Obituaries for 2024

[catfish1957]

One of my favorite sitcom bits of all time...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlPpi0yuqI

[Smokin Joe]

CNN's report on Big Lou's passing is bitter and insulting.

Lou Dobbs, veteran cable news anchor and Trump booster, dies at 78

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/media/lou-dobbs-dead/index.html

Coming from CNN?
That's high praise.
It means Lou Dobbs had it right.

[Smokin Joe]

They just keep coming!

Yeah. People are just dying to get on this thread.

[Wingnut]

CNN's report on Big Lou's passing is bitter and insulting.

Lou Dobbs, veteran cable news anchor and Trump booster, dies at 78

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/media/lou-dobbs-dead/index.html

Man,  What a bunch of ass holes at cnn. 

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1814051521455341898

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/JamesRosenTV/status/1814060166020481271

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Newhart was like the Frasier Crane of the 60's. Dry intelligent humor

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1814060101839335771

[jmyrlefuller]

From Ruth Buzzi, one of the few celebrities I've found worth a follow on my X/Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Ruth_A_Buzzi/status/1814092941914411290

[Free Vulcan]

Watched Lou in the early days. He opened my eyes to alot of things. RIP for a good job done.

Bob Newhart was a grandmaster comedian and I can't think of anyone that came close to besting his skill and style.

[Gefn]

Fandango founder J. Michael Cline dies of apparent suicide at New York City luxury hotel

The founder of the movie ticket company Fandango died after he fell from a New York City luxury hotel in an apparent suicide Tuesday, authorities say.

J. Michael Cline, 64, of Palm Beach, Florida, was found “unconscious and unresponsive” Tuesday morning.

New York City police were called shortly after 10 a.m. to the Kimberly Hotel at 145 East 50th St. in Manhattan, where they found Cline with injuries “indicative of a fall from an elevated position,” police said. He was pronounced dead at 10:30.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fandango-founder-j-michael-cline-dies-apparent-suicide-new-york-city-l-rcna162538

[Right_in_Virginia]

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer
The Texas Democrat announced in June that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment.
NBC News, Jul 19, 2024

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday.

"Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District of Texas," her family said in a statement.

More:  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-dies-battle-cancer-rcna162819

[Wingnut]

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer
The Texas Democrat announced in June that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment.
NBC News, Jul 19, 2024

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday.

"Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District of Texas," her family said in a statement.

More:  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-dies-battle-cancer-rcna162819

Man I hate that cancer.   May she rest n peace.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer
The Texas Democrat announced in June that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment.
NBC News, Jul 19, 2024

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday.

"Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District of Texas," her family said in a statement.

More:  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-dies-battle-cancer-rcna162819

Didn't care for her but it's a terrible disease.

[Cyber Liberty]

Man I hate that cancer.   May she rest n peace.

Oh, man....That's awful....

That smarts so much.  I did not like her beliefs, but dammit I pray for her deliverance from that pain.   

[Timber Rattler]

No comment.

[Timber Rattler]

Fandango founder J. Michael Cline dies of apparent suicide at New York City luxury hotel

Was he a "friend" of the Clintons or Putin?

[mountaineer]

Was he a "friend" of the Clintons or Putin?

Or on the Epstein guest list?

[Timber Rattler]

Bob Newhart’s lasting legacy in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood

https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/bob-newharts-lasting-legacy-in-chicagos-edgewater-neighborhood/amp/

From 1972 to 1978, ‘The Bob Newhart Show,’ featuring Bob and Emily Hartley, put Chicago in the spotlight.

Featured in the open was the Edgewater-area condominium at Sheridan and Thorndale, where the couple lived.

“Every week, the opening credit sequence showed Bob walking up to this building and I think it would have to qualify as one of the most overexposed buildings in Chicago,” said John Holden, president of the Edgewater Historical Society.

The Bob Newhart in present day, officially known as the Thorndale Beach Condominiums.
Margie Fritz-Birche’s late husband, Bill, was the director of photography for the show.

