The RIP Famous Person Thread

[david44]

What is the "underground lottery"?

An unauthorized using same nos as a real one removes all the overheads

Thanks for all the RIP updates, serious blundertaking.

Also appreciate reminding me of and Geo locating Harwell , I always preferred Harlow, Jean that is , looked like Lulu with less make up.





Beware of free introductory BJs on teh moat its Edmond's happy hour rorts to 50 baht per emission when you change "ends".

[helge]

I hear that Gary Brooker died.

Skipped the light

Enjoyed his music

[Loy Toy]

^ Such a loss!

[david44]

A sad loss

Whiter shade of ale was the first record I bought, not many recall the flip side Lime Street Blues




20 years later it heard it a party in Finland told my host how much I liked Gary Booker , he replied yep he's my uncle , reealy amazing as was only planning Finland trip yesterday.


The Secret Jewish History Of Procol Harum – The Forward

[dirk diggler]

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age Singer, Dies at 57


Known for his deep, world-weary voice, he was part of a generation of Seattle musicians who put grunge music on the map.

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Mark Lanegan performing in 1993. His voice was a defining element of Screaming Trees’ “Nearly Lost You.”Credit...Steve Eichner/WireImage

By Alyssa Lukpat



Feb. 22, 2022
Mark Lanegan, a singer for Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age and an integral part of the 1980s and 1990s grunge scene in the Pacific Northwest, died on Tuesday at his home in Killarney, Ireland. He was 57.
Keith Hagan, his spokesman, confirmed the death in a statement but did not specify a cause. By his own account, Mr. Lanegan had struggled with drug use in the past and was hospitalized with Covid-19 in March.
Though his stints in Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age and the Gutter Twins (a collaboration with Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs) never brought him the kind of fame achieved by other Seattle grunge bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden, Mr. Lanegan nevertheless drew attention for his deep, world-weary voice that could take a song to both soaring heights and melancholy lows.




He met the founding members of Screaming Trees in high school, and the band released its first album of psychedelic-tinged hard rock in 1986. The group’s aesthetic evolved, marrying angsty lyrics and alternately chugging and wailing guitars. Screaming Trees helped pioneer the fusion of heavy metal and punk rock later known as grunge, and delivered it to the mainstream in songs like “ ,” which also appeared on the soundtrack of Cameron Crowe’s 1992 grunge rom-com, “Singles,” and “All I Know” in 1996.



The Seattle scene exploded from a tiny movement into the center of the pop world in the 1990s, when major record labels came to town cutting big checks and looking for the next big thing. By that point, the Screaming Trees were a key player but not a marquee act.
Mr. Lanegan’s solo career began with the 1990 album “The Winding Sheet,” which featured guest appearances by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic. In 1996, after Screaming Trees released its seventh album in 10 years, it went on hiatus, before splitting in 2000; a final album of recordings made in the late 1990s came out in 2011.
Mr. Lanegan later joined the ever-changing lineup of Josh Homme’s hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, earning two Grammy Award nominations with the group in 2002 and 2003. He also collaborated with the Belle and Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell, starting with an EP in 2004 called “Time Is Just the Same.” Two full-length albums followed in 2008 and 2010.
His voice could be a haunting, mournful rasp, conveying mystery or, as he got older, weariness and vulnerability. Its evocative power made Mr. Lanegan a favorite of critics and especially of fellow musicians. Among his many varied collaborations were recordings with the British alt-rock star PJ Harvey and Tinariwen, a group of nomad African blues masters from the Malian desert.

