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Granger and his wife are donating River's organs "so other children will be given a second chance at life." (River is wearing the red shirt in the photo.) I've often heard it said that no parent should have to bury a child. This story is heartbreaking.
Country star Granger Smith's 3-year-old son River dead after 'tragic accident'
https://www.aol.com/article/entertai...dent/23743258/
After getting kicked out of Jesuit High School for his heroin addiction, Malcolm John Rebennack performed with various bands in New Orleans bars and clubs, worked as an A&R man at Ace Records and spent two years in prison for dealing drugs and running a brothel. In the 1960s he was one of the Los Angeles session musicians known collectively as The Wrecking Crew and in 1980 he wrote and recorded the original "Love that chicken from Popeyes" jingle.
Dr. John, New Orleans musician whose hits included Right Place, Wrong Time, dies at 77
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-john...wn-2019-06-06/
College Bowl, a weekly quiz show sponsored by General Electric, began on radio in 1953 and aired on CBS-TV from 1959 to 1963 and NBC-TV from 1963 to 1970. Each show included two four-person teams, with each team representing a different college or university. Robert Earle became the moderator in 1962 when original moderator Allen Ludden left to host Password.
Robert Earle, longtime TV host & Ithaca College lecturer, dies at 93
https://whcuradio.com/news/025520-lo...lecturer-dies/
Kuznetsov appeared in many movies and tv series in the US and Russia, including Space Cowboys, Seven Days, Agent Red, JAG, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue and Beverly Hills 90210.
Russian-born actor Alexander Kuznetsov dies at 59
https://sherbrooktimes.com/died-acto...znetsov/44929/
Another rapper has died by gunfire. How many does this make? In 2016, Tre' Da Kid (Edward Seay) was named America's best freestyle rapper in Verizon's nationwide rap contest, which featured more than 8,000 entrants. He got a recording contract and released Run It with TK Kravitz in 2017.
Rapper Tre' Da Kid found dead of gunshot wounds after his car crashes in Maryland
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/06/09/ent...ead/index.html
Run It:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7mSm6F1C6EE
Bushwick Bill (real name: Richard Shaw) was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He released six solo albums and eight albums as a member of the Geto Boys, whose 1990s hits include Crooked Officer, Six Feet Deep, The World Is A Ghetto and Mind Playing Tricks On Me.
Geto Boys rapper Bushwick Bill dies of cancer at 52
https://ew.com/music/2019/06/10/geto...ies-cancer-52/
Wittliff wrote the screenplays for Raggedy Man, Country, Barbarosa, Honeysuckle Rose, Red Headed Stranger, The Perfect Storm, The Black Stallion and Legends Of The Fall. Wittliff was also an accomplished photographer, producer and director. In 1964, using money from his poker winnings, he and his wife founded Encino Press in Austin. They published many books about Texas and the Southwest.
Lonesome Dove screenwriter Bill Wittliff dies at 79
https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/texas/...iff-dies-at-79
Senegal's name was misspelled Sinegal on a passport and he decided keeping the misspelled name would be easier than getting a new passport. He released several albums and played on hundreds of recordings by Joe Tex, Lee Dorsey, Paul Simon, Slim Harpo, Barbara Lynn, Allen Toussaint, Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco and other artists. Senegal was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall Of Fame in 1999.
Blues and zydeco singer-guitarist Paul 'Lil Buck' Sinegal dies at 75
http://www.offbeat.com/news/blues-zy...-sinegal-died/
Big Wreck formed in 1994 and has released five albums, an EP and 18 singles. Their sixth album, But For The Sun, will be released in August. Among their hits: Albatross, Wolves, Locomotive, The Oaf, That Song and One Good Piece Of Me.
Brian Doherty, guitarist and co-founder of Canadian-American rock band Big Wreck, dies at 51
https://loudwire.com/big-wreck-brian-doherty-dead-51/
And then there were none. Tompall & The Glaser Brothers had 16 top-40 country hits including Rings, Gone Girl, California Girl, Lovin' Her Was Easier and Ain't It All Worth Living For. Tompall, Jim and Chuck also recorded solo. Tompall died in August 2013, Jim died in April 2019, and now.......
