Torpedo Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP to the King. Lucille and the world are very sad now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP Mr. King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raffy Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP BB King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robm321 Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP BB King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP BB King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP to the King. Lucille and the world are very sad now..... This. Godspeed Mr. King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhjazz Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP BB. I saw BB King at Seattle's Paramount Theater about 10 years ago. At the time, he was already at the point where he sat on a stool for most of the show. And I wondered, geez: how long can this guy go on? Here is is near 80 years old, touring and playing most every night. Amazing. He played all the favorites, told lots of stories about other blues legends who were already gone, and made jokes about the number of children he may or may not have had. And probably the coolest part: here was one of the last major bluesmen in the same room as the rest of us mortals, yet he was as warm and friendly as your favorite uncle. I'm glad I was lucky enough to be at that show. See you on the other side, BB. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) BB helped a lot of artist get their own start. You will be missed Mr. King! I first saw BB in Anchorage. Couldn't get a ticket, but was told what club he liked to play afterwards. Saw him do a full set at about 6' from the stage of a very small club, for the price of a few sodas. Favorite BB concert was in Portland, OR. He played with Koko Taylor. Man did they tear it up! Edited May 15, 2015 by swt61 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Got to see him (Royal Festival Hall, with the Crusaders, in '81) before he went. RIP BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbut Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP BB. Saw him in the early 70's and I remember it like it was yesterday. Rock really did the world a favor when it helped us re-discover these masters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10-ekips Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Geoffrey Lewis, ubiquitous actor and Clint Eastwood collaborator, dies http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/08/geoffrey-lewis-obit?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_477287&xid=partner_zergnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Late last night I heard that Michael Kandel AKA Tranqullity Bass died. He had just turned 48, IIRC. Michael was a pioneer of the trip hop sound, releasing some ground breaking 12"s in the early 90s. He enjoyed some reasonably large success in '97 with his Let The Freak Flag Fly album. I remember seeing the video for We All Want To Be Free on MTV's AMP that summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmcmanus Posted May 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) RIP Marques Haynes, 89, of Harlem Globetrotters fame... I still remember seeing him, along with Curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon when I was a kid. They put on such a dazzling show in those days before basketball was all about dunking.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/sports/marques-haynes-harlem-globetrotters-star-dribbler-dies-at-89.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=0 Edited May 23, 2015 by Wmcmanus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I have many fond memories of seeing them in the 70s. RIP Marques Haynes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 RIP. Saw them several times, great memories with my dad and brothers.... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 RIP A Beautiful Mind mathematician John Nash and his wife, Alicia http://qz.com/411383/princeton-mathematician-john-nash-and-his-wife-alicia-are-killed-in-a-car-accident/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 **BRENT** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 The saddest part about it was that he was killed in a car accident in a taxi from the airport. He was coming back from Norway where he had just received the Abel prize (one of the two most prestigious prizes in mathematics). I guess he at least got to have that experience. https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_04_04.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 ^^^ Yup, very sad and tragic.....! RIP Mr. & Mrs. Nash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigguy Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Ann Meara dead at 85, wife of Jerry Stiller. Mother of Ben Stiller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 ...of Meara and Stiller fame. EDIT: I mean, Stiller and Meara -- why do I always do that? And I did it back then, too, so it's got nothing to do with geezin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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