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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1025 on: December 31, 2023, 12:40:33 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1026 on: December 31, 2023, 01:18:16 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on December 27, 2023, 06:13:21 pm
Catfish's list above (reply 1025) leaves off perhaps the show's most memorable performance of all -- the return of Pete Seeger to commercial media, after years on the blacklist.

Seeger had been on the show a year earlier, but that particular episode had been (cough) "cancelled". The brothers persisted and finally got him back.



A little background on the Seeger appearance.

https://prospect.org/culture/recalling-pete-seeger-s-controversial-performance-smothers-brothers-show-50-years-ago/
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1027 on: December 31, 2023, 01:51:28 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on December 27, 2023, 06:13:21 pm
Catfish's list above (reply 1025) leaves off perhaps the show's most memorable performance of all -- the return of Pete Seeger to commercial media, after years on the blacklist.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ZXZqIF73M

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No intention of dissing by omitting Seeger, but I was listing rock legends.  If the list I gave was comprehensive and included folk genre legends too, I'd included Peter, Paul and Mary.  Of course, some crossover argument could be made about Simon and Garfunkle.
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1028 on: December 31, 2023, 02:31:11 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on December 31, 2023, 01:51:28 pm
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No intention of dissing by omitting Seeger, but I was listing rock legends.  If the list I gave was comprehensive and included folk genre legends too, I'd included Peter, Paul and Mary.  Of course, some crossover argument could be made about Simon and Garfunkle.

I don't get too upset about Communists like Seeger.   :shrug:
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1029 on: December 31, 2023, 04:23:45 pm »
Las Vegas standup comic Shecky Greene dies at 97


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Dec 31 (Reuters) - Shecky Greene, a comic legend of the old-school Las Vegas lounge acts who rubbed elbows with yesteryear entertainment greats, died on Sunday, his widow told the media.

His wife of 41 years, Marie Musso Greene, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that her husband, born Fred Sheldon Greenfield in Chicago, died of natural causes at their home in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Greene, who served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, headlined Vegas acts in the 1950s and 1960s where he was famous for foregoing his planned comedic routines and improvising jokes while walking through the audience with a microphone in hand.



https://www.reuters.com/world/us/las-vegas-standup-comic-shecky-greene-dies-97-2023-12-31/
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1030 on: December 31, 2023, 04:24:47 pm »
I think this is going to be the last obit of the year.

Rest In Peace Mr. Greene
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1031 on: January 01, 2024, 12:20:48 pm »
Quote from: Gefn on December 31, 2023, 04:23:45 pm
Las Vegas standup comic Shecky Greene dies at 97



https://www.reuters.com/world/us/las-vegas-standup-comic-shecky-greene-dies-97-2023-12-31/


I'm guessing I'm not the only one who was surprised he was still with us. I hadn't even thought about him until I heard an interview with Keely Smith a couple of days ago.
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1032 on: January 01, 2024, 12:23:00 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on January 01, 2024, 12:20:48 pm

I'm guessing I'm not the only one who was surprised he was still with us. I hadn't even thought about him until I heard an interview with Keely Smith a couple of days ago.

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I would have never even known he existed if it hadn't been for the Johnny Carson Show. Johnny really liked him,and talked about him a lot.

Back then,you pretty much  had to live in or visit NYC,LA,or Las Vegas to see him live.
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1033 on: January 01, 2024, 01:00:42 pm »
Quote from: sneakypete on January 01, 2024, 12:23:00 pm
@AllThatJazzZ

I would have never even known he existed if it hadn't been for the Johnny Carson Show. Johnny really liked him,and talked about him a lot.

Back then,you pretty much  had to live in or visit NYC,LA,or Las Vegas to see him live.

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I only saw him on TV too. Mostly on Johnny Carson, but appearances on variety shows and maybe a game show or two. Fun days of TV.
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1034 on: January 01, 2024, 01:18:43 pm »
Tom Wilkinson, who played Lord Cornwallis in The Patriot, Carmine Falcone in Batman Begins, and Ben Franklin in John Adams died over the weekend.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65823240


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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1035 on: January 01, 2024, 01:26:27 pm »
Tom Wilkinson  -  The Full Monty


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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1036 on: January 01, 2024, 02:25:42 pm »
The Full Monty is awesome!  There's a new follow-on series out on Hulu that reunited the original cast, including Wilkinson.  But it was obvious that he was very ill, possibly with cancer considering his frailty.

https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/full-monty


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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1037 on: January 01, 2024, 05:57:39 pm »
This is from the last day of 2023, so I put it in this thread:
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'Compared to What' performer Les McCann, a wellspring for hip-hop samples, dies at 88
The Kentucky native joined the West Coast jazz scene, but his performance of "Compared to What" at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968 transcended geography.
Dec. 31, 2023, 11:03 PM EST
By Dennis Romero and Valeriya Antonshchuk

Les McCann, a jazz titan best known for his performance with musical partner Eddie Harris of the protest song "Compared to What," has died at age 88, his manager said Sunday.

The cause and manner of death were unavailable. Manager Alan Abrahams said McCann, a piano player and singer, died Friday at a Los Angeles-area hospital after he developed pneumonia roughly one week ago.

McCann was an architect of the soul-jazz sound, helped jazz connect with the counterculture's protest music and provided a wellspring of material for sample-crazed hip-hop stars, including Notorious B.I.G., Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, Warren G., Slick Rick, Dr. Dre and A Tribe Called Quest. ...
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1038 on: January 01, 2024, 06:02:11 pm »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on January 01, 2024, 02:25:42 pm
The Full Monty is awesome!  There's a new follow-on series out on Hulu that reunited the original cast, including Wilkinson.  But it was obvious that he was very ill, possibly with cancer considering his frailty.

Robert Carlyle was awesome in Trainspotting.
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1039 on: January 01, 2024, 06:09:55 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2023
« Reply #1040 on: March 30, 2024, 07:11:22 pm »
Quote from: Gefn on January 01, 2023, 08:21:38 am
Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters dead at 74



https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/anita-pointer-pointer-sisters-dead-74-2023-01-01/

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This is a loss for everyone. She was special talent.
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