Celebrity RIP Thread

[MoreWatts]

"Tom Shipley of the 1960s and 1970s folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley has died at the age of 84 (Yahoo).

Brewer & Shipley — made up of Shipley and Michael Brewer — were the pair behind the iconic stoner song of 1971 "One Toke Over the Line," which peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard charts. According to the NYT, the song was inspired by the duo's 'dizzying encounter' with marijuana at one of their gigs. A friend gave Shipley some pot at a gig in Kansas City and told him to stop at two hits because it was powerful stuff.

'Of course I wasn’t about to believe him and continued on,' he told It’s Psychedelic Baby in a 2011 interview, adding, 'I said to Michael, ‘I’m one toke over the line,’ and he broke into song. There was a refrain that night and some verses the next day, and that was about it. We were trying to make ourselves, and some of our friends, laugh,' he added. 'I never would have guessed what it would lead to.'"

Ah yes, the good-old days of radio.... When popular songs were inescapable. If you are boomer, you will now have this song in your head for the rest of the day.

 

[rdenney]

That "One Toke Over The Line" was performed on Lawrence Welk is one of the great mysteries of all time.

Rick "champagne dreams" Denney

 

[Lukasjr]

Mark Volman, Singer of ‘Happy Together’ and Other Hits, Dies at 78

In the 1960s, he and his fellow singer Howard Kaylan embodied the feel-good sound of the Turtles. The two later found new fame as Flo & Eddie.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Power Pop 23]

Austrian-American snow skiing coach Erich Sailer, aged 99.

Mr. Sailer trained Lindsey Vonn on a slalom course near Minneapolis, MN with a 310-foot vertical drop.

Remembering Erich Sailer: A pioneer of U.S. ski racing

Erich Sailer, one of the most influential coaches and pioneers in the history of alpine skiing, has passed away at the age of 99.

www.fis-ski.com

 

[MoreWatts]

"Hermeto Pascoal (June 22, 1936 – September 13, 2025) was a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. Pascoal was best known in Brazilian music for his orchestration and improvisation, as well as for being a record producer and contributor to many Brazilian and international albums." (Wikipedia)

Active since the 60s, recorded with Airto, Flora Purim, Miles Davis, but usually led his own 'Grupo.' Blended Brazilian influences with quirky and interesting jazz. His catalog is large, but a nice one is his last studio album from 2024. A tribute to his wife, it won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Jazz Album. RIP Hermeto.

 

[Power Pop 23]

American songwriter Bobby Hart

Bobby Hart, co-wrote 'Last Train to Clarksville' and other hits for the Monkees, dead at 86

Bobby Hart, who co-wrote some of the Monkees' biggest hits, has died. He was 86. Along with Tommy Bryce, he was a key part of the Monkees' multimedia empire.

apnews.com

 

[EERecordist]

Julliard grants honorary degree to Hermeto Pascoal in 2023. It now stands as a musician to musician eulogy.

https://wyntonmarsalis.org/videos/view/wynton-marsalis-presenting-honorary-doctorate-of-music-to-hermeto-pascoal-at-juilliard-school

 

[thegeton]

American songwriter Bobby Hart

Bobby Hart, co-wrote 'Last Train to Clarksville' and other hits for the Monkees, dead at 86

Bobby Hart, who co-wrote some of the Monkees' biggest hits, has died. He was 86. Along with Tommy Bryce, he was a key part of the Monkees' multimedia empire.

apnews.com

As a kid I loved this Bobby Hart song:

 

[diddley]

Robert Redford​

 

[Power Pop 23]

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning director, actor and indie patriarch, dies at 89

Robert Redford has died at 89. The Hollywood actor who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema with Sundance died in Utah on Tuesday.

apnews.com

 

[DanielT]

Robert Redford​

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning director, actor and indie patriarch, dies at 89

Robert Redford has died at 89. The Hollywood actor who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema with Sundance died in Utah on Tuesday.

apnews.com

Sad. R.I.P. He did a lot for the art of cinema.

Redford went on to create the Sundance Film Festival, which became the country's largest festival for independent films. In 2008, Sundance exhibited 125 feature-length films from 34 countries, with more than 50,000 attendees in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah.

Robert Redford - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Plus I think he was a damn good actor. This movie is one of my favorites:

 

[Andysu]

condor no longer active one of favourite movies rip

 

[ripvw]

 

[thegeton]

My first drive-in show in a convertible. It was 1969, I was 9 years old, and I was blown away by this movie...

 

[Power Pop 23]

I did not know the theme to The Mary Tyler Moore Show was written by the same person who wrote I Fought the Law.

Sonny Curtis, Crickets member who penned ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ theme, dies at 88

A vintage rock 'n' roller who wrote both the rebel anthem “I Fought the Law” and the theme to “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Sonny Curtis has died at 88.

apnews.com

 

[respice finem]

And, probably, this is only the beginning. People will abuse anything. Because they can.
And AI, once "unleashed", is unstoppable.

Pandora's box - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[diddley]

Claudia Cardinale

 

[Soandso]

Claudia Cardinale …

In the USA back in the 1950s we used the phrase "Italian Bombshell" for certain buxom Italian beauties that began with Sophia Loren, passed on to Gina Lollobrigida and got applied to Claudia Cardinale (pictured below) during her 1960s rise to stardom.

 

[Power Pop 23]

In the USA back in the 1950s we used the phrase "Italian Bombshell" for certain buxom Italian beauties that began with Sophia Loren, passed on to Gina Lollobrigida and got applied to Claudia Cardinale (pictured below) during her 1960s rise to stardom.

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Ms. Loren observed her 91st birthday this past Friday (September 20).

 

[ryanosaur]

Lt. Col. George Hardy, 100 yrs old.
Tuskegee Airmen

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100 — NBC News

Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.

apple.news