Dead Pool

[Dicey]

RIP Tina Turner.

She was an indelible part of the soundtrack of my life.

https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/#:~:text=May%2024%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Tina,at%20the%20age%20of%2083.

[nereo]

RIP Tina Turner.

She was an indelible part of the soundtrack of my life.

https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/#:~:text=May%2024%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Tina,at%20the%20age%20of%2083.

Holds the Guinness world record for most concert tickets sold by a solo artist.

[Dicey]

RIP Tina Turner.

She was an indelible part of the soundtrack of my life.

https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/#:~:text=May%2024%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Tina,at%20the%20age%20of%2083.

Holds the Guinness world record for most concert tickets sold by a solo artist.

Wonder if Taylor Swift is bucking for that record? Big shoes to fill, indeed.

[nereo]

RIP Tina Turner.

She was an indelible part of the soundtrack of my life.

https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/#:~:text=May%2024%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Tina,at%20the%20age%20of%2083.

Holds the Guinness world record for most concert tickets sold by a solo artist.

Wonder if Taylor Swift is bucking for that record? Big shoes to fill, indeed.

My guess is that Swift and Beyoncé will set a whole bunch of new high water marks in the decades to come. Both could easily tour for another few decades and churn out several more chart topping albums.

[G-dog]

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in the popular Daniel Boone series has died at the age of 95.

I am just old enough to vaguely remember watching “Daniel Boone” - mostly I remember the theme song.  And I have seen the famous axe throwing incident on the “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson on YouTube.

[RetiredAt63]

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in the popular Daniel Boone series has died at the age of 95.

I am just old enough to vaguely remember watching “Daniel Boone” - mostly I remember the theme song.  And I have seen the famous axe throwing incident on the “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson on YouTube.

95 is a good run.

This is like getting in a time machine.  I don't remember Daniel Boone at all (I googled the theme song) but I still remember the Davy Crockett theme song.   ;-)

[Sandi_k]

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in the popular Daniel Boone series has died at the age of 95.

I am just old enough to vaguely remember watching “Daniel Boone” - mostly I remember the theme song.  And I have seen the famous axe throwing incident on the “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson on YouTube.

I had no idea he was still alive!

I love his singing voice; as a young girl, his version of "Sunrise, Sunset" was one that my dad used to play. I tried hard to find it on CD as our father/daughter dance music at my wedding, but it wasn't out ANYWHERE in 1997. So we danced to another artist's version of the song, but I was sad that I couldn't find his.

I later did buy an Ed Ames Greatest Hits CD, where it appeared. So there's at least one person on the boards who owned music by him which was paid for. ;)

[G-dog]

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in the popular Daniel Boone series has died at the age of 95.

I am just old enough to vaguely remember watching “Daniel Boone” - mostly I remember the theme song.  And I have seen the famous axe throwing incident on the “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson on YouTube.

I had no idea he was still alive!

I love his singing voice; as a young girl, his version of "Sunrise, Sunset" was one that my dad used to play. I tried hard to find it on CD as our father/daughter dance music at my wedding, but it wasn't out ANYWHERE in 1997. So we danced to another artist's version of the song, but I was sad that I couldn't find his.

I later did buy an Ed Ames Greatest Hits CD, where it appeared. So there's at least one person on the boards who owned music by him which was paid for. ;)

I have that response many times!  I think he had Alzheimer’s, which could explain why there was so little recent news about him.  I had never heard of his music career.  I am not sure if I saw the original broadcast of “Daniel Boone” or if I saw reruns after school or something.

[deborah]

I definitely saw the original series. As did SO. Both of us could sing some of the opening words - even the same ones (goodness knows why we didn’t remember the others). The ones we remember are “Daniel Boone was a man, yes a biiiigggg man, … and he fought for America to make all Americans free”!

[G-dog]

I definitely saw the original series. As did SO. Both of us could sing some of the opening words - even the same ones (goodness knows why we didn’t remember the others). The ones we remember are “Daniel Boone was a man, yes a biiiigggg man, … and he fought for America to make all Americans free”!

It was a catchy theme song - those are the words I remember too.

[Glenstache]

RIP Tina Turner.

She was an indelible part of the soundtrack of my life.

https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/#:~:text=May%2024%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Tina,at%20the%20age%20of%2083.

Holds the Guinness world record for most concert tickets sold by a solo artist.

Wonder if Taylor Swift is bucking for that record? Big shoes to fill, indeed.

