DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Worf]

Reggae legend Fredrick "Toots" Hibbert, whose Maytals song "Do the Reggay" is thought to have named the genre of music, has died, aged 77.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/toots-hibbert-reggae-obit-1.5721918

This one hurts as well. I wasn't "born" into reggae but I had a half cousin who worked for Island Records. He introduced me to Marley, Black Uhuru etc... I later became a big fan of old school reggae. Toots was often described as the "Otis Redding" of reggae, I'm not sure that description was apt but his voice did have the rasp of Otis and Wilson Pickett. "Funky Kingston" live on!

Worf

 

[Lean'n'mean]

British-French (but internationally known) actor, writer, director & artist, Michael Lonsdale, has died in Paris, aged 89.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Remarkable in Ronin.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Founding member, vocalist & lead guitarist of The Four Seasons, "Tommy DeVito" has died from complications of COVID-19, aged 92.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Designer Ron Cobb, whose iconic contributions to seventies and eighties SF films were and remain brilliant:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/obituaries/ron-cobb-dies.html

 

[Frunobulax]

Gayle Sayers reunites with Brian Piccolo and tries to stay on the Angel of George Halas' right side so he can hear him.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/spor...0200923-4lv2wfxcangajgbcaiyiwbcnna-story.html

"Poetry in Motion," indeed.

 

[belfastboy]

Gayle Sayers reunites with Brian Piccolo and tries to stay on the Angel of George Halas' right side so he can hear him.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/spor...0200923-4lv2wfxcangajgbcaiyiwbcnna-story.html

"Poetry in Motion," indeed.

Damn!

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., Juliette Gréco.

 

[Frunobulax]

Damn!

I'm not even the biggest football fan, but boy I know it when I see it.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Thanks, Trenchfriend
Juliette Greco dead at 93. Many may not think they are familiar with her work, yet at least one of her songs is instantly hummable to anyone who loves Paris. A great talent. RIP.

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-09-23/juliette-greco-muse-postwar-france-dead

 

[HoosierDaddy]

That French female accent is captivating isn't it. Soothing and sexy. Sing for me lovely Lady!
HD

 

[Worf]

Wow... this #!#@!$$!! year can't leave fast enough!!!!

Worf

 

[belfastboy]

Wow... this #!#@!$$!! year can't leave fast enough!!!!

Worf

Yep, I just hope it doesn't take me with it.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Wow... this #!#@!$$!! year can't leave fast enough!!!!

Worf

Don't be in too much of a rush to wish this year away, next year is going to be far worse.

 

[belfastboy]

I'm not even the biggest football fan, but boy I know it when I see it.

Sayers was one of my favourite players. I was a big kid so ended up on the offensive line but when I closed my eyes I saw myself as Sayers gliding gracefully barely touching the turf.......

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Australian (naturalized American in 1974)) singer, actress & activist, Helen Reddy, has died aged 78. She suffered from dementia the last few years.

 

[Bamaboots]

Mac Davis, also 78 died today after undergoing heart surgery in Nashville.

 

[MisterCairo]

Australian (naturalized American in 1974)) singer, actress & activist, Helen Reddy, has died aged 78. She suffered from dementia the last few years.

I remember watching her on The Muppet Show, I would have been ten or eleven. Thought she was cute!

A truly sad way to leave this world, what a shame.

 

[MisterCairo]

 

[OldStrummer]

Eddie Van Halen, 65 of throat cancer. Van Halen was one of rock's cleanest and tastiest guitar "heros," fronting his own band and playing on recording by other notable musicians.

https://nypost.com/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen-dead-at-65/