R.I.P. Ryan Minor: https://soonersports.com/news/2023/12/22/baseball-ou-mourns-the-passing-of-former-two-sport-star-ryan-minor

Before my time but Tom Smothers passes at 86.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.html

Before my time but Tom Smothers passes at 86.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.htmlI meant to post that when I first saw it but got side tracked.
He played the goofy brother in the act but was known to be the brains. He was also a decent guitar player and music writer. He got to know John Lennon and played acoustic guitar on "Give Peace A Chance".

Lest we not forget, Tommy Smothers was "Yo-Yo Man".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_81L5EbU6KQ

Lest we not forget, Tommy Smothers was "Yo-Yo Man".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_81L5EbU6KQ
I had forgotten that. Responsible for me buying a couple butterfly yo-yos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGeSEkB3Je0

Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62

Charles Osgood has passed away. I loved CBS Sunday Morning with him.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/01/23/charles-osgood-cbs-sunday-morning-host-dead/72326252007/

Bob Ravitz who headed the Oklahoma County Public Defender office passed.
https://nondoc.com/2024/01/23/a-legal-giant-public-defender-bob-ravitz-dies-at-71/

No love for Jesse Jane on this board I guess. R.I.P.

She was a legend in my college years. RIP.

Chita Rivera, a Broadway legend has passed. [url]https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/chita-rivera-tony-winning-broadway-192835959.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w5tRzTrqrA

RIP Carl Weathers aka Apollo Creed

rip, chubbs!
https://gifdb.com/images/thumbnail/happy-gilmore-carl-weathers-wave-kk18t9er3qaim28s.gif

RIP Toby Keith. Probably deserves his own thread.

RIP Toby Keith. Probably deserves his own thread.He definitely does. A true Oklahoma legend.

RIP Toby Keith. Probably deserves his own thread.
The Animal has talked most of the morning about TK. Lots and lots of callers/texters with stories about running into him here or there and how thoughtful, generous and just a regular nice guy he was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbcWzSmnkE&list=RDNS8SbcWzSmnkE&start_radio=1

https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/c_fill,f_jpg,h_396,q_75,w_579/v1/crm/oklahoma/TobyKeiths-VisitOKC-500x3080-0d0e92c15056a36_0d0e93d5-5056-a36a-06424b6953c4b9ca.jpg

I bet he hated hearing his own song play, "I Should Have Been a Cowboy" after every time OSU beat OU.

Stephen Colbert on his Tues. night show took time out to remember how great Toby Keith was even to him. It was very touching. Toby taught him not to prejudge the guests on his show. I had no idea how much Toby and Stephen appreciated each other in some ways. “I like to give people the finger a lot — and you can’t give the royal finger better than Stephen Colbert.” Toby Keith

I bet he hated hearing his own song play, "I Should Have Been a Cowboy" after every time OSU beat OU.

I bet he was laughing his ass off at the irony, I would be. Stillwaters favorite song is by an OU superfan and legend lol.

So many great Toby memories being an OU alum but I think what actually stands out to me the most is after 9/11 - Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue. We'll put a boot in your ass the American Way!

^The Morning Animals were talking yesterday about last year’s OU OSU basketball game in Stillwater. OSU beat OU and after the game Toby and Barry Switzer were at Eskimo Joes. By the end of the night Toby was doing his own little show downstairs that included Should’ve Been a Cowboy. Pretty cool story.

I bet he hated hearing his own song play, "I Should Have Been a Cowboy" after every time OSU beat OU.

Stephen Colbert on his Tues. night show took time out to remember how great Toby Keith was even to him. It was very touching. Toby taught him not to prejudge the guests on his show. I had no idea how much Toby and Stephen appreciated each other in some ways. “I like to give people the finger a lot — and you can’t give the royal finger better than Stephen Colbert.” Toby Keith
He may have. On the other hand it was the most country radio played song in the 90s. And think about the icons that were peaking in the 90s. So it had to have been a love/cringe relationship with the song if anything.

This morning I heard talk about the first time Toby was on with Stephan Colbert. Colbert said he intended to rip Toby for the feud with Natalie Maines. But upon talking to Toby he found he liked him and didn't do it. Then as Toby was leaving the set he told Colbert "You're really good at what you do. Whatever the **** it is". They became pretty good friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZvFqcTVUHQ&t=10s&ab_channel=TheLateShowwithStephenColbert

Cathy Cummings passed. Didn't even know she was sick.

Cathy Cummings passed. Didn't even know she was sick.
Cancer

Cathy Cummings passed. Didn't even know she was sick.

This is a gut punch for anyone that knew her. She was one of the best people I have ever known.

This is a gut punch for anyone that knew her. She was one of the best people I have ever known.

I agree I met her maybe 2 times at her restaurant. Genuinely a nice lady

Cathy Cummings passed. Didn't even know she was sick.

I knew she was sick, I did not know how quickly she would be gone. Sean and Cathy have been such good representatives of our community, both in The Village, and with their restaurants in OKC. Cathy was a terrific person, and always had a smile and a kind word. She will be truly missed.

I have to admit I had to search Cathy Cummings to see who she was. But I immediately recognized the first picture I saw. I never talked to her but have seen her in both Vito's and Sean's. She always looked like a very friendly, nice lady. I'm sure that carried over to being mayor so I can imagine the loss the city could feel.

My husband, his sister and I were just at Vito's 3 weeks ago. We wondered why we didn't see Cathy there. You always would. We also used to go there when the restaurant was across the street. She was as y'all said. She never met a stranger. There is a Go Fund Me on Vito's Facebook page to "to be directed towards school lunch debt in our public schools" as stated there.

