_________ has left the building.

[double moo]

Brimley made me want to eat more oatmeal...

[accadacca]

'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman has left the building at 43 of cancer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjDjIWPwcPU&feature=youtu.be

[accadacca]

Cliff Robinson, Portland Trail Blazers legend, has left the building at 53 from lymphoma


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfIb1jrH8mU&feature=youtu.be

[Rob L]

Diana Rigg has died aged 82.

Aka Emma Peel in "The Avengers" , she was also the only woman to marry James Bond.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/10/911469791/diana-rigg-game-of-thrones-and-the-avengers-actor-has-died-at-82?t=1599770071039

[Iceaxe]

Gale Sayers, legendary Chicago Bears star and Pro Football Hall of Famer, dead at 77

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/gale-sayers-legendary-chicago-bears-star-and-pro-football-hall-of-famer-dead-at-77

[savanna3313]

Guitar legend Eddie Van Halen has passed away at 65 from cancer. RIP

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-10-06/eddie-van-halen-guitar-dies-65

[BasinCruiser]

95491

RIP, bro.

[Byron]

Way too many cigarettes, man. That guy smoked like a fiend. He's been battling the cancer for more than 20 years...I thought he had it beat but it got him.

If you can take it, here his is shredding for 12 straight minutes...this is actually pretty good.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9r-NxuYszg

[Rob L]

A great loss.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54443394

{snip}
Eddie Van Halen formed Van Halen in the early 1970s in Los Angeles, with his brother Alex as the drummer, David Lee Roth as singer and Michael Anthony on bass.

The band released their eponymous debut album in 1978. The album shot to number 19 on the Billboard charts, becoming one of the most successful debuts of the decade.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, Van Halen received great acclaim for his distinctive guitar parts in many of the band's hits.
Some of rock's biggest names have paid their respects on social media.
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons tweeted: "My heart is broken. Eddie was not only a Guitar God, but a genuinely beautiful soul. Rest in peace, Eddie!."
On Twitter, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea wrote that Van Halen had a "beautiful creative heart".
{/snip}

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/84D9/production/_114790043_063704888-1.jpg

Not bad music for a bloody Dutchman [salut]

[rockgremlin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9r-NxuYszg

Imagine getting up every morning knowing you're that good, wow.

[Rob L]

Well he didn't get up this morning with that feeling :roll:. Stunning guitarist all the same.

[devo_stevo]

That was an awesome video. The guy could really play, and he had great stage presence too.

Also, can we appreciate the size and girth of that drum kit? Those were the days when drummers really went ham with the kits. You don't see that too much anymore.

[Byron]

I posted this here because...well, you'll see.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo-H4cLcnc4

[oldno7]

One of his best, thanks for the share.^^^

[savanna3313]

Sean Connery. One of my all time favorite actors and my favorite James Bond of all times! He was the epitome of masculinity......

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sean-connery-hollywoods-original-james-bond-dies-at-90-134204588.html


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElqMV_WXgAEUdgP?format=jpg&name=small

[Rob L]

I met him once. He said: "Rob, you're a shite, for shore eyesh"

Best Bond actor ever. Very, very good on "The hunt for Red October"

[Scott Card]

Rest in peace, Mr. Connery. Like Savanna, he is one of my all time favorite actors.

[double moo]

Anal bum cover for $200 Alex...

Best Connery spoof line ever!

[Byron]

That guy was such a badass. I've been wondering when he'd go...he's laid real low in the last 10 years. Every now and then I'll google his name and hit images to see if he's out and about...nothing. Best Bond ever...no contest.

For those of you who may not have seen it, you absolutely MUST watch the movie "The Man Who Would Be King"...Connery and Caine at their best. I own it on BluRay...it's one of those you can watch over and over.

[savanna3313]

https://scontent-den4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/123070085_2250970811705647_5729223117434001415_n.j pg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=KQ5Ik4NMOsIAX-1eEOA&_nc_ht=scontent-den4-1.xx&oh=95196dfaf205993e0181a315bd42b7a5&oe=5FC7FAD5

[savanna3313]

Anal bum cover for $200 Alex...

Best Connery spoof line ever!


SNL spoof featuring "Sean Connery" is hilarious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLkGlzNLRHE

[gholt]

SNL spoof featuring "Sean Connery" is hilarious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLkGlzNLRHEHilarious

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[Iceaxe]

Alex Trebek, long-running 'Jeopardy!' host, dies at 80
https://www.ksl.com/article/50044898/alex-trebek-long-running-jeopardy-host-dies-at-80

[Byron]

I know he's had trouble with cancer, but he's been on TV lately...and although he looked a bit ruddy, he seemed OK.

