(From March 12) Dick Fosbury 76 - Lymphoma Revolutionized the sport of high jumping with his 'Fosbury Flop' technique which helped him to win the 1968 Olympic gold medal. His influence on the sport can never be overstated. .
Fosbury is one of the three most significant people who completely altered the standard technique used by athletes in their event (the others are shot-putters Parry O'Brien and Aleksandr Barishnikov).
https://abc7ny.com/bobby-caldwell-death-celebrities-what-you-wont-do-for-love-singer/12957079/ Bobby Caldwell passed after getting floxed a few years back. On one of my first trips to the states before immigrating here, I saw him perform at the Broward County Youth Fair. What a great voice and provider of an R&B classic.
Jim Gordon, 77, natural causes. On the shortlist for the best ever, and on a different shortlist for the worst ever. May any further voices in his head be only those of angels...
Mark Russell 90, prostate cancer Brilliant political satirist who probably peaked in the 1980s. Loved his monthly specials on PBS.
Ray Schulman. 73. Bassist of Gentle Giant. You see, there used to be this band called Gentle Giant. Everyone has heard the name Gentle Giant but no one has ever heard any of their songs. Ive been listening to Gentle Giant regularly for 50 years and I still cant decide if I like them.
“Harry Belafonte, Calypso King Who Worked for African-American Rights, Dies at 96” (Variety.com - Tuesday, 4/25/23)
He was here 20 years or so ago headlining a smallish festival. His set to my ears was not just antiquated, but arcane, following Spearhead, Sonia Dada and Los Lobos; but everyone who came in contact with him for a couple of days had exactly the same impression-- the absolute nicest person you could ever hope to meet in a fortunate life. It was as though the proverbial bastards had spent fifty years trying to grind him down, and all they managed was to make him entirely smooth and polish him to a bright surface...
Rolling Stone Gordon Lightfoot — a genius-level Canadian singer/songwriter who penned classics like "If You Could Read My Mind," "Early Morning Rain," and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" — has died at age 84
"Words are for explaining the mistakes we might have made Names are for calling when there's nothing left to say" "But now the seeds are planted and the gates are open wide The old ways are forgotten, there's no place left to hide And the legacy I'm leavin' you is not very hard to find You'll see it all around you at this crossroads of time"
Tim Bachman, a founding member of the Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive has died. The guitarist and singer’s death was confirmed by his brother Randy Bachman through his manager on Sunday. His son, Paxton Bachman, posted on Facebook that his father died Friday. He said he received a call last week from the care home where his father was staying, telling him that his dad’s condition had worsened. He added that tests revealed cancer throughout his brain. https://www.wellandtribune.ca/ts/en...eYfmEHG7dy4z1dJhlNBAlnObeqQCEkGXcamLCjk4o04c8