Dead Celebrity (Part 1)

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Here he is on The Smother’s Brother’s Show, 50 years ago.

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That’s so sad. I first learned about Hancock’s Half Hour when I heard the audio version of “The Blood Donor” on an airplane. It was so funny and so cleverly written one of the flight attendants had to ask me to keep it down.

ETA: This is the part that got me.

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Aw, man! Long time Detroit Red Wings and Tigers owner, and Little Ceasars founder has passed away.

I don’t have links right now, it’s arduous on a phone. Still…:slightly_frowning_face:

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I wasn’t familiar with his work, but I saw a few authors tweeting about this yesterday:

Edward Bryant

An SF writer, mostly of short stories.

@IronEdithKidd:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/10/514634418/mike-ilitch-little-caesars-founder-detroit-tigers-and-red-wings-owner-dies

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Thank you!

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Someone else I’m sure people here know more of than I do:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/12/514846063/al-jarreau-a-versatile-vocalist-who-played-his-voice-dies-at-76?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

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Just a smidge.

RIP

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http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/british-singer-damian-dies/#gs.8cHdCcQ

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Stuart McLean, “Vinyl Cafe” Radio host, author, humorist, aged 68

(Fellow Canadians: anyone know why ‘humour’ is official spelling, but the second ‘u’ is dropped in ‘humorist’?)

Yes, for those who want to know, he’s on my aodeadpool.org list.

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Now there is a name I remember from my high school days.

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Same for me. I don’t recall ever hearing about his life outside the ring until now.

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Also bodybuilder/wrestler Nicole Bass and one-time WWWF champ and multiple NWA tag-team champ Ivan Koloff.

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I missed this from a week ago

I also found out that Angela and Bruce’s father became mayor of Poplar while he was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. I have no idea how they managed to avoid getting blacklisted in Hollywood.

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