“He shot all the opening sequences and every Chicago scene you see in the show, Bill shot,” she said. “We worked with a lot of celebrities, and they’re not always the nicest of people, but Bob was down to earth, really nice, very funny, and Bill said he was just a pleasure to work with.”

EXCERPT

[Ghost Bear]

Bob Newhart talks about the ending of his "Newhart" show, how the "it was all a dream" ending was conceived and produced:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5EIx21X_A

[mountaineer]

The Daily Mail reports Rep. Lee's dying sentiment, expressed via X, was 'The time is now to unite behind the President and get to work beating Donald Trump — one last time.'

[AllThatJazzZ]

The Daily Mail reports Rep. Lee's dying sentiment, expressed via X, was 'The time is now to unite behind the President and get to work beating Donald Trump — one last time.'

Tacky.  But very SJL-ish.

[Right_in_Virginia]

The Daily Mail reports Rep. Lee's dying sentiment, expressed via X, was 'The time is now to unite behind the President and get to work beating Donald Trump — one last time.'

Sheila Jackson Lee
@SJacksonLee

I have no idea what Donald Trump was talking about last night. For more than an hour, he rambled and lied. He is unfit for the Presidency! Now, my friends, is the time to focus on beating him and his Project 2025 monstrosity. Enough is enough!

10:34 AM · Jul 19, 2024

https://twitter.com/SJacksonLee/status/1814307863629623458

[AllThatJazzZ]

Sheila Jackson Lee
@SJacksonLee

I have no idea what Donald Trump was talking about last night. For more than an hour, he rambled and lied. He is unfit for the Presidency! Now, my friends, is the time to focus on beating him and his Project 2025 monstrosity. Enough is enough!

10:34 AM · Jul 19, 2024

Dying with a lie on your lips tells me that you don't fear the Lord. I get the feeling that her soul was unprepared for her death, in spite of the fact that she had ample warning. The woman didn't know when to stop being a political animal. 


P.S. Who else believes this was penned days ago, and it didn't matter what Trump said in his speech, she was going to take a final swipe at him on her way out? What a legacy! God have mercy on her soul.

[jmyrlefuller]

Songwriter-producer Jerry Fuller (not me) dies at 85

Among the hits Fuller wrote in the late 1950s into the mid-1960s that became hits were "Travelin' Man" (among others) for Ricky Nelson, "Young Girl" for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, "Lies" for the Knickerbockers, "Arizona" by Mark Lindsay, and "Show and Tell," which became a hit for Al Wilson in the 1970s.

https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/jerry-fuller-dead-songwriter-young-girl-travelin-man-1236079249/

[Cyber Liberty]

Songwriter-producer Jerry Fuller (not me) dies at 85

Among the hits Fuller wrote in the late 1950s into the mid-1960s that became hits were "Travelin' Man" (among others) for Ricky Nelson, "Young Girl" for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, "Lies" for the Knickerbockers, "Arizona" by Mark Lindsay, and "Show and Tell," which became a hit for Al Wilson in the 1970s.

https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/jerry-fuller-dead-songwriter-young-girl-travelin-man-1236079249/

 

Loved "Arizona."

[PeteS in CA]

Songwriter-producer Jerry Fuller (not me) dies at 85

Among the hits Fuller wrote in the late 1950s into the mid-1960s that became hits were "Travelin' Man" (among others) for Ricky Nelson, "Young Girl" for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, "Lies" for the Knickerbockers, "Arizona" by Mark Lindsay, and "Show and Tell," which became a hit for Al Wilson in the 1970s.

https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/jerry-fuller-dead-songwriter-young-girl-travelin-man-1236079249/

Don't recognize the name but know the songs. People who were young adults when I was growing up are dying off, sadly. Movies and TV shows have the odd effect, with me at least, of freezing people in time. My mental picture of ________ is how (s)he was in their hit show or movie.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Don't recognize the name but know the songs.

