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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8564 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 4.7
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One of first black mega-stars of country music. Died Dec 12 at 86 due to covid.
Factio Republicana delenda est.
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0
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Watch Charley Pride’s Final Performance at the 2020 CMA Awards – Rolling Stone
n November 11th, Charley Pride took the stage at the 2020 Country Music Association Awards to receive the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, an honor the organization gives out to an iconic artist who has attained the highest degree of recognition in Country Music. Pride, of course, was a natural choice for the award. He had received the CMA’s Entertainer of the Year in 1971, and his ground-breaking career has included becoming RCA’s bestselling artist since Elvis Presley, with 70 million records sold. Pride appeared at the CMA Awards alongside Jimmie Allen another star who is working to break country music boundaries just as Pride did 50 years ago. They performed Kiss an Angel Good Morning’, a 1971 Number One hit for Pride. In the audience, Eric Church watched with a grin as Ashley McBryde danced. Onstage, Pride humbly acknowledged that he was nervous as can be. During a press conference backstage, he recalled something producer Cowboy Jack Clement told him: He said, ‘Charley, these songs we recorded right now, 50 years from now, you’ll be able to play them and they’’ll love them.’ I looked at him and I said, ’50 years?’ Anyway. It was Pride’s last performance. On Saturday, it was announced that Pride died from complications due to Covid-19. So far, he has received tributes from artists including Dolly Parton, who tweeted: I’m so heartbroken that one of my dearest and oldest friends, Charley Pride, has passed away. It’s even worse to know that he passed away from COVID-19. What a horrible, horrible virus. Charley, we will always love you. Edited by Phat, : added"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " *** far from science having buried God, not only do the results of science point towards his existence, but the scientific enterprise itself is validated by his existence.- Dr.John Lennox The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the theist believes a 'who' created the universe.- Criss Jami, Killo The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him. Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You(1894).
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.4 |
checked out on Christmas day.
cant say i had his name in my head, but after listening to some of his absolutely astonishing guitar pickin' i recognize it as something i've heard all my musical life.
Edited by AdminPhat, : added Video in honor. "I'd rather be an American than a Trump Supporter." - xongsmith, 5.7d |
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.4
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on the 25th. Of Alzheimer's.
K.C. Jones obituary: Boston Celtics legend dies at 88 — Legacy.com Damn it. Favorite story he told, as he was celebrating Larry Bird day: a last second time out, down by 1, and KC gathered his team around his yellow pad.Larry interrupted and said, "just clear everyone out and give me the ball and i'll win the game", prompting KC too stop him with "i'm the coach", and he started to draw up a play and again Larry interrupted "clear everyone out and gimme the ball", getting another glare from KC, who resumed drawing up the play. Again Larry interrupted. So KC says "okay, here's what were gonna do - everybody clear out and give Larry the ball". So they did and Larry hit the winner with 0.00 on the clock. "I'd rather be an American than a Trump Supporter." - xongsmith, 5.7d |
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kjsimons Member Posts: 822 From: Orlando,FL Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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Sadly Dawn Wells, passed today from complications due to COVID-19. She was always my favorite actress on Gilligan's Island and was genuinely a good person in real life.
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
yes i saw that too. Sadly she will live on only in eternal reruns. For most of us, that is. Hopefully for those close to her she will live eternally in their hearts.
She was 82.
Not bad for a TV show that lasted but 3 years. "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " *** far from science having buried God, not only do the results of science point towards his existence, but the scientific enterprise itself is validated by his existence.- Dr.John Lennox The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the theist believes a 'who' created the universe.- Criss Jami, Killo The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him. Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You(1894).
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ramoss Member (Idle past 641 days) Posts: 3228 Joined:
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Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93 - ABC News
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8564 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 4.7
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Hammerin' Hank. Home run king for more than 30 years.
Hank Aaron - Wikipedia
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.4 |
never much got into him, but he was always around somewhere.
https://www.nbcnews.com/...urnalism-royalty-dies-87-n1050771"I'd rather be an American than a Trump Supporter." - xongsmith, 5.7d
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LamarkNewAge Member Posts: 2424 Joined: Member Rating: 1.2 |
I loved it when he covered UFOs.
I got the feeling he would have covered some very interesting stuff, if not for fears of attacks ( you conspiracy theorist, your fired)
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4451 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.0
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He lost credibility with me when psychics and ufo nuts were treated as if they represented reality. He was a purveyor of pseudo-science bullshit.
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.4
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Oh no....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/...6d-02792f854297_story.html Edited by xongsmith, : filled in link to newspaper Edited by xongsmith, : updated signature"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside." - xongsmith, 5.7d |
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3945 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 10.0 |
So many deaths, but this one's a bit special to me:
Wikipedia Amongst many other things, during the 1970s, he was the live band conductor of the Saturday Night Live Band. Moose Edited by Minnemooseus, : Didn't get link in. Edited by Minnemooseus, : Fix link.Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith "Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien "Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." - John Kenneth Galbraith It says something about the qualities of our current president that the best argument anyone has made in his defense is that he didn't know what he was talking about. - Paul Krugman (as stolen from Chiroptera's signature) "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes" - Ronald Reagan (1984) "I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose |
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ramoss Member (Idle past 641 days) Posts: 3228 Joined:
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He portrayed Mark Twain on stage for a long long time
Hal Holbrook, veteran actor who portrayed Mark Twain, dies at 95 - CNN
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