Crazy thing about death...you can be light on your feet one week and dead the next.

[BruteForce]

I know he's had trouble with cancer, but he's been on TV lately...and although he looked a bit ruddy, he seemed OK.

Crazy thing about death...you can be light on your feet one week and dead the next.

Damned! Crazy that he was 80.. no idea he was 80..

[Iceaxe]

Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, dead at 97

https://www.foxnews.com/us/chuck-yeager-the-first-man-to-break-the-sound-barrier-dead-at-97

[savanna3313]

Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, dead at 97

https://www.foxnews.com/us/chuck-yeager-the-first-man-to-break-the-sound-barrier-dead-at-97

To quote an old phrase, he was a "man's man"! I love the way he was portrayed in the movie The Right Stuff. 97 is a long life for someone who was at one time a test pilot! Hope he's soaring in the heavens now. :nod:

[Rob L]

I met him briefly once in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, back in the early or mid-nineties or thereabouts. I found him to be the most supercilious arrogant git that I'd ever had the displeasure of meeting.

But I think that is why he was so successful; not so much for his flying skills (which were evidently superb) but for his single-minded attitude to learning everything about each and every aircraft he was about to test fly. He made a good Commanding Officer too, but I would not have wished to be under his command.

He was also lucky, let's not forget that (it could be argued that to a large extent you make your own luck)...all the roads at Edwards Air Force Base are named after test pilots who weren't.

Rob

[Byron]

I met him briefly once in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, back in the early or mid-nineties or thereabouts. I found him to be the most supercilious arrogant git that I'd ever had the displeasure of meeting.

But I think that is why he was so successful; not so much for his flying skills (which were evidently superb) but for his single-minded attitude to learning everything about each and every aircraft he was about to test fly. He made a good Commanding Officer too, but I would not have wished to be under his command.

He was also lucky, let's not forget that (it could be argued that to a large extent you make your own luck)...all the roads at Edwards Air Force Base are named after test pilots who weren't.

RobPerhaps he disapproved of the POS you were flying?

[Rob L]

Perhaps he disapproved of the POS you were flying?

POS? What is that please Byron?

[Iceaxe]

ROFLMAO

Piece Of Sh*t

[Byron]

I love the English...you can insult them and they don't even know what the hell happened. It's a joke, Rob.

"It's only a flesh wound!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UijhbHvxWrA

[Iceaxe]

University of Utah freshman running back Ty Jordan has died

https://www.ksl.com/article/50073636/university-of-utah-freshman-running-back-ty-jordan-has-died

[rockgremlin]

University of Utah freshman running back Ty Jordan has died

https://www.ksl.com/article/50073636/university-of-utah-freshman-running-back-ty-jordan-has-died

I'm speechless. WTF...?

I wonder if Jordan Wilmore will reapply to get back on the team now?:lol8:

[BasinCruiser]

University of Utah freshman running back Ty Jordan has died

https://www.ksl.com/article/50073636/university-of-utah-freshman-running-back-ty-jordan-has-died

Wow. That’s terrible. He had such a bright football career.

If it turns out that he did die from a self induced accidental discharge of a firearm, I won’t be surprised if the tyrants at the U hand down rules of no handling of firearms ever by athletes ( sim to their current soc dist and mask restrictions on athletes for the virus).

[DirkHammergate]

Wow. That’s terrible. He had such a bright football career.

If it turns out that he did die from a self induced accidental discharge of a firearm, I won’t be surprised if the tyrants at the U hand down rules of no handling of firearms ever by athletes ( sim to their current soc dist and mask restrictions on athletes for the virus).

Go **** your self

[BasinCruiser]

Go **** your self

[emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]
Wow, did I hit a nerve there? What did I say that got you all pissy?

[Byron]

[emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]
Wow, did I hit a nerve there? What did I say that got you all pissy?Yeah, he seems a little touchy. Maybe he had a crush on the guy?

[DirkHammergate]

Yeah, he seems a little touchy. Maybe he had a crush on the guy?

No, that statement was stupid. Ignorant.

So I’m going with “Go **** yourselves on this Alt-Right website”

Frankly, I blame those that spun up the site.

[erial]

Tony Rice . . . gone.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tONjW0-Ok_4

[oldno7]

No, that statement was stupid. Ignorant.

