Obituaries for 2017

[libertybele]

Two great ones, that died in the last year


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm3NoFsaKQ0

I usually don't get emotional over celebrities; but Leon and Glen were absolutely amazingly talented and both are legendary.  Their stories each different, but similar in the aspect that few really know how talented they really were; being a part of the "Wrecking Crew" is a story all in it's own.

[libertybele]

Sung in 2012 -- Alzheimer's had already set in.  He's still absolutely fantastic!!!!  It was incredible that his family helped him to continue to tour ... till he just couldn't!  Love it...  Yep ... I'm emotional over this one folks!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=fufM9cICV_g

[libertybele]

Try A Little Kidness!!  Guitar pickin' at its best!!  Amazing! 


www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAPCYoVEjv0

[libertybele]

Gentle On My Mind -- Last Live Performance


www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgTcAZyAzX4

[libertybele]

Glen Campbell - Adios     RIP!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQQoUx1oOU

[TomSea]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khq8YkZPP64

I prefer the original.

[Wingnut]

Y'all should start a Glen Campbell thread over in the Music forum. Post up your favorite youtube videos and such  Then you could revisit it when you need a Rhinestone Cowboy fix!
Link to forum is:
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/board,96.0.html

[libertybele]

Glen Campbell - Amazing Grace (with bagpipes)!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUAiWDRh5tU

[corbe]

Glen Campbell album sales soar 13,000 percent after singer's death
 Reuters
5 hrs ago

Analytics company BuzzAngle Music said Campbell's digital album sales rose more than 13,000 percent on Tuesday after news of the musician's passing at the age of 81.

Most of the sales came for Campbell's greatest hits albums, but streaming and sales of his hit songs were also up more than 6,000 percent, BuzzAngle Music reported on Wednesday.

Campbell's death in Nashville, following a nationwide farewell tour in 2012 following his Alzheimer's announcement, brought emotional tributes from country music stars and fans alike.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/glen-campbell-album-sales-soar-13000-percent-after-singers-death/ar-AApNjfT?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=ientp

[anubias]

My personal favorite that always brings back some sweet memories.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTbTHlTmDX8

[AllThatJazzZ]

Glenn Campbell has died.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/08/08/glen-campbell-dead/

I'm really bummed out about this. RIP, Rhinestone Cowboy

I was at the vet when I read it on Drudge. When the vet and her tech came back in the room, I told them that Glen Campbell had just passed. They looked at me blankly. "Who?"

Honestly! How do you go through life and not know who Glen Campbell is? She said that they were rockers and didn't listen to country stations. I explained to her that he wasn't limited to country stations. His music was Top 40. I named some of the songs he was well known for -- "Galveston" being one of them, and told them that he was in "True Grit." No light came on for them. I really kinda thought "Galveston" would trigger something they could recognize since the vet I visited was at Animal Alliance of GALVESTON County.

[AllThatJazzZ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8TsAh-zYFI&feature=share

It stuns me when someone criticizes this song. I've only seen a handful of negative comments about it, so I understand that most people do get it. It's such a poignant and haunting lyric about such a devastatingly cruel disease. I remember feeling conflicted when Maureen Reagan passed. I was glad that her dad didn't have to experience the pain of losing her, and yet sad that he couldn't experience the pain of losing her. That's the tragic dichotomy of Alzheimer's.

One of my BFFs takes care of elderly folks, some of whom have dementia. One of her Alzheimer's patients sadly says of herself that she's just a blank sheet of paper. I'm sure in his moments of clarity before his mind completely succumbed to the disease, Glen knew exactly what was ahead of him.   

[AllThatJazzZ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5cc7xNUA2w

My favorite version of this song.

[Gefn]

I was at the vet when I read it on Drudge. When the vet and her tech came back in the room, I told them that Glen Campbell had just passed. They looked at me blankly. "Who?"

Honestly! How do you go through life and not know who Glen Campbell is? She said that they were rockers and didn't listen to country stations. I explained to her that he wasn't limited to country stations. His music was Top 40. I named some of the songs he was well known for -- "Galveston" being one of them, and told them that he was in "True Grit." No light came on for them. I really kinda thought "Galveston" would trigger something they could recognize since the vet I visited was at Animal Alliance of GALVESTON County.

Netflix just put up that Alzheimer's movie about Glen Campbell so I would assume if you are of the generation who only knows bs like the kardashians, you might be  familiar with that.

Galveston was used as the closing on one of the episodes of that HBO special they did on Robert Hurst. Again, I would think people would recognize him for that.

Unfortunately I think people are indeed getting dumber and dumber, and Mike Judge was correct a decade ago with his movie. We are culturally illiterate

[mountaineer]

It stuns me when someone criticizes this song.

I hope you didn't take any of my comments as criticism of the Campbell video. As one with family members who have had dementia, I certainly wouldn't do that. It's a sad song.

Also sad is that people in Galveston could be unfamiliar with him!

