Author Topic: Obituaries for 2018 (Read 160001 times)

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #900 on:** August 16, 2018, 08:06:37 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on August 16, 2018, 05:30:17 pm

April 21 death for him. August 16 may be an increased chance, but it doesn't mean everyone will die then, just like troubled musicians aren't doomed to die at 27.

musiclady · « **Reply #901 on:** August 16, 2018, 08:09:30 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on August 16, 2018, 02:05:40 pm

May she rest in peace.

Amen!

EasyAce · « **Reply #902 on:** August 16, 2018, 08:16:31 pm »

RIP Lady Soul . . .

Aretha Franklin, Aretha Now!

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verga · « **Reply #903 on:** August 16, 2018, 08:17:45 pm »

Quote from: thackney on August 16, 2018, 07:29:16 pm

https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/august/16

Thank you.

Hoodat · « **Reply #904 on:** August 16, 2018, 11:32:46 pm »

G-d is building up one heck of a choir.

Sanguine · « **Reply #905 on:** August 16, 2018, 11:38:43 pm »

Quote from: Hoodat on August 16, 2018, 11:32:46 pm

G-d is building up one heck of a choir.

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libertybele · « **Reply #906 on:** August 16, 2018, 11:56:27 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on August 16, 2018, 04:47:42 pm

I have enough MP3s of her music that I can listen for 8 hrs straight and never hear the same one twice.

Aretha has always been one of my absolute favorites!! We lost one of the greatest. Her music will live on! RIP Aretha

One of my many favorites; A Natural Woman

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libertybele · « **Reply #907 on:** August 17, 2018, 12:01:12 am »

Aretha; you will always be a 'Rose'

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Her rendition of 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' ... she will be missed The Queen of Soul indeed!!

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sneakypete · « **Reply #908 on:** August 17, 2018, 12:07:57 am »

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In 2008, Rolling Stone named her the greatest singer of all time

I would argue with that,but she was pretty damn great and ONE of the best singers of all time.

We used to have singers like Ray Charles,Sam Cooke, Etta James and Aretha Franklin. Now we have "artists" like Beyonce and backup dancers.

GtHawk · « **Reply #909 on:** August 17, 2018, 02:33:31 am »

Quote from: sneakypete on August 17, 2018, 12:07:57 am

I would argue with that,but she was pretty damn great and ONE of the best singers of all time.

We used to have singers like Ray Charles,Sam Cooke, Etta James and Aretha Franklin. Now we have "artists" like Beyonce and backup dancers.

Hey man, where da White folk?

Just kiddin, it's true we have very few actual singers today, at least that we hear of. As you say now we have 'artists' whose voices are totally manipulated electronicaly unlike singers of the past that could reach the back rows without amplification.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #910 on:** August 18, 2018, 02:16:47 pm »

Kofi Annan dies at 80

Annan was the 7th General Secretary of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006, taking the role after Boutros Boutros-Ghali was blocked from a second term over the U.S. objection to his policies. He accepted the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the UN.

Educated in the United States, in 2006, he approved of one of his deputies using his official position to attack private U.S. citizen Rush Limbaugh for his criticism of the UN and claiming he and Fox News had too much influence.

Obituary from Al-Jazeera

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sneakypete · « **Reply #911 on:** August 18, 2018, 11:40:53 pm »

Quote from: GtHawk on August 17, 2018, 02:33:31 am

Hey man, where da White folk? Just kiddin, it's true we have very few actual singers today, at least that we hear of. As you say now we have 'artists' whose voices are totally manipulated electronicaly unlike singers of the past that could reach the back rows without amplification.

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I don't think anyone is ever going to call him one of the "Great singers",but Johnny Cash had a voice like that.

EasyAce · « **Reply #912 on:** August 19, 2018, 12:05:24 am »

Quote from: sneakypete on August 18, 2018, 11:40:53 pm

@GtHawk

I don't think anyone is ever going to call him one of the "Great singers",but Johnny Cash had a voice like that.

You might not call him the greatest singer of them all in general terms, but you might consider he's in the running for the title of the greatest singer ever in country music. And maybe its greatest songwriter.

As far as soul singers go, I'd have to rank Aretha Franklin in the top three based on her Atlantic catalog of 1966-77 alone. (The other two? A no-brainer---Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye, and they'd both be in the running for soul's greatest songwriter, too . . . )

sneakypete · « **Reply #913 on:** August 19, 2018, 06:00:47 pm »

Quote from: EasyAce on August 19, 2018, 12:05:24 am

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You might not call him the greatest singer of them all in general terms, but you might consider he's in the running for the title of the greatest singer ever in country music.