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Mark William Lanegan was born on Nov. 25, 1964, in Ellensburg, Wash., a small farming city. His parents, Dale and Floy, were teachers, according to his well-received 2020 book, “Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir.”
One of his first memories of music, he said in an interview with the YouTube channel in 2012, was when he was at a fishing pond with his father and heard a song and thought, “Oh, man, that’s sad-sounding.” He later discovered that the song was the 1974 track “Love Hurts” by the Scottish rock band Nazareth.
He discovered punk rock when he saw “a strangely compelling photo of a shirtless man on the cover of Creem magazine” at the only record shop in Ellensburg, he wrote in “Sing Backwards and Weep.” It was Iggy Pop. The store’s owner played him some early punk singles, and the Sex Pistols’ “‘Anarchy in the U.K.’ was the revelation that changed my life, instantly and forever,” he wrote.
Mr. Lanegan’s path first crossed with Mr. Cobain’s in Ellensburg after a concert at the local library well before Nirvana broke through: “I want to tell you, I’m a huge fan of yours,” Mr. Lanegan recalled Mr. Cobain saying in his first memoir. “I loved Kurt and I envied him because Nirvana were fully developed from the first moment I heard them,” he wrote. “The Trees, on the other hand, were always fighting: fighting each other, fighting fans and promoters and bouncers, fighting to find a direction.”
Mr. Lanegan had been candid about his past drug use and a self-destructive lifestyle. In his memoir, he chronicled his journey from a “self-loathing redneck” to a rock star to a homeless heroin addict, and said Mr. Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, had helped get him to rehab after Mr. Cobain’s death. “She was directly involved in saving my life,” he told Rolling Stone in 2020.
After rehab, he joined up with Queens of the Stone Age, handling lead vocals on several tracks from the band’s 2000 album “Rated R” and its 2002 follow-up, “Songs for the Deaf.” Through Mr. Homme, he developed a friendship with Anthony Bourdain, and the two musicians wrote the theme for the chef’s TV show “Parts Unknown.” It was Mr. Bourdain who encouraged Mr. Lanegan to write his memoirs.




In “Devil in a Coma,” a second memoir he released in December, Mr. Lanegan wrote about how he had been sick with Covid-19, which confined him to a hospital for months.
He is survived by his wife, Shelley, SKH Music said. A complete list of survivors was not immediately available.
In July 2019, Mr. Lanegan appeared on the podcast “ ,” where he talked about how humbling it was when fans related how his music had changed their lives.
“It’s kind of hard,” he said, “to think that your music is something that affects other people the way that the music you loved affected you.”
Caryn Ganz and Ben Sisario contributed reporting.


Correction: Feb. 22, 2022An earlier version of this article misstated the year that Screaming Trees released its first album. It was 1986, not 1987.

Correction: Feb. 23, 2022Because of an editing error, an earlier version of a picture caption with this article referred incorrectly to Queens of the Stone Age’s “Feel Good Hit of the Summer.” Mr. Lanegan did not sing on that song.

[pickel]

^
I saw him a few times. Most notably was a show they headlined with an unknown band called Nirvana opening.

[helge]

^^
Good music

Drums/bass to my taste

[harrybarracuda]

Oscar-nominated 'MASH' actor Sally Kellerman dies at 84



Sally Kellerman, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in director Robert Altman's 1970 film "MASH," has died.
Kellerman's publicist said she died on Thursday of heart failure in Los Angeles. She was 84.
Kellerman had a career of more than 60 years in film and television. She appeared in the 1986 comedy "Back to School" with Rodney Dangerfield. She was nominated for an Emmy for a role on "The Young and the Restless." But, she would always be best known for playing straitlaced army nurse Major Houlihan. She was nominated for an Oscar for the role.

Her acting credits included films like the 1986 comedy “Back to School,” where she played Rodney Dangerfield’s love interest. She was a regular in multiple films by Robert Altman. She was in 1970′s “Brewster McCloud,” 1992′s “The Player” and 1994′s “Ready to Wear.”
Kellerman was originally interested in singing jazz and was signed with Verve records at 18-years-old, but instead chose to pursue a career in acting. She did put out music though, later in 1972 when she released an album called “Roll With the Feeling.”
As the Associated Press reported, Kellerman was married to television producer Rick Edelstein in the early 70s, and then to movie producer Jonathan D. Krane from 1980 until his death in 2016. She is survived by her son Jack and daughter Claire.

'''MASH''' actor Sally Kellerman dies at 84

[kingwilly]

Dr. Paul Farmer; an extraordinary man.

Global health champion Dr. Paul Farmer has died | WYPR


.r. Paul Farmer, global health champion, Harvard Medical School professor, anthropologist and co-founder of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health, has died at age 62. PIH confirmed his death in a tweet on Monday.According to the tweet, Farmer "unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda," where he had been teaching for the past few weeks at the university he co-founded. A source close to Farmer said he had been in Rwanda for the past several weeks teaching at the University of Global Health Equity, the medical school that he helped found with the country's former minister of health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho.

Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, stands with Mirlande Estenale in front of what used to be her home in Les Cayes, Haiti. He visited Haiti, a country where his group has worked to improve health care, in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in 2016.

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"Paul Farmer's loss is devastating, but his vision for the world will live on through Partners in Health. Paul taught all those around him the power of accompaniment, love for one another, and solidarity. Our deepest sympathies are with his wife Didi and three children," said PIH CEO Sheila Davis, in a statement.
In addition to starting hospitals in Rwanda and Haiti, Farmer helped bring lifesaving HIV drugs to the people of Haiti in the early 2000s. But those who work with him say his legacy is even more sweeping than that.
"I think it's hard for a lot of people to appreciate just on how many dimensions Paul was an exceptional person. He really forced us to reckon with ... the disparities in health in the world," says Dr. Joe Rhatigan of Harvard Medical School. He first met Farmer in the early 1990s, when they were both medical residents. Farmer, he says, quickly became a mentor.
Even as Farmer was studying for his medical degree, he essentially lived in Haiti amid extremely low-income farmers who didn't even have access to dependable electricity, let alone health care. Farmer was determined to change that.
In 1987, Farmer co-founded Partners in Health in Haiti with the mission to provide high-quality care to patients from impoverished backgrounds and those living far from health care facilities. Over the next three decades, PIH expanded to countries across Africa and Latin America, to Russia and to the Navajo Nation in the United States. Writer Tracy Kidder profiled Farmer in his 2003 book, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World, which later became required reading for many a student and practitioner in global health.
But Dr. Victor Dzau of the National Academy of Medicine says Farmer wasn't just trying to bring basic services. He wanted to bring in the most sophisticated treatments, including what were then cutting-edge HIV/AIDS drugs largely only available in wealthy countries.

Farmer examines a tuberculosis patient in Monrovia, Liberia.

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"Paul believed that you can bring best care to anybody by giving to the poor and underserved. There are a lot of people who thought it could not be done," says Dzau.
Farmer came up with creative ways to make it work, enlisting local community health workers to provide care traditionally only offered by doctors. Over the years, Farmer proved enormously successful in spreading the word about his ideas, raising money and essentially starting a whole field of global health equity.
As an anthropologist, Farmer had a strong understanding of how health and poverty are interconnected. "You have to look at what's happening to the patient in front of you and think about ways to address social disparities. If there's food insecurity, then you provide food when you provide care. Or if patients drop out of treatment, you provide transportation to the clinic, or you send community health workers to the patient," he told NPR in 2020 interview.
In 2020, he won the million-dollar Berggruen Prize for philosophy and culture, an honor that goes to an individual who has made major contributions to advancing ideas that shape the world. In 2019, he was also the recipient of Rwanda's National Order of Outstanding Friendship, given to those who have performed outstanding acts in promoting cooperation between Rwanda and other countries.
Even as Farmer rose to international prominence, he remained just as attentive to his peasant farmer neighbors, says his colleague Dr. Joe Rhatigan. They'd often ask him to bring items back for them on trips to the United States.
"Like an electric toothbrush or some little something that you can only get in the States," says Rhatigan. "He would take that stuff just as seriously as he would take writing a letter to a head of state."
During the coronavirus pandemic, Farmer tried to keep a positive outlook for low-income countries. Asked if he was optimistic or pessimistic about the impact of the pandemic on those nations, he told NPR: "Let's all hope for the best. But that's not preparing. Maybe a little cloud of pessimism would spur us to prepare better for a public health catastrophe."
World leaders, global health champions, students, former colleagues and celebrities expressed their condolences on Twitter.
Born in North Adams, Mass., he graduated from Duke University in 1982 and went to Harvard University, where he earned an M.D., as well as a Ph.D. in anthropology.
Dzau of National Academy of Medicine reflects on Farmer's legacy. "There's going to be nobody else like him," he says. "I think Paul died doing what he loved to do most — caring for patients, teaching and extending his love to everyone."
Farmer, who died of "an acute cardiac event while he was sleeping" according to Partners in Health, is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children

[harrybarracuda]

"I think Paul died doing what he loved to do most"


What, having a heart attack?

