Quincy Jones passes at 91

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/entertainment/quincy-jones-obit/index.htmlHe was extremely talented and very instrumental in launching Michael Jackson's solo career in the late-'70s. He produced "Off the Wall," "Thriller," and "Bad," all of which had several #1 hits and really set the tone for pop/dance music in the '80s. He was amazing.

Bernard Marcus founder of Home Depot passed away

https://www.koco.com/article/bernard-marcus-cofounder-of-the-home-depot-died/62815232?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwY2xjawGXX-hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRIuat34-NbeG3iICbEUR_H6QrwgJoLJng5pcgnEZf2-317nMZf1W_wjnA_aem_5hOmZWhxo97Xh_ouEkBXGg

https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/5b3fa7d1a7ea4341970ddbf3/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&crop=1083,1084,x45,y83,safe&height=416&width=416&fit=bounds

1937 - 2024

Rest in Peace, Thunder superfan Judy Love.

Chuck Woolery passes at 83.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/24/entertainment/chuck-woolery-obit/index.html

Alice Brock died. She was the owner of Alice's Restaurant that inspired the Arlo Guthrie song. It will feel different hearing the song this Thanksgiving.

Former Sen. Fred Harris, D-Okla., died Saturday (11/23/24) at age 94. Harris is remembered for championing Democratic Party reforms in the 1960s.

Former Sen. Fred Harris, D-Okla., died Saturday (11/23/24) at age 94. Harris is remembered for championing Democratic Party reforms in the 1960s.
He also ran for president once.

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/former-senator-unm-professor-remembered-as-advocate-for-native-rights-liberal-causes/article_390b32d8-a9d4-11ef-8159-9f0e594c2664.html

Eminem’s mom died: https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/celebrity/eminems-mother-debbie-nelson-dies-at-age-69-3222238/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1JRBMfnZQNP7pd7w1ajKoN zokZMaUvCET90xC-kv6b9LcOHEPuuABs9e4_aem_Lmqy1Vh03XM-VT1cvwDtZg

Eminem’s mom died: https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/celebrity/eminems-mother-debbie-nelson-dies-at-age-69-3222238/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1JRBMfnZQNP7pd7w1ajKoN zokZMaUvCET90xC-kv6b9LcOHEPuuABs9e4_aem_Lmqy1Vh03XM-VT1cvwDtZg

welp. time to stop on the way home to get the stuff to make spaghetti

welp. time to stop on the way home to get the stuff to make spaghetti
I think there’s actually a spaghetti place in Detroit that Eminem either owns or at least he worked there one time and made an appearance. Maybe it’s just a joke.

Brewer of Brewer and Shipley has passed. Charles Michael Brewer was born on April 14, 1944, in Oklahoma City, the eldest of four children. Most remembered for their hit ‘One Toke Over The Line’.
The success of “One Toke Over the Line,” recorded after the duo returned to the Midwest, brought complications. In September 1970, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, in a speech in Las Vegas, warned that drug use was threatening “to sap our national strength” and called out a number of pop songs, including the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends” and the Byrds’ “Eight Miles High,” as “latent drug culture propaganda.”

Within a year, under the Nixon administration, the Federal Communications Commission warned broadcasters about playing songs with lyrics that might promote drug use. As a result, “One Toke Over the Line” was banned by radio stations in Buffalo, Miami, Houston, Washington, Chicago, Dallas and New York. Brewer & Shipley, Mr. Brewer said, came to embrace the crackdown as “a badge of honor.”

obviously the best rendition of that song...


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

Rickey Henderson, primarily of MLB Oakland A's, dies at 65. Born on Christmas day 1958, he was the greatest lead off man and base stealer of all time.

BTW, Gail Farrell who is singing One Toke Over the Line in the above video is from Durant.

Rickey Henderson, primarily of MLB Oakland A's, dies at 65. Born on Christmas day 1958, he was the greatest lead off man and base stealer of all time.I saw that at dinner on the ESPN crawler. So sad. Only 65. My age. He's one of the icons of baseball.

Brewer of Brewer and Shipley has passed. Charles Michael Brewer was born on April 14, 1944, in Oklahoma City, the eldest of four children. Most remembered for their hit ‘One Toke Over The Line’.
The success of “One Toke Over the Line,” recorded after the duo returned to the Midwest, brought complications. In September 1970, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, in a speech in Las Vegas, warned that drug use was threatening “to sap our national strength” and called out a number of pop songs, including the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends” and the Byrds’ “Eight Miles High,” as “latent drug culture propaganda.”

Within a year, under the Nixon administration, the Federal Communications Commission warned broadcasters about playing songs with lyrics that might promote drug use. As a result, “One Toke Over the Line” was banned by radio stations in Buffalo, Miami, Houston, Washington, Chicago, Dallas and New York. Brewer & Shipley, Mr. Brewer said, came to embrace the crackdown as “a badge of honor.”
Good for them. It was a great song. And now that it's being more and more legalized the song was just way ahead of its time.