I disagree.

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And maybe its greatest songwriter.

He's sure in the running for that one,but that is a title that would have to include 100's of people for each slot,and any list that doesn't include Hank Williams in the top ten 10 is a bogus list unless you segregated it by theme. In ANY Top Ten Make You Want to Slash Your Wrists music list,Hank is number 1.

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As far as soul singers go, I'd have to rank Aretha Franklin in the top three based on her Atlantic catalog of 1966-77 alone. (The other two? A no-brainer---Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye, and they'd both be in the running for soul's greatest songwriter, too . . . )

That would be another crowded Top Ten list,and once again it would have to be segregated by type. ANY list that didn't include people like the incredible Etta James,B.B King,Albert King,King Curtis,Sam Cooke,James Brown,etc,etc,etc would be bogus.

Not to mention people like Solomon Burke and Sly Stone.

Machiavelli · « **Reply #914 on:** August 19, 2018, 06:32:32 pm »

Northern California pro wrestling voice Walt Harris passes away

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Walt Harris, the voice of the most popular period of pro wrestling in Northern California and best known nationally as the host of the syndicated Roller Derby shows, passed away last night at the age of 97...

Harris was the sole announcer for National All Star Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling in the 1960s that aired on KTVU, Ch. 2 in San Francisco, and KCRA, Ch. 3, in Sacramento, and were syndicated at times in cities like Honolulu, Phoenix, and other West Coast markets. He had already been the Roller Derby announcer on that station for a few years and Roller Derby was all the rage in the Bay Area before Roy Shire started his career as a promoter, drawing sellouts of the biggest matches at the Cow Palace and making Charlie O'Connell perhaps the most popular athlete in the area...

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EasyAce · « **Reply #915 on:** August 19, 2018, 06:45:54 pm »

Quote from: sneakypete on August 19, 2018, 06:00:47 pm

That would be another crowded Top Ten list,and once again it would have to be segregated by type. ANY list that didn't include people like the incredible Etta James,B.B King,Albert King,King Curtis,Sam Cooke,James Brown,etc,etc,etc would be bogus.

I'd be pondering B.B. King, Albert King, and Etta James on lists of the greatest blues singers, and that would be a crowded list when you consider the like of Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf (This is where the soul of man begins---Sam Phillips, who first recorded Wolf for what became Sun), Sonny Boy Williamson II, Lightnin' Hopkins, and a ducal group of others. Not to mention the two Kings, Johnson, Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, Lonnie Johnson, Waters, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Elmore James, Robert Lockwood, Magic Sam, Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones), Fenton Robinson, Mike Bloomfield, Peter Green, Albert Collins, Luther Allison, Johnny Winter, Alan Wilson (Canned Heat), Eric Clapton, and Duane Allman on a list of the greatest blues guitarists . . .

Quote from: sneakypete on August 19, 2018, 06:00:47 pm

Not to mention people like Solomon Burke and Sly Stone.

Sly Stone was a far better songwriter, musician, and bandleader (before the dope ate the talent) than a singer. And Sam Cooke, James Brown, and Solomon Burke would be in quite a crowd of soul singers---a crowd including Redding, Gaye, Franklin, Ray Charles (who was also one hell of a blues singer), Donny Hathaway, Smokey Robinson (who'd be on anyone's list of the top soul songwriters, too), Gladys Knight, Wilson Pickett, Clarence Carter, Levi Stubbs (the lead singer of the Four Tops), the Temptations, Curtis Mayfield (he, too, would also be on the top soul songwriting lists), Jerry Butler, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Junior (lead singer of the Dells), Teddy Pendergrass, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes (another one who'd also go on the great songwriters' list), Roberta Flack, Al Green, Ann Peebles, the O'Jays, and a fellow who may be half forgotten but who, when he was on (and not being tortured by the mental illness that plagued him most of his life), could give any of those a run for their money . . .

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We'd probably need scrolls to list all the great ones . . .