So I’m going with “Go **** yourselves on this Alt-Right website”

Frankly, I blame those that spun up the site.

and yet--here you are, like a moth to a flame.

and we value you as such.

[Rob L]

Pierre Cardin has departed this mortal coil.

Fashion designer of some note (but not to my taste). 98 years old; not a bad inning.

[BasinCruiser]

95952

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/532127-actress-who-played-mary-ann-on-gilligans-islands-dies-of?fbclid=IwAR394617eLdj7d-DBjneS3WHYJOC3gMSXYC-2Ha_7wcEkqX0u2MSY4TUTHA

[Iceaxe]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201230/b3ad6aa1142c607b5e3ad40ac5d9aaf0.jpg

[BasinCruiser]

RIP - Tommy Lasorda.

96020

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/tommy-lasorda-dies-dodgers-legend-and-hall-of-fame-manager-dead-at-age-93-heart-attack/

[dougrz]

^ Tommy Lasorda. What a great, great character in baseball. So sad his infectious energy is gone.

One of the funniest vids of his antics, the battle against the Phillie Phanatic back in the 80s. When baseball was still innocent and fun for the most part.

https://youtu.be/vX4L2LHGs98

[BasinCruiser]

RIP Hammerin Hank. Too bad he has to go out with conspiracy surrounding his name tangled with the China Virus.


96070


https://noqreport.com/2021/01/22/mlb-legend-hank-aaron-dies-two-weeks-after-getting-covid-19-vaccine/

[Iceaxe]

Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87
https://www.ksl.com/article/50093158/larry-king-broadcasting-giant-for-half-century-dies-at-87)

[erial]

1933-2021



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_jGAGL9SAo

[DiscGo]

This one hits me hard:

https://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dustin-Diamond-1.jpg

https://www.ksl.com/article/50098877/saved-by-the-bell-star-dustin-diamond-dies-of-cancer-at-44

[devo_stevo]

Poor Screech. Stupid cancer.

[Rob L]

Mary Wilson


https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/6022c5883d879bcfdcd6aa47/2:1/w_2560%2Cc_limit/Mary-Wilson.jpg

[Iceaxe]

Larry Flynt

Utah's bizarre connections to late pornographer Larry Flynt
https://www.ksl.com/article/50106033/utahs-bizarre-connections-to-late-pornographer-larry-flynt

[rockgremlin]

Rush Limbaugh dead at 70 after losing battle with cancer.


https://www.foxnews.com/media/rush-limbaugh-dead-talk-radio-conservative-icon

[Byron]

Rush Limbaugh dead at 70 after losing battle with cancer.


https://www.foxnews.com/media/rush-limbaugh-dead-talk-radio-conservative-iconTrump giving him that medal at the last SOTU address was the ultimate liberal bitch slap, IMO. I thought when that happened..."Man, that is MAJOR balls!". I think Mark Steyn would do great as a replacement...he makes fun of a lot of stuff but if he were doing it on a daily basis I think he'd get a bit more serious.

[Iceaxe]

Boxing Legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler dead at 66.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/marvelous-marvin-hagler-boxing-legend-dead

[Byron]

Boxing Legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler dead at 66.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/marvelous-marvin-hagler-boxing-legend-deadI remember the fight he had with Sugar Ray Leonard...I was rooting for Leonard but when the fight was over I figured Hagler won it...but of course, he didn't. It's a "matter of opinion", but that fight showed me that the best man doesn't always win. I think it's when I truly understood that the corruption I'd heard about in boxing actually existed. I remember professional boxing being put back on it's heels a bit after that...but then Mike Tyson showed up and saved it by just clobbering the shit out of everybody.

[Rob L]

The Queen's Consort, Prince Philip (aka Phil the Greek) has left the building just two months short of his 100th birthday.

Despite me not liking him much, I did like the way he wasn't frightened to say what he thought, despite putting his foot in it once in a while :facepalm1:

[DiscGo]

The Queen's Consort, Prince Philip (aka Phil the Greek) has left the building just two months short of his 100th birthday.

96348

Too soon?

[BasinCruiser]

96350

[Rob L]

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 dies aged 90

https://e3.365dm.com/21/04/2048x1152/skynews-michael-collins-armstrong_5359167.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20210428174856
A very humbling interview:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56921562 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56921562)

Only Buzz left!

I have to confess that in Collins' position, I'd be really pissed off by being only 50 miles from the moon but not landing there.

Equally as brave an explorer as Armstrong and Aldrin and those that went before.

