Celebrity death thread 2022

[kingchuck69]

Q Lazzarus, Cult Favorite Behind 'Goodbye Horses' Who Disappeared for Decades, Dead at 61

The artist, born Diane Luckey, had her music prominently featured in four Jonathan Demme movies — including Silence of the Lambs — but was never able to get a full-fledged music career off the grou…

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[Channel98]

Allison co-wrote Peggy Sue, That'll Be The Day, Look At Me, Think It Over, Tell Me How, Well All Right and More Than I Can Say. In October 1958, calling himself "Ivan," he had a #68 hit with Real Wild Child.

Jerry Allison, Drummer and Songwriter for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Dead at 82

Jerry Allison, the drummer for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, who helped co-write some of the early rock and roller's biggest songs, has died.

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[Aaron]

Allison co-wrote Peggy Sue, That'll Be The Day, Look At Me, Think It Over, Tell Me How, Well All Right and More Than I Can Say. In October 1958, calling himself "Ivan," he had a #68 hit with Real Wild Child.

Jerry Allison, Drummer and Songwriter for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Dead at 82

Jerry Allison, the drummer for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, who helped co-write some of the early rock and roller's biggest songs, has died.

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Second. Hadn't realized he was still around.

 

[sadchild]

I like this bit o' related trivia

The song was originally going to be titled “Cindy Lou”, named after Holly’s baby niece Cindy and his sister Patricia Lou, but Crickets drummer Jerry Allison asked Holly to change the name to impress his then-girlfriend Peggy Sue Gerron.

Holly obliged, but when the recording engineer threatened to change the song back to “Cindy Lou” if Allison didn’t stop making mistakes, he took a few moments to go through a drumming exercise. Holly liked the feel of Allison' drum exercise, changed his guitar licks to better fit with it, and that became the new beat for the song.

Allison married Gerron in 1958. They divorced in 1965.

 

[Channel98]

Tata played restaurant owner Nat Bussichio in 228 episodes of Beverly Hills 90210, 1990-2000. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Batman, Mannix, Vega$, Hill Street Blues, The FBI, The Rockford Files, Adam-12 and No Time For Sergeants.

Joe E. Tata, 'Beverly Hills, 90210' Actor, Dead at 85

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Tata played restaurant owner Nat Bussichio in 228 episodes of Beverly Hills 90210, 1990-2000. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Batman, Mannix, Vega$, Hill Street Blues, The FBI, The Rockford Files, Adam-12 and No Time For Sergeants.

Joe E. Tata, 'Beverly Hills, 90210' Actor, Dead at 85

Second.

 

[sadchild]

I remember when I saw his family walking down the street and someone yelled, "Whoa! Check out THOSE Tatas!!"

 

[Channel98]

And that reminds me of this 1975 country hit by Jud Strunk:

 

[Jon]

Lost another Soprano.

Bob LuPone, 'Sopranos' actor and Broadway veteran, dies at 76

Along with his theater career, LuPone also made appearances on “The Sopranos,” “Sex and the City,” “Guiding Light” and “All My Children,” for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy.

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[sadchild]

And that reminds me of this 1975 country hit by Jud Strunk:

I've heard a zillion nicknames for breasts, but parakeets is a new one on me!

Speaking of euphemisms for tatas, that reminds me of The Fools "I Love Your Tits" - which has at least a dozen

 

[Channel98]

On June 12, 1987, President Reagan stood on the West German side of the Berlin Wall and said, "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!!” Two and a half years later, the wall was dismantled.

Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91 | ITV News

The former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev has died, according to Russian news agencies. | ITV National News

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[Jon]

On June 12, 1987, President Reagan stood on the West German side of the Berlin Wall and said, "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!!” Two and a half years later, the wall was dismantled.

Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91 | ITV News

The former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev has died, according to Russian news agencies. | ITV National News

www.itv.com

2nd. As if it needed it.

 

[HecticArt]

As if.

 

[Channel98]

Bob Hope made this observation in 1988: "Everything Reagan does, Gorbachev does him one better.
Reagan wears the flag of his country on his lapel. Gorby wears the map of his country on his forehead."

 

[Aaron]

(great, now Hectic wants pizza)

 

[scotchandcigar]

(great, now Hectic wants pizza)

Wow, that's pretty wild!

 

[Jon]

Billionaire Herb Kohler, heir to faucet fortune, dies at 83 | CNN Business

Herb Kohler, Jr., the former head of his family's namesake global plumbing empire, died Saturday at the age of 83. He was the third generation Kohler to helm the Wisconsin company, serving as CEO for 43 years and later as its executive chairman.

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[scotchandcigar]

Billionaire Herb Kohler, heir to faucet fortune, dies at 83 | CNN Business

Herb Kohler, Jr., the former head of his family's namesake global plumbing empire, died Saturday at the age of 83. He was the third generation Kohler to helm the Wisconsin company, serving as CEO for 43 years and later as its executive chairman.

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Following a memorial service, his ashes will be power-flushed down a toilet.

 

[sadchild]

Like a goldfish!

 

[Jon]

CNN anchor Bernard Shaw dead at 82

Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw's family announced in a statement Thursday. Shaw was 82.

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