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Offline Applewood

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #675 on: November 07, 2016, 01:40:43 pm »
Maybe you guys can help me.  I seem to remember a story about Ms. Reno that said she and her mother invented something that made buildings more hurricane-proof.  Now I can't find the story, so maybe I was dreaming (or having a nightmare?)  Anyway, do any of  you recall that story and if so, can you provide a link?
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #676 on: November 07, 2016, 04:31:00 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 04, 2016, 09:22:01 pm
My Mother in Law (whom I actually loved), two days ago, of cancer. She wasn't famous, would not want to be mentioned by name, but was beloved by 13 brothers, two sisters (most have passed before her), two surviving children, a platoon of grandchildren, and an army of great-grandchildren. She will be missed. She was twenty years older than Mrs. Joe.
I'm sorry Joe.  May God bless you and give you and your family strength.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #677 on: November 07, 2016, 04:42:25 pm »
Quote from: mrpotatohead on November 07, 2016, 04:31:00 pm
I'm sorry Joe.  May God bless give you and your family strength.
Thanks!
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #678 on: November 07, 2016, 06:52:52 pm »
Condolences, Joe.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #679 on: November 07, 2016, 07:10:36 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #680 on: November 11, 2016, 02:17:42 am »
Songwriter Leonard Cohen dies at 82



Born into a Jewish family in an English-speaking part of Montreal, and maintaining his faith throughout his life, Cohen began his career as a prose and poetry writer, before deciding that music would be more lucrative. It would be in music where he made his biggest impact: among his early band members was Charlie Daniels. Cohen often embedded Biblical themes in much of his music; among some of his best-known compositions were "Suzanne" and perhaps his best-known piece in modern times, "Hallelujah." His musical career spanned 50 years, from the mid-1960s until his death.

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #681 on: November 11, 2016, 02:24:47 am »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on November 11, 2016, 02:17:42 am
Songwriter Leonard Cohen dies at 82
 

Oh, No.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #682 on: November 11, 2016, 02:46:17 am »
« Last Edit: November 11, 2016, 02:46:33 am by EasyAce »
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #683 on: November 11, 2016, 02:48:32 am »
Quote from: dfwgator on November 11, 2016, 02:24:47 am
Oh, No.
I'm truly sorry to hear this news. Hallelujah is a tremendous song. One of the best versions I ever heard was recorded by the distractingly masculine-looking but angelically voiced K.D. Lang:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYiMJ2bC65A

 
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #684 on: November 11, 2016, 02:58:54 am »
I'll always remember him from Pump Up the Volume.


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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #685 on: November 11, 2016, 03:16:09 am »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on November 11, 2016, 02:48:32 am
K.D. Lang

If Carly Simon could actually sing she would sound like k.d. lang.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #686 on: November 11, 2016, 03:30:03 am »
He left quite a legacy.

My favorite version: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzB8xC_CwH8

Like angels.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #687 on: November 11, 2016, 03:32:10 am »
Quote from: EasyAce on November 11, 2016, 02:46:17 am
His most beautiful song...


Leonard Cohen,"Dance Me to the End of Love"

I like Madeleine Peyroux's version of that incredibly beautiful song.

Do you know it, Easy?  She's got a Billie Holliday-esque quality....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqpOFQvMM1A
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #688 on: November 11, 2016, 03:39:51 am »
Quote from: Sanguine on November 11, 2016, 03:30:03 am
He left quite a legacy.

My favorite version: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzB8xC_CwH8

Like angels.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #689 on: November 11, 2016, 03:40:29 am »
Quote from: Sanguine on November 11, 2016, 03:30:03 am
He left quite a legacy.

My favorite version: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzB8xC_CwH8

Like angels.
Si, come angeli; e grazie .... :seeya:
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #690 on: November 11, 2016, 03:43:29 am »
Quote from: musiclady on November 11, 2016, 03:32:10 am
I like Madeleine Peyroux's version of that incredibly beautiful song.

Do you know it, Easy?  She's got a Billie Holliday-esque quality....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqpOFQvMM1A
My God, she is Billie Holliday! What a voice!
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #691 on: November 11, 2016, 04:13:02 am »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on November 11, 2016, 03:43:29 am
My God, she is Billie Holliday! What a voice!

The whole album, Careless Love is fantastic.

She plays the guitar and sings the blues with the best of them, IMO.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #692 on: November 11, 2016, 04:30:31 am »
Quote from: musiclady on November 11, 2016, 03:32:10 am
I like Madeleine Peyroux's version of that incredibly beautiful song.

Do you know it, Easy?  She's got a Billie Holliday-esque quality....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqpOFQvMM1A

Oh yes!!
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #693 on: November 11, 2016, 11:49:46 am »
What a composer.

R.I.P
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« Reply #694 on: November 11, 2016, 06:45:42 pm »
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Character still matters.  It always matters.

I wear a mask as an exercise in liberty and love for others.  To see it as an infringement of liberty is to entirely miss the point.  Be kind.

"Sometimes I think the Church would be better off if we would call a moratorium on activity for about six weeks and just wait on God to see what He is waiting to do for us. That's what they did before Pentecost."   - A. W. Tozer

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #695 on: November 11, 2016, 06:55:55 pm »
Robert Vaughn, Suave Star of TV's 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,' Dies at 83

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Robert Vaughn, the urbane actor who starred as the American spy Napoleon Solo on the slick 1960s NBC series The Man From U.N.C.L.E., died Friday. He was 83.

Vaughn, who received an Oscar nomination for playing Paul Newman’s hard-drinking buddy Chet in the 1959 drama The Young Philadelphians, died of acute leukemia in a hospital on the East Coast, his manager Matthew Sullivan told The Hollywood Reporter. He had been undergoing treatment for his illness in New York and Connecticut.

Vaughn's memorable performances also included turns as one of the seven gunmen in The Magnificent Seven (1960), as a steely senator in Bullitt (1968) — those two opposite Steve McQueen — as an addled studio chief in Blake Edwards’ S.O.B. (1981) and as a corporate villain in Superman III (1983).
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« Reply #696 on: November 11, 2016, 09:06:19 pm »
Just saw Vaughn in an episode of Law & Order SVU.  He played an elderly author with dementia who was allegedly being abused by his much younger wife.  I was a teenager when Man From U.N.C.L.E was popular and I did not miss an episode.  My parents couldn't understand whyI was so obsessed with the show.  It was a lot of fun.

He was a Democrat, but I won't hold that against him. 

Restt in Peace.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #697 on: November 11, 2016, 09:13:17 pm »
Vaughn was a devout Communist. The election results probably assisted in his demise.
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« Reply #698 on: November 11, 2016, 09:28:35 pm »
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Vaughn was a devout Communist. The election results probably assisted in his demise.

That's why I prefer to know little to nothing about entertainers.  I want them to entertain me, and the less I know about them the more I like them.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #699 on: November 11, 2016, 09:38:30 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on November 11, 2016, 09:28:35 pm
That's why I prefer to know little to nothing about entertainers.  I want them to entertain me, and the less I know about them the more I like them.

True dat.  I don't even care if they're on "my side".  Just let me pretend for a while.
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