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Neil Young's replacement bass player, Rick Rosas, has passed away today. Funny thing is that he came to replace Billy Talbot who almost died as well not so long ago.
Bruce (Buffalo Springfield) Palmer who also worked with Neil Young in the mind-blowing Trans period is also dead. Do we have a Spinal Tap drummer scenario thing going on here?
I think we might - Tim Drummond
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Being a rubbish songwriter myself, it's time to salute the people who make the pop musical world go round. Most aren't on the verge of death, but never mind (all over 60, though). Off the top of my head, my living greats include:
Chip Taylor
Les Reed
Arthur Hamilton
Jackie DeShannon
Barry Mason
Geoff Stephens
John Carter
Tony Macaulay
Bob Crewe
Bob Gaudio
Gerry Goffin
Carole King
Sandy Linzer
Denny Randell
Tony Joe White
Jeff Barry
Nicky Chinn
Mike Chapman
Hal David
Burt Bacharach
Mike Batt (just kidding)
Bobby Hart
Dan Penn
Jimmy Lea
Noddy Holder
Jimmy Webb
PF Sloan
Roger Cook
Roger Greenaway
Pete Callander
Mitch Murray
Rob Davis
Neil Sedaka
Mike Stoller
Barry Mann
Cynthia Weil
Tom T Hall
Jerry Chesnut
Chips Moman
Kenny Gamble
Leon Huff
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Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn is suffering from parotid cancer for the third time, possibly because he likes chewing baccy. I think that's what the Beastie Boy recently overcame, but here's the lowdown on cancer of the salivary glands for those that are interested.I'm sure he is going to be an obit free zone. But I noted his name and thought he will get the right help. However I read the notes and cut and paste the best bit...
Prognosis
The major determinants of survival are histology and clinical stage. Poor prognostic factors include high grade, neural involvement, locally advanced disease, advanced age, associated pain, regional lymph node metastases, distant metastasis, and accumulation of p53 or c-erbB2 oncoproteins.
Although statements regarding survival are difficult to make because of the large variety of histologic types, 20% of all patients will develop distant metastases. The presence of distant metastases heralds a poor prognosis, with a median survival of 4.3-7.3 months.
Overall 5-year survival for all stages and histologic types is approximately 62%. The overall 5-year survival for recurrent disease is approximately 37%. Because of the risk of recurrence, all patients who have had a histologically proven malignant salivary gland tumor should have lifelong follow-up.
Now to me that looks a tad grim. Could do with a better fame check.... Maybe one for 2011?
One for 2014. Four years, similar to Adam Yauch.
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Hungarian goalkeeper Gyula Grosics, 85, is recovering in hospital after falling down an escalator. He was part of the "Magical Magyars" team that destroyed England at Wembley in 1953.
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George Shuffler, former guitarist in Ralph's Clinch Mountain Boys, has shuffled off.
The man who delivered that news and features in the video, CMB road manager and guitarist James Alan Shelton, has died just two months later. Not that I'm obsessed with bluegrass or Ralph Stanley or banjos or anything.
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Didn't realise that the MDMA (and many other psychoactive drugs) 'inventor' Alexander Shulgin was still around, an estimated "4,000 psychedelic experiences" down the line, who "at 85 suffers severe short-term memory loss". No shit.There was an interview with him on one of those fuck-awful BBC3 "LET'S TALK ABOUT DRUGS" documentaries this evening. He looks like he's tweaking permanently.
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Twice World Championship runner-up Ali Carter is being treated for testicular cancer.
Having recovered, he now has lung cancer.
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The man behind Beagle 2, the Mars spacecraft, Professor Colin Pillinger has died following a brain haemorrhage.
His ashes are to be blasted into... the next village, unable to be located by radar.
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Godot, as a means of checking the possibilities of enticing George to join us do you think we should start a thread on his site dedicated to the long term survival of the ageing jazzers of the UK. Humphrey Lyttleton, Stan Tracey, George and the rest?
Just askin' like.