[Iceaxe]

Read Michael Collins book "Carrying the Fire", it's a great read if you like that type of stuff.

His greatest fear was what if Neil and Buzz had a problem and could not rendezvous with the command module and he had to return alone. How hard would it be to abandon them? How would he deal with it?

FWIW - The Apollo 11 crew only gave their mission a 50% chance of success. All those astronauts had huge bass balls.

Anyhoo... food for thought.

[Rob L]

...His greatest fear was what if Neil and Buzz had a problem and could not rendezvous with the command module and he had to return alone. How hard would it be to abandon them? ....


It was far more than a "greatest" fear for Collins...it was more of a likelihood of failure (you mention 50%; most gave it a much lower chance of success). Fortunately, it worked out better.

Rob

[Iceaxe]

Another legend from my youth bites the dust...

Bobby Unser, three time Indy 500 winner dead at 87.

https://www.espn.com/racing/indycar/story/_/id/31383651/bobby-unser-three-indianapolis-500-winner-dies-age-87

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210503/aea099bc5f37eb6e543bbb2015982060.jpg

[Iceaxe]

She was every boys wet dream in the mid 80's....

Tawny Kitaen, '80s music video vixen, dead at 59

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tawny-kitaen-music-video-vixen-dead

Here is one of her most famous videos.

https://youtu.be/WyF8RHM1OCg


Here is her Ratt video.

https://youtu.be/u2CsUYAP6AU


One more....

https://youtu.be/swPt9HBRXuE

[rockgremlin]

She was every boys wet dream in the mid 80's....

Tawny Kitaen, '80s music video vixen, dead at 59

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tawny-kitaen-music-video-vixen-dead

Here is one of her most famous videos.

https://youtu.be/WyF8RHM1OCg


Here is her Ratt video.

https://youtu.be/u2CsUYAP6AU


One more....

https://youtu.be/swPt9HBRXuE


Oh yeah - that hot girl from the Whitesnake videos....dang, what happened? Drugs? :ne_nau:

[rockgremlin]

Charles Grodin dead at 86.

[devo_stevo]

https://cyclingtips.com/2021/05/robert-marchand-105-plus-hour-record-holder-dies-at-109/?fbclid=IwAR3vUWYkLk5EsNgGjdjGn3DcD_WW-pBn-HIKnFB2XFXSgFcgWqEapIWDfxo

Robert Marchand, who holds the hour record in both the over-100 and over-105 categories, has died. He was 109.

Most of you may not know or care who this guy is, but he was pretty inspiring. Especially at that age. He was a legend in his own right in the cycling world.

[rockgremlin]

Mark Eaton, NBA All-Star center for the Utah Jazz is dead at the young age of 64.

[Rob L]

https://cyclingtips.com/2021/05/robert-marchand-105-plus-hour-record-holder-dies-at-109/?fbclid=IwAR3vUWYkLk5EsNgGjdjGn3DcD_WW-pBn-HIKnFB2XFXSgFcgWqEapIWDfxo

Robert Marchand, who holds the hour record in both the over-100 and over-105 categories, has died. He was 109.

Most of you may not know or care who this guy is, but he was pretty inspiring. Especially at that age. He was a legend in his own right in the cycling world.

Well he was indeed a Star! Thank you Devo_stevo for bringing his name to the Bogley fore.

Rob

[devo_stevo]

Well he was indeed a Star! Thank you Devo_stevo for bringing his name to the Bogley fore.

Rob
No problem. I'm a big cycling fan and that guy was an inspiration.

[Sandstone Addiction]

Dusty Hill, bassist for ZZ Top.

He's gone on to look for some tush in the great downtown in the sky...

96827


"But wait there's more!"

Ron Popiel, inventor and marketing genius dead at 86.

96828

[Rob L]

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80. The following is copied & pasted from press sources:


Musician’s publicist says he died peacefully in a London hospital surrounded by his family.

Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer who propelled the band’s sound for nearly 60 years, has died aged 80.
A statement from his London publicist, Bernard Doherty, to the PA Media news agency said: “It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts.

“He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family. Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also, as a member of the Rolling Stones, one of the greatest drummers of his generation.”
Earlier this month, it was announced that Watts was to miss the band’s forthcoming US tour (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/05/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-likely-to-miss-us-tour-to-recover-from-procedure) as he recovered from an unspecified medical procedure.
With his limber stance, keen knowledge of jazz, and unruffled ability to make songs swing even when keeping the strictest time, Watts is regarded as one of the greatest – and most stylish – rock drummers of all time.
Born in 1941, Watts was raised in Wembley, north-west London, and later the suburb of Kingsbury. His first musical love was US jazz from the swing and bebop eras, drumming along with jazz records after getting his first kit in his mid-teens. He later attended art school and became a graphic designer after graduation, playing in local bands on the side.

