The Dead Thread

Legendary Jazz Drummer Joe Morello
July 17, 1928 - March 12, 2011

Boston.com: Joe Morello

Joe Morello Official Website

Morello gained fame as a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet during 1956-1967. His mastery of complex time signatures made many of Dave Brubeck's compositions possible. The drum solo on "Take Five" is one of the most famous in modern music history.

Owsley Stanley aka The Bear

January 19, 1935 - March 13, 2011

Death by automobile accident near his home in Australia.

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Actor Michael Gough, who starred as Batman's loyal butler Alfred Pennyworth in four films, passed away at age 94, according to E! Online.

Gough, whose career began in 1947 with 'Blanche Fury,' starred as Alfred in 'Batman,' 'Batman Returns,' 'Batman Forever' and 'Batman and Robin' between 1989 and 1997.

The actor, born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, rose to prominence early in his career with starring roles in the U.K. version of 'Doctor Who' and film versions of both 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Dracula.'

Gough appeared for the last time on the silver screen in Tim Burton's 1999 'Sleepy Hollow,' and provided voice acting for the Burton-produced 'Corpse Bride' in 2005.

He is survived by his wife and two children.

Country legend Ferlin Husky at 85.

Maverick's Claims A Surfer...so sad.

Sion Milosky had surfed waves just like this one before. But this time, the colossal wall of water at Mavericks plunged him deep into the ocean and would not let him go.

Milosky, a famed big wave surfer from Hawaii, died late Wednesday after wiping out and being caught in a two-wave hold-down off the coast of California's infamous Mavericks Beach, south of San Francisco. Other surfers watched on in horror as a rogue wave broke on top of 35-year-old Milosky, a fixture in the small, elite world of big-wave surfing.

"He was really deep and he makes the drop, and the end section comes and just explodes behind him as he straightens out," Chris Killen, a filmmaker who taped Milosky's final wave, told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. "I'm looking over just devastated. His head's flopping, and I could tell he was blue from far away."

In the moments after the wave broke, other surfers said they saw Milosky's board popping up out of the water, ominously. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Nathan Fletcher, another big-wave surfer in the water at the time, jumped on a jet ski and sped toward the board in a bid to rescue Milosky. But 20 minutes later, Milosky's body was found floating face down in a nearby jetty.

"He looked perfect," fellow surfer Grant Washburn told the paper. "They'd removed his wetsuit, his eyes were closed, no apparent damage of any kind. Just a perfectly peaceful, healthy person. You felt like you could just jolt him back to life."

Other surfers tried to administer CPR, but Milosky, a husband and the father of two young daughters, was pronounced dead at a local hospital at 7:46 p.m., Lt. Ray Lunny of the San Mateo Sheriff's Office told AOL News today. The coroner said the official cause of death was drowning.

The waves at Mavericks can reach heights of 80 feet and draw big-wave surfers from around the world. Milosky's feats on the giant waves were chronicled in a 2010 video made by filmmaker Daniel Russo and posted by Surfing Magazine.

Thursday, despite the tragedy, surfers were back in Mavericks' massive barrels again. On the beach, the message "WE LOVE YOU DADDY" was scrawled in the sand, and appeared to have been written by Milosky's children, according to Santa Cruz Patch.

Big-wave surfer Ken Collins, who witnessed the accident, said the wave that killed Milosky was at least 50 feet tall.

"This swell was really huge," he told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. "It was one of those swells that was really spread out. It was hard to see what was going on with everyone out there. [Milosky] had this huge smile on his face and just turned around and paddled into this 50- to 60-foot wave. That was the last time I saw him. The wave just sent him straight to heaven."

I think this is the right place to post this. I haven't been around in so long, with all the added content and changes on TC I've forgotten how to get around this place.
I did a search and found nothing mentioning it so... here it is.

Gretchen Clarke wife of Waltah Clarke dies at 78; Waltah Clarke's Hawaiian Shops executive
Gretchen Clarke designed clothes and, with her husband, ran Waltah Clarke's Hawaiian Shops, once the largest retailer of aloha wear in the U.S. The company had more than 30 stores on the mainland and Hawaii. The last store was sold in 2001.

http://www.kesq.com/news/26681848/detail.html

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/31/local/la-me-gretchen-clarke-20110131

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thedesertsun/obituary.aspx?n=gretchen-clarke&pid=148075179

My apologies if I have this posted in the wrong thread or if it's a repost.

