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Yesterday I kept looking at her Wikipedia page. I guess somewhere in my mind I was hoping it wasn’t true. RIP Cyn
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The great Percy Sledge has left the building.
So sad!
One of the greatest voices we’ve known, now still.
RIP Percy, thanks for all the joy you’ve given me!
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11 November 2010
Offline Jack Rieley, former manager for the Beach Boys , has passed. Brian Wilson posted this on Facebook:
“I’m sad to hear about Jack Rieley passing away last Friday. Jack was our manager in the early 1970s and helped us a lot. He wrote the lyrics for “A Day In The Life of a Tree” which blew me away. I also had Jack sing the lead on that one because his voice seemed to fit the song. Jack was a real force on our “Surf’s Up” and “Holland” albums and I’ll always remember his kindness. My thoughts go out to Jack’s family and friends.
– Love and Mercy, Brian”
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10.44pm
11 November 2010
Offline Model for Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter painting dies at 92
“HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Mary Doyle Keefe, the model for Norman Rockwell’s iconic 1943 Rosie the Riveter painting that symbolized the millions of American women who went to work on the home front during World War II, has died. She was 92.
Keefe died Tuesday in Simsbury, Connecticut, after a brief illness, said her daughter, Mary Ellen Keefe.”
RIP
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15 May 2014
Offline An iconic image indeed. R.I.P.
EDIT: According to Wikipedia Rockwell based the pose of his ‘Rosie’ on that of Michelangelo’s 1509 Sistine Chapel ceiling image of the prophet Isaiah.
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10.59pm
11 November 2010
Offline I’ll miss you. 🙁
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17 December 2012
Offline It has been announced that the legendary Ben E. King passed on Thursday at the age of 76.
Always a great favourite with The Beatles (with The Drifters and solo), especially John, the music world is so much poorer for his loss.
With his loss, and the loss of Percy Sledge a couple of weeks ago, there’s not many of the great soul voices left.
Raise a glass in honour of the giant that was Ben E. King, and listen to some of those great sounds he’s left us with…
RIP Ben, and thanks for everything.
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11.03am
11 November 2010
Offline Really? Aw, damn.
RIP Ben E. King
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5.46am
8 January 2015
Offline Ron Nasty said
The great Percy Sledge has left the building.
So sad!
One of the greatest voices we’ve known, now still.
RIP Percy, thanks for all the joy you’ve given me!
A bit late, but I was watching my Micallef Tonight DVDs and he interviewed Percy Sledge back in 2003. As Percy put it, When A Man Loves A Woman came about because he got drunk and just sang what he felt.
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11 November 2010
Offline Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Rand on Original ‘Star Trek,’ Dies
Grace Lee Whitney, 85, the futuristic-clipboard-bearing Yeoman Janice Rand on the original series of “Star Trek,” died this weekend in the town of Coarsegold, California, her family confirmed. No cause of death was reported.
Whitney, a recovering alcoholic, spent the last 35 years of her life helping others with addiction problems, often at women’s correctional facilities or the Salvation Army, her family said. They said she was credited with having helped thousands of people successfully complete 12-step addiction programs.
Until just the last few years, Whitney was also a regular at “Star Trek” conventions around the world. She titled her autobiography “The Longest Trek.”
Whitney was born Mary Ann Chase in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1930, and was raised by an adoptive family. After several years as a dancer with big bands, she was cast as Janice Rand, a Star Fleet yeoman who was personal assistant to William Shatner’s Capt. James T. Kirk, in the first season of the original 1966-to-1969 run of “Star Trek.”
When the series was reborn as a movie franchise in 1979, Whitney returned, now promoted to chief petty officer, in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” By the time she made her last appearance as Rand, in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,” in 1991, she had made it to lieutenant.
As closely identified with Yeoman Rand as she was, however, her family stressed Sunday that Whitney’s preference would be to be remembered as a “successful survivor of addiction.”
“Grace experienced 35 years of sobriety through continuous fellowship with others and through God and Jesus,” they said.
RIP
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11 November 2010
Offline Today we celebrate the life of my maternal grandfather, Richard Tobin. A great man with a great sense of humor. He will be missed. Rest easy, Grandpa. (August 26, 1934 – May 9, 2015)
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Offline Peace and Love, Necko.
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I was going to say something along those lines, but AG beat me to it. Oh well.
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14 December 2009
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Damn, sorry Necko. You’ve had a hard couple of months. All the best to you and yours.
RIP Mr. Tobin.
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14 April 2010
Offline Sorry to hear the news @Necko. Nearly 81 years – wow.
R.I.P. Mr. Tobin.
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15 May 2014
Offline Sorry to hear the bad news @Necko. May he rest in peace.
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Offline Sorry to hear about your loss @Necko. Its hell losing someone close and i only hope that you have the support to help you and your family find a way thru this time. Take care of yourself and know you can post on here if you ever need to let out some steam.
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11 November 2010
Offline ‘King of the Blues’ Legend B.B. King Dead in Las Vegas at Age 89, His Attorney Says
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RIP B.B. King. Long live the King Of The Blues!
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17 December 2012
Offline Bad, bad news, my friends!!
Riley (BB) King has passed at the age of 89. A sad, sad day indeed!!
RIP BB!!
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29 August 2013
Offline ^ A long and inspirational life – thanks for all the great music BB!
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