https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b99E46scFbA
Five year ago . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b99E46scFbA
Five year ago . . .


Who died?

Who died?

Famous people, places and events , , ,

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/john-barbata-obituary?pid=206936120
John Barbata-
A notable musician who retired in Ada

^ Played drums on Ohio by CSN&Y. A classic song.

Dabney Coleman passed today.

Dabney Coleman passed today.

i enjoyed him in a bunch of 80's movies... wargames, cloak and dagger, 9 to 5. hope they checked his coffee to make sure it was skinny 'n sweet.

i enjoyed him in a bunch of 80's movies... wargames, cloak and dagger, 9 to 5. hope they checked his coffee to make sure it was skinny 'n sweet.

“Coffee, Violet.”

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/24/entertainment/morgan-spurlock-death#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17165622986166&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
Famed director Morgan Spurlock passed of cancer at 53. Noted for his films on McDonalds abd Osama

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/24/entertainment/morgan-spurlock-death#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17165622986166&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
Famed director Morgan Spurlock passed of cancer at 53. Noted for his films on McDonalds abd Osama

I really enjoyed his 30 Days series.

Charlie Colin, a founding member of the group Train died a couple days ago. Fell in the shower. Damn!

Former OU quarterback and now Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel's mother has recently passed away.

Cynthia Heupel (https://www.smithandkernke.com/obituaries/cynthia-heupel)

Bill Walton dead @ 71 from cancer.

Bill Walton dead @ 71 from cancer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHk3FCBKlV4

^The 30 for 30 on Bill Walton is fantastic if anyone has an interest. What a player and what a character.

Willie Mays. The Say Hey Kid was a post war legend

^My favorite baseball player ever. Ernie Banks said he was the greatest player of all time and it wasn’t all that close. That can be debated but he was in a very small group of the greatest of the great.

Growing up my favorite team and player was the Pittsburgh Pirates (Forbes Field) and Roberto Clemente & Willie Stargell (Oklahoman) were my favorite players. My best friend was a San Francisco Giants' fan (Willie Mays, Willie McCovey & Juan Marichal).

My favorite team in the American League was the Baltimore Orioles (Frank & Brooks Robinson, Jerry Adair (Oklahoman)

Don't follow baseball like I use too. Do remember the game from the 1960s to the 1980s and the great players Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson, Johnny Bench*, Mickey Mantle*, Roger Maris . . . Oklahoma (per capita), during those times produced a good share of MLB players.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdugBxIpGQ4
Shelia Jackson Lee - Born: January 12, 1950, Queens, NY, Died: July 19, 2024, Houston, TX
Served in Congress: 1995 - 1924

Growing up my favorite team and player was the Pittsburgh Pirates (Forbes Field) and Roberto Clemente & Willie Stargell (Oklahoman) were my favorite players. My best friend was a San Francisco Giants' fan (Willie Mays, Willie McCovey & Juan Marichal).

My favorite team in the American League was the Baltimore Orioles (Frank & Brooks Robinson, Jerry Adair (Oklahoman)

Don't follow baseball like I use too. Do remember the game from the 1960s to the 1980s and the great players Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson, Johnny Bench*, Mickey Mantle*, Roger Maris . . . Oklahoma (per capita), during those times produced a good share of MLB players.

Just a sidenote, the depth of Willie Mays catch at the polo Grounds was about 425 feet. Only one park today has a depth longer than that catch - Minute Maid Park in Houston at 435. That would have been out or off the wall anywhere else today. Where he made 'the Catch" was at The Polo Grounds which had a depth of 483 feet! No home runs have been hit that far, so far, in 2024.

Several more celebrity folks have passed in recent weeks: Donald Sutherland, Shelley Duvall, Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons, and Shannen Doherty.

Though it was Tuesday I just heard that Greg Kihn died. A bunch of us around our 60s remember when MTV first came on the air and played music videos 24/7. We would get home from work, turn MTV on and be mesmerized for hours. The Greg Kihn Band's "The Breakup Song" (They Just Don't Write Em Like That Anymore) was one of the songs played A LOT that first year or so. Sad loss.

Though it was Tuesday I just heard that Greg Kihn died. A bunch of us around our 60s remember when MTV first came on the air and played music videos 24/7. We would get home from work, turn MTV on and be mesmerized for hours. The Greg Kihn Band's "The Breakup Song" (They Just Don't Write Em Like That Anymore) was one of the songs played A LOT that first year or so. Sad loss.
I have to say that I think the Weird Al parody of “Our Love’s In Jeopardy” as “I Lost on Jeopardy” was Al’s best ever.

Rest in peace to talk show host Phil Donahue. He died yesterday at the age of 88.

I also noticed last week that Jack Russell, former lead singer of the rock band Great White, passed away at the young age of 63.

Rest in peace to talk show host Phil Donahue. He died yesterday at the age of 88.

I also noticed last week that Jack Russell, former lead singer of the rock band Great White, passed away at the young age of 63.

obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RC-GgwmfVM

Landscape contractor Roger Cook from This Old House has passed away.

Local obituary Roger Cook of This Old House landscaper dies at 70 (https://www.boston.com/news/massachusetts-obituaries/2024/08/23/local-obituary-roger-cook-this-old-house-landscaper-dies-at-70/)

Landscape contractor Roger Cook from This Old House has passed away.

Local obituary Roger Cook of This Old House landscaper dies at 70 (https://www.boston.com/news/massachusetts-obituaries/2024/08/23/local-obituary-roger-cook-this-old-house-landscaper-dies-at-70/)

I've watched this show for decades and toward the end of Roger's run on the show he was getting noticeably thinner and just not quite right. The cause is unannounced but you could tell it was likely some type of neurological disorder.

