One of baseball's truly great players. Just learned that he was a high school classmate of Bill Russell. Damn, that was a stacked high school in 1950....
Saw him play with Ft Lauderdale in the NASL back in the 70s. Didn't realize that he had been blind in one eye!
No idea he was still alive. By the way: am I the only one who sees a new post in this thread and immediately thinks, "Oh my God! ....." and you mentally go through a list a people who hope it's not?
Beyond being a legend on the diamond, Newk was a legend as a human being. My first exposure to Don Newcombe was via the liner notes to Sonny Rollins album "Newk's Time". Sonny used to get a ribbing for looking so much like Newcombe that he decided to name his album that. Sonny Rollins...
A sort of simple soul who never seemed to quite get on the bus, and had, I think, an unsatisfying experience of a time in which was hard to come by one... (and yes, they recorded this, though it wasn't released until 2016) "And when it’s time, I’ll go and wait Beside the legendary fountain ’Til I see your form reflected In its clear and jeweled waters And if you think I’m ready You may lead me to the chasm Where the rivers of our visions Flow into one another" (Goffin/King)
Beverley Owen, the Original Marilyn From 'The Munsters,' Dies at 81 https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/b...sters-dies-at-81/ar-BBU448P?OCID=ansmsnnews11
Stanley Donen, Director of Iconic Movie Musicals, Dies at 94 - Variety https://variety.com/2019/film/news/stanley-donen-dead-dies-singin-in-the-rain-1203146964/ Stanley Donen, the director of such stylish and exuberant films as “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Funny Face” and “Two for the Road” and the last surviving helmer of note from Hollywood’s golden age, has died at 94. Though he was never Oscar-nominated for any of the many films he directed, Donen received a lifetime achievement Oscar at the 1998 Academy Awards “in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation.” His films were known for their brisk pace, witty scripts and stylish look (thanks to cinematography, editing, costumes and art direction that created striking visuals). Even after he stopped making musicals, his camera movements and blocking in later comedies and dramas reflected the work of the precise choreographer that he was. In his early films, Donen’s contributions were often overshadowed in the public eye by the prominent talents with whom he worked, including Gene Kelly and George Abbott. But Donen came into his own as an energetic director of popular entertainments with such musicals as “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” as well as sophisticated romantic comedies (“Indiscreet”) and romantic thrillers (“Charade”). Still, he often was underrated, accused (wrongly) of favoring style over substance. But many of his films gained stature over time. Though “Funny Face” and the 1967 “Bedazzled” were not huge hits at the time, they earned big followings in later years (and the latter was remade in 2000). Audiences similarly increased their appreciation for hits like 1952’s “Singin’ in the Rain,” which many have since labeled as the best Hollywood musical ever made. Besides Kelly and Abbott, Donen worked with many of the major musical dancer-choreographers of the day, including Bob Fosse, Gower Champion and Michael Kidd, and he was a major creative force in MGM’s musical halcyon days of the ’40s and ’50s under Arthur Freed.
Keith Flint from The Prodigy dies at 49 Real shocker here in the UK. He was quite a big name in music.