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Post by erik on Mar 18, 2017 18:58:55 GMT -5
It had been ominously quiet for a few weeks, but now we've lost a great rock and roll pioneer in Chuck Berry. I think that pretty much leaves only one major league pioneer from the 1950s still left: Jerry Lee Lewis (alias "The Killer)--and how that guy is still standing in his eighties, I have no idea.
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Post by philly on Mar 19, 2017 11:41:59 GMT -5
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jimmy Breslin has died By: New York Daily News • March 19, 2017• Updated: Today at 8:21 am Tabloid titan Jimmy Breslin — the cigar-chomping, hard-nosed newspaperman who won the Pulitzer Prize for his Daily News’ columns championing ordinary New Yorkers — has died, according to two friends of his family. He was 86.
The cause of death was not immediately released.
The curmudgeonly ink-stained wretch — whose velvety and witty writing style uplifted the downtrodden and eviscerated the scoundrels — crafted scores of columns for The News, Newsday, the New York Herald Tribune and New York Journal American.
For more than 40 years, James Earl Breslin was a newspaper reporter New Yorkers trusted and clamored to read, and other journalists strived to emulate.
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Post by philly on Mar 20, 2017 11:48:44 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 22, 2017 1:57:19 GMT -5
Chuck was quite a guy. Funny, talented and possibly a monster.Chuck Barris, CIA Agent and Assassin Dies at 87The CIA and Hollywood episode 10 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Chuck Barris, Wacky Host and Creator of 'The Gong Show,' Dies at 87
The Hollywood Reporter 1 hour 13 minutes
Chuck Barris, the goofball host of The Gong Show who also was the manic mastermind behind two other spontaneous game-show classics, The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, has died. He was 87.
Barris, who in his book, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: An Unauthorized Biography, claimed to have been an assassin for the CIA - his implausible story became a fantastical 2002 movie directed by first-timer George Clooney and written by Charlie Kaufman - died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Palisades, N.Y., his family announced through publicist Paul Shefrin.
The Philadelphia native also penned the 1962 pop song "Palisades Park," a tribute to the old amusement park in New Jersey that was a hit for Freddy Cannon and figured high on Barris' list of career achievements.
more: www.yahoo.com/music/chuck-barris-wacky-host-creator-gong-show-dies-050605615.html
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 6, 2017 19:43:44 GMT -5
Legendary Comic Don Rickles Dies At 90
Mike Barnes 1 hour 2 minutes ago .
Legendary comic Don Rickles, a rapid-fire insulting machine who for six decades earned quite a living making fun of people of all creeds and colors and everyone from poor slobs to Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 90.
Rickles died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles of kidney failure, publicist Paul Schrifin announced.
Sarcastically nicknamed “Mr. Warmth,” Rickles had mock disdain for stars, major public figures and all those who paid to see him, tweaking TV audiences and Las Vegas showroom crowds with his acerbic brand of takedown comedy. A good guy and devoted husband away from the stage, Rickles the performer heartlessly laid into everyone he encountered — and they loved it.
www.yahoo.com/tv/legendary-comic-don-rickles-dies-175908685.html
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 20, 2017 7:47:40 GMT -5
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Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder Collaborator and Motown Songwriter, Dies at 78 Tim Kenneally The WrapApril 18, 2017
Sylvia Moy, a Motown songwriter who collaborated with Stevie Wonder on hits including “My Cherie Amour” and “I Was Made to Love Her,” died Saturday, the New York Times reported. She was 78.
According to Moy’s sister, Anita Moy, the songwriter died of complications from pneumonia.
Moy came aboard Motown in 1964 when as the record label was weighing the career fate of Wonder because his voice was changing as he approached adulthood.
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“There was an announcement in a meeting that Stevie’s voice had changed, and they didn’t know exactly how to handle that,” Moy said during an interview following her 2006 induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. “They asked for volunteers. None of the guys would volunteer. They were going to have to let him go.”
Moy’s other credits included “It Takes Two,” recorded by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston, and the Isley Brothers’ hit “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You).”
