Obituaries for 2019

[EasyAce]

RIP, Night Tripper . . .


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[TomSea]

Rest in peace, he was also used often as a reference about rock and roll.  Often quoted.

[truth_seeker]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._John#Battle_with_addiction

Became a big time fan,  after he appeared several times on Midnight Special.


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[Sanguine]

Another one of my favorites by Dr. John is a Louis Jordan tune, called "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't" with BB King.


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[dfwgator]

Another one of my favorites by Dr. John is a Louis Jordan tune, called "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't" with BB King.

 

Yeah, but nothing will ever top the Tom and Jerry version.

[Sanguine]

Yeah, but nothing will ever top the Tom and Jerry version.

 

[jmyrlefuller]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._John#Battle_with_addiction

Became a big time fan,  after he appeared several times on Midnight Special.


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Awesome find. Thanks for the share.

[mountaineer]

Body found in home confirmed to be missing Mouseketeer Dennis Day
By Joshua Rhett Miller
June 7, 2019 | 9:48am

A body found at the Oregon home of an original member of Disney’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” has been confirmed to be former Mouseketeer Dennis Day, state police and relatives said.

Day, 76, who was among the show’s original cast of child actors in the 1950s, was reported missing in July by his husband, Ernie Caswell, who was hospitalized at the time and suffers from memory loss, the Oregonian reports.

A body was then found in April at Day’s home in Phoenix, Oregon, and state police confirmed Thursday that a medical examiner’s office has identified the remains as the missing man, who “uncharacteristically” left his dog with a friend prior to his disappearance, according to missing persons reports. ...

Full story

[GrouchoTex]

Oh, no!  One of my favorites.  I saw him with White Trash many years ago. 

A tribute to Dr. John:

That makes sense, since the Winter Bros and Mac were from Beaumont.
Later when Johnny Winter started making blues records on the Alligator label, Dr. John was on a few of his songs.

[TomSea]

Body found in home confirmed to be missing Mouseketeer Dennis Day
By Joshua Rhett Miller
June 7, 2019 | 9:48amFull story

Prayers for Dennis Day as well. I do remember I'd watch him on the Jack Benny show.


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[EasyAce]

Prayers for Dennis Day as well. I do remember I'd watch him on the Jack Benny show.

Not the same Dennis Day. Not even a relative. Doing our homework is our friend.

[dfwgator]

Not the same Dennis Day. Not even a relative. Doing our homework is our friend.

The other Dennis Day passed away in 1988.

[EasyAce]

The other Dennis Day passed away in 1988.

Of Lou Gehrig's disease, no less, the poor man.

[jmyrlefuller]

Not the same Dennis Day. Not even a relative. Doing our homework is our friend.

Was gonna say: that Dennis Day (a/k/a Gene McNulty) was a little older than that (despite Mr. Benny's protests to the contrary)!

[EasyAce]

Was gonna say: that Dennis Day (a/k/a Gene McNulty) was a little older than that (despite Mr. Benny's protests to the contrary)!

Well, if Jack Benny could be 39 years old for about the last 49 years of his life, why couldn't the first Dennis Day be a naive late-teenage mama's boy for the middle thirty years of his life? 

[TomSea]

The other day, that former Arkansas woman Senator was found dead, I'm just haring about this.

Another Former Republican State Senator Found Shot Dead at Home Former Oklahoma state Sen. Jonathan Nichols found dead with gunshot wound By: Jay Greenberg |@NeonNettle on 7th June 2019

A second former Republican state senator has been found dead at home from a gunshot within a span of two days. 53-year-old Former Oklahoma GOP state Sen. Jonathan Nichols was found dead inside his home in Norman on Wednesday night from an apparent gunshot wound, according to police. Investigators are working with the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the exact cause and manner of death.

READ MORE: https://neonnettle.com/news/7735-another-former-republican-state-senator-found-shot-dead-at-home
© Neon Nettle

[Sanguine]

Acclaimed 'Star Trek' artist Keith Birdsong dies



Oklahoma artist Keith Birdsong, whose realistic likenesses of “Star Trek” actors made him one of the world’s most in-demand Trek illustrators, died Tuesday. He was 59.

Birdsong was born July 14, 1959, in Muskogee, where he spent much of his childhood. He had a residence in Tulsa at the time of his death.

