droopy and stoned-lookin' but in a night of bad decisions, he was probably the clearest thinker apart from Swan.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He was as enthusiastic about the Lizzies as Vermin was.

What was Cowboy even doing in that gang

[MFS62]

Teri Garr - actress 79
https://apnews.com/article/teri-garr-di ... 8f34dfaf2d

Later

[Edgy MD]

A fun game is —when you come across an ensemble dancing scene from a sixties variety show, from an Elvis movie, or from a Beach Party film — to try and spot Teri Garr bringing the go-go. She was seemingly in all of them.

Even after getting regular work as a non-dancing actress in the seventies, she'd still show up for dancing gigs on Cher or Tony Orlando and Dawn or something.

[Frayed Knot]

Quincy Jones - 91

[MFS62]

American Democracy - 248

There may not be a
Later

[Frayed Knot]

NASCAR legend Bobby Allison - 86

His down-the-stretch bumper car routine with competitor Cale Yarborough as they raced for the checkered flag, and the subsequent on-track fist-fight,
during the Daytona 500, is the stuff of legends and widely credited to kick-starting the popularity of the sport outside its south-eastern base. But, even
besides that, he's also the fourth winningest driver in NASCAR history.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

Former Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who argued 65 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Olson also argued the Bush campaign’s case before the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore, which effectively found the 2000 election for George W. Bush when it ruled that the different standards used in a Florida recount violated the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. Across his career he was a strong advocate for gay rights, and in 2013 he argued Hollingsworth v. Perry, which successfully made the case for same-sex marriage.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ted-olson-d ... 4#cxrecs_s

[ashie62]

Shel Tammy 87

Legendary music producer, Who and Kinks for starters