“We are extremely sad to hear about the death of Sylvia Moy whose songwriting played an important part in Motown’s history, including its influence on Stevie Wonder’s career. Sylvia co-wrote a number of Stevie’s hit songs such as ‘My Cherie Amour’ and ‘I Was Made To Love Her,’ while her songwriting versatility is also evident in songs including ‘It Takes Two’ and ‘This Old Heart Of Mine,'” Moy’s publisher, Sony/ATV, Music, said in a statement Tuesday. “She additionally broke down barriers as one of Motown’s first ever female producers. Her classic songs will live on forever.”
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 22, 2017 21:54:11 GMT -5
Erin had some terrible problems in life. Not sure how and why but I hope she is at peace. ‘Happy Days’ Star Erin Moran Dies at 56Stuart Oldham 1 hour 29 minutes ago .
Erin Moran, best known for playing Joanie Cunningham on the 1970s sitcom “Happy Days,” has died. She was 56.
According to TMZ, Moran’s body was found unresponsive Saturday afternoon by authorities in Indiana. The cause of death is unknown.
The California-born actress, who also starred in the “Happy Days” spinoff “Joanie Loves Chachi,” had fallen on hard times in recent years. She was reportedly kicked out of her trailer park home in Indiana because of her hard-partying ways.
Henry Winkler, who starred opposite Moran as The Fonz in ABC’s iconic series, tweeted: “OH Erin…now you will finally have the peace you wanted so badly here on earth. Rest In It serenely now…too soon.”
Moran was just 14 when she signed on to play Ron Howard’s sister in the family comedy, which aired from 1974 to 1984.
Howard tweeted, “Such sad sad news. RIP Erin. I’ll always choose to remember you on our show making scenes better, getting laughs and lighting up tv screens.”
“What happened with all of us was like we were this family,” Moran said in a 2009 interview with Xfinity. “It was so surreal with all the cast members…They were my family, get it?”
The actress, however, apparently wasn’t as happy about appearing in “Joanie Loves Chachi,” the short-lived sitcom spin-off which co-starred Scott Baio.
“I liked working with the people. But I didn’t even want to do it. I was talked into it,” she said. “I wanted to stay on ‘Happy Days.’ They were running them at the same time.”
“Joanie Loves Chachi” only lasted one season (1982-83) before it was pulled off the air.
Moran’s TV credits also included “The Love Boat,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
She most recently appeared on VH1’s reality show “Celebrity Fit Club” in 2008 and low-budget film “Not Another B Movie” 2010.
In 2012, Moran and some of her “Happy Days” co-stars — Anson Williams, Marion Ross, Don Most and the widow of Tom Bosley – filed a $10 million lawsuit against CBS, claiming they never received merchandise royalties they were owed under their contracts. The case was later settled out of court. Neither Henry Winkler nor Ron Howard were part of the lawsuit.
Most said in a statement, “I am so incredibly sad to hear about Erin. She was a wonderful, sweet, caring, talented woman. As I write this I can’t really comprehend this right now. A very painful loss. It gives me some comfort to know that she’s with Tom, Al, Pat and Garry. Rest In Peace, sweet Erin.”
Williams, who played Potsie in “Happy Days,” said, “Erin was a person who made everyone around her feel better. She truly cared about others first, a true angel. I will miss her so much, but know that she is in God’s hands. RIP sweet angel.”
