DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Worf]

Certainly less, but there are a lot of super stars in sports who are exemplary human beings.

You're right. I shouldn't paint with so broad a brush. Bad habit, probably developed because we rarely, if ever, hear the good that people do. Good doesn't get clicks or sell tabloids I suppose.

Worf

 

[Frunobulax]

Mitzi Gaynor at 93.

https://apnews.com/article/mitzi-gaynor-dead-south-pacific-320eb99fe0824091babafac794dc2320

 

[Tiki Tom]

Beautiful. I love South Pacific.

 

[Worf]

Beautiful. I love South Pacific.

For a long time South Pacific was my fave musical. She was amazing.

Worf

 

[Frunobulax]

So long, Phil.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-lesh-grateful-dead-dead-1234809976/

 

[Doctor Strange]

Speaking as a vintage-1975 Deadhead, I always thought of Phil Lesh as the Grateful Dead's unsecret weapon.

His unique contrapuntal and melodic bass was an essential component of the Dead's sound and gonzo creative approach. His classical and experimentalist background (he never touched a bass guitar until Jerry Garcia invited him to join the band) was one of the major threads that pushed the Dead's music into its unique and fascinating directions. He was absolutely unique.

Fare thee well, fare thee well, I love you more than words can tell...

Picture I took of Phil and Mickey Hart at the famous May 8, 1977 Cornell U show:

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

I guess most of us have been expecting this for some time but that doesn't make it hurt any less.

Fare thee well, Phil.

My condolences to all fellow Deadheads everywhere.

It's just a box of rain
or a ribbon for your hair.
Such a long long time to be gone
And a short time to be there.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

BTW, before I left the US this summer, on two different occasions I saw teenagers wearing Dead shirts. I stopped one and asked him about it and he said he loves their music.

Me, too, brother.
Me, too.