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at age 79.

February 27, 1932 - March 23, 2011

She was gorgeous in her day! RIP, Liz.

Audio Pioneer Sidney Harman
August 4, 1918 – April 12, 2011
Founded Harman/Kardon, Inc., in 1953 which introduced the first true high-fidelity receiver.

NPR: Sidney Harman

Charles Laufer, founder of Tiger Beat Magazine
Sept. 13, 1923 - April 4, 2011

Los Angeles Times: Charles Laufer

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'Bewitched' creator Sol Saks dies in LA at 100

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110421/ap_en_ot/us_obit_saks

Poly Styrene

LONDON – Poly Styrene, the braces-wearing singer who belted out "Oh bondage, up yours!" with the band X-Ray Spex, has died at the age of 53.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110426/ap_en_ot/eu_britain_obit_poly_styrene

Phoebe Snow, Who Sang 1975 Hit 'Poetry Man,' Dies

Phoebe Snow, a bluesy singer, guitarist and songwriter whose "Poetry Man" was a defining hit of the 1970s but who then largely dropped out of the spotlight to care for her disabled daughter, has died...

A real dragon lady!

Definitely giving me a semi!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42771029/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/?gt1=43001

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FBI most wanted

Aljazeera: Obituary

Philadelphia Daily News

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Yvette Vickers
8/26/1936 - 2010
An early Playboy playmate whose credits as a B-movie actress included such cult films as “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman” and “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” was found dead last week at her Benedict Canyon home. Her body appears to have gone undiscovered for months, police said.

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Cooper, former child star, dies at 88

Spanish Golf Great Seve Ballesteros Age 54

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-obit-ballesteros

Dolores Fuller
March 10, 1923 - May 9, 2011
A woman involved in some of Cinema's greatest moments

Los Angeles Times: Dolores Fuller
Official Elvis Presley Austrailian Fan site: Dolores Fuller

Girlfriend of the low-budget film director Edward D. Wood, Jr, she played the protagonist's girlfriend in Glen or Glenda, co-starred in Wood's Jail Bait, and had a minor role in Bride of the Monster. Later, Elvis Presley recorded a number of her songs written for his films including "Rock-A-Hula Baby","I Got Lucky" and "Spinout". Fuller was portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker in Tim Burton's 1994 biopic of Ed Wood,

Youtube: Glen or Glenda highlights

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Baseball Hall Of Famer Harmon Killebrew at 74.
http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/msn/05/17/11/Harmon-Killebrew-1936-2011/landing_twins.html?blockID=524145&feedID=5930

http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/20/randy-savage-car-accident-macho-man-dead-dies-died-killed-wwe-wrestler-florida/

Rest in peace, Macho Man.

RIP, Jeff Conaway (Taxi, Grease)

On 2011-05-27 12:49, lucas vigor wrote:
RIP, Jeff Conaway (Taxi, Grease)

He claimed his favorite roll was playing on Babylon 5. Yet another good one dead due to drugs.

The revolution was never televised.
Poet, musician Gil Scott-Heron
April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011

Official Gil Scott-Heron

CNN: Gil Scott-Heron

Jack Kevorkian

ROYAL OAK, Mich., (AP) - Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian died at Royal Oak Beaumont according to attorney Jeffrey Fieger and William Beaumont Hospital.

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/oakland_county/jack-kevorkian-dies-at-royal-oak-hospital

James Arness

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88.

http://beta.news.yahoo.com/james-arness-gunsmoke-fame-dies-88-170959723.html

Wally Boag, who played Pecos Bill in nearly 40,000 live performances of the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland and is the voice of Jose in The Enchanted Tiki Room.

September 9, 1920 - June 3th, 2011

Disney Legends: Wally Boag

Betty Taylor, who played Slue Foot Sue in Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue, passed away Saturday — one day after the death of Wally Boag.

Disney Legends: Betty Taylor

MSNBC: Betty Taylor

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Writer-producer-director & MAD LIBS co-creator Leonard Stern [Verb]s

http://beta.news.yahoo.com/writer-producer-director-leonard-stern-dies-87-213536136.html

Vagabond singer Larry 'Wild Man' Fischer

November 6, 1944 – June 16, 2011

Los Angeles Times: Larry "Wildman" Fischer

YouTube: Merry Go Round

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=653846&gt1=28102

RIP "Big Man"

Last week we also lost Robin Johnson, guitarist for The Go-Getters in a motorcycle accident. This is a terrible loss for the Rockabilly community.

