https://news.yahoo.com/goodfellas-law-order-actor-paul-182045340.html?.tsrc=notification-brknews Paul Sorvino.
"Tony Dow, Who Played Wally Cleaver on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ Dies at 77"' (Variety.com - Tuesday, 7/26/22)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...r-dies-77-day-death-was-prematurely-rcna40202 Now it's actually true.
William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 - July 31, 2022) https://thespun.com/nba/breaking-legendary-nba-star-bill-russell-is-dead
always loved this interview: https://www.golfchannel.com/video/david-feherty-interview-bill-russell-2012
Grace Dell Nichols (December 28, 1932 - July 30, 2022) https://www.cinemablend.com/television/star-trek-icon-nichelle-nichols-is-dead-at-89
Hard one to pick a photo of. Hadn't realized it, but the camera hated her almost as much as the microphone loved her. Judith Durham of The Seekers, 79, chronic lung disease. The first record I ever bought out of my own earnings was the 45 of "Another You."
What an amazing, consequential author and biographer. On top of that, his voice was exquisite as a narrator of not only his own works but also Ken Burns’ documentaries. I can’t think of a book of his that I haven’t eagerly devoured. We’ll miss his light in this world. David McCullough It is with great sorrow that the McCullough family shares the news that David died yesterday, Sunday, August 7, surrounded by his five children in Hingham, Mass. The McCullough family is very appreciative of the support during this difficult time and the support of his many readers throughout the years.
Lamont Dozier Age 81 The importance of the songwriting team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, not just to Motown but to music in general, can never be overstated. From their first top Top 10 hit ("Heat Wave" by Martha and the Vandellas, 1963) to their first #1 smash ("Where Did Our Love Go" by The Supremes, 1964) to their last big hit before breaking up ("Band of Gold" by Freda Payne, 1970) the number of quality songs written by the trio was mind-boggling. For me personally, they rank second only to Lennon-McCartney as the greatest songwriting partnership in music history. Survived by Brian Holland (81) and Eddie Holland (83).
Try to imagine pop radio without H-D-H. Just try. Try to imagine what Phil Collins would have been without a childhood saturated with their songs. Listen to Genisis with them in mind-- it might change your whole perspective on them. RIP "the black Bach" "We used to dance to the music (We used to dance to the music) Make romance to the music (Make romance to the music) Now it's the same old song But with a different meaning since you been gone"
As I hear it, it was the brothers Holland who hung that on him; and I can sort of understand it-- there's a sort of fugue-ish quality to the voicings in a bunch of their songs; really comes out in the Four Tops stuff.
Everyone should listen to Bach, enough to at least get a sense of what he's about-- he's crucial to an understanding of "western music"-- which actually means "north central music" but still is an important tradition. Well, maybe not deaf people (except for Evelyn Glennie.)