www.yahoo.com/tv/happy-days-star-erin-moran-dies-56-012117080.html
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Post by Dianna on Apr 22, 2017 23:24:04 GMT -5
Oh how sad. Poor thing.. yes, she had a difficult time.. I remember a few years ago, jerk Scott Baio said some unkind things about her.. Henry Winkler has always been so supportive. RIP Erin
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Post by JasonKlose on Apr 23, 2017 10:44:09 GMT -5
Very sad to hear this. I grew up watching Happy Days and remember how pretty she was in the show's later episodes...had a bit of a crush on her as I recall. I think a lot of young men did. She was very talented and will definitely be missed. RIP Erin
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Post by erik on Apr 27, 2017 9:03:58 GMT -5
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Post by cescpa on May 8, 2017 18:40:20 GMT -5
This was better covered at the time back in March, but I just saw the news about a week ago of Valerie Carter's passing .. I was deeply saddened to hear/see that Valeria Carter had passed back in March (during my busy season at work) … I did not see the news until watching a replay of the Rock N Roll Music Hall of Fame and saw her recognized during a brief MEMORIUM segment of the show (along with Al Jarreau among others)
She has always been one of my favorite vocalist – catching her name primarily as an A-List studio backing vocalist for artists like James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Little Feat and Linda Rondstadt …
Several tracks from her first solo LP - Just a Stone's Throw Away (1977) - were co-produced by Lowell George (one of my two musical heroes, if there can be such things) … a few of the LP’s tracks had collaborations with members of Earth Wind & Fire
Her second solo LP - Wild Child (1978) – was produced by James Newton Howard on which Jay Graydon and members of Toto were among the studio musicians used …
Just as a sample of what beautiful vocalist she was, first is her version of the song – Love Needs a Heart (which she co-wrote with Jackson Browne & Lowell George) – the song was on Jackson Browne’s great recorded on-the-road LP - RUNNING ON EMPTY, but Valerie’s version (recorded in 1996 for her third solo LP – The Way It Is) is one of my all-time favorites … it is one of those songs that I would take with me on my stranded on a deserted island playlist
Valerie Carter - LOVE NEEDS A HEART
This second song is a “hidden” track on the THE WAY IT IS cd … it is an excellent take on the great Earth Wind & Fire song - That’s The Way of the World
Valerie Carter - THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD
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Post by erik on May 15, 2017 8:29:53 GMT -5
Powers Boothe, whose portrayal of cult leader Jim Jones in the 1980 TV movie GUYANA TRAGEDY: THE STORY OF JIM JONES got him an Emmy, has passed away here in Los Angeles. Among his other film appearances were TOMBSTONE, U-TURN, and NIXON. He was only 68 years old: ew.com/movies/2017/05/14/powers-boothe-dead/
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Post by the Scribe on May 18, 2017 5:11:21 GMT -5
Representative: Rocker Chris Cornell has died at age 52
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY 3 minutes 28 seconds ago .
Rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52, according to his representative.
Cornell, who had been on tour, died Wednesday night in Detroit, Brian Bumbery said in a statement to The Associated Press. Cornell had performed a Detroit concert with Soundgarden that night.
Bumbery called the death "sudden and unexpected" and said his wife and family were shocked by it. The statement said the family would be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause and asked for privacy.
News of Cornell's death prompted scores of tweets expressing sadness. Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry tweeted: "Very sad news about Chris Cornell today. A sad loss of a great talent to the world, his friends and family. Rest In Peace."
With his powerful, nearly four-octave vocal range, Cornell was one of the leading voices of the 1990s grunge movement with Soundgarden, which emerged as one of the biggest bands out of Seattle's emerging music scene, joining the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains.
Formed in 1984 by Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Hiro Yamamoto, Soundgarden's third studio album, "Badmotorfinger," in 1991 spawned popular singles "Jesus Christ Pose," ''Rusty Cage" and "Outshined" that received regular play on alternative rock radio stations.
Cornell also collaborated with members of what would become Pearl Jam to form Temple of the Dog, which produced a self-titled album in 1991 in tribute to friend Andrew Wood, former frontman for Mother Love Bone.
Three years later, Soundgarden broke through on mainstream radio with the album "Superunknown," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Record in 1995. It included hit singles "Spoonman," ''Fell on Black Days," ''Black Hole Sun," ''My Wave" and "The Day I Tried to Live."
Soundgarden disbanded in 1997 due to tensions in the band, and Cornell pursued a solo career. In 2001, he joined Audioslave, a supergroup that included former Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford. The band released three albums in six years and also performed at a concert billed as Cuba's first outdoor rock concert by an American band, though some Cuban artists have disputed that claim.
Audioslave disbanded in 2007, but Cornell and Soundgarden reunited in 2012 and released the band's sixth studio album, "King Animal" in 2012.
Cornell also released four solo studio albums and a solo live album. He also released the single "The Promise" in March on iTunes, with all proceeds going to the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organization.
In addition to his music, Cornell also became involved in philanthropy and started the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation to support children facing challenges, including homelessness, poverty, abuse and neglect.
