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  • James Brown's Body To Lie At Apollo Theater In NYC

    12/27/2006 1:00:39 PM PST · by La Enchiladita · 73 replies · 1,258+ views
    CBS2/KCAL9 ^ | 12/27/06 | AP Staff
    AP) NEW YORK James Brown's music career will come full circle when his body is brought to rest on the stage of the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, where he made his explosive debut, and the world changed to his beat. The public will be permitted on Thursday to visit the Apollo to have one more look at a man who helped steer modern musical tastes toward rhythm-and-blues, funk, hip-hop, disco and rap, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Tuesday. The reverend has been a close friend of Brown for decades. "It would almost be unthinkable for a man who lived...
  • Ed Bradley of '60 Minutes' Dies

    11/09/2006 9:21:12 AM PST · by AUJenn · 268 replies · 11,740+ views
    Ed Bradley, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent and one of the pioneering black journalists of his generation, died today. He was 65. Bradley, who had won 19 Emmy awards, covered an incredible array of stories after joining the CBS newsmagazine in 1981, from brain cancer to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to the high school shootings at Columbine. He also reported a number of award-winning documentaries, covered political conventions and filled in on the "CBS Evening News" and other programs. Bradley remained active on "60 Minutes," but he had been ill for some time and underwent heart surgery about...
  • Vietnam communist spy-reporter dies

    09/21/2006 10:16:34 AM PDT · by bnacat · 12 replies · 739+ views
    Bangkok Post ^ | 21-Sep-06 | bangkokpost.com
    Hanoi (dpa) - Vietnam's most famous war-time spy Pham Xuan An, who worked as a trusted reporter for Western news agencies in Saigon by day and sent secret reports to Hanoi by night, has died at age 79, his family said Thursday. During the war, An was known as a "dean of the Vietnamese press corps," a crack reporter who brought fantastic contacts and keen political analysis to his work for news organizations including Reuters, the Christian Science Monitor and finally TIME magazine.
  • 'Pavarotti of the Plains' Don Walser dead at 72

    09/21/2006 8:06:23 AM PDT · by weegee · 3 replies · 305+ views
    Austin American Statesman ^ | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 | By Michael Corcoran
    OBITUARY 'Pavarotti of the Plains' Don Walser dead at 72 Late-blooming musician sang and yodeled his way to country heights in early 1990s. There's never been a more special relationship between a musician and his fans in Austin than when rotund National Guardsman Don Walser started over in the music business in 1990 at the now-defunct Henry's Bar on Burnet Road. His improbable rise and signing to Sire Records, the label of Madonna and the Ramones, at age 64 was the feelgood story of the Austin music scene. Dubbed "the Pavarotti of the Plains" for his clear, powerful tenor, Walser...
  • Syd Barrett Home Attracting Huge Interest

    09/13/2006 12:48:37 PM PDT · by weegee · 12 replies · 364+ views
    Reuters via Billboard ^ | September 12, 2006, 10:10 AM ET | no byline
    The former home of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett, who died in July, has attracted huge interest from potential buyers undeterred by the reclusive singer's patchy home improvement efforts. Dozens of people have viewed the 1930s house in Cambridge, England, which in the delicate words of the estate agent "provides an excellent opportunity for sympathetic improvement and updating." The walls are painted a patchwork of pink, orange, brown, blue, turquoise and lavender, while cheap wooden shelves cling precariously to the walls of every room. Barrett's decorating has done little to deter people from taking a look, with 40 viewings last...
  • Rockabilly Singer Jumpin' Gene Simmons Dies At 69

    08/31/2006 10:41:08 AM PDT · by weegee · 5 replies · 363+ views
    AP via Yahoo ^ | Thursday, August 31, 2006 | no byline
    TUPELO, Miss. — Rockabilly singer and songwriter Jumpin' Gene Simmons, who worked with Elvis Presley and had a top 20 hit in 1964 with the bouncy "Haunted House," has died. He was 69. He died Tuesday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after a long illness, according to Holland-Harris Funeral Directors. Simmons — not to be confused with the Kiss bassist with the same name — was in show business for more than 50 years, working with such names as Sam Phillips and the Bill Black Combo. More recently, he co-wrote "Indian Outlaw," which became a big hit in...
  • Mystery writer Mickey Spillane dies

    07/17/2006 2:49:44 PM PDT · by conservative in nyc · 70 replies · 2,276+ views
    CNN ^ | 7/17/06 | CNN.com
    <p>Mystery writer Mickey Spillane dies after a long illness, a nursing home spokesman says. He was 87.</p>
  • AP Article on Ken Lay's Death: W Called Him 'Kenny Boy'

    07/05/2006 8:07:22 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 22 replies · 1,515+ views
    AP/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    by Mark Finkelstein July 5, 2006 Merely because someone has just died doesn't mean you can't use the article announcing his death to take a swipe at President Bush. If you're the Associated Press, that is. In this article, published only minutes after Lay's death, the AP somehow found it pertinent , after only three short paragraphs announcing the death, to report that Lay was "nicknamed 'Kenny Boy' by President Bush." The MSM has gotten more mileage than a Prius coasting downhill out of W's 'heck of a job, Brownie' to then-FEMA Director Michael Brown in the wake of Katrina....
  • Medal of Honor recipient Doss dies

    03/30/2006 2:04:17 PM PST · by CrazyJoeDivola · 31 replies · 1,115+ views
    Calhoun Times ^ | March 23, 2006
    Desmond T. Doss, Sr., the only conscientious objector to win the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II, has died. He was 87 years old. Doss never liked being called a conscientious objector. He preferred the term conscientious cooperator. Raised a Seventh-day Adventist, Doss did not believe in using a gun or killing because of the sixth commandment which states, “Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 20:13). Doss was a patriot however, and believed in serving his country. During World War II, instead of accepting a deferment, Doss voluntarily joined the Army as a conscientious objector. Assigned to the 307th...
  • Psychologist Eugene Landy dead at 71 (controversial shrink treated Beach Boy Brian Wilson)

    03/30/2006 10:53:42 AM PST · by weegee · 2 replies · 214+ views
    UPI ^ | Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Posted: 11:30 a.m. EST (16:30 GMT) | no byline
    HONOLULU, March 29 (UPI) -- Psychologist Eugene Landy, whose controversial relationship with Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson thrust him into the national limelight, has died at age 71. Landy died of lung cancer last Wednesday in Honolulu, The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. Landy treated a long line of stars with his "24-hour therapy" -- including rocker Alice Cooper and actors Rod Steiger and Richard Harris -- the Times said. He was best known for his treatment of Wilson, whose life hit bottom in the 1970s from years of drug abuse and mental illness. Landy literally took over the songwriter's...