Celebrity Deaths

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Almost forgot about former Haitian dictator, the brutal, mouth breathing, half-bright Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who was sort of the poor man's Kim Jong Un of the seventies and mid-eighties.  The news surprised me, because I thought he'd died several years ago. 

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[Ms. C]

Actress Elizabeth Pena Dies at 55

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/showbiz/elizabeth-pena-dies-modern-family/index.html 

[Lunger]

Actress Elizabeth Pena Dies at 55

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/showbiz/elizabeth-pena-dies-modern-family/index.html

Wow!  Natural causes @ 55?   What's up with that?

[Yorkshire pud]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-29700432

The musician behind one of the most recognisable saxophone solos - on Gerry Rafferty's hit Baker Street - has died.

Raphael Ravenscroft, 60, who found fame almost overnight following the release of the 1978 track, died following a suspected heart attack early on Sunday.

He went from an average $10 a session to $7500 on the strength of this....


http://youtu.be/lSIw09oqsYo

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

He went from an average $10 a session to $7500 on the strength of this....

And he didn't even write it.

[Yorkshire pud]

Jack Bruce.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29772926

[Eddie Coyle]

    Jack Bruce dead at 71...

       
http://youtu.be/kFoq44BzNJo

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Jack Bruce.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29772926

Damn.  That's sad news indeed.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

From 1969 with a couple of Buddies--Guy and Miles.



Buddy Guy, Jack Bruce, Buddy Miles, Dick Heckstall-Smith

[Yorkshire pud]

From 1969 with a couple of Buddies--Guy and Miles.



Buddy Guy, Jack Bruce, Buddy Miles, Dick Heckstall-Smith

Sadly, the greats are leaving us. Those who brought us the modern interpretation of old music. It's a shame Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ended up loathing each other.

[WildCard]

It's a shame Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ended up loathing each other.

I didn't know that.
An hour ago, I didn't know who Jack Bruce was.
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Cream â€" White Room

In the white room with black curtains near the station
Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines

Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning
I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back

Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves
At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings
I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd;

Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves

Songwriters: BRUCE, JACK/BROWN, PETE

[paladin1991]

This just in.  Kotter's wife, Marcia Strassman is dead.

[PB the Deplorable]

... It's a shame Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ended up loathing each other.

Doesn't Ginger loathe everyone?

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

Doesn't Ginger loathe everyone?

A little strongly put, but IIRC she did blame Gilligan's Island for ruining her career.

[Yorkshire pud]

Acker Bilk. RIP.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29874053

[MV/Liberace!]

Acker Bilk. RIP.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29874053

All of my Acker Bilk posters just quadrupled in value.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Acker Bilk. RIP.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29874053

That's Mister Acker Bilk to you, buddy.  I loved his brilliant performance as "Licorice Stick" in A Clockwork Orange.

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[Heather Wade]

A little strongly put, but IIRC she did blame Gilligan's Island for ruining her career.

WHOA, just fucking whoa.   

[aldousburbank]

WHOA, just fucking whoa.   

I guess that settles the old Ginger/Mary Anne conundrum once and for all.

[Evil Twin Of Zen]

I guess that settles the old Ginger/Mary Anne conundrum once and for all.

yeah. in a heartbeat.

[b_dubb]

Ginger is pushing 80. Cut her some slack. So is Mary Ann for that matter.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

Ginger is pushing 80. Cut her some slack. So is Mary Ann for that matter.

Ginger is 80 and Mary Ann is 76.  They are the only two left alive from the original cast, which perpetuates the question, though in a slightly different way: "Ginger, or Mary Ann?"

Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) was the caregiver for Natalie Shaffer (Mrs. Howell) at the end of her life.  Sounds kindly, but it turns out that Shaffer was a shrewd investor in real estate and became a multi-millionaire.  Wells would not comment on a rumour that Shaffer left her rich enough to buy her own island.

[Jackstar]

http://deadlysins.com/features/isle.html

In fact, what seemed to be perfectly disarming, if somewhat frustrating, situation comedy was a representation of a Sartre-like nether-world in which the characters represent the Seven Deadly Sins, forced in the days after Armageddon (in the form of the Flood) to live in unceasing torment with each other. The viewers witness the characters' eternal damnation through Gilligan, a name derived from the Scottish "gillie", a hunting or fishing guide. Also symbolizing the sin of Sloth, Gilligan has fallen among the other sinners through his own inability or unwillingness to escape. In the show, it is almost always Gilligan who unwittingly sabotages the castaways' attempts at rescue.

One interpretation of the Gilligan's Island/Deadly Sins correspondence:
Pride - the Professor
Covetousness - Mr. Howell
Lust - Ginger
Anger - Mrs. Howell
Gluttony - the Skipper
Envy - Mary Ann
Sloth - Gilligan

[aldousburbank]

"Happiness equals reality minus expectations."

Tom Magliozzi
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[Juan]

Was he Click or Clack?  Don't drive like my brother.

[aldousburbank]

Was he Click or Clack?  Don't drive like my brother.

Don't die like my brother.
Too soon? 

[eddie dean]

"Happiness equals reality minus expectations."

Tom Magliozzi
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"The radio host died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to NPR. In a statement announcing his brother’s death, Ray said: “Turns out he wasn’t kidding. He really couldn’t remember last week’s puzzler.”

[Heather Wade]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/static-x-frontman-wayne-static-dead-at-48-20141102

Aw, I has a sad.   

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Robin Williams autopsy found no illegal drugs.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f94b9d74d5b74ea0aa8b6b09a3d6c58e/robin-williams-autopsy-found-no-illegal-drugs

[jazmunda]

Art Bell's career.

Too soon?