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Birdsong’s body of work includes hundreds of illustrations linked to the “Star Trek” franchise, including posters, book covers and collector plates. But he also was hired to provide likenesses of Elvis Presley and others for the U.S. Postal service. Some of his works are in the Smithsonian Institution, including a likeness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

https://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/acclaimed-star-trek-artist-keith-birdsong-dies/article_54434878-5585-5a8a-91e9-91ec8870a1e5.html

He was way too young.

[jmyrlefuller]

Tony Rodham
Hillary Clinton's younger brother dies at 64

A college dropout and lifelong grunt, Rodham held jobs such as process server, repo man, private investigator and political operative. Largely surviving on political incest and nepotism, her sister Hillary married Bill Clinton while he married the daughter of senator Barbara Boxer; he benefited largely from cronyism and favors from his well-connected family members.

No cause of death was stated.

Obituary from CBS News

Wikipedia

[Wingnut]

Tony Rodham
Hillary Clinton's younger brother dies at 64

A college dropout and lifelong grunt, Rodham held jobs such as process server, repo man, private investigator and political operative. Largely surviving on political incest and nepotism, her sister Hillary married Bill Clinton while he married the daughter of senator Barbara Boxer; he benefited largely from cronyism and favors from his well-connected family members.

No cause of death was stated.

Poor guy.  A younger sibling should out live their olders.  May Hillary pass away soon to make up for his passing so early.  Hell is waiting for her

[TomSea]

W.E.B. Griffin

I went back to February, he passed on Feb. 12, 2019, I saw no mention of this, this fellow was a fairly prolific writer of ? military and police novels? I know I have one of his books, "Close Combat" which isn't suppose to be one of his best.  I saw a picture of him with Gingrich too.

W.E.B. Griffith



It appears his series on the Marine Corps was well-received.



It's a bit strange that this one got my us, this is when one of the obits touched on Ballantine books. Maybe someone posted it about a week after.

[sneakypete]

W.E.B. Griffin

I went back to February, he passed on Feb. 12, 2019, I saw no mention of this, this fellow was a fairly prolific writer of ? military and police novels? I know I have one of his books, "Close Combat" which isn't suppose to be one of his best.  I saw a picture of him with Gingrich too.

W.E.B. Griffith



It appears his series on the Marine Corps was well-received.



It's a bit strange that this one got my us, this is when one of the obits touched on Ballantine books. Maybe someone posted it about a week after.

@TomSea

NOBODY wrote better novels about the military than WEB Griffin. His books about the US Army that start before WW-2 and go though to the Muddle East were so well thought-of that he was made an honorary member of the Special Operations Association. At least some of his characters are composite characters of real men that served.

His series about the USMC (The Corps)  that began in pre-WW-2 China is a must-read series,too.

I honestly think I have read every book he has ever written,and was prepared to buy more.

He ranks right up there with Louis L'Amour as a writer,and I don't give praise higher than that.

[jmyrlefuller]

Pat Bowlen
Owner of the Denver Broncos dies at 75



Bowlen, born into wealth through his father's oil company, owned the Denver Broncos from 1984 until his death. During his tenure his Broncos appeared in seven Super Bowls, three of them wins, and was one of the winningest teams in the NFL during that span. He is credited with nurturing a family atmosphere, maintaining close ties with Broncos alumni, including selling a portion of the team to his longtime starting quarterback John Elway after Elway's retirement.

Bowlen had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for approximately nine years prior to his death at age 75 on June 13. He died a month before he was to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. An estate fight is expected, as Bowlen was unsure of which of his children would want to inherit the team, and two of them (both daughters) have stepped forward; in the meantime, the team will be held in trust by Elway and CEO Joe Ellis.

Obituary from the Denver Post

Wikipedia

[TomSea]

Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96

Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli has died aged 96, Italian media report.

The Florence native directed stars including Elizabeth Taylor in the 1967 film Taming of the Shrew and Dame Judi Dench on stage in Romeo and Juliet.

Italian media said Zeffirelli died after a long illness which had grown worse in recent months.

The two-time Oscar nominee also served in the Italian senate for two terms as a member of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48648278

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Directed  The Champ with John Voight. I think I saw it and liked it but I don't remember a lot about it now. Also, directed "Taming of the Shrew" and "Romeo and Juliet"(1968) and "Jesus of Nazareth" per link.

[Applewood]

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Directed  The Champ with John Voight. I think I saw it and liked it but I don't remember a lot about it now. Also, directed "Taming of the Shrew" and "Romeo and Juliet"(1968) and "Jesus of Nazareth" per link.

