The RIP Famous Person Thread

[David48atTD]

Well I never knew Greg Allman was married to Cher. You live and learn.

Neither did I.

Apparently married 3 days after the divorce from Sonny ...
.

[harrybarracuda]

Well I never knew Greg Allman was married to Cher. You live and learn.

Neither did I.

Apparently married 3 days after the divorce from Sonny ...
.

And jacked it 9 days later.

Must have been very pissed in Vegas.

[blue]

Greg Allman?
The Allman Brothers Band??


Again another supposedly super famous entity I've never heard of .
Very strange.
Maybe the world is really some kind of matrix and they are rejigging history.

Or just a mind game where they make and delete historical characters for fun.

I'm sure someone is inventing them and even giving them plausible back stories:
eg married to Cher + a photo to prove it !
but only for a week or so ... that's convenient.



A bit like this, but the mind control freaks have taken it one step further
and instead of deleting they are adding people to history.
And you lot seem to be falling for it.

[Crestofawave]

^ I remember that.

We missed Butch Truck's death by suicide back in January of this year.

Jeez, I didn't know it was suicide.

[misskit]

Butch Trucks, one of the Allman Brothers Band's founding drummers, died Tuesday evening in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 69. Page Stallings, Trucks' booking agent, confirmed the veteran musician's death to Rolling Stone. The cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Miami Herald.

Butch Trucks, Allman Brothers Band Founding Member, Dead at 69 - Rolling Stone

Shot himself in front of his wife.

[Crestofawave]

Well I never knew Greg Allman was married to Cher. You live and learn.

Neither did I.

Apparently married 3 days after the divorce from Sonny ...
.

Greg was getting wasted all the time if I remember right. Way too much coke, (heroin too?) and booze.

[Thai3]

what nobody describing the bloke as a genius or an icon, makes a nice change. I had heard of him but never listened to his music that i remember

[fred flintstone]

Best shows I ever went to. RIP.

[BaitongBoy]

Who wasn't with Cher?...From Warren Beatty and Gene Simmons to Eric Clapton, Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise, just to name a few...

The "vamp" got around...

[chassamui]

Again another supposedly super famous entity I've never heard of .

What a sheltered life you have led Blue. Perhaps it explains your somewhat limited views on life in general?
The Allman Brothers band are part of mainstream music folklore. The band was a significant part of the blossoming of music in the US, but the brand enthralled music lovers around the world, giving legitimacy to a group of musicians from that era which lives on in the mind of music lovers everywhere.

[misskit]

At the risk of repeating myself, I grew up around Macon, Georgia where the Allman Brothers were living and recording for Capricorn. When Gregg Allman's brother Duane died, it was just before Halloween. My friends and I went to the funeral home very late on Halloween night when no one was around to take a look at Duane. I saw him there dead in the coffin and touched his hand. My claim to fame.

[Davis Knowlton]

Great band. I went to college in North Florida (FSU), about 30 miles from the Georgia line. Redneck country. They were huge in that part of the US.

[Humbert]

Eat A Peach is at the top of my album playlist.

[Norton]

Greg Allman?
The Allman Brothers Band??

Southern rock Blue. Not the UK southern bits.

[Cold Pizza]

Eat A Peach is at the top of my album playlist.

Thanks for this. Will listen to it.

[Latindancer]

Eat A Peach (whole album)

[Digby Fantona]

Gone to see Shep ! God bless them both !

Blue Peter presenter John Noakes dies - BBC News

[harrybarracuda]

John Noakes: Blue Peter legend dies, aged 83, after Alzheimer's battle

Evening Standard
Mark Chandler
29 May 2017



Blue Peter legend John Noakes has died after a battle with Alzheimer’s.

The 83-year-old presenter was a family favourite throughout his television career.

Mr Noakes was Blue Peter's longest-serving presenter.

The Yorkshire-born star worked on the children's show for 12-and-a-half years in the 1960s and 1970s, when he developed a reputation as the show's action man.

He was also known for his partnership with canine stars of the programme, Patch, the first Blue Peter dog Petra's puppy, and the border collie Shep, who inspired his famous phrase: "Get down, Shep!"

His family said he died peacefully in his sleep on Sunday morning and that they hoped Noakes would be remembered for "his many escapades with his faithful companion Shep" during his time on the TV show.

Family friend Wendy Downes said in a statement: "John Noakes died peacefully on Sunday morning, May 28.

"He had endured and suffered from Alzheimer's over recent years and whilst he will be greatly missed by his wife, family and many friends, his release from continuing ill health must be counted as a blessing.

"His many escapades with his faithful companion Shep, during his time with Blue Peter, will live on in many peoples memories and that is how his family would like him remembered."

John Noakes: Blue Peter legend dies, aged 83, after Alzheimer's battle | London Evening Standard


"Oooh get off me foot!".

[blue]

[cyrille]

A one off.

RIP

[Thai3]

Bloody hell I feel old now he's gone

[Cold Pizza]

Above,

Cheers, Latin Dancer

[snakeeyes]

I miss Shep ,

[kmart]

Aww, I used to love Blue Peter with John Noakes. He took on some very brave and compellingly daft challenges in the old kid's series. Most of which went out live, and created some utterly marvellous television. RIP Noaksey.

[harrybarracuda]

Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega dies aged 83




Manuel Noriega ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989

Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega has died at the age of 83 following brain surgery this year, Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela wrote on Twitter late on Monday.

Noriega, who ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989, spied for the Central Intelligence Agency until the United States invaded and toppled his corrupt government, ending a criminal career that saw him working with drug traffickers like Pablo Escobar.

Noriega was initially sentenced in the United States in 1992 but was serving a sentence for murder in Panama when he died.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/interna...le18622334.ece