RIP someone or another

[skullguise]

RIP Ralph Towner....he was a great one 😪

[Knuckledragger]

RIP Sly Dunbar, 1/2 of the greatest rhythm section of all time.  Robbie Shakespeare preceded him 4 years ago. 

 

Edited January 26 by Knuckledragger

[skullguise]

That's a tough one.....they were incredible....

On a more personal note, RIP to a friend, Pete Savickas.  Pete was a partner to a woman who knew Karen from New York City single days in the 80's.  She moved up to a small town in NH and expanded a house on a small lake there.  She met Pete many years back and - while they never married - were partners all those years.  No kids, but a nice life and acclimated to small town living.

Pete was a bit of a curmudgeon, but he could've been in the Dos Equis beer commercial; he was one of the most interesting people I've ever met.   He and Debbie were our New Year's Eve partners for several years.  A great cook, boater (he had two beautiful wooden Chris Craft boats), wine & beer connoisseur, investor, weather watcher, animal whisperer, and so much more.  We would talk about so many things, and I'd learn something new every time we chatted.  It was a pleasure to chat about audio, finally something I could teach him; and his interest was always there to learn.

I will raise a glass to him, if you are drinking and think to toast him, please do.

[jpelg]

Just in the last few years: Lagerfeld, Westwood (who was also predeceased by her natural successor Alexander McQueen), Miyake, & more recently Armani. Now Valentino last week:

The remaining big Japanese designers of that era: Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons) & Yohji Yamamoto are both getting up there in age.  Ralph Lauren is up there too, and thankfully still active for the brand. With Donatella having stepped down from Versace, who else is left from that period (70/80/90's)? Is Calvin still working?

Mucia Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Tom Ford (Gucci), Marc Jacobs are a few young-ish [sic] names I know crossing over into this century. I have no idea who is leading classic houses like Chanel, Dior, etc.

On a positive note, I am currently amazed at Coutre to the Max, who appears to be an old soul in this young boy's body, & doing amazing things. Can this be real?

[blessingx]

RIP Catherine O' Hara. 

Details coming. 

 

Edited Friday at 09:09 PM by blessingx

[mikeymad]

RiP

 

 

 

[Voltron]

Amazing from SCTV to Schitt's Creek and on through recent dramatic roles.

RIP to the legend Catherine O'Hara. Sad day. ☹️

[swt61]

Sad indeed. 

R.I.P. Catherine O'Hara. 

[johnwmclean]

Kazuhito Yamashita
25 March 1961 – 24 January 2026
 

 

 

[Knuckledragger]

Demond Wilson, Last Main Cast Member of ‘Sanford and Son,’ Dies at 79.  You big dummy!

[Wmcmanus]

9 hours ago, Knuckledragger said:

Demond Wilson, Last Main Cast Member of ‘Sanford and Son,’ Dies at 79.  You big dummy!

I was just checking to see what else I might have missed from his career, at IMBd. But it seems that Sanford and Sons was pretty much it, at least of anything significant. He was perfect for that unassuming role.

RiP.

Edited Sunday at 06:03 AM by Wmcmanus

[Wmcmanus]

Sports legend, Detroit Tigers pitcher from the 60s and 70s, Mickey Lolich. He was 85.

Most well known for pitching 3 complete game wins in the 1968 World Series, the last two, in Games 5 and 7, were wins over the great Bob Gibson, who had an incredible 1.12 ERA in 1968. Lolich was a somewhat improbable hero, as teammate Denny McLain had won 31 games in the regular season that year, which was the last time that will ever happen. 

All a bit ahead of my time, as I was a 6 year-old. But I've heard it recounted many times by Tigers fans, not the least of whom is our friend Todd 'the Vinyl Junkie' Green out in Three Forks, MT. 
 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Wmcmanus

[Dusty Chalk]

RIP Chuck Negron (3 Dog Night) & LaMonte McLemore (The 5th Dimension)

 

[swt61]

Chuck Negron had a storied past for sure. He developed a bad heroine habit, was dropped from Three Dog Night, and became a junkie living on the streets for many years. Then he cleaned up and re-joined the group. Kind of amazing.  

R.I.P. Chuck.

Edited 59 minutes ago by swt61

[swt61]

They were a favorite group of mine. The idea of three lead singers was interesting. It made their sound quite varied. 

They were also one of the first big groups to come to Anchorage. They did a tour of drive-in movie theaters. I couldn't afford a ticket at 11 years of age, but we sat outside of the drive-in and heard the concert as well as saw it.