...(fill in the blank) just died...

Today I was saddened by the departure of Claes Oldenburg (93), modern artist who is known for his massive sculptures.




(Poly, if you drop by this point, there's a Claes Oldenburg in Eindhoven called Flying Pins:


And let's not forget this gem:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=simpsons+art&hps=1&iax=videos&...

It doesn't work if you use the little pictures from your search engine. On DuckDuckGo you can click the button "view file" once you've selected an image, that is directly at the address you can use.

Tony Dow

NBA legend Bill Russell dies at 88

Nichelle Nichols

Len Dawson

Mikhail Gorbachev

Queen Elizabeth II

Jean-Luc Godard

Kenneth Starr

Maury Wills

Louise Fletcher

Artis Leon Ivey Jr



1st of August 1963 - 28th of September, 2022.....

Loretta Lynn

RIP Sacheen Littlefeather


It took 6 security guards to keep John Wayne from rushing and attacking her at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973,
while Clint Eastwood mocked her request of TV and Film industry to treat indigenous people as humans.....

Angela Lansbury

Robbie Coltrane dies aged 72

Leslie Jordan

Jerry Lee Lewis dies aged 87



Jerry Lee Lewis at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1975.....

Gallagher

Robert Clary aka LeBeau

^^^^^ If only we could check with Sergeant Schultz, but he probably knows nothing.....^^^^^

This one shook me.....



RIP Wilko Johnson.....

Christine McVie

Gaylord Perry

Bob McGrath

Kirstie Alley

I always used to use the Z-forum topic to check back on who died this year, to prepare for the AIVD puzzle. This is the first year I can't rely on that.

Like every year, going through the lists on the Dutch and English Wikipedias, there are people of whom I didn't know they passed on.

One is Dutch architect Wim Quist, who made one of the most famous Eindhoven landmarks.

Franco Harris

A real shame. 4 days from now they were going to honor him and retire his number.

Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials, has died aged 63



Terry Hall was the frontman of legendary British ska band The Specials.....

Pele

Vivienne Westwood

Barbara Walters

One more squeezes in right at the finish line...

Pope Benedict

Adam Rich
from the TV Show Eight is Enough

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Jeff Beck (78)

Quote: Originally posted by tinkamok

Quote: Originally posted by BBP   Jeff Beck (78) Just heard this sad news Bonny . He was brilliant and unique. RIP Jeff.

RIP Jeff Beck…..

Oh man, do I love this album! Godspeed Jeff Beck!

https://www.facebook.com/zblackpage/photos/a.683840995005672/4014859691903769/


Frank Zappa and Jeff Beck, 1967 (from Herb Cohen archives)
"One of my favorite guitar players on the planet. From a melodic standpoint and just in terms of the conception of what he plays, he's fabulous. I like Jeff." - FZ, The Frank Zappa Interview Picture Disk, pt.2

Lisa Marie Presley

Robbie Knievel

Back in the day all the girls wanted to be Renee Geyer…..

'The irreplaceable Renee'

Australian music industry pays tribute to singer Renee Geyer

Callum Godde and Duncan Murray
07:22, Jan 18 2023


Melbourne-born Renee Geyer, one of Australia's most respected and successful soul singers, was discovered to have inoperable lung cancer while being treated in hospital.

The Australian music world is mourning singer and ARIA Hall of Famer Renee Geyer after her death from complications following hip surgery at the age of 69.

Melbourne-born Geyer, one of Australia's most respected and successful soul singers, was discovered to have inoperable lung cancer while being treated in hospital.

She died surrounded by family and friends, her record label Mushroom Records announced on Tuesday.

"Naturally, we are all utterly devastated," a statement said.

"Just last month, Renee sang to a full house and was looking forward to another busy year ahead doing what she loved most.

"She lived her life as she performed - to the fullest - and her passing leaves a giant void in the Australian music industry."


Fellow soul singer and friend Kate Ceberano said Geyer carved the word woman into the psyche of the Australian music mentality.
Geyer fronted a number of bands in the 1970s, including jazz-rock group Sun, before beginning her four-decade solo career.

In 1973, the first of her 15 studio albums was released.

But it was her 1974 cover of the James Brown classic It's a Man's Man's Man's World that launched her to a mass audience.

The singer was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2005 and became the first woman to be inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame in 2013.

She also received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the Australian Women in Music Awards in 2018 and appeared on the ABC's music quiz show Spicks and Specks.

Mushroom Group chief executive, Matt Gudinski, who is the son of legendary promoter Michael Gudinski, said Geyer was a "fierce, independent, strong and passionate" trailblazer for women in the music industry.

"Renee always did things her own way and we loved her for that," Gudinski said.

Geyer continued to perform and release music after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, with her last album released in 2013.

A 2013 poll ranked her the seventh-best Australian voice of all time.

