The Dead Thread

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23920336

David Frost passes.

If yer wife is a naggin' and yer tail pipe is a draggin' go see Cal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsLdT4slsk

Frederick Pohl, legendary Science Fiction writer, Sept 2nd. Also Jack Vance (belatedly) May 26th. Two of the greatest Sci-Fi writers to ever live.

Former heavyweight boxer Ken Norton Sr. dies at 70

September 18, 2013, 3:36 p.m.

Ken Norton Sr., a former heavyweight boxing champion who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1973, then lost in the rematch later that year, died Wednesday at a hospital in Arizona where he had been undergoing rehabilitation since suffering a stroke last year, according to his friend and manager Patrick Tenore. Norton was 70 and had congestive heart failure.

Norton broke Ali’s jaw in their initial fight, then lost at the Inglewood Forum in the rematch. Ali defeated Norton again in a decision at Yankee Stadium in New York in 1976.

In 1978, Norton won the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship when Leon Spinks chose not to fight him. He lost the title to Larry Holmes that June.

Norton finished with a record of 42-7-1 and 33 knockouts. He later went on to an acting career.

One of his sons, Ken Norton Jr., was a star linebacker at UCLA who played for the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers in the NFL and now coaches for the Seattle Seahawks.

A complete obituary will follow at latimes.com/obits.

Guitarist Bill Bartell (AKA Pat Fear) of White Flag

The Punk Vault: Bill Bartell

White Flag formed in 1982 and have been part of the Southern California punk scene since then.

Bill Bartell with Phil Taylor of Motorhead (left) and Don Bolles of Germs & 45 Grave(Center)
photo by Ed Colver

[->>King Bushwich 33rd on Hulu.com

20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we have no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs. Please don't let Kevin Bacon die.

Author Tom Clancy dies in Baltimore at age 66
Alas, too young... oh, the books that won't be written.

"The rum's the thing..."

[ Edited by: Limbo Lizard 2013-10-02 11:44 ]

Phil Chevron of The Pogues

Scott Carpenter. True hero.

On 2013-10-10 18:57, lucas vigor wrote:
Scott Carpenter. True hero.

Roger that!

It appears Glenn receives the "Last Man Standing" award.

The Mercury Program Astronaut Pilots

Left to right:

Malcolm Scott Carpenter (1925–2013), U.S. Navy (1 flight)
MA-7 (Aurora 7) – May 1962 – Second orbital Mercury mission

Leroy Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper, Jr. (1927–2004), U.S. Air Force (2 flights)
MA-9 (Faith 7) – May 1963 – Final Mercury mission, first American mission to last more than a day
Gemini 5 - August 1965 – Command Pilot – First eight-day space mission, first use of fuel cells

John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (1921–present), U.S. Marine Corps (2 flights)
MA-6 (Friendship 7) – February 1962 – First orbital Mercury flight; Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
STS-95 Discovery – October 1998 – Payload Specialist – Spacehab mission, Spartan 201 release; Glenn became the oldest person in space

Virgil Ivan 'Gus' Grissom (1926–1967), U.S. Air Force (2 flights)
MR-4 (Liberty Bell 7) – July 1961 – Final suborbital Mercury flight; Liberty Bell 7 sank after splashdown and was not retrieved until 1999
Gemini 3 – March 1965 – Command Pilot – First manned Gemini mission, first manned mission to change orbital plane; Grissom became the first person to be launched into space twice
Apollo 1 – January 1967 – Commander – Killed in a fire during a launch pad test one month before the launch

Walter Marty 'Wally' Schirra, Jr. (1923–2007), U.S. Navy (3 flights)
MA-8 (Sigma 7) – October 1962 – Third orbital Mercury flight
Gemini 6A - December 1965 – Command Pilot – First rendezvous in space, with Gemini 7
Apollo 7 - October 1968 – Commander – First manned Apollo mission; Schirra became the first person to be launched into space three times and the only person to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (1923–1998), U.S. Navy (2 flights)
MR-3 (Freedom 7) - May 1961 - First manned Mercury flight; Shepard became the first American in space
Apollo 14 – January 1971 – Commander – Third manned lunar landing; fifth man to walk on the Moon

Donald Kent 'Deke' Slayton (1924–1993), U.S. Air Force (1 flight)
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – July 1975 – Docking Module Pilot – First joint American–Soviet space mission, first docking of an American and Russian spacecraft

Sad day.

