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talo ka
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From: tampa, fla
|  Posted: 2012-03-29 03:03 am Permalink
RIP Earl Skruggs.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/28/showbiz/obit-earl-scruggs/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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Joined: Jan 10, 2005
Posts: 956
From: Ling Cod Beach, CA 90803
| Posted: 2012-03-29 12:39 pm Permalink
Big-wave surfer Mel Kinney passed away Feb 14, 2012 after suffering a heart attack several days earlier. He was 57.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Mel Kinney
He is the boy who appears in the opening credits of the original Hawaii Five-O.
Surf News Network: Mel Kinney
YouTube: Hawaii Five-O opening credits
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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From: Ling Cod Beach, CA 90803
| Posted: 2012-04-05 4:29 pm Permalink
James Charles "Jim" Marshall,
Known throughout the music world for founding Marshall Amplification, which produced the amplifiers that rocked music halls and arenas after their introduction in 1960.
July 29, 1923 – April 5, 2012
NPR: Jim Marshall
Official Marshall Amps Site
Marshall is revered as one of the four forefathers of rock music equipment along with Leo Fender, Les Paul and Seth Lover.
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5137
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2012-04-06 10:16 pm Permalink
SAN FRANCISCO — Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, a family spokesman said.
Kinkade, 54, died at his home in Los Gatos in the San Francisco Bay Area of what appeared to be natural causes, David Satterfield said.
Kinkade's sentimental paintings, with their scenes of country gardens and churches in dewy morning light, were beloved by middlebrow America but reviled by the art establishment. He claimed to be the nation's most collected living artist, and his paintings and spin-off products were said to fetch some $100 million a year in sales, and to be in 10 million homes in the United States.
His paintings generally depict tranquil scenes with lush landscaping and streams running nearby. Many contain images from Bible passages.
"I'm a warrior for light," Kinkade, a self-described devout Christian, told the San Jose Mercury News in 2002, in reference to the medieval practice of using light to symbolize the divine. "With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel."
Before Kinkade's Media Arts Group went private in the middle of the past decade, the company took in $32 million per quarter from 4,500 dealers across the country 10 years ago, according to the Mercury News. The cost of his paintings range from hundreds of dollars to more than $10,000.
A biography on his website states that Kinkade rejected "the intellectual isolation of the artist" and instead, made "each of his works an intimate statement that resonates in the personal lives of his viewers."
"I share something in common with Norman Rockwell and, for that matter, with Walt Disney," he said. "In that I really like to make people happy."
Kinkade was born and raised in the Placerville, Calif. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
"Thom provided a wonderful life for his family," his wife, Nanette, said in a statement. "We are shocked and saddened by his death."
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Bora Boris
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Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2417
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2012-04-08 07:44 am Permalink
60 Minutes' Mike Wallace, he was 93.
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bamalamalu
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Joined: Mar 20, 2006
Posts: 389 | Posted: 2012-04-18 12:56 pm Permalink
Dick Clark. Boo.
Dick Clark, the music industry maverick, longtime TV host and powerhouse producer who changed the way we listened to pop music with "American Bandstand," and whose trademark "Rockin' Eve" became a fixture of New Year's celebrations, died today at the age of 82.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dick-clark-entertainment-icon-nicknamed-americas-oldest-teenager/story?id=16076252
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Mr. NoNaMe
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Joined: May 10, 2006
Posts: 1871 | Posted: 2012-04-19 08:18 am Permalink
Jonathan Frid dead at 87.
Dec 2. 1924-April 13 2012.
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PiPhiRho
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 981
From: Redondo Beach
| Posted: 2012-04-19 11:33 pm Permalink
Dick Clark and Jonathan Frid. Two baby boomer icons. Just last week I got the entire series of Dark Shadows on DVD.
I think I will make a Barnabas Collins (a vodka collins with blood orange syrup) and drink a toast to the both of them.
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PiPhiRho
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 981
From: Redondo Beach
| Posted: 2012-04-19 11:38 pm Permalink
And Levon Helm makes it 3.
http://gma.yahoo.com/levon-helm-dies---the-band--singer-was-71.html
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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Posts: 956
From: Ling Cod Beach, CA 90803
| Posted: 2012-04-22 12:39 pm Permalink
Orange County/Long Beach concert promoter Ken Phebus passed away April 7, 2012
Press Telegram: Ken Phebus
Orange County Register: Ken Phebus
He put on shows at Rumbleseat Garage and Fenders' Ballroom in Long Beach, CA and in Orange County, he booked artists at the Coach House and the Orange County Fair/Pacific Amphitheater.
Official Ken Phebus page
Not a big celebrity but he did have a big impact on the Southern California music scene and he was an O.K. guy.
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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 8314
From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2012-05-04 12:53 pm Permalink
RIP Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/05/the-beastie-boys-adam-yauch-dies-after-long-battle-with-cancer.html
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bamalamalu
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Joined: Mar 20, 2006
Posts: 389 | Posted: 2012-05-06 11:04 am Permalink
George "Goober" Lindsey of 'Andy Griffith Show' fame dies at age 83
The Nashville resident’s career was much broader than the confines of Mayberry. Mr. Lindsey also appeared in “M*A*S*H,” “Gunsmoke,” “Herbie the Love Bug” and “C.H.I.P.S.” He was in movies including Take This Job and Shove It and Cannonball Run II, was a judge for the Miss USA pageant for years, and lent his voice to an assortment of animated Disney characters in movies including The Aristocats, The Rescuers and Robin Hood. He recorded a comedy album in 1971 Goober Sings! And was a member of the “Hee Haw” cast for 20 years.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120506/ENTERTAINMENT03/120506003/George-Goober-Lindsey-Andy-Griffith-Show-fame-dies-age-83
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bamalamalu
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Joined: Mar 20, 2006
Posts: 389 | Posted: 2012-05-08 06:26 am Permalink
Author Maurice Sendak dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," died early Tuesday. He was 83 and lived in Ridgefield, Conn.
http://news.yahoo.com/where-wild-things-author-maurice-sendak-dies-124719170.html
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bamalamalu
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Joined: Mar 20, 2006
Posts: 389 | Posted: 2012-05-09 2:58 pm Permalink
Busy week.
Hairstyling giant Vidal Sassoon dies in LA at 84
Vidal Sassoon used his hairstyling shears to free women from beehives and hot rollers and give them wash-and-wear cuts that made him an international name in hair care.
http://ww2.cox.com/myconnection/sandiego/today/news/entertainment/article.cox?moduleType=apNews&articleId=D9ULDD780
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bamalamalu
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Joined: Mar 20, 2006
Posts: 389 | Posted: 2012-05-11 5:16 pm Permalink
Shelby
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/sports/carroll-shelby-builder-of-cobra-sports-car-dies-at-89.html
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