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RIP.
Pamela Rooke, better known by her nom de guerre Jordan, died recently aged just 66. You may never have known her name, but if punk rock and the London punk rock revolution of 1976/77 in particular ever meant anything to you, you will know her face. Hugely important figure in the look of punk rock as a fashion (anti-fashion) movement. She was utterly fearless, and dressed as she did for real, day to day - no hobbyist or scenester she. In recent decades, she became a vetinary nurse with a particular penchant for rescue cats. One of those genuine souls who never sold out, never became everything against which she had once railed, and never - unlike so many - dissolved into bitterness over conflicting, ego-driven memories. She was punk rock long before anyone had ever heard of it, and she will remain so long after every last scene Ozymandius has been reduced to a shattered visage in the desert.
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" The hand that mocked, and the Heart that fed..." RIPPamela Rooke, better known by her ... One of those genuine souls who never sold out, never became everything against which she had once railed, and never - unlike so many - dissolved into bitterness over conflicting, ego-driven memories. She was punk rock long before anyone had ever heard of it, and she will remain so long after every last scene Ozymandius has been reduced to a shattered visage in the desert.
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A great song with great legs.....it still gets regular play on the station I listen to each morning on the clock radio. Doucette was a working musician here in Vancouver for a very long time.....50 years or so. Played in many of the seminal bands here. "Mama, Let Him Play"....always.I was not familiar with the the name of the musician, and the song title was only vaguely familiar.
Then I played the song.
Ah, yes, that guy!
Canadian musician and songwriter Jerry Doucette has died, aged only 70:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rocker-jerry-doucette-dead-at-70-1.6157174
Just to clarify, that's "Gee" with a hard "G" like the word "geese", not a soft "G" like "Gee whiz, I wonder how you pronounce that?"Canadian hockey legand Guy Lafleur has died, aged only 70...*snip*...His first name is of course pronounced "Gee", so the crown chanted "GEEEEEEEEEEEEE..." each time he touched the puck...
I first became aware of him from "How to Get Ahead in Business (without really trying). I still break out in "Seven and a Half Cents!" from time to time.Agreed. I only knew him from Mad Men, but what agreat role that was!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-actor-morse-1.6426328
My Pa (84) died on 19.4..
Lucky man! Died in the morning, in five minutes, without any agonies. Consciousness off and that was it. And at home, how he wished.
My Pa (84) died on 19.4..
You have my most sincere sympathies. At least, as you wrote, he went as he wanted to--at home. And 84 years is a good run.My Pa (84) died on 19.4..
Lucky man! Died in the morning, in five minutes, without any agonies. Consciousness off and that was it. And at home, how he wished.
Much love man... You know if you got love anywhere it's right here.My Pa (84) died on 19.4..
Lucky man! Died in the morning, in five minutes, without any agonies. Consciousness off and that was it. And at home, how he wished.
At least, as you wrote, he went as he wanted to--at home. And 84 years is a good run.