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______ Passed Away Today, RIP (6 Viewers)

the rover said:
My Dad just turned 91.  Not sure on the details of what neighborhood.
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Find out...it's all about the neighborhood.

Eta...and he's only a couple years older than my dad would be. My dad played football..might've known each other from that if not the hood.

 
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El Floppo said:
Find out...it's all about the neighborhood.

Eta...and he's only a couple years older than my dad would be. My dad played football..might've known each other from that if not the hood.
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You didn’t ask me but I have to pile on...

my dad born in Bushwick and is 75. 
my mom born in Canarsie (as was I) and she’s 73. 
 

do you think I might have strong opinions on pizza and proper Italian bread? ;)  

 
Eephus said:
British film director Michael Apted died at age 79.  His magnum opus is the series of "Up" documentaries he made chronicling the lives of a group of people from ages 7 to 63.  He also directed a bunch of more commercial properties including 007 movie The World Is Not Enough.
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Apparently the Up series is one of those things that develop a contemporary closeness which makes it work with an agegroup when others see the cracks. I was only a couplefew years older than these kids and, though i didnt catch the first one when it came out (dont even know if it played in America), i saw 7Up and 7Up & 7 together at an art house in the 70s and was hooked, i think i only missed one the rest of the way. Thank you, Mr Apted, for the touchstones in personality development that meant so much to this Yank. RIP -

 
wikkidpissah said:
Apparently the Up series is one of those things that develop a contemporary closeness which makes it work with an agegroup when others see the cracks. I was only a couplefew years older than these kids and, though i didnt catch the first one when it came out (dont even know if it played in America), i saw 7Up and 7Up & 7 together at an art house in the 70s and was hooked, i think i only missed one the rest of the way. Thank you, Mr Apted, for the touchstones in personality development that meant so much to this Yank. RIP -
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The 7 up series is available on Britbox for those who want to watch, really fascinating.  It does not have 63, it ends at 56 on Britbox.

 
Monty Burns said:
Tony Rice on Dec 25.....highly acclaimed acoustic guitarist, primarily known for his work with The David Grisman Quintet and JD Crowe and the New South

Freeborn Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl1ibykWZU&list=RDicMTVV5Lwaw&index=1

Lime House Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIfRL6Jzsbo
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I've been listening to his duet record with Ricky Skaggs tonight - really fantastic guitar work and a classic American bluegrass sound.  Also have had Church Street Blues on the past couple weeks since he died.

Also, I'm extremely high right now.

 
The Man With No Name said:
ILLUSIONIST SIEGFRIED FISCHBACHER, OF SIEGFRIED & ROY 
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Went to Vegas with the family as we did a great american driving trip (in a rented SUV) from Alabama to the Grand Canyon, then flew home from Vegas.  We went to the Siegfried and Roy Secret Tiger Garden (or something like that), and off in the corner I saw a guy and thought "Wow, that is a really good Siegfried impersonator." No one else moved towards him and as we drifted by, I just kinda nodded my head at him.  He called us over, introduced himself, told us all about the Tigers, did magic tricks for my kids, took pictures.  He was just super nice and it was one of the highlights of the trip.

RIP Siegfried

Found the picture

 
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FairWarning said:
Phil Spector, 81
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dunno how to feel about this. before Spector, rock was about creating a very immediate sound. after Spector, rock was about manipulating sound into a very immediate thing, so everything from crooning to chirping to chanting could be as compelling as pounding & grinding out what one had to say. production immediately wanted to catch up to performance and, unfortunately, it's never stopped running. modern music is so little about performance it's ridiculous. it's not even production anymore, it's engineering. thanks, Phil. rest in wigs -

 
I’m more conflicted because of that whole committed murder thing.

Rest or don’t rest — but I guess that won’t stop me from playing “Christmas Gift for You” every year.

 
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Don Quixote said:
I’m more conflicted because of that whole committed murder thing.

Rest or don’t rest — but I guess that won’t stop me from playing “Christmas Gift for You” every year.
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i pass no sentence upon the private lives of public people unless they cross into mine. judgement can be better used...

 
I can separate the art from the artist most of the time, but Spector was far too vile of a human being for me to do so in this case.  I will leave it at that. 

 
Don Quixote said:
I’m more conflicted because of that whole committed murder thing.

Rest or don’t rest — but I guess that won’t stop me from playing “Christmas Gift for You” every year.
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No conflict here, he can burn in hell with him forcing his sons to have sex with his girlfriend when they were 10 and 13 respectively. #### that guy

 
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RIP Hank.

I still remember watching him pass Babe Ruth's record on tv. We had our tv upstairs in the living room. But that's the only thing i remember about it being up there. It was downstairs for years before we moved.

 
hammerin hank was the best of the best who beat ruth at a time when a lot of folks sure didnt want to see that happen and made his life hell as a result i am inspired by how he handled himself with dignity and was hard working and a gentleman and he was  one of my old mans favorite hometown milwaukee braves along with spahny and burdette what a loss take that to the bank bromigos 

 
i wasnt a Henry Aaron fan for a long time. he was nowhere near as glamorous as Say Hey Willie or the Mick or Koufax and, since his worldchamps year happened just before i started paying attention to baseball, his teams never seemed to matter much when i thought a really great player would change that. when Mays didnt catch the Babe @ 714, i actually resented Aaron taking up the chase and demystifying my favorite sports record by winning it with doggedness instead of brilliance.

then i saw him in the spotlight of the record chase and how dangerous the spotlight still was for a black man, especially on a southern team. i didnt see the fire of self that drove #42 & #24 thru their spotlights and great black leaders to the fore or even the more mature smolder of Bill Russell & Jim Brown. i saw, "i got a job to do here, and nobody's gonna change that" and realized that staying on one's path is a power perhaps more compelling than storming thru barriers. Aaron brought the same equanimity to his executive and public relations work after his playing career. he was a man like not many men are men. RIP -

 
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I was coming to post this as well, always one of my favorites as he was one of Alabama's own. He handled such a nasty situation with the ultimate in class and dignity.  One of the titans of the game, and of life.  RIP Henry.

 
Just heard the news - this one hurts.  As a life-long Atlantan I had the bad fortune of following horrible Braves teams throughout my youth.  My Dad would tell me about Hank and it was a badge of honor for us to have him be the HR King - we had little else going for us at the time other than being on The Superstation.  I would listen to the Braves as a kid on the radio with my Grandfather and had the good fortune of being selected through a family friend to be a part of a Delta Airlines - Toys for Tots photo shoot with The Hammer that was in the AJC (local Atlanta paper).  I'd be lying if I said I remember much about the encounter or that it was magical but nevertheless I was in awe of the man.  Years later I remember reading about what happened with him during the HR chase and again was in awe - but this time about what a wonderful human being he was and not just a prodigious baseball talent.  I still have the baseball he signed for me that day.  It's one of my most cherished non-family possessions.  The man was a titan and who I consider to be the greatest player to ever live.  I will be drinking in his honor tonight.

RIP Hammer

 
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