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Message 868 of 1282 (876974)
06-01-2020 12:32 AM


Christo 84
Christo, Artist Who Wrapped and Festooned on an Epic Scale, Dies at 84 - The New York Times

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Message 872 of 1282 (878506)
06-30-2020 7:06 PM


Carl Reiner, 98
Carl Reiner - Wikipedia

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Message 873 of 1282 (878665)
07-02-2020 8:51 PM


Hugh Downs, 99
kinda border line great

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Message 881 of 1282 (879953)
07-26-2020 1:34 PM


Olivia De Havilland, 104
seems to have just been in the news, but now really in the news.

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Message 892 of 1282 (881995)
09-08-2020 2:41 AM


Michael Smith, 1941-2020
Composer of "The Dutchman" and many other songs, died on August 3rd, over a month ago!
How did I miss this? I looked through these posts here and couldn't find a post for him.
September 7th, yesterday, he would have been 79.
wikipedia entry includes this:
https://www.chicagoreader.com/...-death-obituary-rip/Content
Edited by xongsmith, : forgot link to obituary

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Message 904 of 1282 (882658)
10-03-2020 2:49 PM


Mac Davis
had a good solo career as well as ghostwriting for Elvis & others.

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Message 905 of 1282 (882659)
10-03-2020 2:51 PM


Bob Gibson, 84
he of the famous 1.12 ERA in 1968.
deadly pitcher for the Cardinals.

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Message 907 of 1282 (882724)
10-06-2020 4:47 PM


Eddie Van Halen, 65
throat cancer for 10 years, then it spread into his brain.

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Message 916 of 1282 (882910)
10-24-2020 7:30 PM


Jerry Jeff Walker, 78
Mr. Bojangles among his many contributions to the world.

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Message 918 of 1282 (882959)
10-29-2020 12:06 AM


Billy Joe Shaver, 81
Not very familiar with him, but checking his songs written & covered by country giants, plus remembering that he was name-checked in a recent Dylan song, made me put his name in.
Not the best way to get to 100 posts in this thread, but...

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Message 920 of 1282 (883155)
11-08-2020 6:24 PM


Alex Trebek, 80
just heard.
apparently not having TV seals me off of these kind of news items.

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Message 924 of 1282 (883173)
11-10-2020 10:44 PM


Tom Heinsohn, 86
no. 15 in the rafters of the Boston Celtics.
I knew him as the coach when they won in 74 and 76.
his TV career was a fun ride. "Who gets the Tommy Point tonight?"
perhaps only a borderline great.

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Message 927 of 1282 (883363)
12-01-2020 3:33 PM


Ben Bova, 88
Scientist, 6-time Hugo Award winner...
of Covid-19 complications and a stroke.
Editor of Analog magazine and Omni.
Ben Bova - Wikipedia

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Message 934 of 1282 (883623)
12-27-2020 12:13 AM


Tony Rice, flat picker extraordinaire, 69
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.

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Message 935 of 1282 (883629)
12-30-2020 3:31 AM


K.C. Jones, 88
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.

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