Because I'm a huge Glen Campbell fan, I found out about him when I learned about a doo-wop quartet called The Trophies that consisted of Jerry Fuller, Glen Campbell, Ricky Nelson and Dave Burgess. My understanding is that they featured a different member on each record. I don't know if they held concerts. Jerry Fuller co-wrote this one that featured Glen:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF1s01_Fcnc

It's interesting to go back in time and find out who wrote the songs that had an impact on society, but mainly on my life. Some discoveries have surprised me.

[jmyrlefuller]

Abdul Fakir, last surviving member of The Four Tops, dies at 88

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/abdul-duke-fakir-four-tops-dead-1235065299/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0B0Kv7hiNo

[GrouchoTex]

The TV had a nice 1 hour special on Bob Newhart last night.
Very nice tribute.

[Lando Lincoln]

Because I'm a huge Glen Campbell fan, I found out about him when I learned about a doo-wop quartet called The Trophies that consisted of Jerry Fuller, Glen Campbell, Ricky Nelson and Dave Burgess. My understanding is that they featured a different member on each record. I don't know if they held concerts. Jerry Fuller co-wrote this one that featured Glen:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF1s01_Fcnc

It's interesting to go back in time and find out who wrote the songs that had an impact on society, but mainly on my life. Some discoveries have surprised me.

Thank you for posting that! 

[MeganC]

Joe Biden's political career passed away this week.
1972-2024

[Smokin Joe]

Joe Biden's political career passed away this week.
1972-2024

It has been a zombie career for a couple of years now...

[Free Vulcan]

It has been a zombie career for a couple of years now...

After a decades long run as a clown show.

[PeteS in CA]

Abdul Fakir, last surviving member of The Four Tops, dies at 88

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/abdul-duke-fakir-four-tops-dead-1235065299/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0B0Kv7hiNo

Another example of what I posted above, people who were young adults when I was growing up are dying off, sadly.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Abdul Fakir, last surviving member of The Four Tops, dies at 88

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/abdul-duke-fakir-four-tops-dead-1235065299/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0B0Kv7hiNo

I don't know which one  was Fakir, but I loved seeing this video. They were all so young and cute and trim and exquisitely groomed. I miss those days.

[deb]

Joe Biden's political career passed away this week.
1972-2024

About dang time!

[MeganC]

About dang time!

Amen!

And may I ask who that is on your avatar? She seems really happy!

[deb]

Amen!

And may I ask who that is on your avatar? She seems really happy!

Grace Kelly.

[MeganC]

Grace Kelly.

She's a very pretty lady. Aptly named, too.

[Cyber Liberty]

She's a very pretty lady. Aptly named, too.

Deb always has Grace for an Avatar!

[PeteS in CA]

Blues Legend John Mayall Is Dead at 90

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/blues-legend-john-mayall-is-dead-at-90

“Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller... all the blind guys.” That’s how the multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, one of the chief architects of the British blues revival of the 1960s, who died at 90 yesterday at his home in California, described the influences that shaped his musical tastes and inspired a career that stretched across six decades. That career, which started well before Mayall formed his famous Bluesbreakers in 1963, was not defined by blindness so much as by a single-minded, near-messianic vision that the music created by Black artists of the Mississippi Delta and Chicago’s South Side possessed beauty, honesty, and strength that transcended race, age, and geography. And so, thanks to Mayall—along with the like-minded musician Alexis Korner and a growing number of aficionados—American blues took root in London’s coffee bars, the domain of trad jazz. From there it migrated to subterranean clubs packed with sweaty youths, and on to record players and radios in bedsitter flats from Bournemouth to Belfast.
...
Mayall’s Bluesbreakers were a clearinghouse for generational talent. Eric Clapton quit the Yardbirds and joined the band; his playing was featured on its debut LP, released in 1966. When Clapton left, Peter Green, later to found Fleetwood Mac, joined. And when Green left, Mick Taylor, later of the Rolling Stones, joined. Mayall was to British blues guitarists what Leo Castelli was to New York painters; his group was the blue-chip gallery you wanted to show your work in. The bassist Jack Bruce met Clapton in the Bluesbreakers, then went on to found Cream. Other future rock stars who were Mayall alumni: Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, later of Fleetwood Mac, and the well-traveled drummer Aynsley Dunbar. In these Bluesbreakers incarnations, and in many more that would follow, Mayall moved between guitar and keyboards, with spotlight moments to demonstrate his prowess on harmonica. Even so, Mayall’s chief talent may have been his uncanny, unselfish capacity for spotting it in others.