Columbus Blue Jackets star forward Johnny Gaudreau, along with his brother, dies tragically in bicycle accident.

https://apnews.com/article/johnny-gaudreau-35de1641d040f02ecd83a9638e6aca32

Columbus Blue Jackets star forward Johnny Gaudreau, along with his brother, dies tragically in bicycle accident.

https://apnews.com/article/johnny-gaudreau-35de1641d040f02ecd83a9638e6aca32

A lesser known rapper nowadays, but one of my favorites passed away at 53 on stage. Fatman Scoop: https://okcfox.com/news/entertainment/rapper-fatman-scoop-dies-at-53-after-collapsing-on-stage-in-connecticut#

A lesser known rapper nowadays, but one of my favorites passed away at 53 on stage. Fatman Scoop: https://okcfox.com/news/entertainment/rapper-fatman-scoop-dies-at-53-after-collapsing-on-stage-in-connecticut#

The world lost a great talent. James Earl Jones passes

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/entertainment/james-earl-jones-death/index.html

great and versatile actor... 93 is a good run.

I knew it had to happen someday soon, but I still wasn't ready for it.

One of the all time greats. A true icon.

What a voice he had. First syllable of anything he said you knew who it was.

What a voice he had. First syllable of anything he said you knew who it was.

absolutely, and my personal favorite voice work for him was one of the Simpsons Treehouse of horrors episodes where he read "The Raven"

Reading an article about him, he had a stuttering problem as a child and taught himself how to control it. It was so bad, he basically didn't speak for about 8 years

^^^^^^^
Adding on to this, it was a teacher who encouraged him to become verbal, by reading his own poetry. The teacher realized he had a talent for poetry, and that by reading it he could overcome his stutter and his reluctance to speak. Just goes to show how much one teacher can change the world. And how important the humanities can be in a well-rounded education.

^^^^^^^
Adding on to this, it was a teacher who encouraged him to become verbal, by reading his own poetry. The teacher realized he had a talent for poetry, and that by reading it he could overcome his stutter and his reluctance to speak. Just goes to show how much one teacher can change the world. And how important the humanities can be in a well-rounded education.

This!

Tito Jackson, the oldest of the Jackson 5 and resident of Claremore, Oklahoma, at the time of his death...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/tito-jackson-original-member-of-the-beloved-jackson-5-dies-at-70/ar-AA1qFfaE?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Tito Jackson, the oldest of the Jackson 5 and resident of Claremore, Oklahoma, at the time of his death...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/tito-jackson-original-member-of-the-beloved-jackson-5-dies-at-70/ar-AA1qFfaE?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Wonder how he ended up in Claremore

Wonder how he ended up in Claremore

I don't have a subscription to the Tulsa World but I occasionally check out their website and it looked like Tito Jackson was attracted to Tulsa and may have had plans to do something there. It is a shame that he passed unexpectedly.

Wonder how he ended up in Claremore

Family and friends ended up there.

JD Souther died on the 17th. Wrote, co-wrote and sang on lots of songs of The Eagles and solo members, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and others.

Had a few in the last few days.

John Ashton (Taggart from Beverly Hills Cop. "You do that again, I'll shoot you myself:") passes at 76. Great actor.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/john-ashton-dead-beverly-hills-cop-1236159327/


Kris Kristofferson passes at 88. Only one Highwayman left.

"I was a sailor
I was borne upon the tide
And with the sea, I did abide
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still"

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/kris-kristofferson-dead-country-music-legend-actor-1236159472/

.....

Dikembe Mutombo passed.

Brain cancer.

NBA Legend

Dikembe Mutombo passed.

Brain cancer.

NBA Legend
Oh no!
Great ball player. And the commercials he made not too long ago were hilarious.

busy week... add dame maggie smith (friday) and pete rose (today) to the list.

I lost a good friend today in a horrible auto shop accident explosion in Choctaw. He was the owner of APS, a auto repair shop on NE 23rd. After a bad fire there several years ago he moved his shop to his house property in Choctaw. It has already been on the news. He was a dear friend and one of the best and smartest car repair guy I've ever met. He will be missed by his many friends and customers in the OKC and surrounding area. RIP Bo.

I lost a good friend today in a horrible auto shop accident explosion in Choctaw. He was the owner of APS, a auto repair shop on NE 23rd. After a bad fire there several years ago he moved his shop to his house property in Choctaw. It has already been on the news. He was a dear friend and one of the best and smartest car repair guy I've ever met. He will be missed by his many friends and customers in the OKC and surrounding area. RIP Bo.

oh my... i'm really sorry for the loss of your friend.

busy week... add dame maggie smith (friday) and pete rose (today) to the list.

John Amos and Frank Fritz (American Pickers) get added today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGrBGlQ2Jk

Ethel Kennedy.

https://apnews.com/article/mitzi-gaynor-dead-south-pacific-320eb99fe0824091babafac794dc2320


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq0uQC2PVCo

Phil Lesh died Friday morning at 84. Bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead.

Teri Garr, actress in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Young Frankenstein," "Tootsie," and "Mr. Mom," among many others, passed away today at the age of 79. She was smoking HOT back in the day!

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Teri Garr, actress in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Young Frankenstein," "Tootsie," and "Mr. Mom," among many others, passed away today at the age of 79. She was smoking HOT back in the day!

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My wife texted me this earlier. I'm very sad. I really loved a lot her roles. And she was very cute.

My first crush when she was on an episode of the original Star Trek........

Quincy Jones passes at 91

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/entertainment/quincy-jones-obit/index.html