Guess who died in 2023

[kcmets]

Jim Brown, 87 -- RIP

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 237329007/

[ashie62]

Superstar Billy Graham 79

A blond buff prototype

[Fman99]

Martin Amis, 73, British novelist. I felt like I had maybe read some of his work but I didn't recognize the titles. My college roommate took a course where he had read some of Amis' work so maybe that's what I'm thinking of.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Tina Turner, 83

[metirish]

Tina Turner, 83

Proper legend , RIP

[batmagadanleadoff]

Tina Turner, 83

[MFS62]

Her music will keep rollin', rollin' rollin' on the river..
RIP

Later

[Frayed Knot]

"Being on stage next to her is the hottest place on earth" -- M. Jagger



or at least a quote very similar to that ... don't remember the exact wording

[batmagadanleadoff]

Pete Brown, British poet who collaborated with Cream to write many of their top hits, including Sunshine of Your Love and White Room, of cancer, 82.

[whippoorwill]

I once flew through a flock of birds over a bridge when listening to I Feel Free. Very cool
But you probably had to be there

[Edgy MD]

I never really got Cream. I like the doo-woppiness on "IFF," though.

[MFS62]

George Maharis - 94 - actor and singer who starred in Route 66 on tv.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-a ... e-66-1960s

My wife had one of his albums.
Later

[G-Fafif]

All-time songwriter Cynthia Weil, 82.

Grammy-winning Songwriters Hall of Fame member Cynthia Weil — who co-wrote “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “On Broadway,” “Make Your Own Kind of Music,” “On Broadway,” “Walking in the Rain,” “You’re My Soul and Inspiration,” “Uptown,” “Kicks,” “Here You Come Again,” “Through the Fire,” “Somewhere Out There” and many other hits with her husband and Brill Building colleague Barry Mann — has died, her daughter confirmed to TMZ on Friday morning. No cause of death was announced; she was 82.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/cyn ... 235631352/

[Edgy MD]

And the kicks are that much harder to find.

[Chad ochoseis]

Robert Hanssen, FBI agent turned Soviet spy, 79.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ro ... aboolafeed

[MFS62]

Singer Astrud Gilberto - the girl from Ipanema - 83
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment- ... sD7b5yusZc

Sigh.
Later

[Fman99]

RIP to one of my childhood heroes, and a darned entertaining Twitter follow, the Iron Sheik, age 81. He put the whole world in a camel clutch and then told us all we were jabronis and he was right.

[metirish]

Damn , funny guy on Twitter

[Frayed Knot]

Y'know I read somewhere that he wasn't even a real Sheik!
#misled

[whippoorwill]

Oh my, my husband must not have heard this yet

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

George Winston, an amazing performer on piano, at 73. His Christmas album., "December," is one of my favorites.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/geo ... 0CnBsBwIKA

I saw him perform once in Ann Arbor, never having seen a photo of him. The lights dimmed, the stage lights came on, and a guy walked over to the piano in jeans and a plain button-up shirt, with a beard and longish hair. He was carrying a case of some kind. He looked like a roadie, and the room was silent, waiting for the performer. He sat at the piano and said something like, "Hi, guys. It's me." and the applause started.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Evangelist Pat Robertson passed away at age 93.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... tson-dies/

[G-Fafif]

Comedian Pat Cooper, 93.

Pat Cooper, Comedian of Outrage, Is Dead at 93 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts ... -dead.html

If you have any 93-year-old Pats in your life, you might want to check in on them.

[MFS62]

Comedian Pat Cooper, 93.

Pat Cooper, Comedian of Outrage, Is Dead at 93 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts ... -dead.html

Pat Cooper was the comedian at the hotel where we went on our honeymoon.
RIP, funny guy.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Evangelist Pat Robertson passed away at age 93.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... tson-dies/

Hell just got a little more crowded.