Bring Out Your Dead! The celebrity death thread....
Jaytee said:
Donald Payne jr. Newark lost a good man.
I'll say! Jr. is the one who was currently in office, right? I asked for help here once and someone suggested calling my congressman, which I never would have thought of on my own. He helped me out of a big jam within 48 hours of my first speaking with his office.
If I've got the lineage right, his father helped me out of another big jam -- keeping my then au pair in the country for another year.
A real loss.
Jaytee said:
Mike Pinder, a founding member and keyboard player for the progressive rock band, the Moody Blues
Days of future passed….
one of my favorite bands. The Core Seven albums are a remarkable set of music.
Thanks Mike. Still listening.
Paul Auster, grew up in SOMA and graduated from Columbia High School. Famous as a Brooklyn author, but his sweeping novel "4 3 2 1" has a protagonist who grows up (in multiple ways) in Maplewood and vicinity.
Paul Auster, the Patron Saint of Literary Brooklyn, Dies at 77 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
[Edited to add] Found the video of the talk he gave on Zoom, hosted by the South Orange Library, on 4/3/21 about that novel and talking about his memories of growing up.
nohero said:
Paul Auster, grew up in SOMA and graduated from Columbia High School. Famous as a Brooklyn author, but his sweeping novel "4 3 2 1" has a protagonist who grows up (in multiple ways) in Maplewood and vicinity.
Paul Auster, the Patron Saint of Literary Brooklyn, Dies at 77 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
[Edited to add] Found the video of the talk he gave on Zoom, hosted by the South Orange Library, on 4/3/21 about that novel and talking about his memories of growing up.
Thank you for posting this. I will have to get one of his books.
And now I’m reading ELOs Richard Tandy has passed, aged 76years. Bloody brilliant keyboardist…
Probably hadn't thought of Duane Eddy in 30 or 40 years, but when i heard his name his music jumped right into my ear (dum dum Dum). Good times. RIP.
eta: According to the radio, DE said his biggest contribution to music was not singing. : )
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Mike Pinder, a founding member and keyboard player for the progressive rock band, the Moody Blues
Days of future passed….