Sanguine · « **Reply #916 on:** August 19, 2018, 06:48:46 pm »

Quote from: EasyAce on August 19, 2018, 06:45:54 pm

I'd be pondering B.B. King, Albert King, and Etta James on lists of the greatest blues singers, and that would be a crowded list when you consider the like of Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf (This is where the soul of man begins---Sam Phillips, who first recorded Wolf for what became Sun), Sonny Boy Williamson II, Lightnin' Hopkins, and a ducal group of others. Not to mention the two Kings, Johnson, Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, Lonnie Johnson, Waters, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Elmore James, Robert Lockwood, Magic Sam, Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones), Fenton Robinson, Mike Bloomfield, Peter Green, Albert Collins, Luther Allison, Johnny Winter, Alan Wilson (Canned Heat), Eric Clapton, and Duane Allman on a list of the greatest blues guitarists . . .
Sly Stone was a far better songwriter, musician, and bandleader (before the dope ate the talent) than a singer. And Sam Cooke, James Brown, and Solomon Burke would be in quite a crowd of soul singers---a crowd including Redding, Gaye, Franklin, Ray Charles (who was also one hell of a blues singer), Donny Hathaway, Smokey Robinson (who'd be on anyone's list of the top soul songwriters, too), Gladys Knight, Wilson Pickett, Clarence Carter, Levi Stubbs (the lead singer of the Four Tops), the Temptations, Curtis Mayfield (he, too, would also be on the top soul songwriting lists), Jerry Butler, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Junior (lead singer of the Dells), Teddy Pendergrass, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes (another one who'd also go on the great songwriters' list), Roberta Flack, Al Green, Ann Peebles, the O'Jays, and a fellow who may be half forgotten but who, when he was on (and not being tortured by the mental illness that plagued him most of his life), could give any of those a run for their money . . .

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We'd probably need scrolls to list all the great ones . . .

Yes, need to add Bonnie Riatt and Percy Sledge and the Righteous Brothers. And, the Boxtops singer.

EasyAce · « **Reply #917 on:** August 19, 2018, 06:57:05 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on August 19, 2018, 06:48:46 pm

Yes, need to add Bonnie Riatt and Percy Sledge and the Righteous Brothers. And, the Boxtops singer.

I think you're thinking of Alex Chilton, who usually sang the Box Tops' more R&B material . . .

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Among the blue-eyed soul people, you have . . .

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(Try to imagine how things might have gone if Mitch and the boys had had the Rascals' songwriting talent . . .)

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Sanguine · « **Reply #918 on:** August 19, 2018, 07:08:03 pm »

Great music, @EasyAce. Well, except for the Hall & Oates.

Mod1 · « **Reply #919 on:** August 19, 2018, 11:13:47 pm »

Reminder: this thread is about those who have passed on, not others in the same field of endeavor.

sneakypete · « **Reply #920 on:** August 20, 2018, 01:01:43 am »

Quote from: Mod1 on August 19, 2018, 11:13:47 pm

Reminder: this thread is about those who have passed on, not others in the same field of endeavor.

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Sadly,pretty much everybody mentioned has passed on.

verga · « **Reply #921 on:** August 20, 2018, 01:44:10 pm »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on August 18, 2018, 02:16:47 pm

Kofi Annan dies at 80

Annan was the 7th General Secretary of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006, taking the role after Boutros Boutros-Ghali was blocked from a second term over the U.S. objection to his policies. He accepted the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the UN.

Educated in the United States, in 2006, he approved of one of his deputies using his official position to attack private U.S. citizen Rush Limbaugh for his criticism of the UN and claiming he and Fox News had too much influence.

Obituary from Al-Jazeera

Wikipedia

I was always told if I had nothing nice to say to say nothing.
That is a nice tie he is wearing.

sneakypete · « **Reply #922 on:** August 20, 2018, 01:55:10 pm »

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Kofi Annan dies at 80

Good riddance to bad trash. It's a damn shame he didn't die decades earlier and done a public service.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #923 on:** August 22, 2018, 05:30:51 pm »

Stefan Karl Stefansson, Icelandic character actor, dies at 43

Stefansson was best known in the United States for his portrayal of Robbie Rotten, the villain in the long-running children's series LazyTown. He also earned a certain degree of notoriety as the title character in the stage version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! from 2008 to 2015. After being diagnosed with bile duct cancer in 2016, one of his songs from LazyTown, "We Are Number One," briefly became an Internet meme as fans came to his support. He died after discontinuing treatment for the cancer earlier in the year.

Obituary from CNN

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EasyAce · « **Reply #924 on:** August 22, 2018, 06:59:38 pm »

RIP Dean Stone, who---as a Washington Senators pitcher---got the win in the 1954 All-Star Game despite not retiring a batter. So how did he get the win? Easy---he came in in the bottom of the eighth, with the American League down 9-8, to face Hall of Famer Duke Snider with fellow Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst on third and two outs. Stone threw Schoendienst out at the plate for the third out when Schoendienst thought he could steal home. In the bottom, the American League hung a three-spot on the National League and the Tigers' Virgil Trucks worked a scoreless ninth to save it.

Former Senators pitcher Dean Stone, unlikely winner in 1954 All-Star Game, dies at age 87

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