I will have a stick of Beemans for him.

That was Chuck Yaeger, with the beeman's tradition.

Now here is something for Big Tiki Dude:

http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/maria-de-villota-formula-1-driver-found-dead-101013

Maria De Villota is Spanish, like me. See Jeff, THIS is what a lot of Spanish people look like. We are European, just like French, German and British.

Hey it's a pilot thing!

Very sad, Terry Rhoads, “Denver’s leading man,” dies at 61.

I worked with him a couple of times and he was always professional, pleasant and hilarious.

Cooper! :)

Filmation animation studio founder Lou Scheimer
October 19, 1928 – October 17, 2013
The studio produced Saturday morning cartoons including “Fat Albert”,“The Archie Show",“He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” and the animated version of "Star Trek"

Press Telegram: Lou Scheimer

English singer, actor, and Olympic skier Noel Harrison
January 29 1934 – October, 20 2013
-Son of British actor Sir Rex Harrison.
-Harrison appeared as Mark Slate in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., as the co-star of Stefanie Powers (April Dancer).
-He recorded "The Windmills of Your Mind", the theme from the film The Thomas Crown Affair, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1968.
-At an early age he was a member of the British ski team, becoming its first giant-slalom champion in 1953, and representing Great Britain at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway and at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

BBC News: Noel Harrison
Official Noel Harrison webpage

Houston Oiler's Coach Bum Phillips.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/sports/football/bum-phillips-colorful-football-coach-dies-at-90.html?_r=0

Antonia Bird, British Director

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/antonia-bird-director-of-priest-and-ravenous-dies-at-54-1200763326/

[ Edited by: Atomic Tiki Punk 2013-10-25 18:45 ]

Hal Needham, Legendary Stuntman and Director

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/hal-needham-legendary-stuntman-and-director-dead-at-82-1200763031/

On 2013-10-25 18:49, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Hal Needham, Legendary Stuntman and Director

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/hal-needham-legendary-stuntman-and-director-dead-at-82-1200763031/

Well shit! That sucks! Met him once when I was a kid and he was a nice guy. Thanks for the heads up ATP.

Dud.

Marcia Wallace, who became famous to many as the sassy, redheaded receptionist on "The Bob Newhart Show" and also voiced Bart's crabby teacher on "The Simpsons," died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 70.

http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/marcia-wallace-star-simpsons-bob-newhart-has-died-70-8C11473058

Lewis Allan " Lou" Reed
March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013

Chicago SunTimes: Lou Reed

[->>King Bushwich 33rd on Hulu.com

On 2013-10-26 11:53, bamalamalu wrote:
Dud.

Marcia Wallace, who became famous to many as the sassy, redheaded receptionist on "The Bob Newhart Show" and also voiced Bart's crabby teacher on "The Simpsons," died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 70.

http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/marcia-wallace-star-simpsons-bob-newhart-has-died-70-8C11473058

This episode caught my attention-
The Mentor

Season 5 Episode 21
Bob offers to help Carol's husband, Larry, with his travel agency. In return, Larry turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.

I need pictures

Bruce Grant, surfboard shaper for Marina del Rey-based Anderson Surfboards and Redondo Beach-based Aquatech and worked with some of the masters such Velzy, Dewey Weber, Hap Jacobs, Lance Carson, Harold Iggy and Donald Takayama.
1951-2013

Daily Breeze: Bruce Grant

Walt Disney’s daughter, Diane Disney Miller, co-founders of the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.
December 18, 1933- November 19th, 2013

Disney Parks: Diane Disney Miller

MousePlanet: Diane Disney Miller

Very ironic that Paul Walker dies in a car crash...sad.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/30/showbiz/actor-paul-walker-dies/

Australian artist Martin Ritchie Sharp
January 21 1942– December 1 2013
founder of the underground Oz magazine.
Designed posters for Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan and album covers for Cream.
The Daily Telegraph: Martin Sharp

Reggae Singer Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith) circa 1949 – December 2 2013
best known for the single Police and Thieves

The Guardian: Junior Murvin

YouTube: Junior Murvin-Police & Thieves

We lost a hero today that made a difference in this world. RIP Nelson Mandela.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

RIP Peter O'Toole.....damn!

