Obituaries for 2019

[TomSea]

Rest in peace, Imus in the morning... wow. He use to also be a regular guest on someone's show, I can't think of who that was?

[Applewood]

Dang!  I liked Imus, but hadn't heard or seen him in recent years.  Definitely not PC, but unlike Howard Stern, Imus was entertaining.

Rest in peace.

[EasyAce]

I was a regular listener in the 1970s when Imus held fort on WNBC in morning drive . . .

RIP Right Rev. Dr. Billy Sol Hargas . . .

Imus in the Morning, "The Extramarital Model"

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Don Imus, "Rev. Billy Sol Hargas Confesses" (from This Honky's Nuts)

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[Cyber Liberty]

Happy Trails, I-Man!

[jmyrlefuller]

Rush Limbaugh may have been the first talk radio host I got into on a regular basis, but Don Imus was the second. He was definitely a man who marched to the beat of his own drum.


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Rest in peace. No more cows, baby... no more cows.

[EasyAce]

Rush Limbaugh may have been the first talk radio host I got into on a regular basis, but Don Imus was the second. He was definitely a man who marched to the beat of his own drum.


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Rest in peace. No more cows, baby... no more cows.

@jmyrlefuller


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[mountaineer]

Lee Mendelson, producer of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' dies at 86
By Nicole Chavez and Sarah Moon, CNN
Updated 5:42 PM ET, Fri December 27, 2019

(CNN)Lee Mendelson, the longtime executive producer of numerous specials for the TV animated series "Peanuts," has died, his family said.

The producer, 86, passed away at his San Francisco Bay Area home on Christmas Day, his son Jason Mendelson told CNN.
He died of congestive heart failure after a long battle with cancer, his son said.

Mendelson, originally from San Francisco, was known for his work in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," the first animated special featuring "Peanuts" characters. The producer wrote the lyrics to the special's song "Christmas Time is Here."  ...  More

[Smokin Joe]

Mendelson said in 2006 that CBS network executives initially did not love it. They feared the program would bomb with the public because of its melancholy tone, Bible verses, unusual jazz score and lack of a laugh track.

Keeping in mind the show first aired in 1965, the CBS reaction indicates an antipathy toward Christianity (Bible Verses, then being read in virtually every school Christmas Program) that has only grown since.

Thank you, Mr. Mendelson, for a classic. R.I.P.

[Applewood]

Those Peanuts specials were and still are awesome.  Used children for the voices, not professional adult voice actors.   I guess A Charlie Brown Christmas, if made today, would have to cut out the Biblical references so as not to offend all those delicate snowflakes out there.  Sigh!

Rest in peace, Mr. Mendelson.

[Gefn]

I was a regular listener in the 1970s when Imus held fort on WNBC in morning drive . . .

RIP Right Rev. Dr. Billy Sol Hargas . . .

Imus in the Morning, "The Extramarital Model"

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Don Imus, "Rev. Billy Sol Hargas Confesses" (from This Honky's Nuts)

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I use to listen to Imus in the morning, Bob and Ray in the afternoon and Jean Shepherd and Bob Grant at night.

All gone.

I have t9 also confess to listening to Lynn Samuels on weekends. I kinda liked her even if I hardly ever agreed with her.

All gone now. They’re all in the great radio station in the sky.   

[EasyAce]

I use to listen to Imus in the morning, Bob and Ray in the afternoon and Jean Shepherd and Bob Grant at night.

@Gefn
This one's for you, for your listening pleasure . . .

Bob & Ray Present the CBS Radio Network (1959-1960)

[Applewood]

Sue Lyon, teenage star of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Lolita,’ is dead at 73

Sue Lyon, the actress who was forever tied to her teenage portrayal of the title role in 1962’s “Lolita,” died Thursday in Los Angeles. The news was first reported by the New York Times, and no cause of death was immediately given. She was 73.
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Lyon would go on to appear in John Huston’s 1964 adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ “The Night of the Iguana” and John Ford’s 1966 drama “7 Women.” She continued to act steadily throughout the 1960s and ’70s in both film and television. Her last screen credit was in 1980’s “Alligator.”

