jcc 228 Posted March 9, 2019 History-making Olympian Cynthia Thompson passes away 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted March 26, 2019 So for completeness, Ranking Roger has died. https://news.sky.com/story/the-beat-singer-roger-charlery-dies-aged-56-11676140 See this thread for his unbounded optimism and his acknowledhement he's had a great life whatever happened. Still doesn't make it hurt any less. RIP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exu 250 Posted March 27, 2019 RIP. The Beat produced some fine music and were one of my favourite bands back in the day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted March 27, 2019 7 hours ago, YoungWillz said: So for completeness, Ranking Roger has died. https://news.sky.com/story/the-beat-singer-roger-charlery-dies-aged-56-11676140 I fondly remember his interview on the Jonathan Ross show. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N. Fritz 49 Posted March 27, 2019 19 hours ago, YoungWillz said: So for completeness, Ranking Roger has died. https://news.sky.com/story/the-beat-singer-roger-charlery-dies-aged-56-11676140 See this thread for his unbounded optimism and his acknowledhement he's had a great life whatever happened. Still doesn't make it hurt any less. RIP. Absolutely gutted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcc 228 Posted May 29, 2019 http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20190528/edward-seaga-has-died-89 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted May 29, 2019 6 hours ago, jcc said: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20190528/edward-seaga-has-died-89 One of the all-time reggae greats. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted September 9, 2019 Reggae "legend" Majek Fashek is gravely ill and receiving treatment in London: https://guardian.ng/life/majek-fashek-is-critically-ill-and-hospitalised-in-london-manager-confirms/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted September 14, 2019 On 09/09/2019 at 14:37, gcreptile said: Reggae "legend" Majek Fashek is gravely ill and receiving treatment in London: https://guardian.ng/life/majek-fashek-is-critically-ill-and-hospitalised-in-london-manager-confirms/ There has been a follow up to this, but the whole thing seems a bit off to me. The only thing missing that would set off the 'scam alert' klaxon is the go-fund-me account. But maybe I'm being overly suspicious. I have to go now- there's a Nigerian prince on the phone that wants to send me some money! https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/09/majek-fasheks-manager-cries-out-we-need-emergency-support-we-are-stranded/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted September 15, 2019 And here it is.... https://fundclock.com/campaign/104/donate-to-majek-fashek 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted September 15, 2019 22 minutes ago, Skinny kiltrunner said: And here it is.... https://fundclock.com/campaign/104/donate-to-majek-fashek Well, at least they specify that it's neck cancer. But he looks dead already. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted September 15, 2019 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Well, at least they specify that it's neck cancer. But he looks dead already. Yeah, but WTF is neck cancer. Esophageal, sarcoma , what? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 16, 2019 7 hours ago, Skinny kiltrunner said: Yeah, but WTF is neck cancer. Esophageal, sarcoma , what? Tumours in the neck, I thought Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted September 16, 2019 9 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Tumours in the neck, I thought I think you're having me on Sir Creep, but OK, I'll bite anyway. As you and many denizens of this site know, the devil is in the details. "Cancer of the neck" is so vague as to be useless, and no one would accept it as a diagnosis. Is it cancer of the esophagus, larynx or pharynx? One of the sarcomas perhaps (osteosarcoma, liposarcoma, fibrosarcoma, myosarcoma?) Maybe lymphoma, Hodgkins or non? Salivary glands? Adenoid carcinoma? Perchance melanoma, basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma? The survivorship varies from near certain recovery to near certain death, so no one would accept "neck cancer" from their doctor in this day and age, especially in London where he apparently is. So this adds to the fishiness of his manager's statements. I'm not disagreeing that the guy looks like shit on a stick, but we really don't know why. Apparently I'm not the only suspicious one- his funding page still sits at 0. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted September 16, 2019 Well... in spite of that photo, Majek Fashek is NOT dead yet: https://allafrica.com/stories/201909160107.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted March 27, 2020 Keith Anderson, better known as Bob Andy, reggae musician and songwriter, reportedly dead: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Singer,_song_writer_Bob_Andy_passes_on?profile=1228 Don't know him? Bet you do, he's the Bob in Bob and Marcia who trapped a major UK hit with Young, Gifted and Black. UK #5 (April 1970) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted March 27, 2020 Not that it matters for anything, but I'm glad to see Bob Andy go straight to Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/27/jamaican-reggae-vocalist-bob-andy-dies-aged-75-young-gifted-black 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted March 27, 2020 Jamaican reggae singer Delroy Washington has died after a short illness. Can’t imagine what that illness might be... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted May 3, 2020 On 07/01/2015 at 14:28, Spade_Cooley said: King Sporty, writer of "Buffalo Soldier" and husband of Betty Wright, dead at 71. Betty Wright seems to be in a bad way. Chaka Khan asking for prayers... She had a couple of UK top thirty hits in the mid-seventies. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted May 10, 2020 On 03/05/2020 at 16:59, YoungWillz said: Betty Wright seems to be in a bad way. Chaka Khan asking for prayers... She had a couple of UK top thirty hits in the mid-seventies. Now Twitter has Betty Wright dead: Where Is The Love (UK #25, May 1975) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 10, 2020 She’s a nobody. Personified. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted May 11, 2020 21 hours ago, Sir Creep said: She’s a nobody. Personified. Sigh. I'm not surprised to see this comment posted, but I am surprised that it was by you, SC. Maybe you were having a bad day, but I thought you were more open to what should be an eclectic forum. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted June 2, 2020 On 09/09/2019 at 21:37, gcreptile said: Reggae "legend" Majek Fashek is gravely ill and receiving treatment in London: https://guardian.ng/life/majek-fashek-is-critically-ill-and-hospitalised-in-london-manager-confirms/ On 16/09/2019 at 15:39, gcreptile said: Well... in spite of that photo, Majek Fashek is NOT dead yet: https://allafrica.com/stories/201909160107.html Majek Fashek dead now? https://allafrica.com/stories/202006020484.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted June 2, 2020 10 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Majek Fashek dead now? https://allafrica.com/stories/202006020484.html BBC Obit! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52888813 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
