Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Post by **brian** » Mon May 16, 2016 2:21 pm

Turns out she's fine. Probably went on a bender. The Irish, you know...

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon May 16, 2016 6:27 pm

Dick McAuliffe, from 1968 champion Detroit Tigers, dies at 76

Key member of that Tiger championship team. And he liked to fight.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue May 17, 2016 9:23 am

Guy Clark!

I kid of course. But the guy who wrote the I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke song just died. Here's a picture of him in happier times.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri May 20, 2016 10:33 pm

Longtime Giants third baseman Jim Ray Hart dies at 74

A fixture at third base for five years, career .278 hitter with pop in his best years, feasted on fastballs batting behind Mays, Cepeda and McCovey.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat May 21, 2016 12:39 am

Dayum. First Jim Davenport, and now Jim Ray Hart. Hope McCovey's taking his vitamins.

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat May 21, 2016 11:16 am

Davvy and Hart were primarily third basemen. Al Gallagher*, Ed Goodson and Darrel Evans need to worry. (I have no idea if these guys are still alive.)

*iirc his full name was Alan Michael Edward George Patrick Henry Gallagher. There is all kinds of nonsense I still remember from eighth grade.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 1:33 pm

Anton Yelchin (Chekov in Star Trek movies) dies in auto accident at 27.

He pinned by his own car in his driveway.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 5:02 pm

Oh man. I mean, there have to be worse ways to go, but that's just so...I don't know...pointless, preventable?

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Jun 25, 2016 9:36 am

Prince Be

Bernie Worrell

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:55 am

rass wrote:Prince Be

Bernie Worrell

For his work with Talking Heads alone, Bernie Worrell deserves a spot on the pantheon. Add in the PFunk years, and he moves to the very front of the class. Awesome.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:34 am

I considered giving him his own thread, but I guess he is a little too much in an an old niche for most of you, so I put him here.

Ralph Stanley. One of the pioneering figures in bluegrass/mountain music, in the Stanley Brothers, the Clinch Mountain Boys, and more recently, as a featured performer on the O Brother Where Art Thou movie soundtrack.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:24 am

Chief Zee
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc- ... scot-dies/

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:00 pm

MISS CLEO
DEAD AT 53

You know how often those 1-877 Kars-4-Kids ads run? multiply that by about three, and that's how frequent these ads aired.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:01 pm

She never saw it coming.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:57 pm

howard wrote:MISS CLEO
DEAD AT 53

Wow, that is a blast from the past. Brings me back to my childhood, watching syndicated shows on WPIX and WOR. Call me Now!

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:51 pm

R.I.P. David Huddleston of The Big Lebowski and Blazing Saddles

LA TImes obit

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:18 pm

This news genuinely makes me sad. Two of his highlights, below!

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:40 pm

That line from Blazing Saddles was very popular among my high school friends, senior year. Somehow.

Post by **brian** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:24 am

"Do you have a job, sir?"

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 7:45 am

"Posse Comitatus"
"And I'm a gun-totin' redneck son of a bitch"

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 7:52 am

"...but we don't want the Irish!"

Does anyone else remember Santa Claus, the Movie? It's completely disappeared from cultural memory, but I remember it being really heavily promoted when it came out in the mid-80s and running on cable TV all the time for a while after. It was like a superhero origin-story take on Santa Claus, where he starts out as a regular guy who gets stranded in the frozen wastes, then gets rescued and made immortal (?) by the elves. There's also a plot where one of the elves who is Dudley Moore goes rogue and goes to work for John Lithgow who is some evil tycoon that wants to corporatize Christmas (glad that didn't happen!)

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 9:20 am

RIP Kevin Arnold's grandfather.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 4:23 pm

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 5:08 pm

rass wrote:

Too obvious to say that this will be the funeral of the year?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:04 pm

So, is Bearetta more likely named by a gun lover or an animal lover?

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:10 pm

or Robert Blake fan?

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:30 am

Former Aston Villa striker, Dalian Atkinson, via stun gun
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/15/former-a ... ports.html

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:20 pm

Fyvush Finkel:

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:44 pm

When I saw this thread on top, I figured Bobby Hutcherson, vibraphonist.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/J ... 145282.php

And, John McLaughlin, the TV pundit, (not the musician currently featured in the old timey music thread.)

http://www.politico.com/media/story/201 ... -89-004720

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:56 pm

howard wrote:
And, John McLaughlin, the TV pundit, (not the musician currently featured in the old timey music thread.)

http://www.politico.com/media/story/201 ... -89-004720

On a scale of 0-10, 0 being no chance, and 10 being absolute metaphysical certitude, how dead is John McLauglin?

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:06 pm

According to that obit, this past Sunday was the first time in the 34 year history of the show that he had missed a taping.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:08 pm

As long as Dana Carvey is still alive, I guess I'm okay.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:20 am

rass wrote:According to that obit, this past Sunday was the first time in the 34 year history of the show that he had missed a taping.

On a scale of 0-10, 0 being no chance, and 10 being absolute metaphysical certitude, that the McLauglin Group was still on the air?

Rex wrote:As long as Dana Carvey is still alive, I guess I'm okay.

Always loved that skit.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/ ... en/2868102

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:39 am

bye, bye, bye
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/21/entertain ... index.html

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:38 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:bye, bye, bye
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/21/entertain ... index.html

There was an episode of "American Greed" a few years ago about this guy.

What a piece of (recently deceased) shit.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:15 am

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:43 am

The mystery of Michael Brooks

Mystery man speaks: Michael Brooks on his career, health, and hometown

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:14 pm

Inspiration for Little Red-Haired Girl (Peanuts)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertain ... story.html

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:14 pm

That's really interesting. I admit to not remember him at all. He came along just before my interest in college hoops caught fire (the Ralph Sampson years). And even then, I was young and really only knew the ACC stars and a few others - Isiah, Mark Aguirre, etc.

Edit - I'm talking about Michael Brooks, not the little red-haired girl.

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:16 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:Inspiration for Little Red-Haired Girl (Peanuts)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertain ... story.html

If anyone ever goes to Santa Rosa, CA, check out the Charles Schulz Museum. It's awesome. The ice rink next to it is outstanding, too.