DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[HoosierDaddy]

Some dance to remember ...some dance to forget...

 

[DesertDan]

Dale Griffin, Drummer for Mott The Hoople, 67yrs.

This is getting completely out of hand!

 

[Zombie_61]

Dale Griffin, Drummer for Mott The Hoople, 67yrs.

This is getting completely out of hand!

Maybe they're leaving because they know something we don't.

 

[kaiser]

Some dance to remember ...some dance to forget...

Sad to hear, the Eagles was what I was listening to during the summer of 1977 after graduating High School and before going off th College in September.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

One of the great post war Italian film directors & scriptwriters, Ettore Scola, passed away yesterday ( 19th) aged 84.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Yep, heared it already on radio. R.I.P.

 

[Worf]

Monte Irvin, one of the great gentlemen of Golden Era Major League Baseball, has died at the age of 96. After an outstanding career with the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League before and after WW2 military service, and a year in the Mexican League, Irvin joined the New York Giants in 1949 and after alternating between the parent club and Jersey City of the International League for a season, he stepped into the Giants' regular lineup in 1950. He was a solid performer at both first base and the outfield, and furthermore developed into a team leader -- serving as a career mentor for the young Willie Mays, and as a stabilizing influence for the team during the hectic 1951 season. His steal of home in the opening game of the 1951 World Series was one of many electrifying moments in that campaign.

After playing on two pennant winners and a world champion in New York, Irvin ended his career with the Cubs in 1957. Although his best seasons were in Negro League ball, and he was thirty years old before he ever donned a major league uniform, he still posted a lifetime batting average of .296. While his Negro League statistics remain incomplete, what information does exist posts his batting average over nine seasons as an impressive .358 in league competition.

After his playing career he served as a scout, and in 1968 became the first African-American to hold an executive position in the major leagues, when he became the director of Public Relations for the Commissioner's Office. It was in this role that Irvin, and not Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who had "another engagement", offered the official on-field congratulations of Baseball to Henry Aaron when Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974.

Irvin held this position until 1984, but remained active in baseball thru the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee into the 21st Century. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame himself in 1973.

On a side note. Monte Irvin was VERY involved in the NY Philanthropic League. Puddins' sister is handicapped, and she attended many NYPL functions in the 60's. He was known as "Mr. Monte". He would often carry the wheel chair bound kids in and out of League functions. You never know who you touch in this life... make sure it's positive when you do....

Worf

 

[Redshoes51]

You never know who you touch in this life... make sure it's positive when you do....

Amen to that... make a difference...

~shoes~

 

[Trenchfriend]

Shooting in
Saskatchewan,
Canada.

 

[MisterCairo]

Shooting in
Saskatchewan,
Canada.

Truly sickening.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/la-loche-community-school-lock-down-jan22-1.3416143

 

[HudsonHawk]

Abe Vigoda, of The Godfather and Barney Miller fame, died today at the age of 94.

Of course, the running joke for many years was the mock surprise of people learning he was still alive, as he looked older than he was. He always seemed to keep a good sense of humor about it.

RIP.

 

[Zombie_61]

^ Saddened to hear it finally happened. His wisecracking and deadpan demeanor on Barney Miller immediately made Fish my favorite character on the show, and he did seem to be very good natured about people believing he had died years ago.

 

[Frunobulax]

Holy cow. The internet will implode!


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[Inkstainedwretch]

Watching "The Godfather"I was struck by Abe Vigoda's resemblance to Boris Karloff. It's amazing to think he was only about 50 when he played Tessio. That craggy countenance will be sorely missed.

 

[Zombie_61]

Watching "The Godfather"I was struck by Abe Vigoda's resemblance to Boris Karloff...

He was seriously considered for the role of "The Monster" in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein because of his resemblance to Karloff.

 

[MisterCairo]

Poor old Fish...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/obit-vigoda-abe-1.3420646

 

[Inkstainedwretch]

He was seriously considered for the role of "The Monster" in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein because of his resemblance to Karloff.

I didn't know that.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Watching "The Godfather"I was struck by Abe Vigoda's resemblance to Boris Karloff. It's amazing to think he was only about 50 when he played Tessio. That craggy countenance will be sorely missed.

Vigoda's resemblance to Karloff led him to be cast as Jonathan Brewster in a Broadway revival of Arsenic and Old Lace, a character who is referred to in the story as resembling Boris Karloff, and originally played by...Boris Karloff.

 

[Zombie_61]

I didn't know that.

Unfortunately, I've never found out why Brooks went with Peter Boyle instead. If I had to guess, I'd say it was probably because Vigoda had been cast on Barney Miller and was no longer unavailable.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Abe Vigoda, such a true legend. R.I.P.!