The RIP Thread...

[Burnham]

Burn, what state, FL?

Georgia. My family lived in Atlanta at that time. Just down the road from the Allman brothers' hometown in Macon.

 

[vharrison]

Fun!

 

[Steve Mack]

'King of Twang' guitarist Duane Eddy dies at 86

The Grammy-winning US guitarist is hailed by many as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll.

www.bbc.com

 

[Mick!]

Duane Eddy.
When I heard that I though that comes under the category
‘I had no idea he was still alive‘

 

[pigwot]

I bet she had some great stories to share!

 

[vharrison]

I bet she did too!

 

[stikine]

Willie Mays

https://www.sfchronicle.com/

 

[CurSedVoyce]

😭

 

[Mick!]

only decent bit in a forgettable film.
RIP Donald

 

[Dave Shepard]

Always liked him. A different sort of dude, for sure.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Bob Newhart

 

[stikine]

John Mayall

 

[pigwot]

James Earl Jones, Actor Whose Voice Could Menace or Melt, Dies at 93​

He gave life to characters like Darth Vader in “Star Wars” and Mufasa in “The Lion King,” and went on to collect Tonys, Golden Globes, Emmys and an honorary Oscar.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Kris Kristofferson

 

[stikine]

Maggie Smith

 

[vharrison]

100 people, so far, have died from the effects of Hurricane Helene. Many still unaccounted for.😢

 

[pigwot]

Quincy Jones

 

[lxskllr]

Also Phil Lesh

 

[pigwot]

Bobby Allison, Hall of Fame NASCAR Driver, Is Dead at 86​

 

[Dave Shepard]

Jimmy Carter

 

[lxskllr]

David Lynch

 

[lxskllr]

Garth Hudson, last of The Band

Garth Hudson, co-founder and keyboardist of the Band, dies at 87

Hudson's keyboard was an essential element of the Band's sound on roots-rock classics such as 'The Weight' and 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.'

www.yahoo.com

 

[pigwot]

Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92​

He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”

Mr. Robbins claimed to draw inspiration from Asian philosophy and Greek myths — not as source material, but as paradigms for thinking through how to represent his take on reality.

“Reviewers also describe my work as ‘cartoonish,’ which I take as a compliment, because I love cartooning, and cartooning is very Greek,” he told The Seattle Weekly. “The creators of the Greek myths worked like cartoonists, painting in big bold strokes without a lot of physical or psychological detail.”

One of the keys to his lasting success with fans was the same thing that irked many of his critics: Even as he (and they) aged, he retained the same philosophical goofiness that defined his earliest writing — though he resisted calling it irreverence.

“I’m extremely reverent; it just depends what I’m looking at,” he told The Times in 2014. “From the outside, my life may look chaotic, but inside I feel like some kind of monk licking an ice cream cone while straddling a runaway horse.”

 

[pete mctree]

May he sleep well in his frog pyjamas- one of my favourite authors.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Gene Hackman