I thought maybe he just looked older as I hadn't seen him in years, or maybe he does have health issues. It just surprised me as he looked quite different to how I remembered him.
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Anton Yelchin, "Star Trek" actor who plays Chekov, dead at 27 after car crash - CBS News
Good god, what a freaky way to die.
Good god, what a freaky way to die.
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He was so young, and such a good actor! So sad.Anton Yelchin, "Star Trek" actor who plays Chekov, dead at 27 after car crash - CBS News
Good god, what a freaky way to die.
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Ralph Stanley, bluegrass music legend, dies at 89 - CNN.com
His career was rebooted with "Oh, Death" that he recorded for O Brother, Where Art Thou?.... he won a Grammy for it.
God, I just watched that last week.... haunting.
His career was rebooted with "Oh, Death" that he recorded for O Brother, Where Art Thou?.... he won a Grammy for it.
God, I just watched that last week.... haunting.
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Michael Herr, author of Dispatches, dies aged 76
Michael Herr, author of Dispatches, dies aged 76
also Michael Herr, Author of the Vietnam-Era 'Dispatches,' Dies
RIP - Dispatches should be required reading for anyone wanting to know about men (and boys) and war.
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Michael Herr, author of Dispatches, dies aged 76
also Michael Herr, Author of the Vietnam-Era 'Dispatches,' Dies
RIP - Dispatches should be required reading for anyone wanting to know about men (and boys) and war.
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First Herr and now Sydney Schanberg ...
Killing Fields journalist Sydney Schanberg dies at 82 - BBC News
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/b...n-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Edit - Sideshow by Shawcross is a good book on the US in Cambodia
Killing Fields journalist Sydney Schanberg dies at 82 - BBC News
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/b...n-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Edit - Sideshow by Shawcross is a good book on the US in Cambodia
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Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers, dies aged 93
I love the TV series where he and Diana Rigg starred.
I love the TV series where he and Diana Rigg starred.
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Heard that on NPR earlier.... what a bummer. But he gave us so much fun. R.I.P., Garry. And
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He was more than just a director and creator. He played a recurring character on the sitcom Murphy Brown, and GOD he was hilarious. He'll be missed.
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I never watched Murphy Brown, but have ALWAYS enjoyed his guest spots & cameos in various shows & films.
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RIP: Pete Fountain
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From CBS News
NEW ORLEANS -- Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz
virtuosity and irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New
Orleans and earned him decades of national television fame, died
Saturday, August 6, 2016, of heart failure. He was 86.
Benny Harrell, Fountain's son-in-law and manager, said Fountain was in
hospice care in New Orleans when he died early Saturday.
With his ready wit and infectious laugh, Fountain was the epitome of
the New Orleanian who knew how to "let the good times roll." He was
well known to television fans through his appearances on the Lawrence
Welk and Johnny Carson shows. Even his blues had a happy note.
In New Orleans, he opened his first Bourbon Street club in 1960, later
moving to a larger location on the bawdy thoroughfare before settling
in for a long run at the nearby Hilton on Canal Street in the 1970s.
In a tradition-drenched city, his annual trek through the French
Quarter with his "Half-Fast Walking Club" was a raucous New Orleans
ritual -- one he rarely missed even when he was in failing health.
Fountain, who often split time between the New Orleans area and the
Mississippi gulf Coast, suffered devastation when Hurricane Katrina
hit in August 2005, destroying his Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, home.
But he stayed upbeat. Late in 2005, after several temporary homes, he
settled in Hammond, Louisiana, telling The Daily Star newspaper, "We
went from 10,000 square feet to 1,500. That's really what you would
call downsizing."
Fountain started playing professionally on Bourbon Street in his
teens. He once called the street of strip clubs, music joints and bars
his "conservatory." In his early years he toured nationally with the
Dukes of Dixieland and the late trumpeter Al Hirt. Real fame came in
1957 when he joined "The Lawrence Welk Show" as a headliner.
He expressed deep appreciation for the exposure Welk gave him and his
music. Still, Fountain also joked that his Bourbon didn't mix with
Welk's champagne. There was, for example, the night Fountain
overfilled the bubble machine, stranding Welk on live television in a
virtual storm of blowing bubbles.
Fountain's freewheeling personality and swinging performances
contrasted sharply with Welk's rigidly orchestrated polkas and pop
hits. The breakup came in 1959 after Welk chastised him for jazzing up
an arrangement of "Silver Bells" in a Christmas performance.
His recording of "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" sold more than a half
million copies in 1959. It stuck as an unofficial theme song, and he
even called his autobiography "A Closer Walk." His version was so
popular that he half-complained that audiences wouldn't let him off
the stage without his playing it again.
Funeral arrangements were pending. Harrell said a funeral Mass was
being planned for St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter.
"We'll have a big jazz funeral after his Mass," Harrell said.
Fountain and his wife, Beverly, were to celebrate their 65th wedding
anniversary in October, Harrell said. In addition to his wife,
survivors include three children, six grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Among Fountain's losses in Katrina were photos of Louis Armstrong,
with whom he performed, his collection of vintage guns, a Porsche and
his part-time gig at a storm-damaged casino.
"But I have two of my best clarinets so I'm OK. I can still toot," he
told The Associated Press at the time. He found one of his gold
records, covered with mud, and one of the two clarinets was recovered
by a neighbor a few blocks from his house.
Health problems caused him to miss the Half-Fast march during Mardi
Gras, 2006. But he showed up at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
Festival the following May, vowing to do his part to help the stricken
city's recovery.
Musically, Fountain traced his style to Benny Goodman, for drive and
technique, and Irving Fazola, for the round, full tone. Fountain grew
up listening to Goodman's records, but Fazola was playing in the
French Quarter where Fountain could listen in person. The result was
Fountain's distinctive combination of swing and Dixieland.
