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‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81
AP ^ | 04-03-2020 | By MARK KENNEDY

Posted on 04/03/2020 7:56:20 AM PDT by Red Badger

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.....................
1 posted on 04/03/2020 7:56:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
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:(


2 posted on 04/03/2020 7:57:16 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

RIP, Mr. Withers. Thank you for your gift.


3 posted on 04/03/2020 7:57:28 AM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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Wait: He didn’t die of COVID-19?

How is that possible??? /s


4 posted on 04/03/2020 7:58:05 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Red Badger

Leaning on the Ever Loving Arms of Jesus now. RIP.


5 posted on 04/03/2020 7:58:47 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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I loved his music.....RIP.


6 posted on 04/03/2020 7:58:58 AM PDT by 1217Chic
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I used to do a fairly good rendition of Ain’t no Sunshine.......................


7 posted on 04/03/2020 7:59:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like he was out of the business longer than he was in it.


8 posted on 04/03/2020 7:59:31 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Red Badger

RIP.


9 posted on 04/03/2020 8:00:57 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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He did it right, make a few memorable songs, hopefully be financially set for life from it, and enjoy a normal life afterwards.


10 posted on 04/03/2020 8:01:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“Ain’t no Sunshine”

Great little song, one of my favorites.


11 posted on 04/03/2020 8:04:07 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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RIP Thank you Bill Withers.


12 posted on 04/03/2020 8:04:34 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Red Badger

How sad. May he rest in peace.


13 posted on 04/03/2020 8:04:55 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Awesome song for where we are TODAY:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bill+withers+lean+on+me&docid=607996210016946142&mid=87B374B8DCF68F52850487B374B8DCF68F528504&view=detail&FORM=VRAASM&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DBill%2BWithers%2BLean%2BOn%2BMe%26FORM%3DVDMHRS


14 posted on 04/03/2020 8:05:36 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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And this house just ain’t no home, Anytime she goes away,
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know ..

RIP


15 posted on 04/03/2020 8:07:07 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Red Badger

RIP.

I always liked “Lovely Day”.


16 posted on 04/03/2020 8:08:34 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist Communists) "Love you to death".)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CICIOJqEb5c

Ain’t no sunshine when you’re gone, Bill.

Heaven gonna have good music now.

R.I.P.


17 posted on 04/03/2020 8:08:59 AM PDT by chris37 (Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: Red Badger

Will need to play this out at a gig when this mess is over. RIP sir.


18 posted on 04/03/2020 8:10:39 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Red Badger

RIP
Grandma’s Hands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5pagal-ls


19 posted on 04/03/2020 8:12:39 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Scatology is serendipitous)
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To: Red Badger

Also a nine year veteran of the U.S. Navy.


20 posted on 04/03/2020 8:14:12 AM PDT by princeofdarkness (Leftists. Their only response to failure is to double down.)
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