______ Passed Away Today, RIP (4 Viewers)

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Brimley had just a few scenes in "The Firm", but he knocks it out of the park when he threatens Tom Cruise. Great acting in a terrifying scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNEvCdVtk0

 

[[scooter]]

Brimley had just a few scenes in "The Firm", but he knocks it out of the park when he threatens Tom Cruise. Great acting in a terrifying scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNEvCdVtk0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On3cQ0sPvSY

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Tom Cruise now is 10 years older than Wilford Brimley was when Brimley was in Cocoon.

You're not helping.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Wilford Brimley, 85. He was on dialysis but no confirmation if it was related to diabeetus

"I shoulda been a farmer, Red".

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

"I shoulda been a farmer, Red".

Brimley had a lot of great one-liners in that movie.

Michael Madsen badly misplays a flyball and he comes back to the dugout and says, "I lost it in the sun," the camera cuts to a shot of cloudy gray skies, and then Brimley replies, "Blinding."

 

[AAABatteries]

RIP to Brimley and his oaty appendage 

 

[BobbyLayne]

Local Motown thing:

Jamie Samuelson

He was the straight guy to local sports talk radio personalities (Wojo, Stoney.) Good man.

 

[James Bond]

Wilford Brimley was the Abe Vigoda of the 21st century.

 

[wikkidpissah]

i spent the first half of the last decade growing mushrooms in Wilford Brimley's moustache. RIP -

 

[zamboni]

It's hard to believe he was only 50 when he made Cocoon.  R.I.P.

That is astounding when you think about it. Makes me feel young.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Local Motown thing:

Jamie Samuelson

He was the straight guy to local sports talk radio personalities (Wojo, Stoney.) Good man.

Yea. Sad. Big Loss for local radio. 
 

shocking that he just announced his illness Monday and now he’s gone. 48. cripes.

 

[JaxBill]

Last surviving member of Molly Hatchet passed away.

Guitarist Steve Holland, who rose to fame with Southern rockers Molly Hatchet, has reportedly died.

The news was shared via social media by Gator Country, the band Holland formed in 2005 with fellow ex-Molly Hatchet members Jimmy Farrar, Duane Roland and Bruce Crump. Holland's age and cause of death were not revealed. His recent health battles have been regularly chronicled on the group's Facebook page.

Read More: Molly Hatchet Guitarist Steve Holland Dies | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/steve-holland-molly-hatchet-dies/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

 

[Foosball God]

Local Motown thing:

Jamie Samuelson

He was the straight guy to local sports talk radio personalities (Wojo, Stoney.) Good man.

Damn, used to listen to him all the time.  RIP.

 

[Mr. Ected]

It's hard to believe he was only 50 when he made Cocoon.  R.I.P.

That is astounding when you think about it. Makes me feel young.

I was listening to Dan Patrick last week, and they mentioned that Matthew McConaughey was the same age to the day that Mr. Brimley was when he did Cocoon.

RIP.

 

[Galileo]

Reni Santori who played Poppie on Seinfeld passed on Saturday

 

[Quint]

Ralph Barbieri - aka The Razor - Bay Area sports talk legend died today at 74 due to complications from Parkinson’s. 

RIP Ralph, and “Go Sharks!” 

 

[zamboni]

Reni Santori who played Poppie on Seinfeld passed on Saturday

I always remember him as the prison therapist in the Sean Penn juvenile delinquent prison movie Bad Boys (1:00 mark).

 

[Tom Servo]

Ralph Barbieri - aka The Razor - Bay Area sports talk legend died today at 74 due to complications from Parkinson’s. 

RIP Ralph, and “Go Sharks!” 

Wrestling twitter freaked out because they saw #RIPRazor and thought Razor Ramon had passed away.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Wrestling twitter freaked out because...

They actually need a reason?

 

[Tom Servo]

They actually need a reason?

Well, I meant moreso than usual...

 

[Eephus]

Vern Rumsey, bass player for 90s punk band Unwound died at age 47. 

 

[[scooter]]

Wayne Fontana, former lead singer of The Mindbenders, best known for their #1 hit "The Game Of Love". (The same group also launched the careers of Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman, later of 10cc.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM1H14avork

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Vern Rumsey, bass player for 90s punk band Unwound died at age 47. 

I did a search and clicked on a link from the the UK Post - who thinks I need to hear a full, non-skippable 30 second message from the state of Arkansas about the Corona virus in Spanish  - if I want to listen to what I clicked on it for ...

 

[FairWarning]

Ex-Yankee 2B Horrible Horace Clarke - 81.  The face of the late 60's-early 70's Yankee teams.  He did break up 3 no-hitters in the 9th inning.

 

[jamny]

Reni Santori who played Poppie on Seinfeld passed on Saturday

Dirty Harry's partner

 

[Eephus]

Ex-Yankee 2B Horrible Horace Clarke - 81.  The face of the late 60's-early 70's Yankee teams.  He did break up 3 no-hitters in the 9th inning.

He choked up on his bat a lot.

 

[dickey moe]

Messed up my McConaughey! 

