Good music, from a pretty lady. I am sad now, fuck cancer!Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
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Good music, from a pretty lady. I am sad now, fuck cancer!Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
Danny Aiello, 86, infection:
https://dlisted.com/2019/12/13/danny-aiello-has-died/
Consummate character actor. Did a fine job as a supporting character in one of my favorite movies:Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8X4r5X9c-Y
"On the floor? This is a good suit!"
I don't know how much of a celebrity he is in this part of the internet but he was important to me growing up. My family would take me to Iowa football games and I have many fond memories of tailgating before the game and watching some high quality college football thanks to him. It is why I am an Iowa Hawkeye fan to this day. On a larger scale, Hayden Fry's coaching tree is legendary and impacts the game to this day. Barry Alverez, every Stoops, Kirk Ferentz, Dan McCarney, and many others all got their start with Fry. He also broke up the "Big 2" in the Big 10, finally breaking the stranglehold Michigan and Ohio State had on the conference championship. God speed on your next journey, Coach. RIP.
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...en-fry-dies-90
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He may not be a celebrity to anyone else here, but he is to me. And perhaps it's fitting that one of the men behind the most iconic Xmas special dies on the day of:
Lee Mendelson dies on Christmas Day
Hell yes he is a celebrity, that is the best Christmas special ever!Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Seattle's favorite sports executive dies at 77
Sonics bitterness notwithstanding, David is arguably the most influential sports executive of the last 40 years.
Jack Sheldon, jazz legend and 'Schoolhouse Rock!' singer, dies at 88
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(CNN) — Jazz great Jack Sheldon, known for his work on "The Merv Griffin Show" and "Schoolhouse Rock!," has died. He was 88.
Sheldon died December 27, said Cynthia Jimenez, the sister of Sheldon's manager, Dianne Jimenez.
"To all Jack Sheldon fans, on behalf of my sister Dianne Jimenez, sadly Jack passed away on December 27. May he rest in peace with all the Jazz Cats in heaven!," Jimenez wrote in a Facebook post Monday.
More details about his death were not available Tuesday.
Sheldon was a charismatic trumpeter, singer and actor with a career that spanned several decades.
He was part of the 1950s West Coast jazz movement along with artists Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers. He collaborated on "The Shadow of Your Smile," which was part of the soundtrack of the 1965 film "The Sandpiper."
Sheldon was known for several roles in TV productions. In the 1970s, Sheldon joined "The Merv Griffin Show" as music director and trumpeter, and ultimately appeared as Griffin's sidekick for 18 years.
In 1973, he lent his voice to the children's animated series "Schoolhouse Rock!" led by Bob Dorough. He sang tunes including the fun grammar lesson "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill."
"I'm just a bill. Yes I am only a bill. And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill," he sang, explaining how a bill becomes law in the three-minute short that was broadcast between cartoons.
"Schoolhouse Rock" songs premiered in 1973 and ran on ABC for 12 years. The show came back on air in the 1990s for five more years. Today, the songs live on in YouTube videos -- some with millions of views.
He had on-screen roles in the 1966 sitcom "Run, Buddy, Run" and appeared on Sally Field's "The Girl With Something Extra" a few years later.
Services for Sheldon will be held January 10 at Forest Lawn in Cypress, California, Jimenez wrote in her post.
Rapper, Lexii dead at age 21, cause unknown
Don Larsen, only pitcher ever to throw a perfect game in the World Series, at 90:
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/y...ET_RID=5209557
Another site I visit has an actual celeb deathpool, and there's one fellow who is already at two of his twelve picks dead (Stern, Larsen). He likely won't win, since their pool awards points for each death equal to (100 minus age in years at time of death) and his pool picks are all very old compared to the people who researched semi-celebs in their 40's/50's with fatal illnesses, but it's still amazing to see someone get these things right within the first two days of the year.
The man who gave the best speech in the history of Ohio professional football has died:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...-74/ar-BBYyKos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJMa20xXykI
OK, this one really hurts!
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ituary-936221/
Neil Peart, dead at 67 from brain cancer
I have been a fan of Rush since Junior High (early 70s) and saw them countless times in concert. This guy was arguably one of the best drummers ever.
Fuck cancer!
Back in my Usenet days, there was one person who had the most over-the-top signature (on purpose), and one part of it was the line "With a quote from Neil Peart". Looks like the CBC is running this as second story behind the Iran airliner thing:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...obit-1.5422806
Ruins my fucking day. Now I really wish I'd seen them for the last time on the 2015 tour.
Best drummer ever, and a seriously multi-talented musician. Rush ranks up with Queen, Led Zepplin, The Foo Fighters and The Beatles as my favorite bands. Back in about 1982 or 83 I passed up seeing Rush to see Billy Squire because the girl I was after wanted to see Squire. I still kick myself to this day because I never got another chance. FUCK!
Yep. Hard to argue against best drummer ever.
:(
Stan Kirsch who played Richie in Highlander passed away :(
I don't have the link handy, but saw something when leaving the office that Christopher Tolkien died at the age of 95 today.