[goatprairie]

I was at the vet when I read it on Drudge. When the vet and her tech came back in the room, I told them that Glen Campbell had just passed. They looked at me blankly. "Who?"

Honestly! How do you go through life and not know who Glen Campbell is? She said that they were rockers and didn't listen to country stations. I explained to her that he wasn't limited to country stations. His music was Top 40. I named some of the songs he was well known for -- "Galveston" being one of them, and told them that he was in "True Grit." No light came on for them. I really kinda thought "Galveston" would trigger something they could recognize since the vet I visited was at Animal Alliance of GALVESTON County.

How old did they look?  If they were at least in their late thirties or early forties, they haven't gotten out much.
But then again I'm nearing seventy, and I'd probably wouldn't recognize many famous, young entertainers today. Never listen to any of them.
However, when I was in my teens many of the people/entertainers I liked (such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, etal) were as much as fifty years or more older than I was.  We didn't care what age they were.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Unfortunately I think people are indeed getting dumber and dumber...

I agree. And isn't it ironic that that's happening in such an era as this one where people have access to more information at their fingertips than any previous generation ever has.

[dfwgator]

I agree. And isn't it ironic that that's happening in such an era as this one where people have access to more information at their fingertips than any previous generation ever has.

Because people think they don't have to learn anything, because if they actually do need to know something they can just "Google" it.

[AllThatJazzZ]

I hope you didn't take any of my comments as criticism of the Campbell video. As one with family members who have had dementia, I certainly wouldn't do that. It's a sad song.

Also sad is that people in Galveston could be unfamiliar with him!

Not at all did I consider you to be critical of Glen's song. I had seen someone on this thread say some rather ugly things but then I considered the source.

I remember viewing the song for the first time on YouTube the night he passed. Even, on YouTube -- where people say some of the most hideous, vile things behind their masks of anonymity -- about 98% of the commenters understood the song's message. I think it's a rather remarkable song.

[AllThatJazzZ]

How old did they look?  If they were at least in their late thirties or early forties, they haven't gotten out much.
But then again I'm nearing seventy, and I'd probably wouldn't recognize many famous, young entertainers today. Never listen to any of them.
However, when I was in my teens many of the people/entertainers I liked (such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, etal) were as much as fifty years or more older than I was.  We didn't care what age they were.

The vet wasn't a spring chicken but wasn't as old as I am (this year I reached that 7th decade that you're nearing). The tech was quite young. She did know of Glen Campbell but only because of her parents. Both drew a blank when I sang a few notes of "Galveston." (Yes, I sang in the exam room. I'm eccentric that way.)

Like you, I don't have much knowledge of today's singers, except for the few whose work is present in many media venues. Before the groping trial, I knew who Taylor Swift was. The only song I know of hers is from that viral video of the policeman lip syncing it in his car, which I thought was just a hoot. Reminded me of myself and some of my own "performances" behind the wheel. Also, like you, I was well acquainted with the names of the entertainers you mentioned.

Policeman performing Taylor Swift song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XFBUM8dMqw

[berdie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8TsAh-zYFI&feature=share

The first time I heard that song I broke down in tears. He was still at the point that he knew what was happening @mountaineer

[berdie]

Sung in 2012 -- Alzheimer's had already set in.  He's still absolutely fantastic!!!!  It was incredible that his family helped him to continue to tour ... till he just couldn't!  Love it...  Yep ... I'm emotional over this one folks!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=fufM9cICV_g

I saw a concert on tv he did with his family as back up. His son was feeding him the lyrics. But Glenn, ever the performer, kept a smile on his face and his voice sounded true.

I'm emotional about it as well.

[TomSea]

World's oldest man, Auschwitz survivor Yisrael Kristal dies
    11 August 2017

The world's oldest man - the only member of his immediate family to survive the Holocaust - has died at the age of 113.

Polish-born Yisrael Kristal died on Friday, a month before he was due to turn 114, Israeli media reported.

Mr Kristal, who lived in Haifa, Israel, hit the headlines last year after deciding to celebrate his bar mitzvah a century late.

The original celebration had not taken place because World War One broke out.

Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40904907

[sneakypete]

The world's oldest man - the only member of his immediate family to survive the Holocaust - has died at the age of 113.

Polish-born Yisrael Kristal died on Friday, a month before he was due to turn 114, Israeli media reported.

Mr Kristal, who lived in Haifa, Israel, hit the headlines last year after deciding to celebrate his bar mitzvah a century late.

The original celebration had not taken place because World War One broke out.

Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40904907

@TomSea

He WAS the Worlds Oldest Man yesterday.

Today it's someone else.

[Suppressed]

Blanche Blackwell, mistress and muse of James Bond's creator, dies at 104
By Matt Schudel The Washington Post 17 hrs ago

Fascinating... http://www.roanoke.com/news/blanche-blackwell-mistress-and-muse-of-james-bond-s-creator/article_92d89725-1768-5ea9-8945-6c2381bb0a19.html