The Glaser Brothers' Chuck Glaser dies at 83
https://musicrow.com/2019/06/the-gla...er-dies-at-83/
In 1960, Carl Reiner created Head Of The House, a sitcom about a television comedy writer. In the pilot episode, the character of Sally Rogers was played by Sylvia Miles. After the networks showed no interest in the pilot, all the roles were recast and The Dick Van Dyke Show was born, with Sally Rogers played by Rose Marie. Ah, what might have been......but Miles did have roles in more than 40 movies and tv episodes including NYPD, Naked City, Route 66 and All My Children.
Sylvia Miles, Oscar-nominated actress in Midnight Cowboy and Farewell My Lovely, dies at 94
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/s...oy-1203241094/
Zeffirelli directed Endless Love, The Champ, The Taming Of The Shrew and the television miniseries Jesus Of Nazareth and staged several productions of operas including Aida, Tosca, La Bohème, Pagliacci and Don Giovanni at opera houses in Rome, Milan, Paris, New York and London.
Romeo & Juliet director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96
https://apnews.com/a05dc1bad5774b049fdaf254ef909206
The Lettermen – none of whom ever lettered in any sport in college, by the way – had seven top-40 hits in the 1960s, including Hurt So Bad, When I Fall In Love, The Way You Look Tonight, Theme From A Summer Place and the medley Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You.
Jim Pike, co-founder of The Lettermen, dies at 82
https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-...en-dies-at-82/
Crowbar formed in 1970 in Hamilton, Ontario. Most of the members had been in rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins' backup band. Crowbar released five studio albums, a live album and 11 singles. Their hits include Fly Away, Corinna Corinna, Oh What A Feeling and Million Dollar Weekend. Kelly Jay, born Henry Blake Fordham, was the band's keyboardist and harmonica player.
Kelly Jay, founding member of Crowbar, dead at 77
https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime...bar-dead-at-77
Davis Bartholomew played trumpet in Jimmie Lunceford's band before forming his own orchestra. They had a #14 r&b hit in February 1950 with Country Boy. In 1952, Bartholomew wrote and recorded My Ding-A-Ling, which would become a hit for Chuck Berry 20 years later. Bartholomew co-wrote and/or produced several hits for Fats Domino, including Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday, Ain't That A Shame, I'm Walkin', I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday, Let The Four Winds Blow and Walking To New Orleans. He also co-wrote Witchcraft, One Night and I Hear You Knockin'.
Dave Bartholomew, New Orleans music legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, dies at 100
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...00/1541854001/
Brown wrote 10 Broadway plays and wrote and illustrated five books. He contributed cartoons to several magazines and collaborated with Mel Casson on the 1973-81 comic strip Boomer. Brown also wrote dialogue and comedy sketches for more than a hundred television episodes.
William F. Brown, Tony-nominated book writer of The Wiz, dies at 91
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/196209...iz-dies-at-91/
Seven of Yonder Mountain String Band's 12 albums have made the top ten of Billboard's bluegrass albums chart and five have appeared on the country albums chart. Austin left the band in 2014 and began recording solo a year later. He had previously been in a band called – *snicker, snicker* – the Bluegrassholes.
Jeff Austin, bluegrass mandolinist who co-founded Yonder Mountain String Band, dies at 45
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/25/enter...rnd/index.html
Marshall appeared in more than 50 movies and television series, mostly in England and Australia. He was the first host of Australia's Most Wanted, the counterpart of the US crime program America's Most Wanted.
Bryan Marshall, actor in The Spy Who Loved Me, dies at 81
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/937686...ghbours-actor/
"Hey, Willie, gimme four! Hah!" Wright appeared in 49 episodes of The Norm Show and 15 episodes of Misfits Of Science and had roles in 14 movies including Reds, Grumpier Old Men, All That Jazz and The Sting II.
Max Wright, veteran TV actor and Willie Tanner on ALF, dies at 75
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/ma...cSS?li=BBnbfcL
William Burrows used his mother's maiden name, Drago, to avoid confusion with actor James Burrows. Drago was a stuntman before he launched an acting career in 1979. He appeared in dozens of movies and tv shows, often playing a villain.
Billy Drago, actor in Pale Rider and The Untouchables, dies at 73
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/new...-73/ar-AADt7TX