In 1962 he joined Blues Incorporated, a linchpin band in the British rhythm and blues scene led by Alexis Korner, playing alongside the Cream bassist Jack Bruce and more in a fluid lineup. Through Korner he met Brian Jones, who would play at Blues Incorporated gigs, and they found regular fans in Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who also ended up playing with the group.
Jagger and Richards soon formed their own group, the Rolling Stones, with Watts joining in 1963. “ It was another band to join, I was in about three of them,” Watts later said; he began living informally with the group. “We’d rehearse a lot. They – Brian and Keith – never went to work, so we played records all day, in that rather bohemian life. Mick was at university. But he paid the rent.”
Always using a straightforward four-drum setup – positively minimalist compared with the multi-instrument setups favoured by many rock groups – he gave the Rolling Stones propulsive, unfussy backbeats on every one of their studio albums, beginning with their self-titled 1964 debut. “I don’t like drum solos,” he once said. “I admire some people that do them, but generally I prefer drummers playing with the band. The challenge with rock’n’roll is the regularity of it. My thing is to make it a dance sound – it should swing and bounce.”
Weathering the death of Jones in 1969, the band went on to epitomise stadium rock’n’roll – though Watts regarded them as a “blues band” – scoring 13 UK No 1 albums including the critically adored likes of Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. Watts helped to power their high-energy world tours, playing with the group well into his mid-70s – his final tour was the two-year No Filter tour, beginning in 2017.
Alongside the Rolling Stones, Watts also played jazz in a series of groups over the years, including his own quintet and tentet, and Rocket 88, reuniting with Korner and Bruce in the late 1970s to play boogie-woogie.
In the mid-1980s, he was bandleader in the Charlie Watts Orchestra, a gargantuan unit playing big band jazz that toured the world, and released a live album, The Charlie Watts Orchestra Live at Fulham Town Hall. “Mick really likes it,” he said of his Rolling Stones bandmates in 1987. “Keith’s very annoyed, though, that we don’t have a guitar player. He thinks it’s a sacrilege. But I just told him that with 33 guys, it’s hard enough to fit everyone’s solos in as it is.”
Unlike the colourful romantic histories of his Rolling Stones bandmates, Watts was stable in his personal life: he married his wife Shirley Ann Shepherd in 1964, and they remained together until his death. He is also survived by their daughter, Seraphina, and granddaughter Charlotte.



Performing on the Rolling Stones’ No Filter tour in 2019, in Houston, Texas. Photograph: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty ImagesAlthough known as a more temperate rock star compared with the rest of the Stones, Watts struggled with alcohol, amphetamines and heroin use for a period in the 1980s. “I think it was a midlife crisis,” he told the Observer in 2000 (https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/jul/09/features.magazine27). “All I know is that I became totally another person around 1983 and came out of it about 1986. I nearly lost my wife and everything over my behaviour … I wasn’t that badly affected, I wasn’t a junkie, but giving up [drugs] was very, very hard.” He said that falling down the steps of his cellar drunk while fetching another bottle of wine “really brought it home to me how far down I’d gone. I just stopped everything – drinking, smoking, taking drugs, everything, all at once.”
In 2004, he was diagnosed with throat cancer, but recovered after a course of radiotherapy.
After undergoing emergency surgery last month and announcing he would not appear on tour – he was to be replaced by Steve Jordan – he commented in a typically droll manner: “For once my timing has been a little off.”
The procedure had been announced as “completely successful” with Watts needing “proper rest and recuperation”. Richards had said: “This has been a bit of a blow to all of us, and we’re all wishing for Charlie to have a speedy recovery.”
Watts’ final release with the band was Living in a Ghost Town, a 2020 single taken from a studio album they had been planning.
Other artists paying tribute include Robbie Robertson of the Band, who said: “Charlie’s drumming is powerful and unique. His approach is entirely his own and helped shape the sound of rock’n’roll.” Paul Stanley of Kiss called Watts “one of the true timeless icons and the backbone of the Stones. Hard to fathom the loss.”
Joan Jett said Watts was “the most elegant and dignified drummer in rock’n’roll. He played exactly what was needed – no more – no less. He is one of a kind.” Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine called him “one of the greatest and most important architects of the music we love … Rock’n’roll would not be rock’n’roll without the rhythm, the style, the vibe of this incredible musician.” Questlove, drummer with the Roots, called him “the heartbeat of rock’n’roll”.

