DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[ChiTownScion]

She was less than 2 months from the century mark. This one hurts.

 

[MisterCairo]

French actress Jeanne Moreau has died, aged 89:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jeanne-moreau-actress-obit-1.4228678

 

[MisterCairo]

This is really sad.

Actor and playwright Sam Shepard has died, aged only 73:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-sam-shepard-1.4228995

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Yes, sad about Sam, a versatile talent & an interesting actor.

 

[MisterCairo]

Canadian rock musician "Goldy McJohn", born John Goadsby, one of the founders of Steppenwolf, has died, aged only 72 from an apparent heart attack:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/goldy-mcjohn-steppenwolf-obit-1.4235378

 

[2jakes]

Canadian rock musician "Goldy McJohn", born John Goadsby, one of the founders of Steppenwolf, has died, aged only 72 from an apparent heart attack:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/goldy-mcjohn-steppenwolf-obit-1.4235378

California hills, Triumph and Steppenwolf.
Seems like only yesterday when I came back from the service.
R.I.P. McJohn.

 

[Fading Fast]

California hills, Triumph and Steppenwolf.
Seems like only yesterday when I came back from the service.
R.I.P. McJohn.

Stepppenwolf is one of several solid rock bands that made some great songs in the peak era of classic rock music. The weren't the Stone of The Who, but their contribution to classic rock is real. And, heck, in a bar with a few beers in ya, how freakin' pump-you-up fantastic do their songs sound.

Edit Add: "The Pusher" is a fantastic anti-drug rock song from guys, I'm guessing, who should know.

 

[Frunobulax]

Stepppenwolf is one of several solid rock bands that made some great songs in the peak era of classic rock music. The weren't the Stone of The Who, but their contribution to classic rock is real. And, heck, in a bar with a few beers in ya, how freakin' pump-you-up fantastic do their songs sound.

Edit Add: "The Pusher" is a fantastic anti-drug rock song from guys, I'm guessing, who should know.

"The Pusher" was written by Hoyt Axton.


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[Fading Fast]

"The Pusher" was written by Hoyt Axton.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

Interesting, I didn't know. Steppenwolf did a kick-butt version.

 

[Frunobulax]

Interesting, I didn't know. Steppenwolf did a kick-butt version.

Oh, yeah, definitive, I'd say. Mr. Axton also wrote their "Snowblind Friend," and Ringo's "No no Song," so he has a trifecta of some of the most popular anti-drug songs.

He also wrote "Joy to the World" and "Never Been to Spain." Truly an American songwriting treasure.

On topic, Mr. McJohn was extremely influential in rock. He and John Lord (and a little later Ken Hensley) pioneered the Hammond B-3 in R&R. Coupled with a Leslie, nothing beats a B-3 for some heavy keyboard sound.


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[Lean'n'mean]

A belated mention but I think he deserves it, Robert Hardy, a popular British actor died on the 3rd of this month aged 91. He had a distinctive voice & his often quirky performances made anything he was in, highly watchable.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Former Major League baseball player and manager Don Baylor passed away earlier this week at the age of 68. Not only was Baylor a terrific ballplayer, but he was a key figure in the civil rights era. Baylor was one of three black students to first integrate public schools in Texas in the fall of 1961. He was not allowed to play football for the school that year because they did not have a jersey he could wear. Back then, black kids were not allowed to wear clothing that had previously been worn by white kids, and vice versa. The next year, they had a jersey for him. He later became the first black athlete at Austin High School in Austin. He wanted to play football and baseball at the University of Texas, but the football team was all white at the time. Football coach Darrell Royal said he didn't want Baylor to play both football and baseball, though there were already other multi-sport white athletes on the football team. Still lots of controversy over that move, as many say that was Royal's way of saying they weren't ready to integrate yet. So, when he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, he immediately signed (actually he was under the age of 18, so his father had to sign his first pro contract). Baylor was known as an old-school gentleman, but tough as nails too. Ray Fosse once said something to the effect of "forget Pete Rose, Don Baylor was the toughest guy I ever played against." Baylor retired as the modern-era leader in hit by pitches, but said only one pitch, a Nolan Ryan fastball, ever actually hurt.