[helge]

"I think Paul died doing what he loved to do most"


What, having a heart attack?

You are incredibly funny and sharp

Such wit

Ha ha ha .....ha

[prawnograph]

John Landy (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022)

Legendary Australian athlete John Landy, renowned for his rivalry with Britain's Roger Bannister in the 1950s, has died aged 91.

Landy became the second athlete in history, after Bannister, to run a four-minute mile.

The former mile and 1500m world record holder won Olympic bronze in the 1500m at the Melbourne Games in 1956.

During his athletics career, Melbourne-born Landy sought to make history and battled with Bannister to become the first person to beat the four-minute mile barrier.

Bannister pipped the Australian to the historic achievement, clocking three minutes 59.4 seconds in Oxford in May 1954.nBut Landy went better 46 days later in Finland with a time of 3:58.0 - a record that stood for the next three years.

Landy also served as the governor of his home state Victoria from 2001 to 2006.


John Landy of Australia leads the field at the end of the first lap of the mile race at the Empire Games in Vancouver in 1954. Race winner Roger Bannister (England, No 329) races alongside New Zealand’s Murray Halberg.

At the Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games) in Vancouver on Aug. 7, 1954, Mr. Landy and Bannister met face-to-face in a showdown billed as the Miracle Mile or Race of the Century. Mr. Landy was in the lead with 90 yards to go and glanced over his left shoulder to judge Bannister’s position. At that moment, the Englishman sped past Mr. Landy on the right and went on to win the race in 3:58.8, with Mr. Landy finishing second at 3:59.6. It marked the first time two runners had both run sub-four-minute miles.

[harrybarracuda]

You are incredibly funny and sharp

Such wit

Ha ha ha .....ha

Meanwhile you are a retarded scandihooligan wanker. So fuck off.

[helge]

And now with a touch of tuff.

[harrybarracuda]

I'm guessing the name got him a bit of a leg up in the industry, but as Brucie would say, "Didn't he do well?".

Alan Ladd Jr, the veteran film producer who won a Best Picture Oscar for Braveheart and commissioned George Lucas to write Star Wars, has died today at the age of 84.
His daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the 2017 feature documentary Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies, wrote on social media: “With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2, 2022, Alan Ladd, Jr. died peacefully at home surrounded by his family.
“Words cannot express how deeply he will be missed. His impact on films and filmmaking will live on in his absence.”
His brother, David Ladd, also shared the news on his Facebook. “My brother, my friend, my hero, who always stood by my side. We will stand together again on the other side! I love you Laddie,” he wrote.
‘Laddie’, as he was known in the industry, was responsible for numerous Hollywood classics as a producer and studio boss, including Alien, Blade Runner, The Omen, All That Jazz, and Chariots Of Fire. Overall, his films earned more than 50 Academy Awards, including two Best Picture wins, and more than 150 nominations.
In 1996, Ladd won an Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Mel Gibson’s Scottish epic Braveheart.
The former Fox executive has also been credited as the one who greenlit and subsequently supported Star Wars in the 1970s, even when the studio was pushing to scrap the original film due to budgeting concerns. “Laddie was one of the few people that actually said, ‘I trust the artist,” Lucas said of the producer.

Born in Los Angeles as the son of film noir legend Alan Ladd Sr, the Oscar winner began his career as a talent agent at Creative Management Associates in 1963, developing the careers of screen legends including Judy Garland, Warren Beatty and Robert Redford.
In 1976, seven years after moving to London, he was named studio president of 20th Century Fox. After being enamoured with Lucas’ teen hit American Graffiti, Ladd asked the director if he had other ideas for a new film, leading to their first discussion of Star Wars.
Ladd joined MGM Studios in 1985, where he produced A Fish Called Wanda, Moonstruck and Thelma & Louise, among others.
Ladd is survived by his three children: Ladd-Jones and her sisters, Kelliann and Tracy Ladd. His daughter Chelsea died in March 2021 at the age of 34.

