damn. Spot on.

What a week. :(

A small tribute to Alan Rickman. First, a clip where Benedict Cumberbatch and Jimmy Fallon have a "Rickman-off":



Then later, Rickman comes back on the show, and chastizes Jimmy for being so disrespectful to him, but they each suck on a helium balloon to discuss it.

Today, Glenn Frey from the Eagles joined that awesome concert that's being planned in the afterlife.

They're taking people of a certain age right now.

and at the same age (67) the drummer from Mott The Hoople.

All the not-so-old-dudes

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35342699

Whoa, hey Dagney, long time no see.

:)

♪ ♫My race is run♪ ♫
♪ ♫I’m moving on♪ ♫
♪ ♫Like the setting sun♪ ♫
♪ ♫No sad goodbyes♪ ♫
♪ ♫No tears allowed♪ ♫
♪ ♫You’ll be alright♪ ♫
♪ ♫It’s your world now♪ ♫


Here is a decent write up of some of Glen Frey's Eagles songs.

Mic Gillette, 64, trumpeter with Tower of Power and many others.
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_2...n-section-dies

Gary Loizzo, 70 - lead singer with American Breed - Hit with "Bend Me Shape Me".
http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-...ry-loizzo.html

They're dropping like flies, this is terrible.

Hi nowhereman, what's happening?

Just chugging along. Waiting out the winter so I can get back to the bees and the greenhouse.

Just waiting for the river to thaw out.

I think this death march is bound to happen, cos we have a lot more celebrities now. We used to only have like 20 of 'em.

There is a part of my brain that is angry that the baby boomers are going to get yet *another* round of attention in their deaths. Haven't you people dominated the world enough already?

Nope.

Olympic skier Bill Johnson makes the last gate.

Olympic Skier Bill Johnson: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...son-dies-at-55

Very rough ending.

Yeah, no. I would not want to linger like that.

Leave me to die in the snow.

Abe Vigoda is dead.

No, really, this time.

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Paul Kantner

http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/...74-6791483.php

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Artur Fischer, inventor of the plastic wall plug / screw anchor, died Jan 27th aged 96.

Terry Wogan. He had a good innings though, I think

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35453541

Oh no!!Not Uncle Terry!

I haven't checked headlines or listened to any news yet today so this is news to me.

And Frank Finlay as well.

He was in 'The Sins' a few years ago with Pete Postlethwaite who took the lead role and he was cast as Uncle Irwin.

I remember one episode being based largely on his character and he was outstanding.

Frank Finlay

Surely the BBC, of all broadcasting organisations, should have got his name right.
It was corrected in short order.

http://s21.postimg.org/eb8ie1f5j/Terry_Wigan.jpg

This is a BBC website, so may not play overseas.
But it's Frank Finlay being given his Shakespearean head (as in a racehorse, not in a rude way) in the original Blackadder.

The man was a fine actor. And he eats up the pantomime villian role in The Witchsmeller Pursuivant. Which I think I know pretty much by heart.

When I finally get to the States, I'll amuse y'all (and family and friends) not just saying "Harry Potter" but also by with my Frank Finlay impression from this episode.
Except you'd have to watch it first.

One of our all-time comedy forefathers, Bob Elliott, of "Bob and Ray", at age 92.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/ar...t-92.html?_r=0

Father of Chris Elliott and Grandfather of Abby and Bridey Elliott.

Did I ever tell the story of the time I saw Chris Elliott at a Sears in Connecticut shopping for a washing machine in the '80s?

It was at the Crystal Mall in Watertown. He was shopping for a washing machine or similar appliance with a woman his age. This was when he was "the guy under the stairs" on Letterman. I pointed him out to my college buddies and he made eye contact with me when I did that. We didn't go over.

Good story, huh?

I have an even worse story about Richard Trethewey, the plumber on This Old House. Let me know if you want to hear it.

Oh Chris Elliott was hilarious on those early Lettermans. I remember every night watching it, I was hoping that he'd have a segment.

By all means go ahead on the Tretheway story

while we wait, here's some typical Bob and Ray.

They usually played this stuff extreme deadpan but here Ray can't help but crack up.

I was on my way home from work, and I think it was raining because I cut through a hotel lobby to get to the Metro station instead of walking the extra two blocks outside. Richard Trethewey was in the lobby of the hotel talking to somebody. I noticed him, but continued on my way home without even slowing down. I saw in the paper the next morning that there was some home building convention in the convention center near that hotel. I told you it was a worse story.

I've got a slightly better story about Ross Perot. I'm just going to tell it without going through the charade of asking you to ask me to tell it. Because I probably ruined it with the plumber story.

I was walking with two cow orkers at lunch time near my office during that presidential election. We were waiting at a corner for the light to change so we could cross the street. A regular sized Town Car stopped to wait for some pedestrians to finish crossing the side street so it could turn. Ross Perot was in the front passenger seat, looking out the window sideways with the window rolled down. My one cow orker said loudly. "Hey!" and pointed at Ross. Ross smiled a big smile and waved at us from about 4 feet away as the car made the turn and was off.

I have several DC sidewalk stories. Wayne Newton coming out of the White House, Sam Donaldson crossing the street, Mikhail Baryshnikov walking with Twyla Tharp. When you turn it into a list, the stories are even less interesting.

Perhaps my favorite is seeing 'Los from the first season of MTV's Road Rules riding in a slouched "leave me the fuck alone" position on the Metro. You have no idea who he is today, but when I told friends back then that I'd seen Los on the Metro, they all knew who I meant. Stupid reality TV.

Bob and Ray are so young there.
I remember them more from this era:

Notice but continue on your way is good policy IMO.

My only one like that, I think; I had dinner at a local seafood restaurant two tables over from Pete Rose. No big deal, I just let the man eat dinner in peace.

I have met Stacy Krass several times, and seen him tooling around in a pale yellow Rolls Royce. He was really nice guy. Story of his murder here

But so was Angelo Bruno, who I also met once. (ONCE!)

Earth, Wind and Fire founder Maurice White.

I hope he says hello to my mom. She loved some Earth Wind & Fire. "September" always reminds me of her. We listened to that a lot in September 2013, when I was taking her to treatment. :(

My personal favorite song by EW & F is "Saturday Nite"

RIP my funky man.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at Texas ranch ...

He was a character.

Echo echo echo...

Well, you can't call jinx 'cause my post was 3 minutes before yours. :p:

Say what?
5:58
5:52
0:06

The same news posted in this thread @ 5:52 and then in Ticking Clocks @ 5:55.

Harper Lee: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/201...e_of_89_t.html

:(

Nancy Reagan, today.

Pat Conroy, this past Friday.

Ding Dong, the witch is dead.

Bruce, I thought you'd liked Pat Conroy! Shame on you.

That would be Warlock.

The inventor of email

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35741116

George Martin, the 5th Beatle.

Aw, Keith Emerson!

Anyone know Emerson's cause of death.

"Unannounced" But a Rock Star at 71, he had a good run. RIP, Sir. :notworthy

Word.

Suicide, he shot himself in the head.

Well, damn...