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-12-28/sue-lyon-lolita-stanley-kubrick-dead-obituary

[TomSea]

Songwriter for Monty Python, I'm not sure he was part of the troupe we'd see on TV. I think not. Images are mainly Getty, which we don't usually use for copyright purposes.

Neil Innes: Monty Python songwriter dies aged 75

Neil Innes, the English writer, comedian and musician - dubbed "The Seventh Python" - has died aged 75.

He was best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Rutles and collaborating with Monty Python.

A spokesperson for the Innes family said he had not been suffering from any illness and had passed away unexpectedly on Sunday night.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50948921

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dad Band, I have heard some of their songs.

[Gefn]

Songwriter for Monty Python, I'm not sure he was part of the troupe we'd see on TV. I think not. Images are mainly Getty, which we don't usually use for copyright purposes.

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dad Band, I have heard some of their songs.

Always look on the bright side of life.

Rest In Peace man. You made me giggle.

[EasyAce]

I loved the Bonzo Dog (Doo-Dah) Band. Still do.


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They appeared in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour television film, miming to this number while in the tent with John Lennon leering at the stripper . . . (Paul McCartney produced "I'm the Urban Spaceman" for the Bonzos in due course . . . )


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RIP Neil Innes

[Ghost Bear]

Neil Innes was also the co-creator (with Eric Idle) of The Rutles, a very Beatles-like band that was featured in the mock-documentary, The Rutles: All you Need is Cash. The video of the entire mockumentary is currently available for free on YouTube:


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Neil Innes plays the John Lennon-like character, and wrote all of the songs featured in the film.

[jmyrlefuller]

Neil Innes, the seventh Python, if anyone could ever be called that. May he RIP.

[Free Vulcan]

Anyone that was part of the creative awesomeness that was Monty Python, gets my hat tip.

RIP sir.

[catfish1957]

Neil Innes was also the co-creator (with Eric Idle) of The Rutles, a very Beatles-like band that was featured in the mock-documentary, The Rutles: All you Need is Cash. The video of the entire mockumentary is currently available for free on YouTube:


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Neil Innes plays the John Lennon-like character, and wrote all of the songs featured in the film.

Maybe 2nd best Rock Mockumentary of all time, behind Spinal Tap.  It was a hoot.

[jmyrlefuller]

Jack Sheldon
Trumpeter, comic and singer dies at 88



Jack Sheldon had one of the most diverse careers in the entertainment industry: a skilled jazz trumpeter, he was a member of The Merv Griffin Show's orchestra, which he also parlayed into a sort of sidekick role, frequently conversing with the host. He also had experience as a stand-up comic and actor, most prominently in the short-lived sitcom Run, Buddy, Run!, which starred Sheldon as a fugitive from a hitman.

Sheldon may be best known among modern audiences as the voice of several of the most famous entries in the Schoolhouse Rock! series of educational cartoons. Both of the two most popular entries in the series, "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill," featured Sheldon's distinctive voice.

Sheldon died December 27.

Obituary from The Hollywood Reporter

Wikipedia

IMDB


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[dfwgator]

Sheldon reprised his "I'm Just a Bill" character, for this Simpsons classic....


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[TomSea]

Jack Sheldon, I recognize his face some there, I did not know who he was:


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So, he was in Dragnet a few times, where the above is from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheldon#Film

[sneakypete]

Is it just me,or is there an abnormal number of musicians dying from old age lately?

[Applewood]

Is it just me,or is there an abnormal number of musicians dying from old age lately?

@sneakypete

Ha!  What's depressing to me is how many are in my age bracket or older, and often the ones I really liked back in my youth.  Sure sign of age when the ones dying off used to be your parents' faves, but now they are yours. 

Of course, even worse are the ones who died young.  Joplin, Hendrix, etc., for example.  Usually because of addiction and/or their own stupidity.

[Applewood]

@TomSea

That photo of Jack Sheldon from Dragnet -- now I know who he is.  Jack Webb used several actors numerous times in that series and it recognize Mr. Sheldon as one of them.  Much of the time Sheldon's characters in that series were put upon, hapless types, often in some minor trouble.  One I remember -- he was a guy suffering from a massive hangover.    Funny.