I saw Romeo and Juliet as a teenager.  For us kids it was the in movie to see  at the time.  Leonard Whiting (Romeo) was a hunk and the girls went crazy over him.  The film itself was ok -- more of a modern retelling of the story, which didn't go over well with purists.  The film did win a few awards.

Rest in peace, Mr. Zefferelli 

[Sanguine]

Fashion icon Gloria Vanderbilt, the only daughter of a railroad magnate and heiress to industrialist has died at age 95
Gloria Vanderbilt died at age 95, her son Anderson Cooper revealed on Monday. Cooper said he took Vanderbilt to the hospital several weeks earlier, where she learned she had severe stomach cancer.
http://inbox.foxnews.com/t?r=6053&c=616&l=1&ctl=E6C:EBD0A72B6E305F1ECEDF8111EBC210A01CEE7F7F70D81760&

[Applewood]

Didn't realize Miss Vanderbilt was still alive.   Had a suit designed by her.  Was able to get it for a reasonable price at the now defunct Saks Fifth Avenue location in downtown Pittsburgh during one of the store's clearance sales.  Wore that suit to work for many years and received plenty of compliments on it.

Rest in peace, Miss Vanderbilt.

[Cyber Liberty]

Didn't realize Miss Vanderbilt was still alive.   Had a suit designed by her.  Was able to get it for a reasonable price at the now defunct Saks Fifth Avenue location in downtown Pittsburgh during one of the store's clearance sales.  Wore that suit to work for many years and received plenty of compliments on it.

Rest in peace, Miss Vanderbilt.

She was an old-school designer for men, back before they all started marching men out on the runways wearing short skirts and bras.

[jmyrlefuller]

Mohammed Morsi
Egyptian president and suspected terrorist dies at 67]



Having spent much of his young adulthood in the United States, Morsi returned to Egypt in 1985, was elected to the Egyptian parliament in 2000 and was elected President of Egypt in 2012. Less than a year later, after having attempted to consolidate his power into a dictatorship, he was deposed in the Arab Spring.

A longtime member of the Muslim Brotherhood with suspected ties to the Palestinian terror group/political party Hamas, Morsi was on trial for international espionage when he died following his collapse in an Egyptian courtroom.

Obituary from the BBC

Wikipedia

[Wingnut]

That Arab Spring really worked out well.   Thanks to Obama. /s

[berdie]

I saw Romeo and Juliet as a teenager.  For us kids it was the in movie to see  at the time.  Leonard Whiting (Romeo) was a hunk and the girls went crazy over him.  The film itself was ok -- more of a modern retelling of the story, which didn't go over well with purists.  The film did win a few awards.

Rest in peace, Mr. Zefferelli

We must be in the same age group. At the time it was the movie to see as I recall. It was so entrancing because at the time Olivia was so young and Leonard, as you said was a hunk. Not being a Shakespeare afficianado...the variance didn't even sink into my romantic brain,  lol.

[Smokin Joe]

That Arab Spring really worked out well.   Thanks to Obama. /s

Wow. Hillary is really covering her tracks...

(For those who just tuned in, Morsi's wife and Huma's mom were reputed to be pals over at the Muslim Sisterhood, a sorts ladies' auxiliary of the Muslim Brotherhood. Yep. That Huma. There are no coincidences.)

[sneakypete]

She was an old-school designer for men, back before they all started marching men out on the runways wearing short skirts and bras.

@Cyber Liberty

If that is true,she sure missed the train with her boy.

[Cyber Liberty]

@Cyber Liberty

If that is true,she sure missed the train with her boy.

Happens all the time.   

[Cyber Liberty]

It is my sad duty to report TBR has lost one of our Members.   

Machiavelli has passed, and has joined his beloved wife Estelle.  May he finally find relief to the pain her passing has left behind. 

Godspeed, @Machiavelli.  The Staff, Management and Members of The Briefing Room will miss you greatly.

https://www.facebook.com/kenw3

[sneakypete]

It is my sad duty to report TBR has lost one of our Members.   

Machiavelli has passed, and has joined his beloved wife Estelle.  May he finally find relief to the pain her passing has left behind. 

Godspeed, @Machiavelli.  The Staff, Management and Members of The Briefing Room will miss you greatly.

https://www.facebook.com/kenw3

@Cyber Liberty

I had no idea he was even sick.

[Cyber Liberty]

@Cyber Liberty

I had no idea he was even sick.

@sneakypete

Me neither.  I did know his heart was broken when God called Estelle home.