Thank you, gentlemen, for your contributions to the soundtrack of my life! Say "Hey!" to Elvis for me.

'Jackass' Star Ryan Dunn Dies In Car Crash

http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/20/jackass-ryan-dunn-dies-dead-car-crash-accident-pennsylvania/

6/20/2011 6:59 AM PDT by TMZ Staff

"Jackass" star Ryan Dunn died in a car crash in Pennsylvania early this morning ... TMZ has confirmed with Bam Margera's mother.

34-year-old Dunn appeared in all of the "Jackass" movies -- famously shoving a toy car into his rectum in the first flick back in 2002.

Dunn and an unidentified person both died in the crash which happened around 3 a.m. at Route 322 and New Street in West Goshen Township. It's unclear who was driving the car.

We're told the car caught fire in the crash -- and hours later, a tow truck was called to the scene to remove the charred wreckage.

On 2011-06-18 14:33, King Bushwich the 33rd wrote:
Vagabond singer Larry 'Wild Man' Fischer

November 6, 1944 – June 16, 2011

Los Angeles Times: Larry "Wildman" Fischer

YouTube: Merry Go Round
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Thank you so much for letting me know. I discovered Wild Man on an album called Untouchables #2 (bootleg?) that came from a friend's uncle. It was a burned disc so I never had much info.

Peter Falk

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Falk, the stage and movie actor who became identified as the squinty, rumpled detective in "Columbo," which spanned 30 years in prime-time television, has died. He was 83.

Falk died Thursday night at his Beverly Hills home, according to a statement released by family friend Larry Larson.

In a court document filed in December 2008, Falk's daughter Catherine Falk said her father was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

"Columbo" began its history in 1971 as part of the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie series, appearing every third week. "Columbo" became by far the most popular of the three mysteries, the others being "McCloud" and "McMillan and Wife."

Columbo — he never had a first name — presented a contrast to other TV detectives. "He looks like a flood victim," Falk once said. "You feel sorry for him. He appears to be seeing nothing, but he's seeing everything."

http://beta.news.yahoo.com/tvs-columbo-peter-falk-died-83-180620450.html

Bummer about Peter Falk....I loved his Columbo character. RIP

I loved his role in The Princess Bride

Professor Fate: Push the button, Max!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzaj0bdduHM

Comic book legend, Gene Colan.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/06/24/2011-06-24_gene_colan_comic_book_legend_and_bronxborn_artist_dies_at_at_84.html?r=entertainment

R.I.P. Würzel

http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2011/07/09/michael-wurzel-burston-1949-2011/

Michael Burston, the Motörhead guitarist who performed with the band between 1984 and 1995 under the stage name Würzel, died today allegedly at the hands of cardiomyopathy (heart disease). He was 61.

Sherwood Schwartz---creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch.

http://www.rr.com/entertainment/topic/article/rr/9006/46060228/Gilligans_Island_creator_Sherwood_Schwartz_dies

Rob Grill, Lead Singer & Bassist for The Grass Roots died on Monday, July 11. Call it a guilty pleasure , if you will, but I am a huge Grass Roots fan & feel they belonged in that joke of a Hall Of Fame ahead of many that are already enshrined. Thank you, Rob, for all of the music I loved so much growing up. Godspeed, man.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/arts/music/rob-grill-lead-singer-of-the-grass-roots-dies-at-67.html

Bummer. I too am a closet Grass Roots fan. Where's that Best Of LP?...

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-CENT-CD-Anthology-1965-1975-Grass-Roots-/330589870121?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item4cf8b11829

WWII Navajo Code Talker Joe Morris passed away on July 17, 2011 at the age of 85. 1 of more than 400 Native Americans who used the language of ancestors to relay secret battlefield orders during World War II. High ranking military officers have stated that the United States would never have won the Battle of Iwo Jima without the secrecy afforded by the code talkers.
San Diego Channel 8 News: Joe Morris
Official website of Navajo Code Talkers

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British singer Amy Winehouse found dead
"Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her flat in north London, police said. She was 27 years old."

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43866337?gt1=43001
I know it's tragic, but is anyone really surprised?

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It's sad, but I saw this coming a long way back.