Fellow soul singer and friend Kate Ceberano said Geyer carved the word woman into the psyche of the Australian music mentality.

"You strutted into our hearts and lives with your soul in your sleeve," she wrote on Facebook.

"Renee the powerful, the diva, the brutal, the original, the temperamental, the stellar, the shapeshifter, the original, the unforgettable, the irreplaceable Renee!"

Australian music legend Marcia Hines described Geyer as a game changer, a soul diva, her sister in song and possessing one of the greatest voices she has ever heard.

Joe Camilleri of The Black Sorrows described Geyer as a "singer's singer."

"Let's not forget the many who were influenced by Renee. Her contribution should never be forgotten.Soul free in sweet harmony," Camilleri posted on Facebook.

Geyer sang backup vocals on a number of Hoodoo Gurus albums, prompting the band to post on social media she had changed all their lives for the better.

"Renee was a fiercely original talent who carved out a huge legacy in Australian music," the band posted.

A memorial for Geyer will be held at a later date.

Back in the day all the boys wanted to be Larry Morris…..

NZ music legend Larry Morris dies, 75, leaving behind a half century of music

Ryan Anderson
16:30, Jan 18 2023


Larry Morris, musician and Kiwi rocker has passed away

NZ Music Hall of Famer Larry Morris has passed away late on Tuesday night, leaving behind a music career spanning more than 50 years.

Morris was a legend of the New Zealand music scene, who still performed up until recently at local Auckland bars.

Long-time friend and singer/songwriter Rietta Austin said Morris was a best mate.

“He was one of those people who inspired you, he could be himself in a world of music where nobody is allowed to be themselves any more.”

“He was just an awesome dude.”

The pair had performed many times together and had planned to do more songwriting in the future.


Morris became the frontman of The Rebels early on in his career, which later re-branded to Larry’s Rebels

Morris was a musical hero in New Zealand – someone who was genuinely talented and a freaking great mate, she said.

“He was a rebel to the end.”

Posting about his passing, the NZ Music Hall of Fame called Larry’s Rebels the first great homegrown pop band of the modern pop era.

“Our condolences go out to all who knew Larry (and that’s a lot!), his friends, family, and to the Rebels – Viv, Nooky, Terry and John.”

“Rest in peace Larry”.

Audio Culture’s Simon Grigg said Morris was one of the greatest figures in New Zealand music.

“Talented both as a singer and a songwriter, absolutely unique and a man who defined his era,” he wrote in a tribute to the late rock star.

There has been an outpouring of tributes for Morris online, with many calling him one of the best ever Kiwi entertainers.

Speaking to Stuff before his 70th birthday in 2017, Morris said he was in the happiest space he had ever been in his life.

"I have a wonderful wife, Gloria, I'm looking after my parents with her help. I have just released two records. Life couldn't be better.

"[Early in my career], when it came time to sort out a name for the band, the other members said, 'well, Larry is the frontman, let's call it Larry's Rebels.
I was very anti the idea, because it wasn't my band but Nooky, Terry and John were emphatic it was the way to go.
I would have preferred it had had just stayed as The Rebels, but that's not how it turned out and the rest, as they say, is history."

In their early days Larry’s Rebel became part of New Zealand pop history with five consecutive top 10 hits and a style and swagger about them
that led their management company to use the phrase "lock up your daughters: Larry's Rebels are coming to town”.

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

My sister is 76, ten years older than me. She's losing the plot and I'm very concerned about her. In a recent conversation she was complaining about getting old, so I said, come on, Jeff Beck is 78 and he's still touring. Two weeks later he's dead. That blew me away.

David Crosby

I'm a little late with this one. Growing up, I was a huge fan of the 3 time (consecutively) World Champion Oakland A's. I'm sure there will be more of these in the not too distant future, but still, it hurts....

RIP Sal Bando (Fuck you, Cancer!)

And the hits keep on coming…..



Guitarist Tom Verlaine, co-founder of Television, dies at 73

Laverne & Shirley together again

Cindy Williams

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love….it’s the only thing that there’s just too little of”. - RIP Burt Bacharach

Carlos Saura (91), renowned spanish film director.

Raquel Welch

^ I did not....

Tim McCarver

I must admit I was hot for fuzzy britches when I was a boy...

Quote: Originally posted by Plook

I must admit I was hot for fuzzy britches when I was a boy...

My old man wasn't a big movie fan, but this poster was on the back of the shed door…..

So One Million Years B.C. made him a movie buff...

Richard Belzer

Wayne Shorter

David Lindley

Jesus Alou, youngest of the Alou brothers. Only the oldest, Felipe is still alive.

