Roman Gabriel QB for the Rams (62-72) and then the Eagles passed away on 4/20/2024 at age 83. He was the first Filipino American QB in the NFL and played his college ball at N.C. State.

Thanks for fun memories!

(04-21-2024 01:48 AM)JRsec Wrote:  Roman Gabriel QB for the Rams (62-72) and then the Eagles passed away on 4/20/2024 at age 83. He was the first Filipino American QB in the NFL and played his college ball at N.C. State.

Thanks for fun memories!

All the people we watched growing up are slowly passing on.

(03-21-2024 12:34 PM)bearcatfan Wrote:  M. Emmett Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh, a veteran character actor who appeared in more than 150 films including “Blade Runner,” “Blood Simple” and “Knives Out” and played Dermot Mulroney’s dad in “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” has died.

His manager Sandy Joseph confirmed that he died Tuesday in Vermont. He was 88.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/m-emmet...5947723/#!

I remember him from "The Jerk" - Stay away from the cans!

Dang, missed this one.

Loved him as the sportswriter, Dickie Dunn, in Slapshot as well as the swim coach in Back to School.

Quote:Franklin Police Department officials said Monday that no foul play is suspected in the death of Christian singer Mandisa — four days after she was found dead in her home.

Mandisa, a Grammy-winner born in Citrus Heights, California as Mandisa Lynn Hundley, was 47 years old.

The singer died suddenly in her Franklin home and was found on Thursday. Hundley was identified by a medical examiner, police officials said.

Death of Mandisa, 'American Idol' alum, does not appear suspicious, Franklin police say

Terry Carter Dead: ‘The Phil Silvers Show,’‘Battlestar Galactica’ And ‘McCloud’ Actor Was 95

Quote:Terry Carter, who is known for his roles as Private Sugarman on sitcom The Phil Silvers Show, Sgt. Joe Broadhurst on crime solver McCloud, and Colonel Tigh on the original Battlestar Galactica, died at his home in New York on Tuesday morning. He was 95.

Carter was one of the first Black actors to be prominently featured in a regularly scheduled television series. He appeared in 92 episodes of The Phil Silvers Show through 1959. Then, in 1978, he transformed himself into Colonel Tigh on Battlestar Galactica, which ran for one season before being reformatted into Galactica 1980 for an abbreviated second season.

Feldergarb....R.I.P. Col. Tigh.

Quote:Robert Lee "Chan" Romero (July 7, 1941 – April 2024) was an American rock and roll performer, best known for his 1959 song "Hippy Hippy Shake", which he wrote when he was just 17 years old. Romero said Elvis Presley's 1956 performance of "Hound Dog" on The Steve Allen Show was a turning point in his life. He hitchhiked to East Los Angeles, California, in 1958 while still a teenager, where he wrote "Hippy Hippy Shake" and launched his career. An uncle introduced Romero and his music to an A&R representative from Specialty Records: Sonny Bono. Bono was particularly taken with a song called "My Little Ruby" and asked Romero to polish the song and to return in a few weeks. But since Romero needed to return to school in Montana, he never returned to Specialty.

Romero's career skyrocketed with the release of "Hippy Hippy Shake" in July 1959. Released first in North America and later in Australia and the UK, it soon came to the attention of Paul McCartney who liked the song and sang it at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and the Star Club in Hamburg during his early years with The Beatles. It also did well enough in Australia for Romero to do a tour there with Jerry Lee Lewis. The 1964 version by The Swinging Blue Jeans hit number one across Europe. Romero's daughter stated in 2023 that Chan no longer received royalties for his music. Romero became the first Latino to be inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Artist: Chan Romero
Song: "Hippy Hippy Shake"
1959 Del-Fi Records

(04-21-2024 08:30 AM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(04-21-2024 01:48 AM)JRsec Wrote:  Roman Gabriel QB for the Rams (62-72) and then the Eagles passed away on 4/20/2024 at age 83. He was the first Filipino American QB in the NFL and played his college ball at N.C. State.

Thanks for fun memories!

All the people we watched growing up are slowly passing on.

Former Rams, Eagles and NC State QB Roman Gabriel remembered as a great quarterback but also as great athlete


Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. (August 5, 1940 – April 20, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).

Mike Piner, Keyboardist and Founding Member of Moody Blues, Dead at 82

(Yesterday 08:39 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  Mike Piner, Keyboardist and Founding Member of Moody Blues, Dead at 82

Always liked their music, RIP.