Sad news

[mlooney 3,417]

She was one of my first movie star crushes.  

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Yeah. This is happening too often, isn't it?

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

President Jimmy Carter has begun in-home hospice care

 

[Amiable Dorsai 70]

Rachel Welch, wow. This one hits me harder than I would expect, she featured prominently in my post-pubescent fantasies. In my mind she's forever about 25.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

Richard Belzer has passed on today.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
Harry Belafonte
March 1, 1927 - April 25, 2023 

The daylight came, and he has gone home 

He turned the world around 

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

Jerry Springer has passed.

[mlooney 3,417]

He was an important part of American daytime TV.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

 

A legitimate journalist and politician before turning to sensationalism. 

He was one of the one of the big steps that television took away from the era of chain smoking middle aged white men in three piece suits blandly talking about anything without passion or conviction.

[mlooney 3,417]

7 minutes ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

He was one of the one of the big steps that television took away from the era of chain smoking middle aged white men in three piece suits blandly talking about anything without passion or conviction.

Other than the chain smoking, I'd almost rather have that back for news.  Screaming talking heads give me a headache.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

2 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
Harry Belafonte
March 1, 1927 - April 25, 2023 

The daylight came, and he has gone home 

He turned the world around 

"I'm sad to say, he's on his way, won't be back for many a day ..."

Sad, but not unexpected, he was 96. Pretty active until the end.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

1 hour ago, mlooney said:

Other than the chain smoking, I'd almost rather have that back for news.  Screaming talking heads give me a headache.

I'd rather have actual news, which may be why I listen to BBC news on Public Radio a lot.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.

November 17, 1938 -  May 01, 2023.

His legend lives on . . .

 

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Worth noting his bio. He was fairly influential, both as a singer and as a songwriter.

 

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Jim Brown, American football player, actor (The Dirty Dozen, The Running Man, Mars Attacks!), and civil rights activist passed away on May 18, 2023.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

Sinead O'Connor has passed on. Now she'll get to finally learn if the pope really was the "real enemy," I guess.

[The Old Hack 2,448]

49 minutes ago, ProfessorTomoe said:

Sinead O'Connor has passed on. Now she'll get to finally learn if the pope really was the "real enemy," I guess.

He is damn well not my friend.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Only 56. Not seeing cause of death. She was a smoker, could be cancer.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

I learned yesterday, listening to NPR, that Tony Bennett has passed. July 21, 2023. I've heard him sing on TV and probably on the radio, he was a good singer, not of my generation, but authentic. I knew of his collaboration with Lady Gaga, and have seen him on YouTube, where due to his Alzheimer's he barely knew where he was, but once he hit the stage, he was in full control of his singing and lyrics.

I learned a lot about him in the last less than 24 hours.

He was a vet. Born in 1926, he was drafted near the end of WW II and was sent as one of many replacements after the Battle of the Bulge. He participated in the invasion of Germany, often fighting house to house. He said his experiences in the war made him a pacifist.

He participated in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery.

He struggled with addiction and managing his finances. Fortunately, one of his children became his capable manager.

He was also an accomplished artist and painter, several of his works are on permanent display.

He is currently the record holder for oldest person to release an album of new material, age 95.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

 

At the 2016 Macy's Thanksiving Parade, Tony Bennet was on a float with Muppets, singing a duet with Miss Piggy.  At one point Bennet started to fall & Miss Piggy was seen holding him up.

Why do I suspect a lot of younger performers would let the old guy fall?

 

[The Old Hack 2,448]

4 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

Why do I suspect a lot of younger performers would let the old guy fall?

Because you hate young people?

I have friends among millennials and even a couple Zoomers. They are better than the media would make them. They have been taught the hard way that supporting one another is important. Mostly in the form of getting none from older politicians who are supposed to care about their future. If they did, the planet would be in better shape and schools in America being shooting galleries wouldn't be responded to with 'thoughts and prayers.'

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

 

5 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

Because you hate young people? 

 

I resent this. 

This implies that there are some people I do not hate. 

I hate everyone. 

ESPECIALLY Everyone. 

 

[The Old Hack 2,448]

You can't trust everybody. Tears for Fears exposed them. Everybody wants to rule the world. That sort of ambition is definitionally untrustworthy.

[ijuin 572]

Ruling the whole world is too much stress and responsibility. I just want to dominate the people I meet, not a bunch of strangers I will never see. 

[Darth Fluffy 302]

19 hours ago, ijuin said:

Ruling the whole world is too much stress and responsibility.

That sums up my reaction.