Hey, we don't need another hero.

[englishteacheralex]

George Winston! My favorite easy-listening pianist...man my mom loved him so much in the 90's. All I have to do is put on "Winter" and I'm 14 years old, back in the car headed to a family vacation.

He was 74.

[Kris]

Pat Robertson, at 93.

Only the good die young.

[Villanelle]

George Winston! My favorite easy-listening pianist...man my mom loved him so much in the 90's. All I have to do is put on "Winter" and I'm 14 years old, back in the car headed to a family vacation.

He was 74.

What??!?!  No!  His variations on Pachelbel's Cannon in D gives me goosebumps nearly every time.  The entire December album is my most-played of all time. I too was introduced through my mother and had the fortune of going with her to see him play in a very small venue and it was an amazing thing to share with my mom. 

[geekette]

I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.

- Clarence Darrow

(Not in reference to George Winston)

[Dicey]

George Winston! My favorite easy-listening pianist...man my mom loved him so much in the 90's. All I have to do is put on "Winter" and I'm 14 years old, back in the car headed to a family vacation.

He was 74.

Pat Robertson, at 93.

Only the good die young.

I'll miss one of these people far more than the other...

[simonsez]

Pat Robertson, at 93.

Only the good die young.

Hope his ashes can help grow a tree or provide sustenance to a bottom feeder.  That way his existence will provide at least some value to the globe.

[SunnyDays]

Ted Kaczinski, the Unabomber, age 81, in prison.  Maybe he's hobnobbing with Robertson now.

[SunnyDays]

Cormac McCarthy, age 89.  (Autocorrect changed it to Corkscrew, lol.)
Poetic if bleak writer.  He could sure turn a phrase.

[Kris]

Ted Kaczinski, the Unabomber, age 81, in prison.  Maybe he's hobnobbing with Robertson now.

And Silvio Berlusconi, three absolute shitstains of human beings. Good riddance to all of them.

[deborah]

Glenda Jackson. Amazing actress. Amazing life.

[okits]

Sue Johanson, sex educator.  We were so lucky to have her.

[G-dog]

Alan Arkin died yesterday at age 89.  Loved him in “Little Miss Sunshine”, and probably many other roles I don’t remember (“SERPENTINE!”).

[Dicey]

Alan Arkin died yesterday at age 89.  Loved him in “Little Miss Sunshine”, and probably many other roles I don’t remember (“SERPENTINE!”).

That's going to cause some confusion. He was fantastic in "The Kominsky Method". When his character died on the show, people thought he was written out because he had died, or was seriously ill. Happily, that doesn't seem to have been the case.

[jinga nation]

Sinéad O’Connor, 56.

[G-dog]

Since nobody posted it yet - Tony Bennett, 96 yo.  Suffered from Alzheimer’s his last years.

[G-dog]

Sinéad O’Connor, 56.

I just heard this on NPR. I hope it wasn’t suicide.

[ATtiny85]

Sinéad O’Connor, 56.

ouch, that's way too young. Must have been a need for a duet with Tony Bennett.

[Kris]

Sinéad O’Connor, 56.

I just heard this on NPR. I hope it wasn’t suicide.

Yeah, that's what I'm figuring. So sad, but not so surprising.

[SunnyDays]

Sinéad O’Connor, 56.

I just heard this on NPR. I hope it wasn’t suicide.

Yeah, that's what I'm figuring. So sad, but not so surprising.

I suspect so too.  Or overdose.  Or suicide by overdose.

[G-dog]

Sinéad O’Connor, 56.

I just heard this on NPR. I hope it wasn’t suicide.

Yeah, that's what I'm figuring. So sad, but not so surprising.

I suspect so too.  Or overdose.  Or suicide by overdose.

Yep - it’s just so sad to think that may be what happened.

[SunnyDays]

Ugh, another musician - Randy Meisner of The Eagles, 77, from COPD.  Heaven's band is getting bigger.

[Dicey]

Ugh, another musician - Randy Meisner of The Eagles, 77, from COPD.  Heaven's band is getting bigger.

They have a helluva band.

[G-dog]

Paul Reubens (infamous as PeeWee Herman) has died at age 70.

I was an adult (at  least according to a calendar when “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” was on Saturday morning TV.  God I loved that show - along with seeing Phil Hartman as Jamby (sp?) Captain Carl and Lawrence Fishburn as Cowboy Curtis. 