RIP, Groove.

 

[LizzieMaine]

This makes me sad. Baylor was one of the only genuinely likeable players on the '86 Red Sox, and it made me smile just to see him come onto the field. They could hit him with a pitch on the arm, on the back, on the leg, or on the head, and he'd just shake it off and jauntily jog down to first base. A real clubhouse leader on a team that desperately needed one.

 

[Frunobulax]

Former Major League baseball player and manager Don Baylor passed away earlier this week at the age of 68. Not only was Baylor a terrific ballplayer, but he was a key figure in the civil rights era. Baylor was one of three black students to first integrate public schools in Texas in the fall of 1961. He was not allowed to play football for the school that year because they did not have a jersey he could wear. Back then, black kids were not allowed to wear clothing that had previously been worn by white kids, and vice versa. The next year, they had a jersey for him. He later became the first black athlete at Austin High School in Austin. He wanted to play football and baseball at the University of Texas, but the football team was all white at the time. Football coach Darrell Royal said he didn't want Baylor to play both football and baseball, though there were already other multi-sport white athletes on the football team. Still lots of controversy over that move, as many say that was Royal's way of saying they weren't ready to integrate yet. So, when he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, he immediately signed (actually he was under the age of 18, so his father had to sign his first pro contract). Baylor was known as an old-school gentleman, but tough as nails too. Ray Fosse once said something to the effect of "forget Pete Rose, Don Baylor was the toughest guy I ever played against." Baylor retired as the modern-era leader in hit by pitches, but said only one pitch, a Nolan Ryan fastball, ever actually hurt.

RIP, Groove.

Too darn young.

We lost Darren Daulton this week, too. He was only 55.


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[MisterCairo]

I do not understand why this was not more widely reported (certainly in Canada).

I would never have guessed that he was 91! I remember him fondly from All Creatures Great and Small, Sense and Sensibility (1995 film), and our kids of course just watched him yesterday, in fact, as the Minister of Magic in Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix.

A great career.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40818839

A belated mention but I think he deserves it, Robert Hardy, a popular British actor died on the 3rd of this month aged 91. He had a distinctive voice & his often quirky performances made anything he was in, highly watchable.

 

[BobHufford]

Glen Campbell has passed at age 81.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/entertainment/glen-campbell-dies/index.html

The recent documentary on his Alzheimer's was very sad. Going through that with my Dad.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Glen Campbell has passed at age 81.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/entertainment/glen-campbell-dies/index.html

The recent documentary on his Alzheimer's was very sad. Going through that with my Dad.

RIP

 

[Touchofevil]

Former Major League baseball player and manager Don Baylor passed away earlier this week at the age of 68. Not only was Baylor a terrific ballplayer, but he was a key figure in the civil rights era. Baylor was one of three black students to first integrate public schools in Texas in the fall of 1961. He was not allowed to play football for the school that year because they did not have a jersey he could wear. Back then, black kids were not allowed to wear clothing that had previously been worn by white kids, and vice versa. The next year, they had a jersey for him. He later became the first black athlete at Austin High School in Austin. He wanted to play football and baseball at the University of Texas, but the football team was all white at the time. Football coach Darrell Royal said he didn't want Baylor to play both football and baseball, though there were already other multi-sport white athletes on the football team. Still lots of controversy over that move, as many say that was Royal's way of saying they weren't ready to integrate yet. So, when he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, he immediately signed (actually he was under the age of 18, so his father had to sign his first pro contract). Baylor was known as an old-school gentleman, but tough as nails too. Ray Fosse once said something to the effect of "forget Pete Rose, Don Baylor was the toughest guy I ever played against." Baylor retired as the modern-era leader in hit by pitches, but said only one pitch, a Nolan Ryan fastball, ever actually hurt.

RIP, Groove.

Sad. I did not realize he was old as he was. Not that 68 is all that old: way too young.

 

[kaiser]

R.I.P Glen.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Another loss to music: Barbara Cook, the original Marian in The Music Man and Cunegonde in Candide:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/theater/barbara-cook-dead.html