Obituary Thread, famous people, places & events.

[Laramie]

Emmett Till:

Born: July 25, 1941, Chicago, IL - Died: August 28, 1955, Drew, MS

Emmett Louis Till was an African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 at the age of 14, after being accused of offending a white woman,

This Day in History; https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...of-emmett-till

[Mountaingoat]

Sinead O'Connor dead at 56. A talented but unhappy and troubled person.

[TheTravellers]

Oh yeah, RIP Sinead O'Connor, fantastic artist but highly troubled person.

[Bill Robertson]

RIP Randy Meisner. Original member of The Eagles and then in POCO.

[Urbanized]

Poco actually came before the Eagles in his case. In both instances he was eventually replaced by Timothy B. Schmit.

[Bill Robertson]

Poco actually came before the Eagles in his case. In both instances he was eventually replaced by Timothy B. Schmit.

I thought so but the piece I heard on the radio was backwards.

[mugofbeer]

I thought so but the piece I heard on the radio was backwards.

It's so depressing to see so many of my favorite rock & roll musicians die.

[catch22]

Schmidt could never hit those Meisner high notes though. He was indeed a troubled man. My understanding of him was he may have been too "simple" to run with the wild Glenn and Don show at the time. Coke, booze, and tearing out the walls were too much for him. I think they kicked him out more for those reasons since he didn't care to partake. I don't think he ever fully recovered from not fitting in with them, or getting kicked out of that band, and seemed to spiral into the depths afterward. I feel bad for him.

Here is a bootleg video from their 1977 concert at Capital Centre in Washington. The sound has some problems but his voice is simply amazing. This is pure analog. No computers to help his voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuEb...channel=Lufyto

He didn't want to perform this song at this show live out of fear of messing up the high notes at the end of the song. At the end when he nails it (around 4:25), you can see him grin and the camera switches to Glenn and you can see how happy and proud Glenn was that he nailed it. Every now and then you see the Eagles break and actually enjoy playing with each other, like that. But the backstage turmoil was unreal.

[Brett]

Another comedian has died at a young age.

Ron Sexton aka Donnie Baker longtime member of the Bob and Tom show has died.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y5CQUAqTwp4

[Bowser214]

Pee Wee Herman Passed away of cancer.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/cel...nd/ar-AA1eBgYm

[okatty]

Saw JB for the first time as the front band for the Eagles at the Myriad. Became a life long fan. It’s a sad day but what a life that guy lived. Actually just finished a book that was written about the back story of many of his songs.

[Mountaingoat]

Jimmy Buffett......... this really hurts.

[Bellaboo]

Saw JB in a red Ferrari at a stop sign in Key West many years ago.

[mugofbeer]

It hasn't been reported but it appears he'd been afflicted from some form of cancer.

[Jersey Boss]

It hasn't been reported but it appears he'd been afflicted from some form of cancer.

Yes, Merkel cell skin cancer.
He was a great talent and I'll miss seeing him.

[okatty]

A good movie quote from Knocked up when they are about to have the baby and Seth Rogan tells the Dr. (Ken Jeong) they want “an experience.” Doctor response - “ If you want a special experience go to a Jimmy Buffett concert.”

[Laramie]

Debris flies through the air Monday, September 26, 2022, as crews work to demolish First Christian
Church on NW 36 and Walker Avenue in Oklahoma City.

[fromdust]

surprised no one mentioned Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth passed

[Urbanized]

^^^^^^^^^^
Drank with him at Bunker after a show at Tower a few years ago. Unfortunately it sounds like liver damage is what took him down, so now I’m conflicted about that evening. He had an episode of some sort on the road only a few days after that night, and sounds like he never fully recovered from that.

[Bellaboo]

Gilbert LaMott Miles.

Lt. Governor of the Cheyenne / Arapaho Nation.

Passed September 4, 2023.

[Jersey Boss]

Senator Dianne Feinstein(D-CA) age 90. Oldest sitting senator, longest tenured female senator in history and first woman to chair the Senate Committee on Intelligence.

[Laramie]

Hughes Van Ellis, one of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, dies at 102. Died Monday night in Denver, Colorado, according to a family statement shared by Tulsa Democratic Rep. Regina Goodwin, whose family survived the massacre.

The death of Van Ellis, a World War II veteran, leaves only two known survivors of the 1921 massacre that killed hundreds of Black residents.

[Martin]

with richard roundtree passing away earlier this week, it's a bad week to be a famous richard.

[mugofbeer]

Shaft, right on!

[Jeepnokc]

Friends star Chandler Bing played by Matthew Perry passes at 54 apparently drowning in his hot tub

https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/frien...dies-drowning/