In Memoriam

[PaulBullion]

Miss Nancy Wilson, a song stylist who worked with jazz, funk and R&B musicians, died at the age of 81. She decided at age 4 to become a singer, and had her first TV show as a teenager. She was the first female artist to cross over to white audiences in a big way, as Nat King Cole had done among the male artists. She was an incredibly prolific artist, especially in the 60s when she recorded as many as 4 albums a year.



Rest in Peace, Miss Nancy Wilson.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Miss Nancy Wilson, a song stylist who worked with jazz, funk and R&B musicians, died at the age of 81. She decided at age 4 to become a singer, and had her first TV show as a teenager. She was the first female artist to cross over to white audiences in a big way, as Nat King Cole had done among the male artists. She was an incredibly prolific artist, especially in the 60s when she recorded as many as 4 albums a year.



Rest in Peace, Miss Nancy Wilson.

When I first heard about this, my first thought was it was Ann Wilson's sister from 1970's rock band Heart.

[PaulBullion]

When I first heard about this, my first thought was it was Ann Wilson's sister from 1970's rock band Heart.

Wait, aren't you black??

[The Darknight Detective]

Wait, aren't you black??

Heh. White-guy me didn't think of Ann's sister, but the beautiful and elegant jazz stylist instead. Of course, the latter's advanced age might have been the reason for that. At any rate, she was a great vocalist and she will be missed.

RIP

[The Darknight Detective]

RIP, Mrs. Jessica Starr, the Fox TV meteorologist.

https://hollywoodlife.com/2018/12/13...meteorologist/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-herself.html

This is why I still wear contacts. Extremely sad story.

RIP

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Wait, aren't you black??

Very much so, but I’ve always been a bigger fan of rock than R&B or jazz, that’s why I thought of Ann’s sister from Heart first. But the passing of the other Nancy Wilson was a great loss to the world of music.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

This is why I still wear contacts. Extremely sad story.

RIP

I wear glasses and I’m perfectly content with that. Yeah, such a tragedy.

[PaulBullion]

Actress Sondra Locke has died.

Her relationship with Clint Eastwood seems to have been hell (among other things, he forced her to switch from an IUD for birth control to the "rhythm method" which, of course, failed and led to two abortions), but she ended up standing up to him in court, twice:

The pair were together for 14 years, but in April 1989 Locke filed a lawsuit against Eastwood.

In her settlement she received a $1.5m (£1.2m) three-year contract to create films for Warner Bros, but the studio did not accept any of the 30 projects she pitched.

Believing this was Eastwood's doing, she again sued him in 1995 for fraud, eventually reaching a $2.5m (£2m) settlement a year later.

"I don't have to worry about working," she said after the settlement was made.

She said the lawsuit "was never about money, it was about my fighting for my professional rights".

[Kirby101]

That is sad. Wonderful and beautiful actress.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Just heard that Penny Marshall from Laverne & Shirley Fame passed away today at 75.

[PaulBullion]

Just heard that Penny Marshall from Laverne & Shirley Fame passed away today at 75.

She was such a great director. Where would Tom Hanks' career be without her "Big" and "A League of their own"?

[Phoenixx9]

Just heard Penny Marshall, "Laverne" of Laverne & Shirley fame, is dead at age 75.

I am so sad! She was very talented and will be missed.

[Mormel]

Moment of silence for Dutch ice skater Paulien van Deutekom, who passed away yesterday at age 37, following a battle with lung cancer.

She was world champion at the 2008 Allround Speed Skating Championship in Berlin.

[ed2962]

Daryl Dragon, Captain from Capt and Tennille, passed away.

[Scott Taylor]

RIP "Mean" Gene Okerlund and Super Dave Osborne (Bob Einstein)

https://www.theringer.com/2019/1/3/1...roadcaster-rip