DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[MisterCairo]

Vidal Sassoon has died, aged 83:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/05/09/vidal-sassoon-hairstyling-dies.html

 

[randooch]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/05/08/obit-sendak-maurice-wild-things-are.html

Children's author Maurice Sendak, who wrote Where the Wild Things Are died age 83. We have his books and the really quite bizarrely wonderful cartoons for our girls.

Terri Gross devoted yesterday's show to his memory and played excerpts from 4 interviews she had with him over the years. It's worth a listen and available by podcast on NPR.Org.

 

[HadleyH]

Vidal Sassoon has died, aged 83:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/05/09/vidal-sassoon-hairstyling-dies.html

RIP Vidal Sassoon.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Old news, but I couldn't help but smile at this, as an Andy Griffith Show fan.

 

[J.W.]

Horst Faas, war correspondent and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner has died: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Faas

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Sports car builder Carroll Shelby has died at age 89

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Without him, I don't think Ford's sporty cars would have ever taken off. May he rest in peace.

 

[J.W.]

Yes, Ford owes him a lot!

 

[Old Rogue]

Definitely an icon of the high performance auto world.

 

[MikeBravo]

Donald "Duck" Dunn legendary bass player for Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records, probably best know from the Blues Brothers movies

"Dunn died in his sleep on the morning of May 13, 2012" Am unable to find further details as yet. Just a brief note on Wikipedia details

 

[Feraud]

Dunn's passing was also noted on NPR this a.m.

 

[Peacoat]

Yes, I heard it. Duck did a lot of recordings before many of the members on this board were even born: Dock of the Bay, Soul Man, Midnight Hour and, of course, Green Onions. He and Steve Cropper (on lead) made a good team. Duck's syncopated rhythms were among the best in the business. Steve was with him on the tour in Japan when he died. As a blues DJ many years ago, I became aware of his body of work going back to the late 50s. He will be missed.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Swamp Brother Dies....

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_Ne...-star-Mitchell-Guist-dies/UPI-18241337027668/

 

[HadleyH]

Margie Stewart, US military’s official pinup in World War II, dies at 92


RIP Margie

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/marg...i-dies-at-92-1.176728?localLinksEnabled=false

 

[DesertDan]

RIP Mr. Dunn.
As a bass player this one hits close to home. I've played so many of his lines over the years, his sense of groove was inspirational and an influence on myself and a vast number of other players too.

 

[carouselvic]

RIP Doug Dillard AKA the banjo player of the Darling Family
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRsjszrf8xA&feature=youtu.be

 

[Amy Jeanne]

DONNA SUMMER

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/17/11745326-donna-summer-dead-at-63

 

[HoosierDaddy]

[video=youtube;1pQMf9TBqv8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pQMf9TBqv8[/video]

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

DONNA SUMMER

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/17/11745326-donna-summer-dead-at-63

Just that she has passed away on the BBC news, very sad, she was a great star. RIP.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Grew up with the Dillards, this one'll always be my favorite.

[video=youtube;qFwgzOxs0yM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFwgzOxs0yM[/video]