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Associated Press writer Dennis Waszak in New York contributed to this report.Chris Cornell's Death Ruled Suicide by Hanging The Hollywood Reporter 14 hours ago .
www.yahoo.com/news/chris-cornell-soundgarden-audioslave-lead-singer-dies-52-100236488.html
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Post by the Scribe on May 18, 2017 8:07:07 GMT -5
Fox News founder Roger Ailes dead at 77: reports
Christopher Wilson,Yahoo News 11 minutes ago .
In a Sept. 29, 2006 file photo, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes poses at Fox News in New York. 21st Century Fox says Ailes is resigning. The announcement comes amid charges by former anchor Gretchen Carlson, who claims she was fired after refusing his sexual advances. (Photo Jim Cooper/AP)
The founder of Fox News Roger Ailes has died at age 77, according to multiple media reports. It was first reported by Drudge Report, who published a statement from the former network executive’s wife Thursday morning.
The message from Ailes’ wife, Elizabeth reads:
I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning. Roger was a loving husband to me, to his son Zachary, and a loyal friend to many. He was also a patriot, profoundly grateful to live in a country that gave him so much opportunity to work hard, to rise—and to give back. During a career that stretched over more than five decades, his work in entertainment, in politics, and in news affected the lives of many millions. And so even as we mourn his death, we celebrate his life…
Fox News initially cited Drudge Report in delivering the news on “Fox & Friends.” CNN confirmed the report, saying they spoke to Fox News anchor Sean Hannity. NPR also confirmed the death shortly after the initial Drudge report.
Ailes was a television producer and Republican political consultant who became the founding CEO of Fox News in 1996. He resigned in 2016 after a series of sexual harassment allegations from female staff members at the network.
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Post by erik on May 18, 2017 8:31:21 GMT -5
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Post by erik on May 27, 2017 19:19:37 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on May 28, 2017 0:13:23 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on May 28, 2017 0:17:10 GMT -5
Remembering Carter adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's national security adviser, dead at 89 Published May 26, 2017 Associated Press
Zbigniew Brzezinski, who helped topple economic barriers between the Soviet Union, China and the West as President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, died Friday. He was 89.
His death was announced on social media Friday night by his daughter, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski. She called him "the most inspiring, loving and devoted father any girl could ever have."
Earnest and ambitious, Brzezinski helped Carter bridge wide gaps between the rigid Egyptian and Israeli leaders, Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, leading to the Camp David accords in September 1978. Three months later, U.S.-China relations were normalized, a top priority for Brzezinski.
Born in Warsaw and educated in Canada and the United States, Brzezinski was an acknowledged expert in Communism when he attracted the attention of U.S. policymakers. In the 1960s he was an adviser to John F. Kennedy and served in the Johnson administration. In December 1976, Carter offered Brzezinski the position of national security adviser. He had not wanted to be secretary of state because he felt he could be more effective working at Carter's side in the White House.
Brzezinski often found himself in clashes with colleagues like Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. For the White House, the differences between Vance and Brzezinski became a major headache, confusing the American public about the administration's policy course and fueling a decline in confidence that Carter could keep his foreign policy team working in tandem.
The Iranian hostage crisis, which began in 1979, came to dramatize America's waning global power and influence and to symbolize the failures and frustrations of the Carter administration. Brzezinski, during the early months of 1980, became convinced that negotiations to free the kidnapped Americans were going nowhere. Supported by the Pentagon, he began to push for military action.
Carter was desperate to end the standoff and, over Vance's objections, agreed to a long-shot plan to rescue the hostages. The mission, dubbed Desert One, was a complete military and political humiliation and precipitated Vance's resignation. Carter lost his re-election bid against Ronald Reagan that November.
Brzezinski went on to ruffle the feathers of Washington's power elite with his 1983 book, "Power and Principle," which was hailed and reviled as a kiss-and-tell memoir.
"I have never believed in flattery or lying as a way of making it," he told The Washington Post that year. "I have made it on my own terms."
The oldest son of Polish diplomat Tadeus Brzezinski, Zbigniew was born on March 28, 1928, and attended Catholic schools during the time his father was posted in France and Germany.
The family went to Montreal in 1938 when the elder Brzezinski was appointed Polish consul general. When Communists took power in Poland six years later, he retired and moved his family to a farm in the Canadian countryside.
