Oh, I remember her competing in the early 80s. This is so sad. She died way too young.
Rest in peace, Dianne.
Just saw this. She was truly a woman of many talents and multiple achievements. Rest in Power:
Not really my thing, but a big deal in my industry:
“I want to thank all of those along my journey who have helped keep the music fires burning bright. It is my hope that those who have an inkling to play, write, perform or otherwise, do so. If not for yourself then for the rest of us. It’s not only that the world needs more artists, it’s also just a lot of fun.
“And to my amazing musician friends who have been like family to me as long as I’ve known you: It has been a blessing and an honor learning from and playing with all of you. My mission has always been to bring the joy of creating anywhere I could, and to have done so with all the artists that I admire so dearly—this has been the richness of my life.”
I was afraid of that… got in the car to run an errand, and it was one Chick Corea tune after another on WPFW.
Oh, man. 
One of my favorite keyboardists. Can’t help but think now of his gentlest and most sensitive set of compositions. “Children’s Songs”: solo piano pieces, almost all very short, depicting aspects of a child’s world. The compositions inspired the great classical guitarist – Manuel Barrueco – to transcribe them for his own performances.
No news articles out yet but Victor Ambrus, the artist best known for drawing the reconstruction drawings for Time Team, often live on camera, has passed away.
Seeing as some here shared their memories of Time Team on that thread recently and might not hear that news in other places I thought you might want to know.
Aww, sad to hear that. We’re slowly working through the HD Time Team offerings on Prime right now. I especially liked when he would sneak caricatures of the team into his pictures.
Cross posting:
A trump casino down and now this, it’s a good day.
The sum of every sickness in the American soul, writ in unctuous flesh.
It’s been a carnivorous time for legends.
Fuckit. Andrew.Weatherall died a year ago so this is relevant. Cian Ô Ciobhán is a national treasure as it happens and a Weatherall devotee. The weekend Weatherall died my beloved and I were banging out a load of his tunes. And focusing on recent ones.
Fail we may, sail we must.
ETA
Buff Love died back in 1995 at only 28.
