Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

[A_B]

Not Ringo!

[Steve of phpBB]

Not Ringo!

That's where I went too.

[Giff]

Brian Matusz

[bfj]

Brian Matusz

The Big Papi specialist. Very sad. No cause listed anywhere I’ve looked.

[Steve of phpBB]

Brian Matusz

The Big Papi specialist. Very sad. No cause listed anywhere I’ve looked.

He is a legend among Cubs fans for his one start for them, in 2016.

[wlu_lax6]

He's a Soul Man
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 235140865/

[mister d]

I’m Ass Hole Man

[bfj]

Brian Matusz

Drug overdose

[cerranoredux]

Peter Yarrow’s publicist was named Ken Sunshine? A little too on the nose, yeah?

[DaveInSeattle]

NBA mourns death of SuperSonics legend Gus Williams, key player in 1979 championship

Gus "The Wizard" Williams, a former Seattle Supersonics player who led the team to its only NBA championship in 1979, has died at age 71.
Williams spent six seasons of his NBA career with the Supersonics.

The shooting guard averaged 17.1 points, 5.6 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.7 rebounds over his career.

In the 1975-76 NBA season, Williams finished second in Rookie of the Year voting to Alvan Adams. His career began as a draft pick of the Golden State Warriors and concluded after the 1986-87 season with the Atlanta Hawks.

Williams averages a career best 23.4 ppg with Seattle in the 1981-82 season.

[rass]

Garth Hudson

[DaveInSeattle]

Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and playwright, dies at 95

Some artists draw every line as if they know just where it will end. Jules Feiffer never did. Not for him the delicate feathering, diligent crosshatching or obsessive pointillism of the neurotically controlling craftsman. His lines unfurled across the page like banners of the subconscious, zooming forward, doubling back and propelling the reader's gaze (and even, you had to suspect, his own) in directions nobody could have anticipated.

[DaveInSeattle]

Garth Hudson

Pretty great obituary in The Ringer by Franz Nicolay, the keyboardist from The Hold Steady.

The Old Man and the Keys: The Improvised Legacy of Garth Hudson

Garth Hudson wasn’t the most magnetic, the most handsome, or the most financially successful member of the Band—a group George Harrison, of all people, called “the best band in the history of the universe.” He didn’t sing or compose. Of the many words written about them, the fewest are devoted to him. He has the least screen time in The Last Waltz, the Martin Scorsese documentary of their final concert which cemented their mythology. His essentially settled and placid nature, and apparent lack of ego, made him a less obvious object of attention than the volatile and leonine Helm, the childlike Danko, the hapless Manuel, the canny Robertson. He mostly stayed out of the later Helm/Robertson blood feud. He passed through the Band’s narrative—their evolution from barnstorming bar band to super-sidemen to mystic mountain men to dissipated rock burnouts to ghost-band afterlife—seemingly unscathed, untouched by Helm’s bitterness or Manuel’s despair. He resisted, without visible effort, the chemical temptation that led to the band’s physical and musical decline. It made sense that he, the oldest member of the band, and Robertson, the youngest, would be the last ones standing—the latter ultimately protected from his indulgences by his savvy and practical-minded ambition; Hudson by his gently single-minded focus on perfecting the details of his musical vision. Meanwhile, his bandmates spoke of him with something like awe: “He could’ve been playing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra or with Miles Davis,” said Robertson, “but he was with us, and we were lucky to have him.”

[sancarlos]

That was really good. RIP.

[DaveInSeattle]

Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull dies at 78

Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78, her spokesperson has said.

Born in Hampstead in December 1946, she was known for hits like As Tears Go By, which reached the UK top 10 in 1964, and for starring roles in films including 1968's The Girl On A Motorcycle.

She was also famously the girlfriend of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger in the 1960s, inspiring songs such as Wild Horses and You Can't Always Get What You Want. After a period of heroin addiction in the 70s, she resurrected her career with the classic album Broken English.

