(01-11-2019 08:26 PM)DavidSt Wrote: Actress Verna Bloom died. She was the leading lady besides Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter, but was best remembered as Dean Wormer's drunken wife in Animal House.
Joe Gibbs Racing co-founder JD Gibbs passed away at 49. Possibly CTE related?
Quote:J.D. Gibbs’ health became a serious concern in fall 2014, when he exhibited symptoms that led to a neurological diagnosis. Joe Gibbs provided an update on his condition in March 2015 as his son began treatment for the ailment, which had affected his speech and processing functions.
The elder Gibbs said there were “very few answers” about the cause of his son’s condition. He pointed to his son’s action-sports lifestyle — with racing, football, snowboarding and mountain biking among his pastimes — but said doctors were unable to pinpoint a single traumatic event that caused his illness.
(01-12-2019 09:00 AM)Chappy Wrote: Joe Gibbs Racing co-founder JD Gibbs passed away at 49. Possibly CTE related?
Quote:J.D. Gibbs’ health became a serious concern in fall 2014, when he exhibited symptoms that led to a neurological diagnosis. Joe Gibbs provided an update on his condition in March 2015 as his son began treatment for the ailment, which had affected his speech and processing functions.
The elder Gibbs said there were “very few answers” about the cause of his son’s condition. He pointed to his son’s action-sports lifestyle — with racing, football, snowboarding and mountain biking among his pastimes — but said doctors were unable to pinpoint a single traumatic event that caused his illness.
I met him back in 2008 when my father-in-law was ill. He seemed like a really good dude.
J.D. played college football at William & Mary. Drove in NASCAR for 4 years, and if I remembered right when Joe Gibbs did made a short stint into coaching at the pros again, J. D. was one of his assistant coaches.
(01-12-2019 09:00 AM)Chappy Wrote: Joe Gibbs Racing co-founder JD Gibbs passed away at 49. Possibly CTE related?
Quote:J.D. Gibbs’ health became a serious concern in fall 2014, when he exhibited symptoms that led to a neurological diagnosis. Joe Gibbs provided an update on his condition in March 2015 as his son began treatment for the ailment, which had affected his speech and processing functions.
The elder Gibbs said there were “very few answers” about the cause of his son’s condition. He pointed to his son’s action-sports lifestyle — with racing, football, snowboarding and mountain biking among his pastimes — but said doctors were unable to pinpoint a single traumatic event that caused his illness.
J.D. played college football at William & Mary. Drove in NASCAR for 4 years, and if I remembered right when Joe Gibbs did made a short stint into coaching at the pros again, J. D. was one of his assistant coaches.
Donald "Dante" Drowty from Dante and the Evergreens with the hit song Ally Oop, is reported missing from the Camp Fire and presumed he died in his home Paradise, California. What a way to go.
Broadway legend Carol Channing has died at the grand old age of 97. I should post a clip of Hello Dolly or Mame, but instead I'll pay tribute to her with this classic Ryan Stiles Whose Line Is It Anyway clip.
(01-15-2019 08:10 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: Broadway legend Carol Channing has died at the grand old age of 97. I should post a clip of Hello Dolly or Mame, but instead I'll pay tribute to her with this classic Ryan Stiles Whose Line Is It Anyway clip.
Been on many episodes of Hollywood Squares in the 1970s and 1990s/2000s shows.
Character actor Paul Kolso died. Usually played bad guy roles in movies opposite John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson. Roles include Roots: The Next Generation, Rooster Cogburn, The Drowning Pool, Mr. Majestyk, Joe Kidd, and Tomorrow Never Comes.
Country legend Maxine Browne from The Brownes who had a number 1 hit song on the country and number 1 on the pop charts with The Three Bells, have died. She was the last living member of the trio. Her brother, Jim Ed died a few years ago.
Actress/singer Kaye Ballard dead at 93. Shows she was on include Mother In-Laws, Love American Style, The Doris Day Show, The Muppet Show, and the Love Boat. Bernie Kopell played Kaye's husband on The Doris Day Show. She played Jodi Foster's coach in the original Freaky Friday movie. She made her debut on Broadway in 1954. Kaye is also a legend like Carol Channing on Broadway.
Kaye Ballard on The Muppet Show with Kermit and Animal.
Wish Dizknee would just release Seasons 4 & 5 of TMS on DVD already. Great show with great entertainers and bits that whole family can safely watch together.
Quote:Ingram’s smooth, silky baritone dominated the R&B, adult contemporary and pop charts throughout the 1980s with a series of high-profile movie themes and duets.
Ingram launched his career in 1973, performing with the band Revelation Funk, playing keyboards for the Coasters on Dick Clark’s oldies revues, and serving as the musical director for Leon Haywood. Super-producer Quincy Jones recruited Ingram for his solo album The Dude after hearing a demo of Ingram singing “Just Once,” and Ingram became Jones’s longtime collaborator — co-writing Michael Jackson’s Thriller hit “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” and “The Secret Garden” (performed with Al B. Sure, El DeBarge and Barry White) with Jones, and participating in the Jones-helmed 1985 all-star benefit single “We Are the World.”
His 1982 single with Patti Austin, “Baby, Come to Me,” went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another collaboration with Austin for the film Best Friends, “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” was nominated for Best Original Song at the 1983 Academy Awards.
A top 20 hit with Michael McDonald, “Yah Mo B There,” won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals. “Somewhere Out There,” a duet with Linda Ronstadt from An American Tail, earned him nominations for Best Original Song at the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars and won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1988.
Artist: James Ingram
Album: The Dude
Song: "Just Once"
August 1981 A&M Records
Quote:Ingram’s smooth, silky baritone dominated the R&B, adult contemporary and pop charts throughout the 1980s with a series of high-profile movie themes and duets.
Ingram launched his career in 1973, performing with the band Revelation Funk, playing keyboards for the Coasters on Dick Clark’s oldies revues, and serving as the musical director for Leon Haywood. Super-producer Quincy Jones recruited Ingram for his solo album The Dude after hearing a demo of Ingram singing “Just Once,” and Ingram became Jones’s longtime collaborator — co-writing Michael Jackson’s Thriller hit “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” and “The Secret Garden” (performed with Al B. Sure, El DeBarge and Barry White) with Jones, and participating in the Jones-helmed 1985 all-star benefit single “We Are the World.”
His 1982 single with Patti Austin, “Baby, Come to Me,” went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another collaboration with Austin for the film Best Friends, “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” was nominated for Best Original Song at the 1983 Academy Awards.
A top 20 hit with Michael McDonald, “Yah Mo B There,” won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals. “Somewhere Out There,” a duet with Linda Ronstadt from An American Tail, earned him nominations for Best Original Song at the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars and won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1988.
Artist: James Ingram
Album: The Dude
Song: "Just Once"
August 1981 A&M Records
Pretty sure this song closed the house down at every school dance I went to in the 1980s.
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2019 03:30 PM by CliftonAve.)
