DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Worf]

Certainly less, but there are a lot of super stars in sports who are exemplary human beings.

You're right. I shouldn't paint with so broad a brush. Bad habit, probably developed because we rarely, if ever, hear the good that people do. Good doesn't get clicks or sell tabloids I suppose.

Worf

 

[Frunobulax]

Mitzi Gaynor at 93.

https://apnews.com/article/mitzi-gaynor-dead-south-pacific-320eb99fe0824091babafac794dc2320

 

[Tiki Tom]

Beautiful. I love South Pacific.

 

[Worf]

Beautiful. I love South Pacific.

For a long time South Pacific was my fave musical. She was amazing.

Worf

 

[Frunobulax]

So long, Phil.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-lesh-grateful-dead-dead-1234809976/

 

[Doctor Strange]

Speaking as a vintage-1975 Deadhead, I always thought of Phil Lesh as the Grateful Dead's unsecret weapon.

His unique contrapuntal and melodic bass was an essential component of the Dead's sound and gonzo creative approach. His classical and experimentalist background (he never touched a bass guitar until Jerry Garcia invited him to join the band) was one of the major threads that pushed the Dead's music into its unique and fascinating directions. He was absolutely unique.

Fare thee well, fare thee well, I love you more than words can tell...

Picture I took of Phil and Mickey Hart at the famous May 8, 1977 Cornell U show:

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

I guess most of us have been expecting this for some time but that doesn't make it hurt any less.

Fare thee well, Phil.

My condolences to all fellow Deadheads everywhere.

It's just a box of rain
or a ribbon for your hair.
Such a long long time to be gone
And a short time to be there.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

BTW, before I left the US this summer, on two different occasions I saw teenagers wearing Dead shirts. I stopped one and asked him about it and he said he loves their music.

Me, too, brother.
Me, too.

 

[tonyb]

I’m not usually one to be much saddened by the deaths of celebrities (I don’t really know them, after all), but the news of the passing of Teri Garr has hit me kinda hard.

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., Jimmy Carter.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

RIP Gordon Cole, ie David Lynch ("WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY??").

I don't know another film maker in my lifetime who had such a profound impact on me. Not every project resonated but those that did hit hard and deep. Among my favorites are of course Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, but Lynch's Dune was my intro to Herbert and I'm still fond of that film. Also, I can't say loudly enough how impactful Lost Highway was on me as a young adult or how deeply Inland Empire did something inexplicable and magical to me.

RIP, sir. Thank you for introducing so much meaning into my life. Well done.

Now head into the light.

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., David Lynch.

 

[Worf]

Fare thee well Bob Uecker. Erstwhile Major League Ball Player... Comedian, play by play man and all around funny guy. He'll be missed. Watch "Major League" for those who need a reference.

Worf

 

[LizzieMaine]

Uecker was Joe Garagiola without the ego. I used to listen to a lot of out-of-market baseball over Armed Forces Radio when they were still on the shortwave, and it was always a joy to come across a Brewers game.

 

[rogueclimber]

Rest easy Mr. Lynch

Among my favorites are of course Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive

In DC with a couple hours to blow I walked into a movie theater and asked for the next available show. I was sold a ticket for Blue Velvet and as I sat down I was totally unaware of how my mind was soon to be blown...

 

[Frunobulax]

Fare thee well Bob Uecker. Erstwhile Major League Ball Player... Comedian, play by play man and all around funny guy. He'll be missed. Watch "Major League" for those who need a reference.

Worf

I was introduced to him on Carson. He was a hoot with Johnny.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Rest easy Mr. Lynch



In DC with a couple hours to blow I walked into a movie theater and asked for the next available show. I was sold a ticket for Blue Velvet and as I sat down I was totally unaware of how my mind was soon to be blown...

I was stationed in a remote area of Italy. We had a VHS rental place run by MWR with maybe 500 films. I grabbed Lost Highway just because it was one of the 500. My twenty year old mind was blown. I knew Dune and The Elephant Man as a kid, but those were all I knew from Lynch up to that point.

(Actually, Tarantino has had as big an impact on me as Lynch and I was introduced to him similar to you and Lynch. I went with a date to watch Schindlers List and it was sold out. Okay, let's try this one - Pulp Fiction. No idea what it was about or anything. Literally changed the course of my life.)

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Rest easy Mr. Lynch



In DC with a couple hours to blow I walked into a movie theater and asked for the next available show. I was sold a ticket for Blue Velvet and as I sat down I was totally unaware of how my mind was soon to be blown...

Also, I just rewatched Blue Velvet last year and was very very impressed by how subtly it gets under your skin. I was seriously moved by the end of it and for the life of me I can't say why.