Obituaries for 2023

[Idiot]

Cowboys’ Hall of Fame executive Gil Brandt dead at 91

By Miles Schachner   
August 31, 2023

Longtime Cowboys executive Gil Brandt has died at the age of 91.

Brandt worked alongside legendary coach Tom Landry and general manager Tex Schramm to help turn the Cowboys into a perennial Super Bowl contender.

He worked with the Cowboys from 1960-88 and his innovative scouting techniques helped revolutionize the sport and the franchise.

“We are so deeply saddened by the passing of Gil Brandt — a true icon and pioneer of our sport. Gil was at the very core of the early success of the Dallas Cowboys and continued to serve as a great ambassador for the organization for decades beyond that. His contributions cemented his spot in the Ring of Honor,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a statement.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/31/gil-brandt-cowboys-hall-of-fame-executive-dead-at-91/

Back when the Cowboys were respectable.  Ever since Jerry Jones took them over and fired Tom Landry, they are dead to me.

[sneakypete]

Jack Sonni, Dire Straits’ ‘other’ guitarist, dies at 68

By Jack Hobbs   
August 31, 2023

Jack Sonni, known as “the other guitarist” in the British rock group Dire Straits, died Wednesday at the age of 68.



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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/31/jack-sonni-dire-straits-other-guitarist-dies-at-68/

@Kamaji

Dire Straits was one of my all-time favorite bands. "Brothers in Arms" was something truly special in this world.

[Gefn]

@Kamaji

Dire Straits was one of my all-time favorite bands. "Brothers in Arms" was something truly special in this world.

@sneakypete

I bought their record "Making Movies" and played it so much it broke.

[Gefn]

Mohamed Al Fayed: Former Harrods and Fulham FC owner has died at the age of 94

Mohamed Al Fayed has died at the age of 94.

The Egyptian-born businessman was best known as a former owner of the Harrods department store and Fulham football club in London.

He sold Harrods to Qatar Holdings in May 2010.

Three years later, he also sold Fulham FC, to the US businessman Shahid Khan.

Al Fayed's son, the film producer Dodi Fayed, died on 31 August 1997 in the same car as Princess Diana, when it crashed in Paris.

https://news.sky.com/story/mohamed-al-fayed-former-harrods-and-fulham-fc-owner-has-died-at-the-age-of-94-12952608

[Gefn]

Breaking- Jimmy Buffett has died.

News articles to follow…..

[txradioguy]

Legendary musician Jimmy Buffett dead at 76


Jimmy Buffett, the legendary musician and songwriter, died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Friday.

He was 76 years old.

“Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” the tropical rocker’s loved ones said in a statement on Instagram. “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.”


https://nypost.com/2023/09/02/jimmy-buffett-legendary-margaritaville-singer-dead-at-76/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2lyJNYyfhaG7zV4pV9r8t78CgmhcQobCR8lcaqMM7vVmeUj32IuA1bwj4

[Polly Ticks]

Going to have to have a margarita today in his memory.

[Lando Lincoln]

Every once in awhile, we lose someone who reminds us of smiles and happy times while giving us a jolt to our own sense of mortality.

RIP Jimmy Buffett - hope you have found your “one particular harbor”.

[Bigun]

Every once in awhile, we lose someone who reminds us of smiles and happy times while giving us a jolt to our own sense of mortality.

RIP Jimmy Buffett - hope you have found your “one particular harbor”.

  

[Wingnut]

Parrott Heads everywhere are in mourning.

Just saw a Bluebloods rerun with him in it!   RIP Jimmy

[deb]

Breaking- Jimmy Buffett has died.

News articles to follow…..

NOOOOOO!!

“Come Monday” is such a great song. Rest in peace.

[txradioguy]

Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's
And drinks his green label each day
He's writing his memoirs and losing his hearing
But he don't care what most people say
Through 86 years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he'll smile then he'll say
Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
But I had a good life all the way



Fair winds and following seas Jimmy

[Wingnut]

If I was still spinning stax of wax I would play "Gods Own Drunk" in his honor even though we were forbidden to give it air play it after Lord Buckley estate sued Him.  Not sure if that ban is still in effect today..
@txradioguy @Cyber Liberty

[sneakypete]

Breaking- Jimmy Buffett has died.

News articles to follow…..

@Gefn

That pretty much sucks any of the joy I might have had today right out of the universe.

[Gefn]

@Gefn

That pretty much sucks any of the joy I might have had today right out of the universe.

I'm so sorry @sneakypete

 

[berdie]

This is just all kinda wrong! Jimmy, RIP

I've always wondered if he was as affable as he came across.

[sneakypete]

This is just all kinda wrong! Jimmy, RIP

I've always wondered if he was as affable as he came across.

@berdie

I once knew someone who claimed to have gone to school with  him,and do know that when Jimmy Buffet was in town he got free backstage tickets and they hung around together that night. I know this from other people we both knew who knew him better than I did.

I don't know this to be true for a fact,but I have heard other people claim that it wasn't unusual for him to show up in local bars after a concert,and play with the band there.

[libertybele]

Going to have to have a margarita today in his memory.

It's 5:00 somewhere.   

[libertybele]

His music and sound is legendary and he will be missed.  He was a Key West favorite.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISkMx6b6K_c

[libertybele]

Intro before the song is interesting -- "Come Monday"


www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGw_hrlaOY

[Gefn]

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson dies

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has died. He was 75-years-old.

The Richardson Center for Global Engagement says he died in his sleep at his summer home in Chatham, MA.

“Governor Richardson passed away peacefully in his sleep last night. He lived his entire life in the service of others – including both his time in government and his subsequent career helping to free people held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. There was no person that Governor Richardson would not speak with if it held the promise of returning a person to freedom. The world has lost a champion for those held unjustly abroad and I have lost a mentor and a dear friend," said Mickey Bergman, Vice President of the Richardson Center.

https://www.koat.com/article/bill-richardson-dies-former-new-mexico-governor/44980800#

[Free Vulcan]

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has died. He was 75-years-old.

Nothing to see, move along.

[mystery-ak]

Jimmy Buffett's cause of death: Margaritaville singer 'died following secret skin cancer battle' after being diagnosed four years ago and had Paul McCartney sing to him in his final days

    Jimmy Buffett secretly battled skin cancer for years before his death
    The music icon died on Friday at the age of 76, his spokesperson confirmed
    From humble beginnings, he built a business empire worth $1 billion

By Ross Ibbetson For Dailymail.com and Will Potter For Dailymail.Com

Updated: 14:11 EDT, 2 September 2023

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12473775/Jimmy-Buffett-died-secret-skin-cancer-battle-friend-tells-singer-lived-life-sun-diagnosed-four-years-ago.html

[deb]

Intro before the song is interesting -- "Come Monday"


www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGw_hrlaOY

That was awesome!
I’d love to have had someone write that song about me. Can you imagine? 

[Smokin Joe]

Every once in awhile, we lose someone who reminds us of smiles and happy times while giving us a jolt to our own sense of mortality.

RIP Jimmy Buffett - hope you have found your “one particular harbor”.