R. I. P.

[Excitable Boy]

Lance Reddick, The Wire, Fringe.

Only 60 years old. Liked him on Bosch and Corporate as well.

 

[The Exiled]

This is a hard one for me. Willis Reed, The Captain passed away. One of the all time greats.

 

[Excitable Boy]

This is a hard one for me. Willis Reed, The Captain passed away. One of the all time greats.

Just learned of his passing. A real gut punch. R.I.P. Captain. Thank you for the memories.

 

[carmine1957]

This is a hard one for me. Willis Reed, The Captain passed away. One of the all time greats.

Damn I hate getting old, Adios captain.

 

[billyS]

This is a hard one for me. Willis Reed, The Captain passed away. One of the all time greats.

I just started following the Knicks when they won that championship. To a young boy guys like Reed and Frazier were bigger than life characters.
Willis was a class guy not like these cornrowed thug clowns of today.

 

[The Exiled]

I just started following the Knicks when they won that championship. To a young boy guys like Reed and Frazier were bigger than life characters.
Willis was a class guy not like these cornrowed thug clowns of today.

Same here. I was a 12 year old boy. That team captivated the city and this 12 yr old boy like no other team in sports history. Boy, were they special. The way they played it was artistry.

 

[genius]

Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and Moore’s Law author, dies at 94.

Mod note; for more information on Mr. Moore see the thread here

https://utopiaguide.pl/forums/index.php?threads/moores-law.59301/

 

[Excitable Boy]

Same here. I was a 12 year old boy. That team captivated the city and this 12 yr old boy like no other team in sports history. Boy, were they special. The way they played it was artistry.

Also 12, when they won in 1970. That team's legacy left a lifetime mark on the city.

 

[genius]

Al Jaffee, Mad magazine's award-winning cartoonist has died at the age of 102.
He is most know for the “Fold-In” and the Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions.
Jaffee died on Monday (10 April) in Manhattan from multiple organ failures, according to his granddaughter, Fani Thomson.

He had retired at the age of 99.

 

[billyS]

Al Jaffee, Mad magazine's award-winning cartoonist has died at the age of 102.
He is most know for the “Fold-In” and the Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions.
Jaffee died on Monday (10 April) in Manhattan from multiple organ failures, according to his granddaughter, Fani Thomson.

He had retired at the age of 99.

Wow! He was still alive? I loved Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions

 

[Bricktop]

Jerry Jerry Jerry 79. RIP

 

[LetsHaveFunTimes]

Canadian born singer, songwriter, and guitarist Gordon Lightfoot passed away 5/1/2023 at age 84. He had many music awards in his lifetime. He is best known for the Wreck of the of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Sundown, and If You Could Read My Mind.

 

[genius]

Canadian born singer, songwriter, and guitarist Gordon Lightfoot passed away 5/1/2023 at age 84. He had many music awards in his lifetime. He is best known for the Wreck of the of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Sundown, and If You Could Read My Mind.

During the 70's I had some of his albums (info for you younger guys, vinyl records actually came out before CD's and not after like now). There is something special about acoustic guitars and related string instruments.

Very good obit if interested: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/01/gordon-lightfoot-dead-canada/

 

[jclyde]

BTO
Both brothers passed too
Canadians

 

[billyS]

BTO
Both brothers passed too
Canadians

Today? Both of them?

 

[Excitable Boy]

Harry Belafonte, 96.

 

[antwerp1701]

Today? Both of them?

Just Tim (guitarist) and Rob (drummer), within months of each other.

 

[billyS]

Harry Belafonte, 96.

I'll never forget Archie Bunker's description of him to the meathead, "... and besides, Harry Belafonte ain't black, he's a good looking white guy dipped in Carmel."

 

[Raptor808]

I'll never forget Archie Bunker's description of him to the meathead, "... and besides, Harry Belafonte ain't black, he's a good looking white guy dipped in Carmel."

Everyone is so sensitive now a days can you imagine that comment now!

 

[billyS]

Everyone is so sensitive now a days can you imagine that comment now!

"..... girls were girls and men were men"