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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #700 on: November 11, 2016, 04:40:37 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on November 11, 2016, 04:28:35 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.

Most people feel the same, but these dumbasses continue to do it. Just look at the Box Office poison that Clooney turned into.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #701 on: November 11, 2016, 04:48:09 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on November 11, 2016, 04:40:37 pm
Most people feel the same, but these dumbasses continue to do it. Just look at the Box Office poison that Clooney turned into.

I call that "Taking themselves WAYYY too seriously."  It ruins them for half the audience, no matter which side they choose.  They need to learn how to STFU.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #702 on: November 11, 2016, 06:06:59 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on November 11, 2016, 04:28:35 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.
Ditto.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #703 on: November 11, 2016, 06:17:26 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on November 11, 2016, 04:28:35 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.

That explains why now pretty much the only tv shows I watch are KDramas,  I don't have to know what these actors opinions are.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #704 on: November 11, 2016, 07:09:58 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on November 11, 2016, 04:13:17 pm
Vaughn was a devout Communist. The election results probably assisted in his demise.

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #705 on: November 11, 2016, 08:24:33 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on November 11, 2016, 01:45:42 pm
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Not exactly on topic, but here's a favorite of mine...


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Nice. Shades of Summertime and St. James Infirmary Blues.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #706 on: November 13, 2016, 11:36:46 am »
Leon Russell, musician known for dynamic performances, dies at 74

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Leon Russell, who emerged in the '70s as one of rock'n'roll's most dynamic performers and songwriters after playing anonymously on dozens of pop hits as a much-in-demand studio pianist in the 1960s, died on Sunday at the age of 74, according to his website...

Russell recorded more than 35 albums and also excelled as a songwriter for other performers. His "A Song for You" was recorded by Joe Cocker, the Carpenters, the Temptations, Neil Diamond, Lou Rawls, Dusty Springfield, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and his good friend Willie Nelson. The Carpenters, Reddy, Shirley Bassey, Robert Goulet and George Benson all covered Russell's "This Masquerade," with Benson's version winning the 1976 Grammy as record of the year...
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #707 on: November 13, 2016, 11:40:04 am »
Quote from: Machiavelli on November 13, 2016, 11:36:46 am
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Oh, wow. 

I saw Leon Russell several times in concert and love his "Hank's Back" album.  RIP.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #708 on: November 13, 2016, 04:25:56 pm »
Having gone to college in Tulsa, I always had a soft spot for Leon Russell.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #709 on: November 14, 2016, 02:27:28 pm »
SOURCE: THE DAILY BEAST

URL: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/14/gwen-ifill-dead-at-61.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl




Long-time journalist and newscaster Gwen Ifill passed away at the age of 61, PBS confirmed on Monday. Ifill was best known as being the moderator and managing editor of PBS talk show Washington Week, as well as the co-anchor of PBS NewsHour. She moderated two vice-presidential debates, between John Edwards and Dick Cheney in 2004; and between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden in 2008.

 Ifill also moderated a Democratic debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders just last year. She released her only book, The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, in 2009.

 “I am very sad to tell you that our dear friend and beloved colleague Gwen Ifill passed away today in hospice care in Washington,” WETA President and CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller wrote in a staff-wide email. “I spent an hour with her this morning and she was resting comfortably, surrounded by loving family and friends... Earlier today, I conveyed to Gwen the devoted love and affection of all of us at WETA/NewsHour. Let us hold Gwen and her family even closer now in our hearts and prayers.”

The Daily Beast has learned that Ifill was extraordinarily private about her health and was reluctant to publicly share the details of her battle with cancer. She first learned of her diagnosis less than a year ago and was surrounded by family when she passed away.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #710 on: November 14, 2016, 02:31:42 pm »
Cancer is a cruel reminder that God made us frail.

RIP
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #711 on: November 14, 2016, 02:32:05 pm »
I'm glad Clarence Thomas lived longer than her.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #712 on: November 14, 2016, 02:34:23 pm »
Newscaster Gwen Ifill dies at 61



Gwen is best known as an anchor of the PBS NewsHour and Washington Week, positions she has held since 1999. She moderated the 2004 and 2008 Vice Presidential debates.

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #713 on: November 14, 2016, 02:42:44 pm »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on November 14, 2016, 02:34:23 pm
Newscaster Gwen Ifill dies at 61



Gwen is best known as an anchor of the PBS NewsHour and Washington Week, positions she has held since 1999. She moderated the 2004 and 2008 Vice Presidential debates.

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Prayers up for her. Cancer can be a rough way to go.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #714 on: November 14, 2016, 02:55:58 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on November 13, 2016, 11:40:04 am
Oh, wow. 

I saw Leon Russell several times in concert and love his "Hank's Back" album.  RIP.
I saw him twice. First about 1976 at Universal Amphitheater, in LA. Then about 1993 at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

At Universal the act was "The Leon and Mary Russell Show" with his then wife, Mary McCreary. It was outstanding.

At the Coach House, he opened for headliner B.B. King.


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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #715 on: November 14, 2016, 03:17:53 pm »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on November 14, 2016, 02:34:23 pm
Newscaster Gwen Ifill dies at 61
Didn't know she was sick, but I feel bad for anyone who dies of cancer. Such an awful disease.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #716 on: November 14, 2016, 03:23:27 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on November 14, 2016, 03:17:53 pm
Didn't know she was sick, but I feel bad for anyone who dies of cancer. Such an awful disease.

Yes, it is.  She was a relative youngster.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #717 on: November 14, 2016, 03:36:09 pm »
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Prayers up for her. Cancer can be a rough way to go.

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #718 on: November 15, 2016, 01:48:05 pm »
Singer-Songwriter Holly Dunn Dies at 59

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Singer-songwriter Holly Dunn, best known for her 1986 tribute “Daddy’s Hands,” died Tuesday (Nov. 15) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, of ovarian cancer. She was 59.

“Daddy’s Hands,” which Dunn wrote and recorded on MTM Records, led to her winning the Country Music Association’s Horizon award in 1987. She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1989.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #719 on: November 15, 2016, 04:17:18 pm »
Prayers up for her, too. "Daddy's Hands" is a great song..
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« Reply #720 on: November 15, 2016, 08:53:33 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #721 on: November 16, 2016, 07:58:39 am »
Wow! while I know Mose had been around awhile, I had no idea he was that old.
Time flies.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #722 on: November 16, 2016, 05:56:31 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on November 10, 2016, 09:48:32 pm
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

 

Just ran across this version sung by a public elementary school choir.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCLI7ewjvBo

Wow.  These kids can sing!

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #723 on: November 16, 2016, 06:20:58 pm »
Melvin Laird, Nixon defense secretary at the height of the Vietnam War, dies at 94

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Melvin R. Laird, a former congressman who served as President Richard M. Nixon’s defense secretary at the height of the Vietnam War and designed policies that eventually led to the American withdrawal from combat operations, died Nov. 16 at a hospital in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 94.

The cause was complications from congestive heart failure, said a son, David Laird.

A shrewd and influential Wisconsin Republican, Mr. Laird became his party’s leading expert on military affairs during his 16 years in the House of Representatives.

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #724 on: November 16, 2016, 06:27:41 pm »
Didn't realize Melvin Laird was still around.   Rest in peace.
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