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  1. Thread: Mojo Nixon

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    No, no, this can't be. Huge fan since I heard "I...

    No, no, this can't be. Huge fan since I heard "I Hate Banks" on college radio back in the 80's. Caught his and Skid's act several times when they blew into town. After they broke up, saw his next...
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    Burt was right in the tradition of great...

    Burt was right in the tradition of great composers of popular song: Cole Porter, Gershwin brothers, Henry Mancini, Lennon and McCartney. The Sixties were inseparable from his musical...
  3. Thread: David Crobsy

    by StudioJoe
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    Such a towering figure in the soundtrack of my...

    Such a towering figure in the soundtrack of my life. From the Byrds to CSNY to solo albums to his long-running duet with Graham Nash and finally his late career project CPR (the whimsical acronym of...
  4. Thread: Tom Sizemore

    by StudioJoe
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    I read that he was practically broke when he...

    I read that he was practically broke when he died. I'm sure a lot of it went to bad habits and reckless living, but he was a very talented actor. Really liked him in Heat. RIP
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    For 70 years the Queen has traveled to London to...

    For 70 years the Queen has traveled to London to give her permission for incoming PM's to form a new government. When Johnson and Truss had to fly to Balmoral for her to accept his resignation and...
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    This is too much to absorb. Didn't even realize...

    This is too much to absorb. Didn't even realize Ward had passed until today. So versatile.

    Longtime favorite, as movie studio damage control and fixer in The Player:

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  7. Thread: Ray Liotta

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    What a sad day. Huge fan. And he stayed busy...

    What a sad day. Huge fan. And he stayed busy making movies his whole career right up to the end (and beyond).

    One of my alltime favorite roles, as "Figgsy" in Copland:

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    I put on one of his records after I heard, and...

    I put on one of his records after I heard, and his humor is still side-splitting.
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    Met him at a book signing in the Carolinas years...

    Met him at a book signing in the Carolinas years ago. Said his favorite test drive was a Dodge Viper. He was the Mark Twain of this generation with some of his pithy quotes. A favorite: "If you think...
  10. Very saddening. Saw Procol Harum in Feb. 2019,...

    Very saddening. Saw Procol Harum in Feb. 2019, Brooker was the only original member but his voice was unchanged from the 60's and it was magic hearing those classics. RIP
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    Another vividly remembered star turn of his, To...

    Another vividly remembered star turn of his, To Live And Die In L.A., as a win-at-any-cost lawyer. So long, Dean.

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    A piece of me just died too. Been a Stones fan...

    A piece of me just died too. Been a Stones fan since 1965 when I first heard "Satisfaction" blasting from a transistor radio over and over all day long during a hellish 2 weeks at summer...
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    Larry McMurtry, Author of "Lonesome Dove"

    One of the great 20th century American writers.

    https://www.thewrap.com/larry-mcmurtry-lonesome-dove-author-and-brokeback-mountain-screenwriter-dies-at-84/
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    Way to go Phil. You were a musical legend but now...

    Way to go Phil. You were a musical legend but now you will only be remembered as a bag lady in a fright wig who murdered a starlet.
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    What I admired most was his incredible range: he...

    What I admired most was his incredible range: he could convincingly play the most upright good guy or the creepiest sicko equally well. Guilty pleasure: Plummer as a sociopathic killer in The Silent...
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    Lordy, forgot this guy was still alive until now,...

    Lordy, forgot this guy was still alive until now, wheelchair bound to boot. Remember the day he was gunned down on the way to his obscenity trial in Lawrenceville Ga. Interesting his assailant...
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    Besides being a musician of genius, as someone...

    Besides being a musician of genius, as someone actually married to Tyson Miles always told the truth, although he did it in expletive laced street language. One of his most admirable qualities was he...
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    Saw a news item about this. It said she was "Born...

    Saw a news item about this. It said she was "Born the daughter of of Caribbean immigrants. Cicely grew up in a devoutly religious household in Harlem". Then I remembered a passage from Miles Davis's...
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    Inherited $600 million from his real-estate-mogul...

    Inherited $600 million from his real-estate-mogul dad Leo Bing. Money doesn't buy happiness, and inherited money never does.
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    Isaac Kappy (1977-2019)

    Actor who began speaking out about elite pedophile circles in Hollywood and DC in 2018, named names, dies by suicide less than a year later. Rates at least a "hmmmm". :confused: RIP Isaac for having...
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    One thing for sure: she was able to coast her...

    One thing for sure: she was able to coast her entire career on the strength of that book. Much like J.D. Salinger with Catcher In The Rye. It's like they both had one book in them and nothing else to...
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    Was surprised to find I have 6 of his albums in...

    Was surprised to find I have 6 of his albums in my collection. Marvellous musician & composer who could swing with any other talent: Ravi Shankar, Itzhak Perlman, full symphony orchestra or with his...
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    Dianne Lake joined Manson's gang when she was 13....

    Dianne Lake joined Manson's gang when she was 13. Some of the members were from privileged backgrounds (van Houten was a homecoming queen; 'Tex' Watson was a high school honor student), but others...
  24. Whew. Obviously was not planning on living to a...

    Whew. Obviously was not planning on living to a ripe old age bouncing the grandkids on his knee.
  25. Something like this happened to a friend (whom I...