Oscar-winning 'Braveheart' producer Alan Ladd Jr. has died aged 84

[david44]

GREAT OZZIE KEEPER DIES AGED 76

Australian cricket in mourning after one of its greatest players and most influential figures passed away following a heart attack last week
By Martin Smith
Updated Mar. 04, 2022 02:44 PM

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Caught Marsh, bowled Lillee! A classic Aussie pairing
Former Test and ODI wicketkeeper-batter Rod Marsh has been remembered as "a colossal figure in Australian cricket" after he passed away at the age of 74.
Marsh suffered a heart attack in Queensland last week and died in an Adelaide hospital on Friday morning.
He is survived by his wife Ros and children Paul, Dan and Jamie.
Honoured with Dennis Lillee at the MCG in 2017-18 // GettyOne of Test cricket's greatest-ever wicketkeepers and a dashing left-handed batter, Marsh played 96 Tests for Australia between 1970 and 1984, snaring 355 dismissals – a world record at the time – and posting three Test hundreds.
His partnership with legendary fast bowler Dennis Lillee is the most prolific bowler-wicketkeeper union in Test history, with 'caught Marsh, bowled Lillee' recorded 95 times. Having retired together in 1984, their record still stands today.
A hugely popular member of Australia's successful side of the 1970s, Marsh was a household name alongside the likes of Lillee, Jeff Thomson and the Chappell brothers.
His contribution to the game continued after he retired from playing, starting with a fruitful stint at the head of the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide, where he worked with the likes of Ricky Ponting and helped usher in a dominant era of Australian cricket.
Marsh, Chappell and Lillee retired after the 1984 Sydney Test // GettyHe then moved to England to head up their academy before becoming a national selector, resigning just after the old enemy's famous Ashes triumph in 2005.
He went on to head up Australia's selection panel between 2014 and 2016.
Marsh is a member of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, Sport Australia's Hall of Fame and the ICC Hall of Fame and he also received the Order of the British Empire in 1981 for his services to sport.
Former Test wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist said he was "absolutely shattered" when he heard the news.
Rod Marsh slams 26 off an over in classic ODI
"I can't quite believe it, I just thought he was invincible," Gilchrist, who equalled Marsh in playing 96 Tests, told SEN.
"He was my absolute hero and inspiration to all I set out to achieve and have a crack at. It really was him; he was just an idol, he helped me pursue what I wanted to do.
"To have him come into my life and have such a profound impact on my sporting life and then personal life as a mate - I still can't believe that he was in my group of friends, in my friendship circle.
"I can't believe it. He seemed unreal, one of those guys that was on TV. They just didn't seem like they were real people, like superheroes.
Marsh is recognised as one of the greatest players in Australia history // Getty"It's going to be an emotional time and a rollercoaster as we reflect on what he meant, and think about his family, Ros, Jamie, Paul, Dan and the extended family.
"They lose such a wonderful father, husband, grandfather, all of those sorts of titles. They lose an icon and the nation will mourn with them.
"It's certainly a rollercoaster, then we'll reflect on the good, fun stuff. He was such a rogue."

[klong toey]

Breaking news that Shane Warne has died suspected heart attack in Thailand

[NamPikToot]

Shane Warne, Australian cricket legend, dies aged 52

Shane Warne, one of the finest bowlers of all time who revived the art of leg-spin, has died aged 52 following a suspected heart attack.

Warne – a larger-than-life character whose 708 Test wickets for Australia has only been surpassed by contemporary rival and fellow spinner Muttiah Muralitharan – could not be revived after being found unresponsive in his Thailand villa.

“It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away of a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand today, Friday 4 March,” a statement from his management company MPC Entertainment read.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/04/shane-warne-australian-cricket-legend-dies-aged-52

[hallelujah]

Just seen it now!

Fucking hell.

[klong toey]

Breaking news

[klong toey]

Shane Warne dies, death, age, cause of death: Australia legend passes away in Thailand of suspected heart attack

[kingwilly]

Bloody hell

[dirk diggler]

Never heard of him to be honest.

[peaches]

Never heard of him to be honest.

Bit like saying you’ve never heard of Babe Ruth….. just say’n

[helge]

Never heard of him to be honest.

It's a British Empire thing. You are excused

Bit like saying you’ve never heard of Babe Ruth…

Who ?