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Have just been watching the Band of Brothers series again, that, apart from portraying the Brits as blithering idiots or in minor support roles and sometimes both, is one of the best pieces of war drama ever made. I was looking up Easy Company on Wiki and there are quite a few still left alive. I think Richard Winters would get a UK obit.The living ones I could find at first glance, ordered by birth. I'm not going to go in depth, this is just what I saw from the Wiki article for Band of Brothers. Anyone who has more can expand.
Frank Perconte (b. March 10 1917)
Richard Winters (b. January 21 1918)
Joseph A. Lesniewski (b. August 29 1920)
Lynn "Buck" Compton (b. December 31, 1921)
Donald Malarkey (b. 1921)
William Guarnere (b. April 28 1922)
Edward Heffron (b. May 16, 1923)
Darrell "Shifty" Powers (b. 1923)
And another one - Edward 'Babe' Heffron.
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Rob Daley - tumour afflicted dad of diving sensation Tom - has been barred by medics from flying to the Commonwealth Games to watch his son.Just an idea, like: do you see a movie about this touching story and maybe......Michael Douglas
Oh look, there's my coat.
Frankly, I don't fancy his chances of cheering on his closeted wurzel diving boy to 2012 Olympic gold, having seen this documentary.
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A BBC documentary about Judith Kerr was shown the other day.
Now 90, she still runs up stairs to work all day in her studio -
It's Chico's time. Jazz drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton dies aged 92. His brother was Capt Dobie in Starsky & Hutch. And here's Chico and the chaps in the great Sweet Smell of Success.
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Trying to work out which of the 1950s survivors would get obits. Obviously all of the English players, and both Bahr and Borghi played in the USA's 1-0 win over England. Ghiggia would be the oldest surviving World Cup winner (correct?), so he should be OK. Bonpietri is a top 100 player of all time imho, and Amadei is one of the top scorers in Serie A history so they should both manage it no problem. Most of the rest could depend on whether Jonathan Wilson has the time to write about them that week.
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Assuming she makes it to Tuesday, pianist Alice Herz-Sommer will become the first (I think) supercentenarian Holocaust survivor.
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From that website I glean that 45 people born in the 19th century are still with us. After all, those born in 1900 were also born in the 19th century, for the same reason that the 21st century began on 1 January 2001: there was no year 0.
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regards,
Hein
We may as well name & shame them, for all the fruit pickers out there. In a jingoistic spirit, I'll have my fiver on Grace Jones to beat the Japs and the Yanks and take a surprise gold in 2017. All that nightclubbing will keep her fit and healthy.
1. Besse Cooper USA 115 (World and Olympic champion)
2. Dina Manfredini Ita 115 (European champion)
3. Jiroemon Kimura Jap 115
4. Misawo Okawa Jap 114
5. Kame Nakamura Jap 114
6. Marie-Therese Bardet Fra 113
7. Mamie Rearden USA 113
8. Hatsue Ono Jap 113
9. Hina Shikawatari Jap 113
10. Ichi Ishida Jap 113
11. Maria Redaelli-Granoli Ita 113
12. Elsie Thompson USA 113
13. Jeralean Talley USA 112
14. Beryl Kapaun USA 112
15. Kame Takamiyagi Jap 112
16. Toshi Higano Jap 112
17. Susannah Mushatt Jones USA 112
18. Bernice Madigan USA 112
19. Soledad Mexia Mex 112
20. Evelyn Kozak USA 112
21. Ine Atarashiya Jap 112
22. Mitsue Nagasaki Jap 112
23. Terue Ashida Jap 112
24. Emma Morano-Martinuzzi Ita 112
25. Takeno Fujita Jap 112
26. Grace Jones UK 112
27. Tome Tamura Jap 112
28. James Sisnett Barbados 112
29. Yoshino Tanaka Jap 112
30. Maria Gravigi-De Candia Ita 112
31. Anna Henderson USA 112
32. Maggie James USA 112
33. Shun Moshino USA 112
34. Amelia England UK/USA 111
35. Antonia Gerena Rivera Puerto Rico 111
36. Ethel Lang UK 111
37. Paule Bronzini Fra 111
38. Nabi Tajima Jap 111
39. Yasuko Kimura Jap 111
40. Germaine Degueldre Bel 111
41. Anna Stoehr USA 111
42. Maria Richard Bel/Fra 111
43. Ryo Tobee Jap 111
44. Eugenie Dauzat Fra 111
45. Merle Barwis USA/Can 111
Oh Grace, you've let yourself down, you've let Britain down, but more importantly, you've let me and my fiver down.
