Obituaries for 2020

[Gefn]

The last thing I saw Mr Reiner in was “Two and a half Men”. He played the mother’s nonagenarian boyfriend. He was still funny.

Rest In Peace 

[jmyrlefuller]

Benny Mardones
One-hit wonder best known for "Into the Night" dies at 73

Obituary from Billboard

Wikipedia


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[skeeter]

Benny Mardones
One-hit wonder best known for "Into the Night" dies at 73

Obituary from Billboard

Wikipedia


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One of the oddest singles to become a hit, given the times, ever recorded.

[EasyAce]

Yet Dick van Dyke (and Kieth Richards) live.

Dick Van Dyke and Larry Mathews (who played little Richie Petrie) are now the only surviving cast members of The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Keith Richards simply doesn't realise he died circa 1972.

[skeeter]

Dick Van Dyke and Larry Mathews (who played little Richie Petrie) are now the only surviving cast members of The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Keith Richards simply doesn't realise he died circa 1972.

I’d forgotten about Richie...

Inside the album jacket for Exile on Main St there’s a pic of Kieth with a IV in his arm running to a Jack Daniels bottle. I thought he was joking.

[catfish1957]

I’d forgotten about Richie...

Inside the album jacket for Exile on Main St there’s a pic of Kieth with a IV in his arm running to a Jack Daniels bottle. I thought he was joking.

Had to look it up, but apparently in Richards case genetic longevity is trumping lifestyle.  His mother died at age 91, father 84.

I guess he could visit the graves, but he snorted his father's ashes. 

[EasyAce]

One of the oddest singles to become a hit, given the times, ever recorded.

Not as odd as you think---a fair number of R&B ballads were scoring hits even at the peak of the disco era.

[dfwgator]

Had to look it up, but apparently in Richards case genetic longevity is trumping lifestyle.  His mother died at age 91, father 84.

I guess he could visit the graves, but he snorted his father's ashes.

"Keith Richards says, 'kids shouldn't do drugs'......Keith, we can't do any drugs, because you already done them all, there's none left!  We have to wait until you die, so we can smoke your ashes!" - Dennis Leary

[skeeter]

Not as odd as you think---a fair number of R&B ballads were scoring hits even at the peak of the disco era.

I suppose so. This one smacked of Burt Bacharach to me.

[Applewood]

One thing I remember about Into the Night -- when it first came out, a local DJ trashed it Said the song was whiny and depressing.  Wouldn't play it.  The radio station got an earful from fans of the song and it was only then he began to play it again -- with a figurative gun to his head from the station manager, no doubt.

Rest in peace, Mr. Mardones. 

[Applewood]

...
Keith Richards simply doesn't realise he died circa 1972.

We poke fun at Keith, but I still say the man can play.  The Stones are all old geezers now and believe me, they are still at the top of their game.

[PeteS in CA]

One thing I remember about Into the Night -- when it first came out, a local DJ trashed it Said the song was whiny and depressing.  Wouldn't play it.  The radio station got an earful from fans of the song and it was only then he began to play it again -- with a figurative gun to his head from the station manager, no doubt.

Rest in peace, Mr. Mardones.

I don't recognize the song. I must be of the wrong musical era or something. Not to my taste, but ......

[EasyAce]

We poke fun at Keith, but I still say the man can play.  The Stones are all old geezers now and believe me, they are still at the top of their game.

They should have called it a day and a career after Exile on Main Street. (The best album of their second era and their second best album behind Aftermath.) If they had, they'd have gone out in the same blaze of glory with which the Beatles went out with Abbey Road. You could pick ten random songs off any of their subsequent albums to make one passable Stones album, but that's about all.

[Smokin Joe]

One of the oddest singles to become a hit, given the times, ever recorded.

I don't often follow such, but this time I hit the Billboard link @jmyrlefuller provided in his post, and it linked to this:
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Worth watching, an insight into the man, and I'm glad I did.

RIP Mr. Mardones

[sneakypete]

Comedy legend Carl Reiner is dead at 98


https://www.marketwatch.com/story/comedy-legend-carl-reiner-is-dead-at-98-2020-06-30?mod=home-page

Breaking

@Gefn

I can't believe Hollyweird let a lifetime leftie die at the tender age of 98,and not call it a "tragic Cona-Virus death".

The Big Boys and Girls on the left coast will be getting some angry telephone calls from DC today.

[sneakypete]

Finding a conservative in Hollywood is a rarity.  The few that are, are dealt with in a Whack-a-Mole fashion.

@catfish1957

The last two were SNL alum who got smacked down once they got their own shows and started writing their own lines. One,whose name I will no doubt remember 15 minutes from now,has his own hit comedy sitcom in primetime,and both he and the sitcom got canceled after he appeared on the BaBa WaWa gab fest called "The View". Haven't seen him since,and I THINK that was when they stopped broadcasting it live.

Another SNL alum that virtually disappeared from sight was Garret Morris. VERY talented guy that suddenly didn't seem to be able to get a job if he worked for free. I am NOT saying he is/was a right-winger conservative Republican,but he definitely didn't drink the leftist Kool-Ade.

