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omni
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response 75 of 244:
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May 23 02:29 UTC 1998 |
I wouldn't call being mentioned in Newsweek little press notice.
Ok, so they didn't give her what they gave Sinatra, but they did mention
her.
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goose
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response 76 of 244:
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May 23 04:25 UTC 1998 |
Did Eddie Rabbit die recently?
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mcnally
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response 77 of 244:
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May 23 05:30 UTC 1998 |
re #74, 75: I agree that Williams' death got a fair amount of notice
considering the number of people who can still recall anything of her
recording career (I know I remembered her but couldn't recall a single
Plasmatics song..) Besides Newsweek, her death got coverage on CNN
and even response #54 of the Grex Music Conference obituaries item..
If that's not fame I don't know what is.. :-)
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bruin
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response 78 of 244:
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May 23 14:45 UTC 1998 |
RE #76 Eddie Rabbitt did die of cancer at the age of 53 or 56, depending on
your sources.
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tpryan
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response 79 of 244:
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Jul 12 00:12 UTC 1998 |
A fond farwell here to one of the singing cowboys, Roy Rodgers,
who passed away earlier this week.
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krj
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response 80 of 244:
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Sep 8 16:41 UTC 1998 |
Ian A. Anderson of FOLK ROOTS magazine reports, on Usenet, the death of
Lal Waterson. Lal was part of the English acapella singing family
The Watersons and she also had made two notable recordings outside
the group: one with her brother Mike in the 70s, and one with her son
Oliver Knight in the early 1990s.
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anderyn
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response 81 of 244:
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Sep 8 17:03 UTC 1998 |
This is such a bummer. She was an interesting singer.
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krj
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response 82 of 244:
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Sep 9 18:41 UTC 1998 |
Lal died of cancer at age 55.
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krj
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response 83 of 244:
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Sep 23 18:21 UTC 1998 |
Wednesday's New York Times carries an obituary for UM music
professor William Albright, who was a renowned ragtime player on
piano - and also on organ, says the article.
Mr. Albright was 53 and died of liver failure.
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katie
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response 84 of 244:
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Sep 24 04:44 UTC 1998 |
Yeah, his obit was in the AA News a few days ago; I was surprised that there
was no accompanying or subsequent article.
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albaugh
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response 85 of 244:
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Sep 24 17:34 UTC 1998 |
I had Prof. Albright for some composition classes (he was a composer himself).
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bruin
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response 86 of 244:
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Sep 26 21:45 UTC 1998 |
Jazz singer Betty Carter died today of pancreatic cancer at the age of 69.
I had just listened to a eulogy of Betty on NPR's _All Things Considered_.
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goose
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response 87 of 244:
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Oct 2 21:32 UTC 1998 |
Gene Autrey died today according to NPR.
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bruin
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response 88 of 244:
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Oct 2 22:55 UTC 1998 |
RE #87 First Roy Rogers, then Buffalo Bob, and now Gene Autry. Guess we have
death come in groups of three (i.e. singing cowboys and/or Western related
motifs).
As Paula Cole stated so elequently in song, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?"
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goose
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response 89 of 244:
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Oct 4 02:39 UTC 1998 |
Roddy McDowell died of cancer (I didn't catch what kind) I think he did
some singing as well as acting.
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albaugh
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response 90 of 244:
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Oct 4 04:25 UTC 1998 |
Gene Autry probably died at last due to the heartache of his Anaheim Angels
yet again failing to make it to the post season.
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bruin
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response 91 of 244:
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Oct 4 14:52 UTC 1998 |
RE #90 Autry sold the Angels to Disney a few years ago.
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tpryan
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response 92 of 244:
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Oct 4 21:19 UTC 1998 |
Gene Autry also owned one of the Detroit Radio stations. I know
it was one of the 1130AM incarnations of WCAR, but I cannot place the
timeframe. It's FM companion was WTWR, but not the WTWR now out of
Monroe, at 97.9??.
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bruin
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response 93 of 244:
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Oct 4 22:17 UTC 1998 |
RE #92 Gene Autry was the CEO of Golden West Broadcasting, which at one
time owned WCAR-AM 1130 (now WDFN -- The Fan) and WTWR-FM 92.3 (now WMXD
-- Mix 92.3). He sold both stations in 1986 or thereabouts.
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albaugh
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response 94 of 244:
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Oct 5 16:24 UTC 1998 |
But he probably still considered them "his" Angels, and the heartache wasn't
any less. Or not.
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bruin
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response 95 of 244:
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Oct 15 12:57 UTC 1998 |
Polka king Frankie Yankovic (no relation to "Weird Al") died yesterday at the
age of 83.
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krj
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response 96 of 244:
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Oct 15 16:37 UTC 1998 |
"No relation?!?!?!" Frank was Weird Al's father!!!!
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albaugh
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response 97 of 244:
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Oct 15 20:16 UTC 1998 |
No, Weird Al was *Frankie's* father. That's what's so weird about him! :-)
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krj
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response 98 of 244:
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Oct 15 20:57 UTC 1998 |
I seem to have been dreadfully misinfomred in #96. For years I thought Frank
was Al's dad.
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lumen
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response 99 of 244:
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Oct 16 01:26 UTC 1998 |
Eh? Now I'm confused..
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