George Rodrigue, famous for his Blue Dog Artwork, but also drew great portraits of Louisiana Folklife.

Billy Jack' actor-writer Tom Laughlin dies at 82
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/15/showbiz/billy-jack-tom-laughlin-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Lot of death this weekend

English thief, known for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 Ronald Arthur "Ronnie" Biggs
August 8 1929 – December 18 2013

Biggs served 15 months before escaping from Wandsworth Prison July 1965. In 1970, Biggs arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Biggs recorded vocals on two songs for The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Julien Temple's film about the Sex Pistols. The basic tracks for "No One is Innocent" (a.k.a. "The Biggest Blow (A Punk Prayer)"/"Cosh The Driver") and "Belsen Was a Gas" were recorded with guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook at a studio in Brazil.

BBC: Ronald Biggs

Official Ronald Biggs Web Page

YouTube: Sex Pistols featuring Ronnie Biggs - No One Is Innocent

[->>King Bushwich 33rd on Hulu.com

Pornographer Alvin "Al" Goldstein
January 10, 1936 – December 19, 2013

Owner of Screw Magazine which he started in 1968.

Please Kill Me: Al Goldstein

New York Times: Al Goldstein

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/post--volkswagen-bus-production-makes-final-stop-in-brazil

Well, not a person...but since Herbie was a person, I guess the bus was one too...

I loved my bus that I had in high school. Used to be able to slide my huge bass amp right in. The shifter was squirley as all hell, and anyone driving it would grind the gears all the time. Reading the article, I now realize why it was so slow going up hills...78 horsepower! I can sneeze with more force! One time, I hear all these cars honking behind me so I pull over. That's when I noticed the entire back half of the bus was engulfed in flames! Luckily, someone had a fire extinguisher, and after spraying it...the damn thing started right back up and I was able to continue driving!
Oh, and my "first time" (and second time) was in that bus... :)

RIP VW Bus!

Progressive jazz saxophonist, flutist and Grammy Award-winning composer Yusef Lateef
October 9, 1920 - December 23, 2013

New York Times: Yusef Lateef

Official Yusef Lateef

Incorporated elements of music from other cultures into Jazz to create his own unique sound.

One of many of the great artist who played frequently at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA during it's existence and made that place the legendary club it would become.

R.I.P. Phil Everly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X7b2E_Jq-k

On 2014-01-03 18:24, Big Kahuna wrote:
R.I.P. Phil Everly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X7b2E_Jq-k

The Everly brothers were both in the Marines.
I saw them perform for the recruits at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in 1965.
Semper Fi!

R.I.P. Larry Mann, the voice of Yukon Cornelius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpn_hofHQuc

[ Edited by: Big Kahuna 2014-01-09 17:06 ]

R.I.P. Professor!
http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/16/professor-gilligans-island-died-dead-russell-johnson/

Wow, that one really hurts. I was watching reruns of Gilligan's Island just the other night.

So long, Mr. Kincaid!
http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/16/dave-madden-dead-partridge-family-reuben-kincaid/

Annnnnnddddd, we have number 3!
http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/16/wizard-of-oz-munchkin-dead-ruth-duccini/

Surfboard maker & Sunset Beach surfboard shop owner Bruce Jones
1946-Jan 13, 2014
Press Telegram- Bruce Jones
Surfers Journal: Bruce Jones
Bruce Jones Surfboards

In their "defense" they were 89, 82, & 95 ~ it's not like they quit early :wink:

Jones, on the other hand, was too young to be checking out!

The Marlboro Man died.

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=849295&ocid=ansent11

Songwriter Pete Seeger dead at 94
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/folk-singer-activist-pete-seeger-dead-94/story?id=22260237

Awwwww!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/animation-legend-arthur-rankin-jr-676275