[devo_stevo]

Comedian Norm Macdonald is dead at the age of 61.
https://lonestar925.iheart.com/featured/jeff-k/content/2021-09-14-comedian-norm-macdonald-dead-at-61/?fbclid=IwAR0-wJnZlEmA2CwNOswCYqt7dLt3ARR22G2U7vwQFITtmbBMCIKJJ8 UqAIM

[BasinCruiser]

One of the last greats on SNL.

96931

[devo_stevo]

He was a genuinely funny man.

[BasinCruiser]

96932

[devo_stevo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKmadR4Ye54

[Iceaxe]

The world lost an excellent Soldier and an amazing leader. RIP Sir.

Colin Powell, former secretary of state, dead at 84 from COVID-19 complications

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/colin-powell-dead-covid-19-former-secretary-of-state

[BasinCruiser]

And he was vaccinated. :eek2:

[Rob L]

At that age, no-one dies from "COVID-19 complications".

They die from other things, like old age or cancer or strokes or Parkinsons or breaking a hip or blood diseases or other illnesses. If after death they tested positive for COVID-19 then that seems to be attached to their death certifificate, very unfairly in my opinion.

My father died ten months ago, and for some inexplicable reason they tested his corpse for the Covid virus, which proved negative.

The official cause of death was determined to be "from old age"...those were the words rightly on his death certificate.

But had his corpse tested positive for C-19, he would have deemed to die from that. That's not right.

[Iceaxe]

The world lost an excellent Soldier and an amazing leader. RIP Sir.

Colin Powell, former secretary of state, dead at 84 from COVID-19 complications

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/colin-powell-dead-covid-19-former-secretary-of-state
Older people tend to pass shortly after their partners do, and Powell recently saw the end of the love of his life... the Afganistan war.

:-)

[Rob L]

Rock musician John Miles has died at the age of 72, his family have confirmed.


Was it really 1976? How time flies. I was in my mid-teens then, and remember it well from then, and now.
A lovely song, and wonderful orchestration.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAsvjVx-Mg4&ab_channel=KATTIVIK62



And live in 2001:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11V_2wTSnPk&ab_channel=RockenfolieRockenfo lie

[Scott Card]

^^^^ Thanks for posting. ^^^^^ I don't why, but I don't remember any of his music. I was in my early teens in 1976. I enjoyed the live video you posted. I'm going to check out his other music.

[Rob L]

John Miles also wrote some great ballads, but this song was his only hit (at least in the UK and, I think, Australia)

1976 was in the time of punk rock and, in somewhat a reverse rebellion, the time created emergence of the likes of Meat Loaf and Queen who chose to create (or re-create!) orchestras as part of main-stream music.

[Iceaxe]

Al Unser four time Indy 500 winner dead at 82.

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/al-unser-four-time-indy-500-winner-dead-at-82

[BasinCruiser]

Boom!!!

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https://sports.yahoo.com/sports-world-mourns-the-loss-of-hall-of-famer-nfl-icon-john-madden-twitter-reaction-005128983.html

[BasinCruiser]

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[Rob L]

John Miles also wrote some great ballads, but this song was his only hit (at least in the UK and, I think, Australia)
1976 was in the time of punk rock and, in somewhat a reverse rebellion, the time created emergence of the likes of Meat Loaf and Queen who chose to create (or re-create!) orchestras as part of main-stream music.

I guess his death can't go unrecognised here: he was very influential upon my music choices back when I was a teenager in the late seventies. I hated punk, so moved my appreciation to his (and others') style of music.
Bat out of Hell is always in my car. There was big press coverage here in the UK of his death.

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[Scott Card]

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Are you sure that isn't Rosie O'Donnell? Are they related?

[Byron]

His name was Robert Paulson...his name was Robert Paulson.

[BasinCruiser]

RIP Neil Young on Spotify.

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[Byron]

Too bad Mr. Young is so batshit crazy...the guy has made some outstanding music. Check out this little gem.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdPs5YXQTSw

[rockgremlin]

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried passed away yesterday (4/12/22) at the age of 67. Apparently he had a rare version of muscular dystrophy.

[Iceaxe]

I used to hang out with Robbie, he went to Lake Powell with us a couple times back in the day when I owned a 32' Cigarette... RIP

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