Dropping Like Flies

Claudio Abbado
RIP Sid Osborne, 930 crew chief.

my condolences to the 930 family.  it's been a rough year for staph.
Oh, shit. Very sorry.

sweetcell wrote:
RIP Sid Osborne, 930 crew chief.

my condolences to the 930 family.  it's been a rough year for staph.
Can't catch a break.  Hang in there, team.
my condolences..

sweetcell wrote:
RIP Sid Osborne, 930 crew chief.

my condolences to the 930 family.  it's been a rough year for staph.


Anyone know what happened? if there will be a memorial? My heart breaks every time another member of the 9:30 family dies. ugh.
showlistdc wrote:
Alexi Petersen, singer of the AKs, was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/21/alexandros-petersen-1984-2014.html#url=/articles/2014/01/21/alexandros-petersen-1984-2014.html


Sounds like a smart and interesting fella, rip.
showlistdc wrote:
Alexi Petersen, singer of the AKs, was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/21/alexandros-petersen-1984-2014.html#url=/articles/2014/01/21/alexandros-petersen-1984-2014.html


I was at a show last Monday where The Max Levine Ensemble did a short tribute and mentioned that he died. Didn't know that this was how.
I just can't get my arms around dying from complications of the flu…

just awful.
hutch wrote:
I just can't get my arms around dying from complications of the flu…

just awful.


Imma guess something else played a part in those complications.
hutch wrote:
I just can't get my arms around dying from complications of the flu…

just awful.


And he was just 39.  That is sad. 
The Marlboro Man died of cancer? He wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.
Julian, wrote:
The Marlboro Man died of cancer? He wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.


People did not know that smoking caused cancer when he started smoking. 
atomic wrote:
Julian, wrote:
The Marlboro Man died of cancer? He wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.


People did not know that smoking caused cancer when he started smoking. 
Did you hear that? It was the sound of my reference whizzing over your head.
hutch wrote:
I just can't get my arms around dying from complications of the flu…

just awful.

Same happened to Trish Keenan I think.
gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
pete seeger
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/music/pete-seeger-songwriter-and-champion-of-folk-music-dies-at-94.html?_r=0

after raffi, pete seeger's "Children's Concert At Town Hall" is the most-played album at our place these days.  the kiddos will be listening to it on repeat today, per my mother-in-law.