At his new home, the young Brzezinski began learning Russian from a nearby farmer and was soon bitten by the foreign policy bug.
Brzezinski's climb to the top of the foreign policy community began at Canada's McGill University, where he earned degrees in economics and political science. Later at Harvard, he received a doctorate in government, a fellowship and a publishing contract -- for his thesis on Soviet purges as a permanent feature of totalitarianism.
Frequent trips to Eastern Europe and several books and articles in the 1950s established Brzezinski as an expert on Communism, and by the 1960s he'd begun to attract the interest of policymakers. Throughout his career, he would be affiliated with moderate-to-liberal groups, including the Rand Corp., the Council on Foreign Relations, Amnesty International and the NAACP.
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Post by the Scribe on May 30, 2017 3:02:42 GMT -5
Republican Party Drug Conduit Manuel Noriega dead at 83
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Post by erik on May 30, 2017 8:44:48 GMT -5
Well, no one's going to miss that Banana Republican Narco thug.
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Post by the Scribe on Jun 18, 2017 0:26:45 GMT -5
Stephen Furst, actor who played Flounder in 'Animal House,' dies at 63 By Ralph Ellis and Daikin Andone, CNN Updated 9:41 PM ET, Sat June 17, 2017
He played the innocent Kent Dorfman, nicknamed Flounder Furst also appeared in "St. Elsewhere" and "Babylon 5"
(CNN) — Stephen Furst, the actor who played the hapless, beanie-wearing frat boy Flounder in the 1978 movie "Animal House," has died at age 63, his son, Nathan Furst, told CNN on Saturday.
"It was from complications from diabetes," Nathan Furst said. "Over the last several years it was getting worse a little bit. Sort of the typical things that tend to happen when you have diabetes a long time."
Furst appeared on TV in "St. Elsewhere" and "Babylon 5," but he was best remembered for his role as the innocent freshman Kent Dorfman in "National Lampoon's Animal House," which ushered in a brand of raunchy comedy.
His character was rejected by other fraternities at the fictional Faber College but got into the hard-partying, rule-breaking frat nicknamed Animal House. Bluto -- the house wild man played by John Belushi in his own breakout role -- gave Dorfman the nickname Flounder. A series of mishaps and humiliations followed.
Flounder accidentally killed a horse -- apparently by inducing fright -- by firing a pistol loaded with blanks into the air during a midnight prank in Dean Vernon Wormer's office.
He was also the recipient of one of the movie's most famous lines, delivered by Wormer: "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
Furst was born May 8, 1955, in Norfolk, Virginia, as Stephen Fuerstein, according to the Internet Movie Database. He was orphaned at 16 and raised by an aunt, the Turner Classic Movies archives said.
He started acting in high school, partly because he was self-conscious about his weight, he said in a 1985 interview with the Chicago Tribune.
"I'm one of the most insecure people in the world, always have been, and when you're a fat kid, you try to make the fat jokes before other people make them," he said.
"I went to high school in Virginia Beach, Va., and we had these guys, they were surfers. They didn't like me, never talked to me. And if they didn't like you, they threw toothpicks at you. After I did a play, it was different. I found out I was pretty good at something."
He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and delivered pizzas in Hollywood, giving himself publicity by putting his picture and resume inside the pizza boxes, IMDb said. Producer Matty Simmons discovered him and put Furst into "Animal House."
After "Animal House," he kept getting Flounder-like parts and reprised the role in "Delta House," an ABC sitcom based on the movie, according to the Turner Classic Movies archives.
Furst had a more serious role playing Dr. Elliot Axelrod on the NBC series "St. Elsewhere" from 1983 to 1988. His character fought questions about his competency and obesity -- a real-life struggle for Furst, who weighed more than 300 pounds at times.
He played an alien ambassadorial aide in "Babylon 5," which ran on TNT from 1994 to 1998, and found roles on shows like "Have Faith" on ABC. He had a recurring role on "Melrose Place" in the 1990s.
Furst directed "Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure" in 1999 and "Magic Kid 2" in 1994.
After he was diagnosed with diabetes in 1996, Furst dropped more than 85 pounds and appeared in an educational video produced by the American Diabetes Association.