"Broken English" is a great great album.

[wlu_lax6]

200-year-old pub
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ic ... d529&ei=34

[wlu_lax6]

Dick Button..figure skating star
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/di ... ngNewsSerp

[Nonlinear FC]

I mean, that dude WAS figure skating for most of my life. Hamilton has done a nice job of taking over and, frankly, not being such a dick.

[EnochRoot]

Former O's 2B Rich Dauer (also coached for the Astros). He was 72.

He's a member of both the O's HOF and College Baseball HOF (won national titles at USC back in '73 and '74).

[wlu_lax6]

Faye Vincent, the commish

John Shumate, Notre Dame Hoops great

[brian]

Dick Jauron, former Bills (and Lions interim) head coach.

Was a good DC whose competency level was no higher than that.

[The Sybian]

Dick Jauron, former Bills (and Lions interim) head coach.

Was a good DC whose competency level was no higher than that.

I want Brian to write my obituary.

[DSafetyGuy]

Dick Jauron, former Bills (and Lions interim) head coach.

Was a good DC whose competency level was no higher than that.

I want Brian to write my obituary.

It's a factual account.

[brian]

I forgot he was a Bears HC too, which also shows how successful he was there.

[oiler]

Mariucci gave a really nice, emotional eulogy this morning for Jauron. Said he left coaching to take care of his wife, who had developed memory issues. Stuck with her every day for years (decades?) and was her primary care giver. Couldn't find video online of his comments, but it was good stuff.

[Steve of phpBB]

I forgot he was a Bears HC too, which also shows how successful he was there.

Hey they went 13-3 in 2001. Featuring two straight OT Pick-Six wins.

[sancarlos]

Mariucci gave a really nice, emotional eulogy this morning for Jauron. Said he left coaching to take care of his wife, who had developed memory issues. Stuck with her every day for years (decades?) and was her primary care giver. Couldn't find video online of his comments, but it was good stuff.

We have an oiler sighting! Welcome back.

[DaveInSeattle]

Bestselling novelist Tom Robbins dies at 92

Tom Robbins dazzled millions of readers with the whimsy and imagination in his bestselling novels, such as 1984's Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All, from 1990, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, a 1976 book adapted by director Gus Van Sant into a 1993 film.

[sancarlos]

I read Even Cowgirls… when I was in college. What a trippy book.

[A_B]

Woulda lost that bet.

[The Sybian]

Woulda lost that bet.

That Sancarlos read a book?

[sancarlos]

Woulda lost that bet.

That Sancarlos read a book?

Hey, now, careful man! There’s a beverage here!

[A_B]

Woulda lost that bet.

That Sancarlos read a book?

Hey, now, careful man! There’s a beverage here!

It's a trippy book. and one that I think someone of SCK's vintage would have been well aware of. Hippy californians and all that.

[brian]

Biff Wiff died yesterday. Tim Robinson’s shirt brother on ITYSL amongst numerous other great comedic parts.

[wlu_lax6]

Mike Collier...Member of Super Bowl X champion Steelers. Interesting obit..3 years in the NFL and the 25 years at Martin's grocery story in Hagerstown MD.

[The Sybian]

Still angry about mail-in ballots costing him the 2020 election? Or controlling future elections?

[cerranoredux]

Still angry about mail-in ballots costing him the 2020 election? Or controlling future elections?

Let Mike Collier rest in peace, man.

[The Sybian]

Still angry about mail-in ballots costing him the 2020 election? Or controlling future elections?

Let Mike Collier rest in peace, man.

I forgot he was your favorite Hagerstown grocery store employee.

[wlu_lax6]

Volettta Wallace...Notorious B.I.G.'s mom

[Giff]

Volettta Wallace...Notorious B.I.G.'s mom

Really odd timing as I'm going through the podcast "60 Songs That Explain the 90s", and the last one I listened this week to was about "Juicy" where the host talked about her a lot.