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Post by Mr Whippy on Dec 5, 2023 18:35:04 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Dec 5, 2023 19:05:02 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Dec 5, 2023 19:48:47 GMT
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Post by Mr Whippy on Dec 5, 2023 22:00:58 GMT
Thanks Paul. Didn't have time to look for anything in particular. Heard it on the news and was having to go out. Didn't know he was living in Naples. Disappointing the way he was "let go of" by Paul McCartney.
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Post by Slinger on Dec 7, 2023 14:21:09 GMT
RIP Benjamin Zephaniah, British poet and " campaigner". Benjamin Zephaniah, the British poet whose work often addressed political injustice, has died aged 65. Zephaniah died in the early hours of Thursday morning after being diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago, a post on his Instagram page stated. “Benjamin’s wife was by his side throughout and was with him when he passed,” the post read. “We shared him with the world and we know many will be shocked and saddened by this news. Benjamin was a true pioneer and innovator, he gave the world so much. Through an amazing career including a huge body of poems, literature, music, television and radio, Benjamin leaves us with a joyful and fantastic legacy”. MOREHe wasn't always " Mr Serious" though... |
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Post by petea on Dec 7, 2023 14:46:15 GMT
Yes. I was sad to read that. I'd only been reading an article about him the other day.
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 7, 2023 15:34:13 GMT
An all round good bloke
RIP Benjamin
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Post by petea on Dec 8, 2023 11:49:32 GMT
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Post by Mr Whippy on Dec 9, 2023 10:07:59 GMT
I heard a reading from him on Radio 4 a few weeks ago. Thought he didn't sound his usual self, which seemed unusual.
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Post by Slinger on Dec 13, 2023 13:38:38 GMT
It was a Hell of a funeral, by all accounts and from the clips I've seen.
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Post by Slinger on Dec 13, 2023 23:22:20 GMT
Beloved Beach Boys member dies from cancer
Jeffrey Foskett died after a prolonged
battle with anaplastic thyroid cancerRIP Jeffrey Foskett. OBIT
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Post by MartinT on Dec 24, 2023 13:31:00 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Dec 25, 2023 12:09:22 GMT
I found this, with Laura singing lead, and it's rather lovely. RIP Laura. This, the girls' original line up, is:Martie Erwin – fiddle, harmony vocals Laura Lynch – bass, vocals, harmony vocals Robin Lynn Macy – guitar, vocals, harmony vocals Emily Erwin – banjo, harmony vocals The American Music Shop house band were:Mark O'Connor - violin, mandolin, bandleader and music director Jerry Douglas - Dobro, Lap Steel Brent Mason/Brent Rowan - Guitars John Jarvis/Matt Rollings - Keyboards; Glen Worf - Bass Harry Stinson - Drums, Background Vocals |
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 31, 2023 16:17:45 GMT
John Pilger RIP"He was a vocal and sometimes controversial critic of Western foreign policy. He was also outspoken over the treatment of Indigenous Australians. Pilger was born in Bondi, New South Wales in 1939, but was based in the United Kingdom since the 1960s. He worked for outlets including Reuters and the Daily Mirror. He was best known for his work as a foreign correspondent, including reporting on the Vietnam War, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and from the United States during the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s. He was in the same room when Robert Kennedy was assassinated while running to be the Democratic nominee for the 1968 presidential election, according to his website. He made numerous documentaries, including the 1979 film Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia, about the country under Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge, as well as many about Australia and its treatment of Indigenous Australians. In a 1990 interview on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, he said he had always been "interested in the victims of war, the people running the other way". "Journalism is nothing if it's not about humanity - it has to be about people's lives," he said. He won numerous awards throughout his career, including Britain's Journalist of the Year Award in 1967 and 1979, and Bafta's Richard Dimbleby Award for factual reporting in 1991. more on link A man we need more than ever
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Post by Slinger on Dec 31, 2023 16:41:05 GMT
Pilger shone the brightest light into the darkest of corners with no fear and no ego. R.I.P.
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Post by Slinger on Jan 5, 2024 17:38:36 GMT
David Soul: Starsky & Hutch actor dies aged 80. OBITI prefer to remember him for Salem's Lot. |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 8, 2024 11:34:53 GMT
Del Palmer, engineer, bass player and long-time creative ally of Kate Bush, has died at the age of 71, confirmed the Kate Bush News website yesterday. "We are heartbroken to tell you that Del Palmer passed away at home, yesterday, Friday January 5th, surrounded by his family," a post on the site reads. "Del had dealt with health issues over the last few years and the announcement came today on social media from his niece, Debbii Louise Palmer on behalf of Del’s family." www.musicradar.com/news/kate-bush-del-palmer-dies-at-71 |
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 10, 2024 10:54:51 GMT
I'm really sad to hear that drummer James Kottak has passed at age of just 61. Had a 20 year stint in Scorpions, and original drummer with Kingdom Come, an animal on the drums.
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Post by Slinger on Jan 10, 2024 13:11:27 GMT
Magnum guitarist Tony Clarkin has died aged 77. OBIT |
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Post by mikeyb on Jan 10, 2024 16:04:00 GMT
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