He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Lorraine Wright.
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Post by erik on Jun 18, 2017 11:57:30 GMT -5
Actually, unless my math is off (which is, admittedly, possible), either Furst's birthdate is inaccurate, or he was actually 62 when he passed away.
Still, a sad passing all the same. ANIMAL HOUSE, unlike so many "gross out" comedies that came after it, now looks positively "sophisticated"; and Furst was part of that insanity. He might actually have become a bigger star were it not for John Belushi's "Toga! Toga! Toga!" bit.
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Post by goldie on Jul 4, 2017 4:20:19 GMT -5
John Major Jenkins RIP (1964-2017)
John Major Jenkins (born 1964) is an American author and independent researcher, best known for his works that theorize certain astronomical and esoteric connections of the calendar systems used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. His writings are particularly associated with 2012 millenarianism and the development of Mayanism in contemporary and popular culture, as an outgrowth from the New Age milieu.
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 21, 2017 5:34:10 GMT -5
R.I.P. George Romero Tribute Zombie GodfatherI wonder if he committed suicide because of the recent death of his friend? Clues seem to lead in that direction and is a common thing:
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 27, 2017 4:15:50 GMT -5
It must have been a wonderful life!
June Foray Dead – ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle Show’ Star Dies at 99
The Voices of June Foray
June Foray on voicing "Rocky" and "Natasha" on "The Bullwinkle Show" - EMMYTVLEGENDS
June Foray's Animated Life - Beyond the Marquee: The Web Series (Eps 36)
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Post by erik on Jul 27, 2017 8:50:37 GMT -5
Re. June Foray: it should also be noted that she and formerly blacklisted writer Charles Morgan did an over-the-air reading of George Orwell's 1984 for Pacifica radio back in 1975. That reading was recently rebroadcast during Pacifica's most recent fund drives.
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 28, 2017 1:34:12 GMT -5
Re. June Foray: it should also be noted that she and formerly blacklisted writer Charles Morgan did an over-the-air reading of George Orwell's 1984 for Pacifica radio back in 1975. That reading was recently rebroadcast during Pacifica's most recent fund drives.
I think that one book has united more anti government loonies together than any other document outside of the bible. It also served as a manual for the deep state lol. At least we have that wonderful June Foray character voice alive and well in all those historic cartoons. I had no idea she was still alive let alone 99 years old. She's older than White.
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 31, 2017 12:27:01 GMT -5
Sam Shepard, Lauded Director, Playwright, and Actor, Dies at 73
Kate Erbland,Indiewire 2 hours 16 minutes ago .
Director, playwright, and actor Sam Shepard has passed away at the age of 73. BroadwayWorld first reported the news this morning.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in “The Right Stuff.” He was also the author of forty-four plays, as well as several books, including short stories, essays, and memoirs. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play “Buried Child.”
As BroadwayWorld notes, “Shepard’s plays are chiefly known for their bleak, poetic, often surrealist elements, black humor and rootless characters living on the outskirts of American society.”
In 2009, he received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a master American dramatist. Shepard was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986. Shepard was also a dedicated teacher of the arts, and he lead classes and seminars at a variety of venues throughout his career.
Shepard was already an established name in the theater when he began appearing in movies, and he first major credited role was as The Farmer in Terrence Malick’s 1978 opus “Days of Heaven.” While always remaining steadfast in his affection for the stage, he went on to star in such films as “Resurrection,” “Country,” “Baby Boom,” and “Steel Magnolias.”
In his later years, he starred in a variety of features, including roles in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “Snow Falling on Cedars,” and “Mud.” His last film, “Never Here,” was directed and written by Camille Thoman and debuted at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival. He also had a recurring role on the television series “Bloodline.”
His screenwriting credits include co-writing turns on such lauded features as “Zabriskie Point,” “Paris, Texas,” and “Fool for Love.” While he directed a pair of features, “Far North” and “Silent Tongue,” he was far more prolific on the stage side of things.
His 50-year friendship with Johnny Dark (stepfather to his first wife, O-Lan Jones) was the subject of the 2013 documentary “Shepard & Dark” by Treva Wurmfeld.
He is survived by his three children.
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