Cathy was one of those “one-of-a-kind” people. She was a dynamo in everything she did. I first met Sean and Cathy during the days of Boca-Boca and Sean’s first pub up in the Collonade north of May and Britton. There couldn’t have been a nicer person than Cathy Cummings. Really and truly. Condolences to Sean and the whole family.

Just saw that bombing survivor Florence Rogers has passed. Always enjoyed hearing her speak about her credit union team. What a legacy.

Richard Lewis, the stand-up comedian who also starred alongside Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has died. He was 76.

Lewis announced last April he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was retiring from stand-up comedy.

https://wp.me/pc8uak-1lDOKc

Richard Lewis, the stand-up comedian who also starred alongside Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has died. He was 76.

Lewis announced last April he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was retiring from stand-up comedy.

https://wp.me/pc8uak-1lDOKc
Was a living legend!

I was a big fan. I knew he was sick but was shocked to see how sick he looks in the latest season of Curb. I am glad he got to work until the end of his life.

British Rocker Steve Harley Has Passed (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/arts/music/steve-harley-dead.html)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLktwloscrU

Heard Thomas Stafford passed today.

Stafford was a great man. I saw him often around time during my time in Weatherford in the early 2000s. was always willing to sit down and talk with anyone about his adventures and his thoughts on the future of space flight. I still remember many of those conversations vividly!

RIP Louis Gossett Jr.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lGs-tXWpR4

Just heard that O J Simpson died. He was 76. Yes, he had a checkered past but back in the day he was a hell of a running back.

Dicky Betts of Allman Brothers fame passed at the age of 80. That red guitar will be missed.

^
This one hurts. I've always loved ABB songs. And Betts was one of those players that could make a guitar cry or sing. Very sad day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-DeRX9ux0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-DeRX9ux0



Why is this in the obituary thread?

I think this must be some kind of reporting problem but there is an article from 4/17/24 saying Gary England passed away. Its not on any major media so l'm thinking it's false?

I think this must be some kind of reporting problem but there is an article from 4/17/24 saying Gary England passed away. Its not on any major media so l'm thinking it's false?

i think it'd be reported more widely if that were true. besides, his social media has posts more recently than that.

EDIT: here's a person from bethany that passed away on the 20th that shares the name... maybe that's contributing to some confusion. Gary England Obituary - Mercer-Adams Funeral Service - 2024 (legacy.com) (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/gary-england-obituary?id=54936666)

It's obviously wrong but l had just come across it and was suprised......
https://countylocalnews.com/2024/04/17/gary-england-obituary-gary-england-obituary-remembering-a-weather-legend/

The Gary England that died was a 3M sales rep in the auto body repair products division. From about 1970 to the early 2000s he was a well known and respected figure in the Oklahoma body shop biz. Still a legend for the older people still in the biz.
His oldest (I think) son, Ty England, was one of Garth Brooks’ earliest side men when they started in Stillwater, while attending OSU. Stayed with Brooks into the early part of the “superstar” period. Had a couple solo albums and minor hits.

RIP Gary England, you were the best!

RIP Max Nichols. Age 90. Those of us who knew Max were always amazed at his breadth of knowledge about… well … everything. A great journalist whose time at the Journal-Record will especially be remembered fondly.. He is a member of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, as well as the Oklahoma Historians HOF. Here is his obit at The Oklahoman and a couple more links of interest.

https://www.oklahoman.com/obituaries/pokl0806957 (https://www.oklahoman.com/obituaries/pokl0806957)
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Max-Nichols/ (must-read for anyone wanting a great read on Max)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Max_Nichols[/QUOTE]

RIP - Duane Eddy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzvlPKozW-A

RIP - Duane Eddy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzvlPKozW-A
What an influential guitar player he was. If he didn't invent twang he did the most to make it well known.

What an influential guitar player he was. If he didn't invent twang he did the most to make it well known.

Formerly married to singer Jessi Colter.

Formerly married to singer Jessi Colter.
I had completely forgotten that!

I had completely forgotten that!

You could probably count on 10 fingers the number of posters in this forum familiar with his work.

You could probably count on 10 fingers the number of posters in this forum familiar with his work.

I'm one, have a few CDs of his. Wasn't he the one that cut up the speakers in his amp to get more nastiness, or was that someone else in those early days?

I actually didn't know he was married to Jessi before she married Waylon!

You could probably count on 10 fingers the number of posters in this forum familiar with his work.

i don't think duane eddy is *that* obscure... play the opening of miserlou and just about anybody is going to think of pulp fiction or the black eyed peas. few may be familiar with the name, but most are familiar with the work.

You could probably count on 10 fingers the number of posters in this forum familiar with his work.
Yeah. Probably. I love different styles of guitar playing and all the tricks people used to make unique sounds way back before you could buy a pedal to make a similar sound.

Scott Wilson, 39th Street nightclub pioneer passed away. Mr. Wilson successfully sued the city over their harassment of gay clubs.

https://www.okgazette.com/news/from-...rt-two-2947675

Roger Corman, king of the "B" movies has passed at 98 years of age.
Roger Corman, pioneering independent producer and king of B movies, dies at 98
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/roger-corman-pioneering-independent-producer-dies-rcna151849

Saxophonist and jazz musician David Sanborn passed at age 78 from cancer.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/1251006759/saxophonist-david-sanborn-6-time-grammy-winner-has-died-at-age-78