“Ahhh! Salesmen!”

Editted: corrected Phil Hartman’s role

[markbike528CBX]

Paul Reubens (infamous as PeeWee Herman) has died at age 70.

I was an adult (at  least according to a calendar when “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” was on Saturday morning TV.  God I loved that show - along with seeing Phil Hartman as Jamby (sp?) Captain Carl and Lawrence Fishburn as Cowboy Curtis. 

“Ahhh! Salesmen!”

Editted: corrected Phil Hartman’s role

My favorite memory of PeeWee's Playhouse was watching it along with the brothers of an Animal House style fraternity.
It is 10AM Saturday morning, everyone has a beer in hand and PeeWee was getting more viewing than some "swimsuit" channel. 
Someone stated "This is not for kids, it is for people like us".  Universal agreement and a swig of beer.

[G-dog]

Paul Reubens (infamous as PeeWee Herman) has died at age 70.

I was an adult (at  least according to a calendar when “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” was on Saturday morning TV.  God I loved that show - along with seeing Phil Hartman as Jamby (sp?) Captain Carl and Lawrence Fishburn as Cowboy Curtis. 

“Ahhh! Salesmen!”

Editted: corrected Phil Hartman’s role

My favorite memory of PeeWee's Playhouse was watching it along with the brothers of an Animal House style fraternity.
It is 10AM Saturday morning, everyone has a beer in hand and PeeWee was getting more viewing than some "swimsuit" channel. 
Someone stated "This is not for kids, it is for people like us".  Universal agreement and a swig of beer.

I’d totally tailgate for Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.

Maybe toss in a showing of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure  too.

[Dicey]

For you young'uns who weren't lucky enough to know PeeWee:


https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191104833/pee-wee-herman-dead-paul-reubens

[GuitarStv]

Wasn't PeeWee a pedophile?  I vaguely remember something about that a long while back.

[G-dog]

Wasn't PeeWee a pedophile?  I vaguely remember something about that a long while back.

I would say “no”,  but that’s my feeling.  First offense - arrested in an adult theater doing an adult thing. I think there was a later offense of having a picture of a underage person. Never any rumors or charges of actual acts that I ever heard about.  It’s all on the internet - so you can make up your own mind.

[SunnyDays]

Sixto Rodriguez, age 81.  Probably the most famous singer/songwriter you've never heard of.  He was the subject of a documentary called Searching for Sugarman, which triggered a career resurgence in North America.  Really interesting; I recommend watching it.  Saw him in concert a few years ago - excellent.  Seemed like a very decent human being also.

[MissNancyPryor]

Robbie Robertson of the Band, 80.

[wenchsenior]

Robbie Robertson of the Band, 80.

Ugh, my faves from my teen years are starting to drop like flies.

[solon]

Jimmy Buffett

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/entertainment/jimmy-buffett-death/index.html

[G-dog]

Jimmy Buffett

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/entertainment/jimmy-buffett-death/index.html

I didn’t see that one coming.  I thought he was older than 76 yo.

[RetiredAt63]

Jimmy Buffett

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/entertainment/jimmy-buffett-death/index.html

I didn’t see that one coming.  I thought he was older than 76 yo.

Same here - I would have said he had to be in his 80s.

[G-dog]

Bill Richardson, the politician and diplomat who came to be one of the most influential negotiators for Americans held hostage abroad, died Friday at age 75.  Bill was governor of New Mexico, I think he was in at least one president’s cabinet (Clinton?), and a sort-lived presidential candidate.  RIP.

[GuitarStv]

Jimmy Buffett

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/entertainment/jimmy-buffett-death/index.html

I didn’t see that one coming.  I thought he was older than 76 yo.

Same here - I would have said he had to be in his 80s.

Jimmy Buffet sounds like everyone's grandpa's favorite place to eat while on holiday.

[G-dog]

Jimmy Buffett

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/entertainment/jimmy-buffett-death/index.html

I didn’t see that one coming.  I thought he was older than 76 yo.

Same here - I would have said he had to be in his 80s.

Jimmy Buffet sounds like everyone's grandpa's favorite place to eat while on holiday.

Home cooking! 🤣

[G-dog]

Steve Harwell, the founder and singer of hit late 1990s and early 2000s band Smash Mouth, has died. He was 56.  Cause of death was liver failure.

[RetiredAt63]

 Illya Kuryakin David McCallum just died.  He was 90 so a good long life but still . . . . .
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66919863