As I watch the mass online of Sister Veronica Higgins, I am surprised that no one has posted her passing. She passed last week in a car accident. As a long time educator, she has touched many young lives, catholic and non catholic (including my own when they attended Villa Teresa). She lived a life of service and OKC is a little worse off with her passing.

https://www.smithandkernke.com/obituaries/sister-veronica-higgins
https://kfor.com/news/local/archdiocese-of-oklahoma-city-religious-sister-veronica-higgins-passes-at-age-74/

She invited controversy later in life but had a very successful earlier career.

https://www.oklahoman.com/obituaries/pokl1052221


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UoRKstI8Q4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tHGmSh7f-0

Anita J. Bryant was very beautiful young lady embroiled in a lot of controversy. In 1959 she finished 2nd runner in the Miss America contest representing Oklahoma.

One of my favorite directors David Lynch died at 78. He wrote a paper to parents asking them not to watch Eraserhead. Mulholland Drive is also one of my favorite movies.

Garth Hudson, last of The Band.

Local DJ Dale Wehba died last week at 88. HIs heyday was the 1950s-80s.

Brent Douglas of Tulsa station KMOD’s long-running Phil and morning show - better known nationally as the voice of prank (crank..?) caller Roy D. Mercer has passed away: https://www.krmg.com/news/local/brent-douglas-phil-brent-radio-show-passes-away/UHB6LJIK4VG5FLDDBVLSWR4QQY/

^I admit that I was a sucker for the Roy D Mercer calls.

Actor Tony Roberts passes.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/entertainment/tony-roberts-death/index.html

Author Tom Robbins has died, his books were quite entertaining reading for me quite a few decades ago...

Aw, damn. I especially loved Jitterbug Perfume. But Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Another Roadside Attraction, Skinny Legs and All, Still Life With Woodpecker…what a catalog. Stoners everywhere are surely lighting one in his honor.

Former governor David Boren dies at age 83
https://www.kswo.com/2025/02/20/former-oklahoma-governor-david-boren-dies-83/

Great Man IMO, RIP

Great Man IMO, RIP

Hmmmmm....... not so sure.... l guess this will be sorted out Upstairs.

Hmmmmm....... not so sure.... l guess this will be sorted out Upstairs.

As it will for all of us.

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RIP: David Boren, you were among the greatest leaders in Oklahoma's history.

Roberta Flack and Jerry Butler, great singers.

^^^

https://thedig.howard.edu/sites/thedig.howard.edu/files/styles/dig_500_x_500/public/2022-03/robertaflack.jpeg?h=97c3768f&itok=mtqN-Y-7
Roberta Flack - Sunrise: February 10, 1937 - Sunset: February 24, 2025

NBC News - By Kalhan Rosenblatt

Grammy award-winning singer Roberta Flack, who crooned hits like “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” has died, a representative confirmed to NBC News.

She was 88.

In November 2022, a representative announced that Flack had ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and could no longer sing.

The progressive disease “has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,” Flack’s manager Suzanne Koga said in a news release.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuT7y-GVH8&t=16s

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Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman (95) found dead in his Santa Fe home along with wife Betsy Arakawa (64) and pet dog, all deceased. (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14442307/How-Gene-Hackmans-dog-key-mystery-death-Oscar-winner-wife-Betsy-Arakawa.html)

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman (95) found dead in his Santa Fe home along with wife Betsy Arakawa (64) and pet dog, all deceased. (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14442307/How-Gene-Hackmans-dog-key-mystery-death-Oscar-winner-wife-Betsy-Arakawa.html)

that is such an odd situation, yet law enforcement is saying that there aren't any signs of foul play. if it's not suicide, then i'm wondering if the cause of all three deaths was something like carbon monoxide poisoning.

That’s my first thought also.

Carbon monoxide poisoning, good diagnosis Martin--especially with the dog being dead along with the owners; this was also my first impression. It's still an active investigation.

According to a story I read a few minutes ago, it sounds like carbon monoxide etc is being ruled out.

saw that as well... apparently, there was also a second dog found alive in the home.

saw that as well... apparently, there was also a second dog found alive in the home.

it specifically states that the other dog was found alive on the property, it does not mention in the home.

it specifically states that the other dog was found alive on the property, it does not mention in the home.

granted, this is a developing story and news outlets might be getting some facts wrong... but i did read an article earlier today that stated that there were three dogs found on the property. one dead and one alive in the house, and then one alive outside on the property.

edit: found the article: https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/actor-gene-hackman-wife-found-dead-in-santa-fe-home/


Deputies said “nothing appeared to be ‘out of place'” while looking through the home. They also found two dogs that appeared to be healthy. One dog was near Arakawa and the other was running around on the property.

Michelle Trachtenberg also died yesterday. She made a great Harriet the Spy.

Angie Stone died in a car crash :(

https://ktla.com/entertainment/ap-grammy-nominated-rb-singer-angie-stone-dies-in-car-crash/

And David Johansen went too, what a week...

And David Johansen went too, what a week...
Crazy crazy last year losing so many great artists