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Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:09 pm
by Baloney
John Surtees only person to win F1 and motorcycle GP world titles
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... a-one-dies
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:27 am
by wlu_lax6
Joni Sledge....Sister Sledge cofounder
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:13 pm
by mister d
Former Knicks announcer John Andriese.
(I just saw his birthday is my birthday, he was born in '38 and died at age 78. If I die within 5 months, I'll die at age 38 after being born in '78. Spoooooooky.)
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:16 pm
by The Sybian
mister d wrote:Former Knicks announcer John Andriese.
(I just saw his birthday is my birthday, he was born in '38 and died at age 78. If I die within 5 months, I'll die at age 38 after being born in '78. Spoooooooky.)
Let's make sure this happens!
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:53 pm
by Pruitt
The great James Cotton.
One of the first blues shows I ever saw - underage drinker at Albert's Hall in Toronto, and he made me a convert somewhere in the middle of the first set.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeuco0PgJs
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:25 am
by sancarlos
Yeah, I saw James Cotton in Fort Worth, Texas back in the 1980s. Talented guy.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:20 pm
by Pruitt
Jimmy Breslin
A great newspaperman, a great character and he wrote a number of really good novels too.
Seemed like a life well lived, and at least he made it to one last St. Patrick's Day.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:31 pm
by sancarlos
Good summary, Pruitt. Jimmy Breslin seemed like a guy you'd like to have a beer with. I read The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight years ago and enjoyed his writing style.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:46 pm
by Johnnie
Alan Colmes of Hannity and Colmes died last month. I didn't see it mentioned here. Was he the only liberal on Fox News?
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 7:20 pm
by The Sybian
Johnnie wrote:Alan Colmes of Hannity and Colmes died last month. I didn't see it mentioned here. Was he the only liberal on Fox News?
They also have the fat drunkard in suspenders. Colmes was there to play the "Liberal" weakling for Hannity to trounce in arguments.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:57 am
by Pruitt
Chuck Barris
As a kid, I was a game show addict, and
The Gong Show was for a couple of years a staple of the lives of my goofball friends and myself.
A TV innovator for better or worse, and his book
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is worth checking out.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 12:24 pm
by Sabo
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 12:37 pm
by sancarlos
We're all over J. Geils in the old guy music thread. That linked obit is horrible. The writer thought he was a vocalist and called them an 80s band, even though their first album was in 1970. Sheesh.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 12:41 pm
by rass
pancakes
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:26 pm
by Pruitt
rass wrote:pancakes
As long as people watch great TV comedy, Charlie Murphy will live on thanks to the Prince and the Rick James stories.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:44 pm
by EnochRoot
sancarlos wrote:
We're all over J. Geils in the old guy music thread. That linked obit is horrible. The writer thought he was a vocalist and called them an 80s band, even though their first album was in 1970. Sheesh.
They were jamming since '64, and the band wasn't finished forming until '70.
Straight up R&B-infused rock and roll, baby.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:01 pm
by Nonlinear FC
Charlie Murphy?
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:19 pm
by Sabo
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:02 pm
by Nonlinear FC
I'm not sure why I Ron Burgandy'd that. I know who he is, I just hadn't confirmed his death. (Heard it passing someone's cube.)
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:37 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:18 pm
by Rams Fanny
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 8:39 am
by Giff
Uh oh, who's going to be the third EM to die? I hope it's not Elizabeth McGovern.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 8:53 am
by Ryan
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 1:11 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Jonathan Demme, movie director
Probably most known for "Silence of the Lambs", but also did "Stop Making Sense", "Melvin and Howard", and "Philadelphia". And as a big fan of the band The Feelies, had them play at Melanie Griffith's high school reunion in "Something Wild".
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:54 pm
by bfj
My Uncle Sam. Good guy.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:55 pm
by rass
Condolences
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:13 pm
by bfj
rass wrote:Condolences
Thanks. He was one of those guys nobody could say a bad word about. Mensch through and through.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:26 pm
by mister d
Sorry to hear.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:23 am
by Pruitt
Not enough men like that around.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:25 am
by Giff
Sorry for your loss, bfj.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 7:06 am
by wlu_lax6
First position player from Puerto Rico and oldest living Dodger (well used to be the oldest former dodger)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/spor ... n%2Fsports
First Basketball player to appear on the SI cover, Kenny Sears (Knick).
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/spor ... n%2Fsports
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 1:02 pm
by brian
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 10:33 pm
by Shirley
Chartsengrafs just came up on my music shuffle this evening. They were a good band.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 7:19 am
by wlu_lax6
Christopher Boykin. I am not a big MTV watcher. However, I have been just impressed with the success of Rob Dyrdek. He is just talented and seems like a generally good, fun loving person. The few times I saw Big Black on TV, it was always this fun happy persona and a great pairing.
http://www.eonline.com/news/849743/rob- ... ack-boykin
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 9:58 am
by brian
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 10:03 am
by sancarlos
Wonder if she ever raised hell with him over the "You're with me, Leather" stories.
(I doubt anybody here doesn't get the reference, but if so, here's a LINK.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:24 am
by DSafetyGuy
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:30 am
by Ryan
Best known as Duff's 8th round pick in the Swamp All-Time Football draft
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 2:09 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Ryan wrote:
Best known as Duff's 8th round pick in the Swamp All-Time Football draft
Then my apologies for putting him in the "too obscure" thread.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:24 pm
by Ryan
WR Michael Jackson
Watch out, third person who has to do with Chris Berman
