Ray Fenwick, Formaliy of The Spencer Davis Group Have Died

Country Music Legend, Mickey Gilley, Dead At 86

Tremors Actor, Fred Ward Dead at 79

Maggie Peterson passed away on May 15th in Colorado at the age of 81 and took with her charm, beauty, and sweetness which made my younger years happy. She is known to you as Charlene Darling from the Andy Griffith Show. I loved her folk music and boundless energy in that role! Thank you Maggie!

(05-17-2022 04:36 AM)JRsec Wrote:  Maggie Peterson passed away on May 15th in Colorado at the age of 81 and took with her charm, beauty, and sweetness which made my younger years happy. She is known to you as Charlene Darling from the Andy Griffith Show. I loved her folk music and boundless energy in that role! Thank you Maggie!

always made my family laugh and laugh when the Darlings came on...she will be missed

Longtime Card Player Columnist And Poker Author Bob Ciaffone Passes Away
The Chess, Bridge, And Poker Standout Was 81 Years Old

He was perhaps best known as the author of Robert’s Rules of Poker.

Robert 'Bud' McFarlane was an unsung hero in America’s Cold War victory over Russia--President Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot. But he didn’t do it alone. McFarlane, who died at 84 years of age, played a crucial role.

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, March 29, 1943 – May 17, 2022, known professionally as Vangelis.


some of you may remember hearing this song, but might not know the name...

Artist: Vangelis
Album: Albedo 0.39
Track: "Alpha"
September 1976 RCA Records




or rather...




REST IN PEACE MASTER VANGELIS,
THANKS FOR ALL THE MUSICAL GIFTS YOU LEFT US!

Vangelis's biggest hit of them all.

Colin Cantwell (1932 – May 21, 2022) was an American concept artist and director known for his work on films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and WarGames, but primarily for developing a number of the iconic Star Wars vehicles.

Quote:While employed by NASA Cantwell was in the CBS News studio for the Apollo 11 moon landing assisting Walter Cronkite as he narrated the landing.

In the early seventies Cantwell was employed by the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center to produce effects for, and direct, an early multimedia presentation titled Voyage to the Outer Planets (1973) that would show a spacecraft touring the outer planets of the solar system.

Having previously been employed to work on visual effects for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey with Douglas Trumbull, in 1974 Cantwell was hired to work on the original Star Wars film. Based on Lucas' directions he created the original designs and concept models for a number of vehicles including the X-wing fighter, the Y-wing, the TIE fighter, the Star Destroyer, the Death Star, the Tantive IV (which was originally intended to be the Millennium Falcon), the landspeeder and the sandcrawler. Cantwell's original designs were further developed by concept artists like Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston. One of Cantwell's concept models was used in the film, with Luke playing with it as he talks to C-3PO. One of Cantwell's original Star Destroyer designs was further developed for the 2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story but ultimately unused although Hot Toys did release a toy version.

Cantwell consulted with Hewlett-Packard on the development of their Hewlett-Packard 9845C desktop computers which were designed for graphical tasks, also creating a demo package to show off its capabilities. He then used HP 9845C desktop computers to design and create the computer graphics for the large displays in the NORAD set on the 1983 WarGames film.

Cantwell died on May 21, 2022, at his home in Colorado, according to his partner Sierra Dall.Dall had reported that Cantwell had been afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease in the final years of his life.

Colin Cantwell, creator of “Star Wars” X-wing and Death Star, dies at 90 in Colorado

He kept his Star Wars legacy a secret in Boulder for decades

Rice dies

Pignatano, last living coach of 1969 Miracle Mets, dies at 92


Joe Pignatano (left) with 1969 Mets coaches Eddie Yost (center) and Yogi Berra (right).

RIP Ray Liotta, age 67. The man was a much better looking and likable version of Henry Hill and Shoeless Joe Jackson.

https://www.tmz.com/2022/05/26/ray-liott...=social-tw

careful with this second one, it's a real thinker...







Ray Liotta, 67. R.I.P. fer real this time.

Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher performing with Depeche Mode in Milan, 2018. Picture: Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images


Depeche Mode in the mid 1980s: Dave Gahan, Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher, Martin Gore and Alan Wilder. Picture: David Corio/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Depeche Mode's Andrew Fletcher dies, aged 60

Quote:"Fletch" was one of the founder members of the British electronic pop act.

Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher, one of the founding members of Depeche Mode, has died aged 60. Rolling Stone has confirmed that he died of natural causes.

The band broke the news on social media on Thursday evening (May 26th), saying: "We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher."

Fletch helped form Depeche Mode in 1980 in Basildon, Essex with Vince Clarke, who would later leave to become one half of Erasure. Together with bandmates Dave Gahan and Martin L. Gore, Fletcher as Depeche Mode was inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame in 2020.

The musician has appeared on all of Depeche Mode's fourteen studio albums, including Black Celebration (1986), Music For The Masses (1987) and Violator (1990). The band has had 14 top ten studio albums in the UK, and international chart success with songs including "Enjoy The Silence", "Personal Jesus" and "Just Can’t Get Enough". He also enjoyed a successful DJing career and launched his own label, Toast Hawaii, in 2002.

Fletcher is survived by his wife Grainne and their two children.

Quote:With the band having not always employed a full-time manager, Fletcher handled many of the band's business, legal, and other non-musical interests over the years.

He was also said to be the member who was "the tiebreaker" and the one that "brings the band together". According to interviews, Fletcher built the compromise between Gahan and Gore that settled their serious dispute following 2001's Exciter album and tour over future songwriting duties within Depeche Mode. In the studio and during live shows, Fletcher contributed a variety of supporting synthesizer parts, including bass parts, pads, strings and drone sounds, and various samples.

However, he was notably the only member of Depeche Mode who did not sing. Although he can be seen singing in videos of Depeche's past live performances, usually Fletcher's vocals were either mixed very low or heard only through his own stage monitors. Fletcher was renowned for his skill at chess. Neil Arthur of Blancmange has mentioned in interviews "never winning a game of chess with Andy Fletcher!" According to sources, in later years, "Fletcher's deepening depression resulted, in the summer of 1994, in a full nervous breakdown."


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http://pic.twitter.com/RlB7QM6ckW
— Depeche Mode (@depechemode) May 26, 2022

Artist: Depeche Mode
Album: Violater
Song: "Enjoy The Silence"
March 19, 1990 Mute Records/Sire Records

That was their 1st big hit in the US.


Johnny Cash redid Personal Jesus in the early 2000.

Yes and Plastic Ono Band Drummer, Alan White Dead At 72.

Actor Bo Hopkins Dead At 84


He was in American Graffiti, The Wild Bunch, Rockford files, From Dusk To Dawn 2, White Lightning, Tentacles, Mutant, Dynasty, A Smokey Mountain Christmas, and many guest star on several shows from the 60s to 2000s.

(05-27-2022 09:15 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  




Johnny Cash redid Personal Jesus in the early 2000.

"Personal Jesus" was a song about Elvis Presley, told from the perspective of Priscilla Presley. Since Johnny Cash knew Elvis "personally", it's especially appropriate that he covered the song.

Quote: "Never Let Me Down Again" in tribute to Andy Fletcher. @depechemode #RIPFletch #FarewellFletch pic.twitter.com/5n1KFMz7Y9

— Dieter Ruehle (@DieterRuehle) May 31, 2022