No,it was NOT Chevy Chase. If THAT SOB ever had any talent,it had to have been blowing the producers so he could get to head up the show.

[dfwgator]

They should have called it a day and a career after Exile on Main Street. (The best album of their second era and their second best album behind Aftermath.) If they had, they'd have gone out in the same blaze of glory with which the Beatles went out with Abbey Road. You could pick ten random songs off any of their subsequent albums to make one passable Stones album, but that's about all.

And that would pretty much be the "Some Girls" album.

[sneakypete]

Yet Dick van Dyke (and Kieth Richards) live.

@skeeter

Keef doesn't count. He NEVER counts. He is the undead. He will outlive the solar system.

[sneakypete]

I’d forgotten about Richie...

Inside the album jacket for Exile on Main St there’s a pic of Kieth with a IV in his arm running to a Jack Daniels bottle. I thought he was joking.

@skeeter

Nope. He was  having lunch.

[sneakypete]

Not as odd as you think---a fair number of R&B ballads were scoring hits even at the peak of the disco era.

@Eas
R&B may occasionally go out of style in favor of something trendy,but it will never die.

Don't believe me,put on something by Jackie Wilson or Etta James the next time the grandchildren are over,and watch the look on their faces.

[catfish1957]

@catfish1957

The last two were SNL alum who got smacked down once they got their own shows and started writing their own lines. One,whose name I will no doubt remember 15 minutes from now,has his own hit comedy sitcom in primetime,and both he and the sitcom got canceled after he appeared on the BaBa WaWa gab fest called "The View". Haven't seen him since,and I THINK that was when they stopped broadcasting it live.

Another SNL alum that virtually disappeared from sight was Garret Morris. VERY talented guy that suddenly didn't seem to be able to get a job if he worked for free. I am NOT saying he is/was a right-winger conservative Republican,but he definitely didn't drink the leftist Kool-Ade.

No,it was NOT Chevy Chase. If THAT SOB ever had any talent,it had to have been blowing the producers so he could get to head up the show.

@sneakypete

I know we all have our own opinion of what is funny,  but one of the funniest of my genneration is Kelsey Grammar. 

His thin resume' right now is very telling of how Hollywood deals with conservatives....   even the more talented ones.

[EasyAce]

@Eas
R&B may occasionally go out of style in favor of something trendy,but it will never die.

Don't believe me,put on something by Jackie Wilson or Etta James the next time the grandchildren are over,and watch the look on their faces.

@sneakypete
With me, you're preaching to the choir. 

[EasyAce]

I know we all have our own opinion of what is funny,  but one of the funniest of my genneration is Kelsey Grammar. 

His thin resume' right now is very telling of how Hollywood deals with conservatives....   even the more talented ones.

@catfish1957
Anyone who can make the one spin-off comedy show (Frasier) that was better than the show that birthed it (Cheers) deserves honour, not hell.

[dfwgator]

@catfish1957

The last two were SNL alum who got smacked down once they got their own shows and started writing their own lines. One,whose name I will no doubt remember 15 minutes from now,has his own hit comedy sitcom in primetime,and both he and the sitcom got canceled after he appeared on the BaBa WaWa gab fest called "The View". Haven't seen him since,and I THINK that was when they stopped broadcasting it live.

Another SNL alum that virtually disappeared from sight was Garret Morris. VERY talented guy that suddenly didn't seem to be able to get a job if he worked for free. I am NOT saying he is/was a right-winger conservative Republican,but he definitely didn't drink the leftist Kool-Ade.

No,it was NOT Chevy Chase. If THAT SOB ever had any talent,it had to have been blowing the producers so he could get to head up the show.

One of the best Garrett Morris skits was with Julian Bond on "Black Perspectives" when Julian talked about how lighter-skinned blacks were superior to darker-skinned blacks,  and Garret is like, "Say what?"

Another good one was when he jumped on Mick Jagger for the song "Some Girls", where the lyrics were "Black Girls just want to [have sex] all night."   

"Mr. Jagger, you have besmirched the character of Black Women, so I have just one question for you, Jaggs.........'Where are these black broads, man?'  I mean like Where are they, baby?  You got any phone numbers for me?  Please",  then he gets all serious again...'Thank you!'

[sneakypete]

One of the best Garrett Morris skits was with Julian Bond on "Black Perspectives" when Julian talked about how lighter-skinned blacks were superior to darker-skinned blacks,  and Garret is like, "Say what?"

Another good one was when he jumped on Mick Jagger for the song "Some Girls", where the lyrics were "Black Girls just want to [have sex] all night."   

"Mr. Jagger, you have besmirched the character of Black Women, so I have just one question for you, Jaggs.........'Where are these black broads, man?'  I mean like Where are they, baby?  You got any phone numbers for me?  Please",  then he gets all serious again...'Thank you!'

@dfwgator

He always cracked me up with "updates for the deaf".