Alrightalrightalrighhhht

 

[Tom Servo]

James Harris - aka Kamala - dies at age 70

 

[Tom Servo]

Carroll Hardy - the only man ever to pinch hit for Ted Williams - died today at age 87. 

 

[jamny]

Legendary IRON MAIDEN And DEEP PURPLE Producer MARTIN BIRCH Dead At 71

I can't say I knew a lot of producers names but Birch was one that I did.

 

[[scooter]]

Carroll Hardy - the only man ever to pinch hit for Ted Williams - died today at age 87. 

Also the only man to ever pinch hit for Yaz.

Also played pro football for the 49ers.

Also worked in the front office for the Denver Broncos and is considered to be the architect of their 1970s "Orange Crush" defense.

 

[Clown Car]

“if I had a hammer” singer, Trini Lopez passed away. I love that song. 
 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/trini-lopez-dead-at-83-coronavirus-obituary-1042985/amp/

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

“if I had a hammer” singer, Trini Lopez passed away. I love that song. 
 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/trini-lopez-dead-at-83-coronavirus-obituary-1042985/amp/

He was good in The Dirty Dozen.

 

[Joe Summer]

Trini Lopez had a role in "The Dirty Dozen." Halfway through the film, he demanded -- supposedly on the advice of Frank Sinatra -- that the script be rewritten to give him a bigger role, or else he was going to walk off the set.

Well, the script was re-written, alright......with Lopez's character being immediately killed off!

 

[Eephus]

“if I had a hammer” singer, Trini Lopez passed away. I love that song. 
 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/trini-lopez-dead-at-83-coronavirus-obituary-1042985/amp/

His signature Gibson guitar is a classic. 

 

[boilerdave]

Howard Mudd. Best known to me as the OL coach for the Peyton Manning Colts. 
Suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident a couple of weeks ago. 

 

[Tom Servo]

RIP Martin Birch  - hopefully he died with his boots on.

Iron Maiden albums produced by Martin Birch:

1981 – Killers

1982 – The Number of the Beast

1983 – Piece of Mind

1984 – Powerslave

1985 – Live After Death

1986 – Somewhere in Time

1988 – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

1990 – No Prayer for the Dying

1992 – Fear of the Dark

1994 – Maiden England '88

 

[FairWarning]

Former Illinois governor Jim Thompson, 84.

 

[El Floppo]

RIP Robert Trump, the brother I never knew existed. 71 seems young.

 

[Doug B]

Actor Ben Cross (Chariots of Fire, Star Trek [2009], Dark Shadows [1991]) passed away today at age 72.

 

[Eephus]

Actress Linda Manz died at age 58.  She was unforgettable as the teenage narrator of Terence Malick's Days of Heaven.  She only made a few movies before retreating from public life, raising a family and living in a trailer park.

 

[Joe Summer]

Actress Linda Manz died at age 58.  She was unforgettable as the teenage narrator of Terence Malick's Days of Heaven.  She only made a few movies before retreating from public life, raising a family and living in a trailer park.

I read that the film wasn't even supposed to have a narrator, but Malick decided in post-production to have Manz come in to the editing room and basically do a stream-of-consciousness narration, almost like a DVD commentary but 25 years before such things existed.

And that's what made the film.

 

[Tom Servo]

Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. 

He also played with W.A.S.P.

 

[Eephus]

Longtime Supersuckers guitarist Ron "Rontrose" Heathman died earlier in the week

 

[[scooter]]

Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. 

He also played with W.A.S.P.

For men of a certain age, Quiet Riot was most likely your introduction to heavy metal.

Metal Health
Cum On Feel The Noize
Slick Black Cadillac at the US Festival

R.I.P.

 

[DocHolliday]

For men of a certain age, Quiet Riot was most likely your introduction to heavy metal.

Metal Health
Cum On Feel The Noize
Slick Black Cadillac at the US Festival

R.I.P.

Very true.   Quiet Riot seemed to get the ball rolling with heavy metal getting air play but were quickly passed up by other bands with better songs.  Still, I will always have very fond memories of Quiet Riot and that time period in my life.    

 

[Tom Servo]

Jack Sherman of RHCP has passed away.

 

[rockaction]

Longtime Supersuckers guitarist Ron "Rontrose" Heathman died earlier in the week

Ron's got the cocaine/Kevin's got the keg

RIP Ron

 

[Hastur]

RIP Sir Kenneth Robinson (4 March 1950 – 21 August 2020)[1] was a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was Director of the Arts in Schools Project (1985–89) and Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick (1989–2001), and was later[when?] Professor Emeritus at the same institution. In 2003 he was knighted for services to the arts.

 

[El Floppo]

RIP Sir Kenneth Robinson (4 March 1950 – 21 August 2020)[1] was a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was Director of the Arts in Schools Project (1985–89) and Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick (1989–2001), and was later[when?] Professor Emeritus at the same institution. In 2003 he was knighted for services to the arts.

Saw him talk a couple times...can't recommend his books enough. Was on the board at our kids pre-school (Pre-K-8th grade) and profoundly influenced the direction of the school. All about creativity. Just an amazing guy...rip :(