They All Died In 2016, 2017, etc ...

[slimjim]

Christian ATSU (1992) - the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle​

Such is the (not surprising) confusion following the awful situation in the Turkish/Syrian eathquake that it was wrongly reported a few days ago that he was rescued and in hospital recieving treatment

 

[topdog]

Stella STEVENS (1938)
US Actor
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Stevens was popular in the 1960s and 70s and starred in The Nutty Professor and The Poseidon Adventure.

 

[slimjim]

Stephen Patrick MACKEY (1966) ​

An English musician and record producer best known as the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band Pulp, which he joined in 1989. As a record producer, he produced songs and albums by M.I.A., Florence + the Machine, The Long Blondes and Arcade Fire

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[slimjim]

Wayne SHORTER (1933)
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A central force in three of the 20th century’s great jazz groups: the Jazz Messengers, led by drummer Art Blakey, who established the mid-century “hard bop” style; the second iteration of Miles Davis’s quintet in the mid to late 1960s that led Davis to his electric period; and the hugely successful fusion group Weather Report, formed in 1970. He also had a long and fruitful partnership with Joni Mitchell, appearing on 10 of her albums, and collaborated with rock musicians such as Carlos Santana and Steely Dan. He is an 11-time Grammy award winner, including their lifetime achievement award.

Which tune to pick... tricky, very tempted to choose a Weather Report track like A Remark You Made but in the end went for this Joni track (she was honoured with the Gershwin Prize this week, only the 3rd female to do so)

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[dargelos]

Thankyou Jim, what an inspired choice of song by which to remember Wayne Shorter. Brilliant. Utterly brilliant.

 

[topdog]

Chaim TOPOL (1935)
IL Actor, Singer
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Topol is an Israeli actor best known for playing Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof both on stage (over 3500 times) and in the 1971 movie. He was recognized as Israel's best known actor through many films. He also founded Variety Israel, an organization serving children with special needs, and Jordan River Village, a year-round camp for Arab and Jewish children with life-threatening illnesses.

 

[slimjim]

Lance REDDICK (1962)​

Lance Reddick was an American actor and musician. He was best known for playing Cedric Daniels in The Wire, Phillip Broyles in Fringe, and Chief Irvin Irving in Bosch. In film, he was known for starring as David Gentry in Angel Has Fallen but for many he will be best remembered as Charon in the John Wick franchise.

 

[haiducii]

Paul CATTERMOLE (1977) - an original member of the British pop group S Club 7 created by Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller​

 

[topdog]

Barrie HUMPHRIES, AO CBE (1934)
AU Actor, Comedian, Writer, Drag Performer
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Humphries was best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He was also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, a writer, and a landscape painter.

 

[slimjim]

Paul James O'GRADY MBE DL (1955)

(So we loose 2 drag acts in the same week. I forgot to post about Lilly but Edna's departure reminded me.)​

An English comedian, broadcaster, LGBTQ campaigner, drag queen, actor, and writer. He achieved notability in the London gay scene during the 1980s with his drag persona Lily Savage, through which he gained broader popularity in the 1990s. O'Grady subsequently dropped the character and in the 2000s became the presenter of various television and radio shows, including chat shows & quiz shows, The Paul O'Grady Show and For The Love Of Dogs.

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[topdog]

Len GOODMAN (1944)
UK Dancer, Dance Judge, Coach
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Goodman was a professional ballroom dancer, winning trophies in his 20s. He then became a teacher, coach, and judge. In 2004 he became the head judge on the BBC One dance competition show, Strictly Come Dancing, and the following year did the same on the US version, Dancing With the Stars.

 

[topdog]

Harry BELAFONTE (1927)
US Singer, Activist, Actor
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At a time when segregation was widespread in the US, Belafonte stormed the pop charts in the 1950s with hits like "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature "Day-O" lyric, "Jump in the Line", and "Jamaica Farewell". No one, black or white, was bigger in records or concerts, particularly around the release of his album Calypso (1956). He went into movies like Carmen Jones (1954), and Island in the Sun (1957) where he notably portrayed the first interracial couple in American mainstream film. But his longest career was as an activist for civil rights, notably working along side Martin Luther King Jr, but continuing on throughout his life fighting prejudice and poverty, vocally advocating for the release of Nelson Mandella, and protesting the Iraq war. Along the way he won 3 Grammys (including a lifetime acheivement award), a Tony Award, an Emmy, and the Gene Hersholt Humanitarian award at the Oscars.

 

[Shelter]

Harry BELAFONTE (1927)
US Singer, Activist, Actor
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At a time when segregation was widespread in the US, Belafonte stormed the pop charts in the 1950s with hits like "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature "Day-O" lyric, "Jump in the Line", and "Jamaica Farewell". No one, black or white, was bigger in records or concerts, particularly around the release of his album Calypso (1956). He went into movies like Carmen Jones (1954), and Island in the Sun (1957) where he notably portrayed the first interracial couple in American mainstream film. But his longest career was as an activist for civil rights, notably working along side Martin Luther King Jr, but continuing on throughout his life fighting prejudice and poverty, vocally advocating for the release of Nelson Mandella, and protesting the Iraq war. Along the way he won 3 Grammys (including a lifetime acheivement award), a Tony Award, an Emmy, and the Gene Hersholt Humanitarian award at the Oscars.

A long and I hope a lucky life. A great man has gone forever! R.I.P.

 

[Stonecold]

RIP

 

[topdog]

Jerry SPRINGER (1944)
UK-US Broadcaster, Journalist, Actor, Producer, Lawyer, and Politician
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Springer was born in the UK, but moved to the US as a child. He was the Mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978. But he is remembered primarily as the host the US tabloid talk show Jerry Springer from 1991 to 2018. He also appeared on America's Got Talent, and the courtroom show Judge Jerry.

 

[Shelter]

RIP

OMG he was 30 years old or better young - and he has had this horrible multiple sklerosis. Was such an exacerbation the reason for his accident? --- R.I.P.

 

[topdog]

Gordon LIGHTFOOT (1938)
CA Singer-songwriter
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Lightfoot was one of the top singer-songwriters of the 1970s, with hits like "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974); "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976).

 

[defiance0]

Tina Turner, 'Queen of Rock n Roll', dies aged 83 in Switzerland​

 

[topdog]

Cynthia WEILL (1940)
US Songwriter
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Weill wrote songs with her husband, Barry Mann. Just a few of their many hits are "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "On Broadway", "Make Your Own Kind of Music", "Here You Come Again", "Don't Know Much", and "Somewhere Out There".

 

[topdog]

George WINSTON (1949)
US Songwriter
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Winston's solo piano recordings put Windham Hill Records on the map. His first albums Autumn, Winter into Spring, and the Christmas album December, sold millions of CDs.