Famous person is dead. R.I.P. [R]

There have been more than a few glove men elected who were not big with the bat-- Al Lopez, for example, or Harry Heilmann, or Phil Rizzuto (who did have the one huge year with the bat, but...)

Ozzie's glove got him in the lineup early, when he was still mostly an out at the plate, but like Wade Boggs defensively, he became a very good hitter and was an excellent leadoff guy for much of his career.

 

Oliver "Power" Grant - 52

The engine behind Wu-Tang. No cause of death revealed yet.

 

Sad!

I remember him from the Revenge Of The Nerds.

RIP!

 

Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86

He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.

Mr. Sedaka co-wrote and sang some of the definitive teenage anthems of the late 1950s and early ’60s, hits of the pre-Beatles rock ’n’ roll era that include “Calendar Girl,” “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” and “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.”

He also co-wrote hits like “Stupid Cupid” and “Where the Boys Are”for Connie Francis and, much later, “Love Will Keep Us Together” for the Captain and Tennille.

 

Also wrote "There Was A Time When Strangers 1were Welcome Here..."

 

My 8th grade science teacher used to play the local Oldies station in class sometimes and would offer ever increasing prizes to anyone who could name the singer of a given song. Neil Sedaka got me twenty bucks and a sucker, and then Mr. Long never asked again.

 

Rob Grant, co-creator of Red Dwarf, died on February 24.

 

Lou Holtz, legendary football coach and TV personality, 89

 

Country Joe McDonald, whose performance at Woodstock — in which he led a crowd of 400,000 through a subversive cheer before starting his satirical antiwar song “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” — struck a chord so deep, it often obscured the variety and scope of his career, died on Saturday at his home in Berkley, Calif. He was 84.

In his breakthrough years, Mr. McDonald led Country Joe and the Fish, one of the first and most adventurous bands to rise from the Bay Area psychedelic rock scene of the 1960s. After the band’s main run ended in 1970, he released scores of solo albums in a number of styles over many decades.

The tone of the politics and social commentary in Mr. McDonald’s songs could range from whimsical to snarky. In “The Harlem Song” he satirized white people’s fetish for Black culture, while in “Fixin’-to-Die,” he sang in the voice of a TV pitchman selling parents on the chance to “be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box!” The song culminated in the ironic refrain, “Whoopee! We’re all gonna die!”

 

Jennifer Runyon - 65

She was the student who was being tested for ESP by Bill Murray's character at the beginning of Ghostbusters, had a main role the first two seasons Charles in Charge, was in the pilot of Quantum Leap, and numerous other roles in the 80s.

 

Rolling Stone
Tommy DeCarlo, the Boston fan who took over for Brad Delp and sang with his favorite band for nearly 20 years, has died at the age of 60.

 

Texas Music Office ·
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Augie Meyers over the weekend. He was a true pillar of Texas music, and he will be sorely missed. Our hearts and thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Augie Meyers was born in San Antonio, Texas, a city whose rich blend of Mexican, German, and country traditions helped shape the distinctive sound he would later bring to American roots music. Growing up surrounded by conjunto, rhythm and blues, and rock ’n’ roll, Meyers developed a lifelong love of the keyboard. His early fascination with the Vox organ would become one of the most recognizable sounds in Texas rock, giving his music a warm, swirling tone that fans instantly recognized.
Meyers first rose to national prominence in the 1960s as a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet, the band behind the hit song “She’s About a Mover.” His signature organ riffs helped define the group’s Tex-Mex rock style and made the song a classic of the era. Over the decades he collaborated with numerous artists across the Texas music scene, including longtime friend Doug Sahm, and remained a respected figure in roots, rock, and conjunto-influenced music.
Later in his career, Meyers continued to build his legacy as a member of the Texas Tornados alongside Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, and Flaco Jiménez. The group blended country, rock, and Tex-Mex traditions and earned a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance in 1991. Through decades of touring, recording, and mentoring younger musicians, Augie Meyers became not just a keyboard player but a cultural ambassador for the musical traditions of South Texas, leaving behind a sound and spirit that will continue to inspire generations.

 

"Sleepin' under a table in a roadside park
a man could wake up dead
but I'd rather be sleepin' in the wind and the rain
than be back in your king size bed.

Is anybody goin' to San Antone
Or Phoenix Arizona?"

RIP Augie-- "may flights of angels sing thee to thy sleep."

 

Michael Lewis
RIP, Matt Snell age 84.
The former New York Jets running back ran for 121 yards on 30 carries in the team's 16-7 upset of the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III in 1969.

 

Should've been SB MVP

 

Matt Snell Dies at 84; Carried Jets to Stunning Upset in Super Bowl III

His pounding runs for the underdog New York team against the Baltimore Colts secured a pivotal win for the American Football League.