Joe Pepitone

Sad news from The Black Page:
R.I.P. Jim Gordon, born James Beck Gordon (July 14, 1945 – March 13, 2023)
In 1972, Gordon was part of Frank Zappa's 20-piece 'Grand Wazoo' big band and the subsequent 10-piece 'Petit Wazoo' band.
He can be heard on albums like Imaginary Diseases, Wazoo, Little Dots, Waka/Wazoo, Apostrophe ('), and Läther.
His best-known recording with Zappa is the title track of the 1974 album Apostrophe ('), a jam with Zappa and Tony Duran on guitar and Jack Bruce on bass, for which both Bruce and Gordon received a writing credit.
Zappa, when introducing Gordon onstage, frequently referred to him as "Skippy", because of his youthful appearance.

Photo taken by Jeffrey Slater at the University of Pennsylvania’s Irvine Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA on November 10, 1972 ('Petit Wazoo' tour)
auf Flickr

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Just read this being fake news - hope so

Quote: Originally posted by AGuyWithAWrench

Nothing to see here....

I posted a note about the allegedly passing of Ralph Humphrey but deleted it soonly after learning, it has been fake news. Sorry for the confusion. At least an interesting lesson about the spread of (mis-)information in our rapidly changing times

One of the advantages of being slow to keep up.

Quote: Originally posted by ursinator2.0

Quote: Originally posted by AGuyWithAWrench   Nothing to see here.... I posted a note about the allegedly passing of Ralph Humphrey but deleted it soonly after learning, it has been fake news. Sorry for the confusion. At least an interesting lesson about the spread of (mis-)information in our rapidly changing times

I did the same in the Zappa General section , and couldnt work out how to delete it so changed it to error .
A lesson on how dumb all over this idiot can be

Harry Belafonte, radical activist and entertainer with a 'rebel heart,' dies at 96



Harry and I share the same birthday on March 1st.

My parents and I saw him perform at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Washington, D.C., when I was 11 in 1961. We sat 4 or 5 rows from centerstage.
A couple of rows directly behind us sat then-attorney general Robert Kennedy. During intermission, my parents suggested I get his autograph.
He signed the front of my program, which I still treasure to this day.

Jerry Springer

Gordon Lightfoot

Ralph Humphrey
May 11, 1944 - April 23, 2023

He lost his battle with cancer.

^Sad to hear one the best drummers and muso's

An Oz legend has also recently past on Broderick Smith.

Not well know I guess outside OZ but did spend time with his earlier band "the Dingoes" in the US in the mid 70's
His son Ambrose Kenny-Smith a member of rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

https://youtu.be/919phJQtlK8width=862&height=485

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-01/broderick-smith-musician-and-...

Vida Blue

This one hurts a lot. I was a huge Oakland A's fan growing up through their dynasty. I'm happy that I was able to attend a celebration and 50th anniversary reunion of the 73 championship team and I got to stand and applaud Vida. He did not look well.

Don Denkinger
Long time umpire who will always be remembered for his crucial blown call in the '85 World Series.

A little late, but the (self-proclaimed, and maybe not wrong about that) greatest RB of all time....

Jim Brown

Goodbye to the Acid Queen.

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

My sister passed away last night, aged 76. She lived in Sydney, so 1600 km (1000 miles) away and we weren't particularly close, but kept in touch. She'd been freaking me out for some time with her attitude, after becoming an alcoholic during the Covid-19 squeeze. It seems she just gave up on life. My main feeling about it, is that it is just completely weird and not something I would have in any way predicted about her before Covid-19 came along. Makes me even more determined to follow through with my own plans.

Poly so sorry to hear of your sisters passing I know your a non-believer but I still have you and your family in my prayers...

The Unibomber

@polydigm

Thats bad news .
Hoping you have a quick and mild version .
Get well soon .

Treat Williams

Alan Arkin

Tony Bennett

Pee Wee Herman
aka Paul Reubens

It's a double-header tonight:

Robbie Robterson




.....and Searching for Sugarman, Sixto Rodriguez




they get the distinction of sharing their date of passing with Jerry.....

Bob Barker

Jimmy Buffett

Gary Wright

Steve Harwell of SmashMouth

Ducky from NCIS

Brooks Robinson

Michael Gambon (Professor Dumbledore)

Diane Feinstein 90

A little tardy with this one.

Dick Butkus. Helluva player!

Ron Barassi 27 February 1936 – 16 September 2023
"was an Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality. Regarded as one of the greatest and most important figures in the history of the game, Barassi was the first player to be inaugurated into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a "Legend",[1] and he is one of four Australian rules footballers to be elevated to the same status in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Barassi

Suzanne Somers

Carla Bley



Carla Bley & Steve Swallow - Romantic Notions #3 / Walking Batterie Woman [Night Music 1990]

Bull (Richard Mole)

Very sad 54 Matthew Perry

I'm a bit behind....

Roselyn Carter

Henry Kissinger

Sandra Day O'Connor

Denny Laine

Wow what a talented musician, I saw him with Paul McCartney and Wings in 1976 on the Speed of Sound Tour, the guy did it all...RIP Denny...