South African singing legend Miriam Makeba has died aged 76, after being taken ill in Italy. She had a wonderful voice
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Celebrity Deathpool 2008--WINNER DKALMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posts: 22683 (11/10/08 4:36 AM) MESS member |
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Posts: 21970 (11/10/08 5:54 AM) Admin/Play-By-Play Guru
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CBRetriever wrote: Dayum ... I had her on my 2006 list. 
Oh, and she'll be missed.
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Veelicious |
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Posts: 2226 (11/10/08 6:30 AM) |
Awww, too bad.
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SurvivorLDog93 wrote: lolpwnt |
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CBRetriever |
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Posts: 22730 (11/12/08 8:59 PM) MESS member |
Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room
early Wednesday. He was 61.
The last member of the band has left the stage |
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Posts: 4432 (11/12/08 10:25 PM) Registered User |
I got this off somebody's blog ... edited for brevity
Mitchell was a powerful force on the Hendrix band's 1967 debut album "Are You Experienced?" as well as the trio's albums "Electric Ladyland" and "Axis: Bold As Love." He had an explosive drumming style that can be heard in hard-charging songs such as "Fire" and "Manic Depression." The Englishman had been drumming for the Experience Hendrix Tour, which performed Friday in Portland. It was the last stop on the West Coast part of the tour. Erin Patrick, a deputy medical examiner, said Mitchell apparently died of natural causes. An autopsy was planned. "He was a wonderful man, a brilliant musician and a true friend," said Janie Hendrix, chief executive of the Experience Hendrix Tour and Jimi Hendrix' stepsister. "His role in shaping the sound of the Jimi Hendrix Experience cannot be underestimated." Bob Merlis, a spokesman for the tour, said Mitchell had stayed in Portland for a four-day vacation and planned to leave Wednesday. "It was a devastating surprise," Merlis said. "Nobody drummed like he did." He said he saw Mitchell perform two weeks ago in Los Angeles, and the drummer appeared to be healthy and upbeat. Merlis said the tour was designed to bring together veteran musicians who had known Hendrix - like Mitchell - and younger artists, such as Grammy-nominated winner Jonny Lang, who have been influenced by him. Mitchell was a one-of-a-kind drummer whose "jazz-tinged" style was influenced by Max Roach and Elvin Jones, Merlis said. The work was a vital part of both the Jimi Hendrix Experience in the 1960s and the Experience Hendrix Tour that ended last week, he said. Hendrix, Redding and Mitchell held their first rehearsal in October 1966, according to the Hall of Fame's Web site. In an interview last month with the Boston Herald, Mitchell said he met Hendrix "in this sleazy little club." "We did some Chuck Berry and took it from there," Mitchell told the newspaper. "I suppose it worked." |
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Posts: 14048 (11/12/08 11:10 PM) Make it a funny one! |
Very few rock bands are currently on the "all dead" list - The Jimi Hendrix Experience might be the only one.
Mitch Mitchell was about 19 when he joined the group, and he was fucking great. |
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Posts: 1106 (12/01/08 2:40 PM) Registered User |
No one of note has died since 11/12?
Pity Bump, and a nudge to Gina... do you want to start the 2009 thread? |
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Posts: 33809 (12/01/08 2:49 PM) Registered user |
Well no one anyone has on their list anyhow. Or at least I hope so because I won't know unless you tell me :) I'll start the 2009 thread.
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Posts: 1107 (12/01/08 2:50 PM) Registered User |
Cute puppy Gina!
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ginaf20697 |
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Posts: 33811 (12/01/08 2:54 PM) Registered user |
That's Stewie Stinkface. He mocks cute puppies and eats them for dinner!
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Posts: 1861 (12/02/08 6:24 AM) Registered user |
Cable television mogul Ted Rogers dies at 75Updated Tue. Dec. 2 2008 6:53 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff Ted Rogers, the 75-year-old founder and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., died at his home overnight. He had been admitted to hospital on Oct. 30 for an existing cardiac condition. A statement from the company's board of directors said that at the time of his death, Rogers was surrounded by his loved ones. In 1960, while he was still a student at Osgoode Hall Law School in his hometown of Toronto, Rogers bought all the shares in local radio station CHFI. The business went on to expand into cable television, telephone and wireless communications, and is currently one of Canada's largest media conglomerates. At the time of Rogers' death, the company owned five Citytv television stations across Canada and the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as the Rogers telecommunications empire, and was worth $22 billion on the TSX, said BNN's Linda Sims. He was considered one of the wealthiest people in Canada. Alan Horn will continue on as acting CEO of Rogers Communications. |
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Posts: 23142 (12/03/08 8:22 AM) MESS member |
Odetta Folk Icon dies of heart failure at age 77
she sang slave songs and spirituals and folk songs and her influence was cited by Dylan, Baez and Belafonte she was a true icon in the true spirit of what the word means |
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Posts: 11179 (12/03/08 8:23 AM) Registered User |
And her name was Odetta Folk Icon?? Talk about prophetic!!
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Posts: 23144 (12/03/08 8:25 AM) MESS member |
phhhft
Odetta, a Folk Icon, dies of heart failure does sound better than Odetta Holmes, though |
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Posts: 11181 (12/03/08 8:29 AM) Registered User |
Yeah, more descriptive.
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Posts: 6273 (12/03/08 8:56 AM) Registered user |
I highly doubt anyone had this guy. Maybe to some of our Canookian friends he was considered a celebrity.
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Posts: 3472 (12/03/08 9:46 AM) Registered user |
The Heartbreak Yid wrote: I didn't have him, but I remember my sisters and I were all crazy about him when he played for the Chicago Black Hawks back in the early '70s. We fondly remember the MPH (Martin-Pappin-Hull) Line. R.I.P., Pit.
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Posts: 6627 (12/03/08 9:57 AM) Registered user |
Damn. How did I miss Mitch Mitchell's death?
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Posts: 10 (12/06/08 4:09 AM) |
Actress Nina Foch Dead at 84
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Foch http://arbogastonfilm.blo...ath-notice-nina-foch.html She is most known for roles in roles in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951), EXECUTIVE SUITE (1954 - for which she received an Oscar nomination), THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956), SPARTACUS (1960), MAHOGANY (1975), SKIN DEEP (1989) and SLIVER (1993). She was in it right up to the end, playing the mothers of David McCallum on NAVY NCIS: NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE and Blythe Danner in the 2004 TV movie WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS.
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