His "slow ride" on this earth has come to an end.
Foghat bassist Craig MacGregor dies at 68
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/fog...or-dies-at-68/
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His "slow ride" on this earth has come to an end.
Foghat bassist Craig MacGregor dies at 68
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/fog...or-dies-at-68/
He also served as president of the Screen Actors Guild and President Reagan's ambassador to Mexico. You know how those ex-actors stick together!
John Gavin, actor in Psycho, Spartacus, Imitation Of Life, dies at 86
http://www.variety.com/2018/film/new...us-1202694312/
Cathey also starred in 20 episodes of Outcast and played the father of Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, in the 2015 Fantastic Four movie. Freddy's BBQ is closed until after the funeral.
Reg E. Cathey, actor on House Of Cards and The Wire, dies at 59
https://www.aol.com/article/entertai...t-59/23357990/
Born in Reykjavik, Iceland, Jóannsson played piano, organ and synthesizer and released eight solo albums and 11 soundtrack albums.
Jóhann Jóhannsson, award-winning composer of scores for Arrival and The Theory Of Everything, dies at 48
http://www.yahoo.com/news/award-winn...180948808.html
On Broadway, she had roles in Follies, A Doll's House, The Royal Family, The Sound Of Music, The Dinner Party, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and other musicals. She also appeared in several movies and tv shows.
Broadway star Jan Maxwell dies at 61
https://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...at-61-20180211
Vic Damone recorded more than 2,500 songs. Among his hits: Again, You Do, Tzena Tzena Tzena, My Heart Cries For You, Here In My Heart, My Truly Truly Fair and On The Street Where You Live.
Vic Damone, famed Brooklyn-born singer, dead at 89
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.3815723
He had three top-ten country hits in 1995-96: I Let Her Lie, Too Much Fun and Amen Kind Of Love.
Country singer Daryle Singletary dead at 46
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.3815648
We have to say goodbye to the comedian whose catchphrase was "Hello dere." Marty Allen & Steve Rossi appeared on dozens of tv variety shows in the 1950s-60s and performed in Las Vegas. They appeared on the February 9 1964 Ed Sullivan Show which also featured the Beatles. Allen, who had thick curly black hair, elicited squeals from the young girls in the audience when he announced, "I'm Ringo's mother."
Comedian Marty Allen dies in Las Vegas at 95
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituar...212-story.html
The Dutch rock quartet Shocking Blue formed in 1967 in The Hague. They had ten top-ten hits in the Netherlands, 1968-71, but only one big hit in the US: Venus, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970.
Shocking Blue bassist Klaasje van der Wal dies at 69
https://www.firstorderhistorians.com...r-wal-69-died/
Who would name someone -- other than a dog -- "Lassie"?
Lassie Lou Ahern, child actress in Uncle Tom's Cabin and Our Gang comedies, dies at 97
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-was-97-920800
He produced records for Madonna, Prince, Johnny Kemp, Herbie Hancock, Rick James, Chaka Khan, LaToya Jackson and many others.
Boyd Jarvis, dance music producer/songwriter/keyboardist, dies at 60
http://www.5chicago.com/news/boyd-ja...d-house-music/
She sang on Uptown, There's No Other Like My Baby, Da Doo Ron Ron, Then He Kissed Me and many other hits -- but she did not sing on He's A Rebel. The label of He's A Rebel said "Crystals" but the artists were Darlene Love & the Blossoms. The song was the Crystals' only number-one hit and it wasn't really them! Bizarre.
Crystals lead singer Barbara Alston dies at 74
http://ew.com/music/2018/02/23/barba...s-singer-dead/
She won a Tony award in 1949 for best actress in a musical (Love Life) and three Emmy awards for her work on Sid Caesar's live 1954-57 sketch comedy series Caesar's Hour.
Nanette Fabray, star of TV and stage comedies, dies at 97
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/o...ies-at-97.html
The Real Thing has had six top-ten hits in the UK. Their biggest was the 1976 number-one You To Me Are Everything. In the US, the song reached #28 on the r&b chart and #64 on the Hot 100.
Eddy Amoo, singer-guitarist in Liverpool soul band The Real Thing, dies at 74
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-a8226211.html
She also voiced the jailer's daughter in a 1995 animated tv-movie adaptation of The Wind In The Willows.
Emma Chambers, actress in Notting Hill and The Vicar Of Dibley TV series, dies at 53
www.bbc.com/news/uk-43183354
Bud Luckey died today. Among many other accomplishments, he wrote several songs and animated several short films for Sesame Street, illustrated more than a hundred storybooks, designed the character of Woody for Toy Story, voiced Chuckles The Clown in Toy Story 3 and the upcoming Toy Story 4, sang and played banjo in the 2003 Pixar short Boundin' and voiced Eeyore in the 2011 animated film Winnie-The-Pooh.
Bud Luckey, animator and voice actor, dies at 83
https://www.facebook.com/AnimationMa...56741034364057
Bruce Nelson Stratton, a member of the Country Radio Hall Of Fame and the CMA Texas Hall Of Fame, died of throat cancer February 18. Stratton began in radio in 1960 at WXRA in Woodbridge, Virginia, the first FM country music station in the United States. He later worked at WTUP in Tupelo, WPLO in Atlanta, WMIL in Milwaukee, WUBE in Cincinnati and KENR and KNUZ in Houston. He is credited with being the first DJ to play recordings by Freddy Fender and Mickey Gilley. Stratton retired in 2010 after 15 years as morning host and general manager of KFTX in Corpus Christi. In the 1970s he released several singles which became regional hits in Texas. The biggest was Shake 'Em Up & Let 'Em Roll:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWJaY4F60zA
While at MGM, Melniker negotiated the deals that brought Gigi, Ben-Hur, Dr. Zhivago and 2001: A Space Odyssey to the big screen. He also pushed MGM's animation department to hire Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, who would eventually leave and start Hanna-Barbera Studios, where they created Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat, The Flintstones, The Jetsons and dozens of other animated series.
Benjamin Melniker, prolific Batman producer and MGM executive, dies at 104
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...as-104-1089052
He fronted several bands, played with Jimi Hendrix, recorded several blues and gospel albums and appeared in the movie Redemption Road.
Blues musician James 'Nick' Nixon dead at 76
https://www.tennessean.com/story/ent...ary/385145002/
Schmidt, a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame, is best known for composing the music for The Fantasticks, including Try To Remember, which was originally sung by Jerry Orbach and in 1965 became a hit for Ed Ames. Roger Williams, Gladys Knight and the Brothers Four also charted with versions of the song.
Harvey Schmidt, co-creator of The Fantasticks, longest running musical in history, dies at 88
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituar...301-story.html