Dead Celebrity (Part 1)

Such an amazing and evocative photo.

KRS-ONE had an homage to this in the cover for the classic By All Means Necessary album.

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Another one of Carlisle United’s 1974-5 legends has died

:cry:

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https://www.npr.org/2018/01/06/517138761/astronaut-john-young-who-flew-in-space-6-times-dies-at-87

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:frowning:

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It seems to be unavailable but I remember a pretty funny Daily Show segment with Jerry Van Dyke talking about his new ice cream shop. Mo Rocca, however, kept asking dim witted questions about My Mother The Car, like, “So were you keeping your mother’s corpse in the car?”

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I was no brain trust at five, but even I understood the car was possessed by the mother’s ghost. :smirk:

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On CHOM-FM in Montreal, they’d put the whole album on and step outside. Awkward when the record got stuck in skip.

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I guess I didn’t realize that several actors played Alexander, but apparently so…

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/16/578235211/gospel-star-edwin-hawkins-known-for-oh-happy-day-dies-at-74

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My late father lived much of his later life with severe hip problems and pain (a rare blood disease destroyed them and required him to get a double replacement in his early 40s) so I can empathize here.

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Yes, he was in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves too.

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