Well considering that list must be 12 months old she did well to climb from 26th to 6th
Where is Ethel on the world ranking now?
Click on that link and you'll find out.
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From that website I glean that 45 people born in the 19th century are still with us. After all, those born in 1900 were also born in the 19th century, for the same reason that the 21st century began on 1 January 2001: there was no year 0.
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regards,
Hein
We may as well name & shame them, for all the fruit pickers out there. In a jingoistic spirit, I'll have my fiver on Grace Jones to beat the Japs and the Yanks and take a surprise gold in 2017. All that nightclubbing will keep her fit and healthy.
1. Besse Cooper USA 115 (World and Olympic champion)
2. Dina Manfredini Ita 115 (European champion)
3. Jiroemon Kimura Jap 115
4. Misawo Okawa Jap 114
5. Kame Nakamura Jap 114
6. Marie-Therese Bardet Fra 113
7. Mamie Rearden USA 113
8. Hatsue Ono Jap 113
9. Hina Shikawatari Jap 113
10. Ichi Ishida Jap 113
11. Maria Redaelli-Granoli Ita 113
12. Elsie Thompson USA 113
13. Jeralean Talley USA 112
14. Beryl Kapaun USA 112
15. Kame Takamiyagi Jap 112
16. Toshi Higano Jap 112
17. Susannah Mushatt Jones USA 112
18. Bernice Madigan USA 112
19. Soledad Mexia Mex 112
20. Evelyn Kozak USA 112
21. Ine Atarashiya Jap 112
22. Mitsue Nagasaki Jap 112
23. Terue Ashida Jap 112
24. Emma Morano-Martinuzzi Ita 112
25. Takeno Fujita Jap 112
26. Grace Jones UK 112
27. Tome Tamura Jap 112
28. James Sisnett Barbados 112
29. Yoshino Tanaka Jap 112
30. Maria Gravigi-De Candia Ita 112
31. Anna Henderson USA 112
32. Maggie James USA 112
33. Shun Moshino USA 112
34. Amelia England UK/USA 111
35. Antonia Gerena Rivera Puerto Rico 111
36. Ethel Lang UK 111
37. Paule Bronzini Fra 111
38. Nabi Tajima Jap 111
39. Yasuko Kimura Jap 111
40. Germaine Degueldre Bel 111
41. Anna Stoehr USA 111
42. Maria Richard Bel/Fra 111
43. Ryo Tobee Jap 111
44. Eugenie Dauzat Fra 111
45. Merle Barwis USA/Can 111
Oh Grace, you've let yourself down, you've let Britain down, but more importantly, you've let me and my fiver down.
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<p>anyone considered the idiotic Toronto mayor Rob Ford ? Hes not going to last much longer with his lifestyle.. http://www.theguardi...d-crack-cocaine <p>
Here's the video of our Bobby becoming slightly peeved with someone. I guess he'll be shoving off one way or another, eh.
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Last but not least, 1958 survivors. Again, I'd be grateful if someone could tidy up this to make it readable.
No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age
2.........2DF.......Stuart Williams.............(1930-07-09)9 July 1930 (aged 27)
5.........3MF.......Mel Charles.................(1935-05-14)14 May 1935 (aged 23)
7.........4FW......Terry Medwin...............(1932-09-25)25 September 1932 (aged 25)
11.......4FW......Cliff Jones....................(1935-02-07)7 February 1935 (aged 23)
14.......2DF.......Trevor Edwards...........(1937-01-24)24 January 1937 (aged 21)
15.......2DF.......Colin Baker..................(1934-12-18)18 December 1934 (aged 23)
21.......3MF.......Len Allchurch..............(1933-09-12)12 September 1933 (aged 24)
22.......3MF.......George Baker..............(1934-04-06)6 April 1934 (aged 24)
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I was sleeping peacefully after the operation. Who woke me up?