    Something like this happened to a friend (whom I never met/knew personally) of my brother's . He'd been fighting depression for many years. His strongest vice/intake was cigarette smoking. At the...
  26. Thanks for the insights and sorry for your loss....

    Thanks for the insights and sorry for your loss. I would've thought immediate family could get information without going the normal hoops and hurdles. In my home state you can get a death certificate...
  27. The detective at the press conference spoke...

    The detective at the press conference spoke volumes when he said "everybody knew Chris and we knew this was going to be...a very sensitive matter" (translation: embarrassing). I'm sure the police...
  28. SoCal News Anchor Dead At 43; Overdose Suspected

    Chris Burrous, popular Southern California news anchor, married with children, dies in motel room of suspected drug overdose in company of a male "companion". It certainly must be awkward for his...
  29. The fact no drugs or alcohol were involved means...

    The fact no drugs or alcohol were involved means she didn't do this while withdrawing from or under the influence of a substance that she might not have done when sober. She had thought about and...
  30. So much for that myth of a "maternal instinct".

    So much for that myth of a "maternal instinct".
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    My dentist (at the time) was staying in a hotel...

    My dentist (at the time) was staying in a hotel opposite the MGM and said he never could forget the sight of all those hotel guests leaping to their deaths to get away from the flames on the floors...
  32. Thread: Jimi Hendrix

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    Extremely unlikely Voodoo Child was on any...

    Extremely unlikely Voodoo Child was on any setlist at a Hendrix concert in 1967 lol.
  33. Out on bail, walking free after killing a guy in...

    Out on bail, walking free after killing a guy in his own home for no reason. Government protecting its own once again. Can't wait to see how many more ways they're going to spin this to make her the...
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    No will: a sign Aretha was surrounded by the...

    No will: a sign Aretha was surrounded by the wrong kind of managers. Ella Fitzgerald by contrast was fortunate to have Norman Granz to look after her singing career and her business affairs. Now the...
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    I feel sorry for the brain tumor that had a case...

    I feel sorry for the brain tumor that had a case of John McCain. Counting the 27 sailors killed and 100 injured after his stunt on the deck of the USS Forrestal and his father the admiral's coverup...
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    Funny, a guy can murder his pregnant wife and 2...

    Funny, a guy can murder his pregnant wife and 2 young daughters in premeditated cold blood and he will be universally despised and hated as he should be. But another guy who does "Tokyo Rose"...
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    Good friend of mine bought one of Ed King's...

    Good friend of mine bought one of Ed King's Jaguars from the man himself. He said King kept immaculate records of all maintenance and service on the car. Then my friend's wife totaled it one day. :(
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    I'm sorry she died such a violent and senseless...

    I'm sorry she died such a violent and senseless death, but she apparently (judging from her Twitter account) was all onboard with open borders and a lot of other NWO crap that has a twisted way of...
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    Jeez, now he's claiming his wife strangled the...

    Jeez, now he's claiming his wife strangled the two daughters and he killed wifey in a blind rage at their loss. "My wife (conveniently dead and can't deny it) made me do it".
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  40. Thread: Julie London

    by StudioJoe
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    Just did a spot check and find I have 7 of her...

    Just did a spot check and find I have 7 of her albums in my collection, including a duplicate of "Julie Is Her Name", which I must have snapped up in haste without checking my inventory first lol....
  41. Thread: Julie London

    by StudioJoe
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    Drop-dead gorgeous. Great voice. Short-tempered....

    Drop-dead gorgeous. Great voice. Short-tempered. Outtake from a recording session of "The Man I Love". [WARNING: language]
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    Seems like it was in the cards for Margot to go...

    Seems like it was in the cards for Margot to go the way she did, if this portrait is accurate:
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    At least Tupac was famous before he died.

    At least Tupac was famous before he died.
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    He was discovered sitting up with a sash around...

    He was discovered sitting up with a sash around his neck, suggesting he was into autoerotic asphyxiation a la Michael Hutchence and David Carradine, and died that way. No, this was either suicide or...
  45. Thread: Kate Spade

    by StudioJoe
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    You're one of the lucky ones. I think this kid in...

    You're one of the lucky ones. I think this kid in our acquaintance was on those meds for so long and it became so routine that "doctor's orders, you have to take your prescription" they eventually...
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    Anthony Bourdain...Kate Spade... Celebrity...

    Anthony Bourdain...Kate Spade... Celebrity trifecta activated.
  47. Thread: Kate Spade

    by StudioJoe
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    I think the role of antidepressants, psychoactive...

    I think the role of antidepressants, psychoactive drugs in general, is way underreported or examined. Right on the heels of this news came the shocker in our community that one of my kids' high...
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    The most disturbing aspect of these mass...

    The most disturbing aspect of these mass shootings is the alleged shooters at all of them (Sandy Hook, Route 91, Sutherland Springs, Parkland, Santa Fe) were already known to law enforcement, some...
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    My copies of Electric Koolaid Acid Test, Radical...

    My copies of Electric Koolaid Acid Test, Radical Chic and The Right Stuff were dogeared and well thumbed from repeated readings. Loved his style. Then he switched to fiction and for years churned out...
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    The way the high court flip flopped on how they...

    The way the high court flip flopped on how they were going to rule suggests lot of pressure applied to clear Skakel. Once again money, power and privilege call the tune.
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