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starrynight
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| Tom Lehrer, singer/songwriter/satirist/mathematician, aged 97. |
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Spyke
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Sad news about Tom Lehrer - a very talented songwriter, and, I'm sure, mathematician too.
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| starrynight wrote: | | Tom Lehrer, singer/songwriter/satirist/mathematician, aged 97. |
My heart is breaking a bit. He was a solid fixture in my childhood. I knew all his songs even though I didn't know exactly what some of them meant (thank you, Mom and Dad, for letting me sing "Smut" at the top of my lungs).
A piece of his song "National Brotherhood Week" (lyrics slightly changed) was used in Henry McHenry's first set in Annette.
I didn't know he had move back to Cambridge, Massachusetts, the town next to mine. I don't know what I would have done had I known.
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| Sad to see Prof. Lehrer go, but 97 years including careers in music and math... what a life he lived! |
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Toughest Girl In Town
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| waterloosunset wrote: | | A piece of his song "National Brotherhood Week" (lyrics slightly changed) was used in Henry McHenry's first set in Annette. |
I confess I didn't know who Tom Lehrer was, but I just listened to this song you mentioned, and this was deliciously funny.
Thanks for that bit of knowledge! |
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I love Tom Lehrers line about nuclear war
"Universal bereavement....an inspiring achievement " |
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| Robert Wilson......theatre director (that description really doesn't do justice to him ) |
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James Whale - Radio show presenter aged 74
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starrynight
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| Jim Lovell, astronaut, aged 97. |
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PETER RAWCLIFFE
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Actor Ray Brooks 86 RIP .. I remember him most from the great series Big Deal but i think most will know him from his part in Eastenders.
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Crabby
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| And he was in Cathy Come Home as well.....an absolutely ground breaking piece of work. |
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PETER RAWCLIFFE
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| Crabby wrote: | | And he was in Cathy Come Home as well.....an absolutely ground breaking piece of work. |
Totally agree
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| Biddy Baxter.....what would l have done without Blue Peter!! |
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Alex Robertson
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| Terence Stamp…the ONLY Zod…I’d say he brought depth to every character he played! |
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Crabby
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| I think you mean the very beautiful Terence Stamp!! |
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| Ray Mayhew drummer with the 80s band Sigue Sigue Sputnik died aged 60 |
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Alex Robertson
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| Joe Bugner…boxer and by all accounts a gentleman…only 75 |
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Mark Volman…..
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Awww.... Flo and Eddie no more.
(and The Turtles of course) |
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| With the debug error, it seems like there was no mention of fashion designer Giorgio Armani’s passing…I was never skinny enough to carry off his “look”! |
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