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Celebrity RIP Thread

NiagaraPete

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ah finally a face to a tune

I think we all have heard of Dream Weaver given its been a standard in film

i assume that's him on the album cover

he was born in 43... Dream Weaver hit in 75 when he was a youthful 32 y.o

at 80 parkinsons and alzheimers finally took him


here he in 2008 at 65 y.o. - of sound mind body... and VOICE

man its brutal after 75 or so
 

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RIP Richard Davis
He was well known and respected around here, and his bass work was astounding, and just captivated me from my 'teen' years.
IRCC, he followed Bill Dixon here, but stayed on.
(I met Mr. Dixon - on the elevator - he lived in the same building when I was a freshman, tho he was in the penthouse floor. First time I'd ever been star struck! I saw him once there with Cecil Taylor, too.)


 

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John Mulcahy's wife, Beth, passed away last week. John is the author of REW so a celebrity to me. He is a member here as well.


My deepest sympathy @JohnPM
 

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illya kuryakin

i've never seen this show but i know this signature character

my immediate thought was what happened to Robert Vaughn

he died in 2016 to leukemia
 

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ummm, I hope David got every penny he earned from this

didnt know he was a musician
 

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Wikipedia: "Jon Fausty (February 20, 1949 – September 29, 2023) was an American multiple Grammy Award-winning sound and recording engineer best known for his work on some of the most successful Latin albums ever recorded.

Fausty's career spanned over six decades. He designed studios, produced and engineered recordings throughout the United States, Canada, Cuba and Europe - both in studio and live performances.

'…Jon Fausty generally stayed away from special effects and emphasized capturing performances simply, cleanly, and fast, with the high-quality equipment that was by then a given, even in the more modest New York studios. The net result is that many salsa records from the 1970s through the early 1980s have a timeless, classic sound, which has dated little.'

Fausty had thousands of recordings of which 18 have been awarded Grammy Awards. He won Grammys with Chucho Valdez, Celia Cruz, Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony."

Two Fausty productions have been recommended recently in the Jazz Music thread: percussionist Ray Barretto's 1973 The Other Road; a Grammy-winner for Best Latin Jazz Album, pianist Eddie Palmieri’s 2005 Listen Here! What a career -- the posted albums are 32 years apart! :cool:

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i took the opportunity to watch Michael Gambon's seminal work...

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to me this is a bit of an acquired taste

i had watched this decades ago... i think Singing Detective never made it that big here but the 'successor' "Lipstick on your collar" did.. perhaps on the back of the main actress and a little known actor called... Ewan McGregor

both of these were the brainchild of controversial director, playwright Dennis Potter

now this is a musical of sorts, they will break out in song on a whim but other than that I think this is a real inspired format

these only run six eps at an hour each and they breeze by

there's enough to tell a story, let actors do their thing and its wrapped up before it can get too stale, i like that

there's also a sense of the absurd here... Potter doesnt try to make dream sequences and real life distinct but he somehow doesnt make the narrative muddy as a result
 
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