[TomSea]

Rest in peace, in my thoughts and prayers. Evening Star at tos and being discussed as well. A very personable and helpful individual.

[Cyber Liberty]

Rest in peace, in my thoughts and prayers. Evening Star at tos and being discussed as well. A very personable and helpful individual.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3758226/posts

[Applewood]

@sneakypete

Me neither.  I did know his heart was broken when God called Estelle home.

Sadly, this happens often, particularly when a couple has been together for years.  Just so hard for one to go on when his or her mate is called home. 

Rest in peace Machiavelli.  May you and your beloved Estelle be happy together for eternity. 

[GrouchoTex]

It is my sad duty to report TBR has lost one of our Members.   

Machiavelli has passed, and has joined his beloved wife Estelle.  May he finally find relief to the pain her passing has left behind. 

Godspeed, @Machiavelli.  The Staff, Management and Members of The Briefing Room will miss you greatly.

https://www.facebook.com/kenw3

This is sad news.
I really enjoyed his interactions with us here.
He will be sorely missed, for sure.

[berdie]

I hate that.  He was a good guy.

May we all be remembered as fondly as he his.

[verga]

It is my sad duty to report TBR has lost one of our Members.   

Machiavelli has passed, and has joined his beloved wife Estelle.  May he finally find relief to the pain her passing has left behind. 

Godspeed, @Machiavelli.  The Staff, Management and Members of The Briefing Room will miss you greatly.

https://www.facebook.com/kenw3

[Applewood]

Elliot Roberts, who managed Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, dies at 76

Veteran music executive and talent manager Elliot Roberts, who shepherded the careers of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and numerous others for more than half a century, died Friday, a longtime associate confirmed to The Times. He was 76.

A cause of death was not immediately known.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-elliot-roberts-obituary-manager-neil-young-20190621-story.html

[jmyrlefuller]

Dave Bartholomew
Prolific songwriter from the New Orleans music scene dies at 100



Bartholomew's breakthrough in the music industry came in the early 1950s, when he wrote many of Fats Domino's early hits (including "Ain't That a Shame" and "I'm Walkin'"), produced several of his other hits, and provided his backing band. Among some of his other hits outside of working with Domino are "I Hear You Knocking," made a hit by Dave Edmunds in the early 1970s, and "My Ding-a-Ling," which later became Chuck Berry's lone number-one hit.

Obituary from the New Orleans Times-Picayune

Wikipedia


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[TomSea]

Dave Bartholomew, sure, great song writer... Fats actually made a lot of albums though we know his big hits mostly.

Per Elliot Roberts:

Neil Young Pens Tribute to Former Manager and "My Best Friend" Elliot Roberts
Ashley Iasimone, Billboard

 "We are all heartbroken, but want to share what a great human being Elliot has been," the musician wrote Saturday.

Neil Young has published a heartfelt letter on the loss of his longtime manager, Elliot Roberts, who died Friday morning at the age of 76.

"My friend for over 50 years, Elliot Roberts, has passed away. We are all heartbroken, but want to share what a great human being Elliot has been," the singer-songwriter wrote Saturday of the legendary music manager.

More at: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/neil-young-pens-tribute-manager-elliot-roberts-1220462

[truth_seeker]

Re. Elliott Roberts; upcoming movied titled "Echo in the Canyon, about that Laurel Canyon era.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/echo_in_the_canyon

[jmyrlefuller]

Beth Chapman
Wife of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" dies at 51


The deceased is at right.

Chapman, herself a bounty hunter whose husband was Duane Chapman, star of the reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter, died following throat cancer treatment that left her comatose.

Obituary from Fox News

Wikipedia: Dog the Bounty Hunter

[Gefn]

Cancer is a b***h.

Peace to het family

[musiclady]

It is my sad duty to report TBR has lost one of our Members.   

Machiavelli has passed, and has joined his beloved wife Estelle.  May he finally find relief to the pain her passing has left behind. 

Godspeed, @Machiavelli.  The Staff, Management and Members of The Briefing Room will miss you greatly.

https://www.facebook.com/kenw3

Oh, what horrible news to come back to!

May God rest his sweet soul!

[Smokin Joe]

Beth Chapman
Wife of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" dies at 51


The deceased is at right.

Chapman, herself a bounty hunter whose husband was Duane Chapman, star of the reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter, died following throat cancer treatment that left her comatose.

Obituary from Fox News

Wikipedia: Dog the Bounty Hunter

Sad. They seemed like they were good for one another.