After the Welk show, he was in demand for guest appearances and
performed for stars like Ed Sullivan, Bing Crosby, and Bob Hope, and
played with jazzmen like Louis Armstrong, Harry James and Harry
Connick Jr.
He made 58 appearances with Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show." But
he didn't leave his home base for long and kept a band steadily
employed at the clubs where he performed.
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From CBS News
NEW ORLEANS -- Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz
virtuosity and irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New
Orleans and earned him decades of national television fame, died
Saturday, August 6, 2016, of heart failure. He was 86.
Benny Harrell, Fountain's son-in-law and manager, said Fountain was in
hospice care in New Orleans when he died early Saturday.
With his ready wit and infectious laugh, Fountain was the epitome of
the New Orleanian who knew how to "let the good times roll." He was
well known to television fans through his appearances on the Lawrence
Welk and Johnny Carson shows. Even his blues had a happy note.
In New Orleans, he opened his first Bourbon Street club in 1960, later
moving to a larger location on the bawdy thoroughfare before settling
in for a long run at the nearby Hilton on Canal Street in the 1970s.
In a tradition-drenched city, his annual trek through the French
Quarter with his "Half-Fast Walking Club" was a raucous New Orleans
ritual -- one he rarely missed even when he was in failing health.
Fountain, who often split time between the New Orleans area and the
Mississippi gulf Coast, suffered devastation when Hurricane Katrina
hit in August 2005, destroying his Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, home.
But he stayed upbeat. Late in 2005, after several temporary homes, he
settled in Hammond, Louisiana, telling The Daily Star newspaper, "We
went from 10,000 square feet to 1,500. That's really what you would
call downsizing."
Fountain started playing professionally on Bourbon Street in his
teens. He once called the street of strip clubs, music joints and bars
his "conservatory." In his early years he toured nationally with the
Dukes of Dixieland and the late trumpeter Al Hirt. Real fame came in
1957 when he joined "The Lawrence Welk Show" as a headliner.
He expressed deep appreciation for the exposure Welk gave him and his
music. Still, Fountain also joked that his Bourbon didn't mix with
Welk's champagne. There was, for example, the night Fountain
overfilled the bubble machine, stranding Welk on live television in a
virtual storm of blowing bubbles.
Fountain's freewheeling personality and swinging performances
contrasted sharply with Welk's rigidly orchestrated polkas and pop
hits. The breakup came in 1959 after Welk chastised him for jazzing up
an arrangement of "Silver Bells" in a Christmas performance.
His recording of "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" sold more than a half
million copies in 1959. It stuck as an unofficial theme song, and he
even called his autobiography "A Closer Walk." His version was so
popular that he half-complained that audiences wouldn't let him off
the stage without his playing it again.
Funeral arrangements were pending. Harrell said a funeral Mass was
being planned for St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter.
"We'll have a big jazz funeral after his Mass," Harrell said.
Fountain and his wife, Beverly, were to celebrate their 65th wedding
anniversary in October, Harrell said. In addition to his wife,
survivors include three children, six grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Among Fountain's losses in Katrina were photos of Louis Armstrong,
with whom he performed, his collection of vintage guns, a Porsche and
his part-time gig at a storm-damaged casino.
"But I have two of my best clarinets so I'm OK. I can still toot," he
told The Associated Press at the time. He found one of his gold
records, covered with mud, and one of the two clarinets was recovered
by a neighbor a few blocks from his house.
Health problems caused him to miss the Half-Fast march during Mardi
Gras, 2006. But he showed up at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
Festival the following May, vowing to do his part to help the stricken
city's recovery.
Musically, Fountain traced his style to Benny Goodman, for drive and
technique, and Irving Fazola, for the round, full tone. Fountain grew
up listening to Goodman's records, but Fazola was playing in the
French Quarter where Fountain could listen in person. The result was
Fountain's distinctive combination of swing and Dixieland.
After the Welk show, he was in demand for guest appearances and
performed for stars like Ed Sullivan, Bing Crosby, and Bob Hope, and
played with jazzmen like Louis Armstrong, Harry James and Harry
Connick Jr.
He made 58 appearances with Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show." But
he didn't leave his home base for long and kept a band steadily
employed at the clubs where he performed.
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Leroy "Blast'" Bill Black, 55.
'Loving wife' and 'longtime girlfriend' place dueling obituaries after N.J. man's death
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'Loving wife' and 'longtime girlfriend' place dueling obituaries after N.J. man's death
'Loving wife' and 'longtime girlfriend' place dueling obituaries after N.J. man's death
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Sadly, this man passed with hardly anyone noticing.
Elliot Tiber, the man who brought the world Woodstock, dies at 81
You can memorialize him by watching these two movies:
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Woodstock (1970)
Elliot Tiber, the man who brought the world Woodstock, dies at 81
You can memorialize him by watching these two movies:
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Woodstock (1970)
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Gene Wilder dead at 83.
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/gene-wilder-willy-wonka-star-comedic-icon-dies-192225910.html
I remember when I saw Young Frankenstein. My brother took me to see it. The theater was packed to the rafters and it was a great experience. I was 15. I loved the movie so much I couldn't stop talking about it for MONTHS afterwards. I made sure I saw his other movies, too, although some I've liked more than the others.
I loved this guy.
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/gene-wilder-willy-wonka-star-comedic-icon-dies-192225910.html
I remember when I saw Young Frankenstein. My brother took me to see it. The theater was packed to the rafters and it was a great experience. I was 15. I loved the movie so much I couldn't stop talking about it for MONTHS afterwards. I made sure I saw his other movies, too, although some I've liked more than the others.
I loved this guy.
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R.I.P. Gene Wilder. 
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