There are musicians, and there are musicians' musicians. Mayall appears to have been the latter.

[catfish1957]

Blues Legend John Mayall Is Dead at 90

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/blues-legend-john-mayall-is-dead-at-90

There are musicians, and there are musicians' musicians. Mayall appears to have been the latter.

In the Music world that is "Breaking Blues".  Didn't think he was 90.  Time is flying by.

[berdie]

RIP John. I'll miss ya.

[Free Vulcan]

There are musicians, and there are musicians' musicians. Mayall appears to have been the latter.

Well said and ight on point.

[jmyrlefuller]

I don't know which one  was Fakir, but I loved seeing this video. They were all so young and cute and trim and exquisitely groomed. I miss those days.

Of the three men in the background, Fakir is the one in the middle.

[rangerrebew]

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, acclaimed sex therapist and Israeli Defense Force sniper, dies at 96
By Joel Searls

Posted On Jul 15, 2024 12:33 PM PDT

Tessa Robinson
 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Dr. Ruth Westheimer attends Annual Charity Day Hosted By Cantor Fitzgerald, BGC and GFI - BGC Office – Inside on September 11, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Cantor Fitzgerald)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Dr. Ruth Westheimer attends Annual Charity Day Hosted By Cantor Fitzgerald, BGC and GFI - BGC Office – Inside on September 11, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Cantor Fitzgerald) Dave Kotinsky
Dr. Ruth Westheimer created her own career and niche business when sex therapy discussions in public were a taboo subject. This was especially true with a woman who was over 50 years old and speaking about it in public, on the radio. She made immense waves with Sexually Speaking in 1980 upon its release and continued on air to discuss sex issues for 10 years. By 1983 she had a top-rated radio show in a huge market, NYC, for the country. Her over-the-airwaves success led to her starting her own TV show, The Dr. Ruth Show, which opened her to a different medium that took further altitudinal flight in the 1980s. TV talk shows were the thing to watch whether it was Oprah, Donahue, Arsenio, Carson or Letterman. She still stood out even with the market being so crowded with more options than ever like Cavett, Griffin, King, Raphael and Riveria taking up more of the airwaves. She made a strong career out of a life of tragedy, challenges and yes, military service. What else would we write about?

https://www.wearethemighty.com/entertainment/dr-ruth-westheimer-sex-therapist-and-israeli-defense-force-veteran/

[PeteS in CA]

Previously posted, https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,521012.msg3043773.html#msg3043773 .

[Gefn]

Erica Ash dead at 46: Scary Movie actress and Mad TV star passes away after a long battle with cancer

Erica Ash, who starred in the Scary Movie franchise, has died aged 46 following a long battle with cancer, her family has confirmed.

The American actress was also known for appearing on the Fox sketch comedy show Mad TV and the BET reality spoof Real Husbands of Hollywood.

'Erica was an amazing woman and talented entertainer who touched countless lives with her sharp wit, humor and genuine zest for life,' her family said in a statement, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. 'Her memory will live eternally in our hearts.'

The date of Ash's passing and the cause of death have not yet been revealed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13685791/Erica-Ash-dead-46-Scary-Movie-actress-cancer.html

[Gefn]

Deb always has Grace for an Avatar!

Grace Kelly was the entire package. Beautiful, smart, great actress and a Queen
Died way too young.