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Dropping Like Flies

ggw
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 18, 2011 at 10:12 PM UTC #
Vaclav Havel
vansmack
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 19, 2011 at 09:22 PM UTC #
@jstrevino I'd like to think God let Havel and Hitchens pick the third.
sweetcell
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 20, 2011 at 04:37 PM UTC #
kim jong-il dropping the bass
http://kimjongildroppingthebass.tumblr.com

these images will appear on a million forthcoming mixtapes.
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 22, 2011 at 08:28 PM UTC #
Joe Strummer….nine years ago today.  Gutted again.
Isaac
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 22, 2011 at 09:29 PM UTC #
. . . Oh Joe.
jaguar
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 11:58 AM UTC #
Helen Frankenthaler (Abstract Artist)

Had the pleasure of meeting her while I was in Art school. RIP, Helen. She had a beautiful use of color which had a bit of an influence on my work.


Now this one really surprised me as I had assumed that we lost him many, many years ago:

Cheetah the chimp from 1930s Tarzan flicks dies
beetsnotbeats
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 05:18 PM UTC #
Jaguar wrote:
Now this one really surprised me as I had assumed that we lost him many, many years ago:

Cheetah the chimp from 1930s Tarzan flicks dies


From CNN:

The chimpanzee died Saturday after suffering kidney failure the week before, the sanctuary foundation said on the site. He was roughly 80 years old, Debbie Cobb, the sanctuary's outreach director, told CNN affiliate WFLA.

Cobb recalled Cheetah as an outgoing chimp who loved finger painting and watching football and who was soothed by Christian music, the station said. [emphasis added]
BAGLEY
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 07:28 PM UTC #
My father- Ira-passed away 12/26/11… Many fond memories to cherish from over the years, especially the musical ones- i. e. Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Lenox, Ma music shed,  Patti Smith
reading poetry and doing a sound check , Dexter Gordon steadying himself on a mic stand-too drunk to stand on his own and Charles Mingus playing from a wheelchair in his last days, all at a small club in Woodstock, NY

All of which I had the pleasure of experiencing with him, due to his kindness and generosity

RIP
wml7
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 08:02 PM UTC #
Bagley wrote:
My father- Ira-passed away 12/26/11… Many fond memories to cherish from over the years, especially the musical ones- i. e. Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Lenox, Ma music shed,  Patti Smith
reading poetry and doing a sound check , Dexter Gordon steadying himself on a mic stand-too drunk to stand on his own and Charles Mingus playing from a wheelchair in his last days, all at a small club in Woodstock, NY

All of which I had the pleasure of experiencing with him, due to his kindness and generosity

RIP



aww, sorry to hear that.  my thoughts and prayers are with you.
StoneTheCrow
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 08:15 PM UTC #
Sorry to hear that as well.  Those are some amazing memories, though.
jaguar
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 08:20 PM UTC #
Very sorry to hear that. Sounds like he was a cool man. Would have loved to had seen that Mingus show. My condolences to you and your family.
skeeter
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 09:53 PM UTC #
So sorry to hear, Bagley.
Seth Hurwitz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 10:38 PM UTC #
Bagley wrote:
My father- Ira-passed away 12/26/11… Many fond memories to cherish from over the years, especially the musical ones- i. e. Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Lenox, Ma music shed,  Patti Smith
reading poetry and doing a sound check , Dexter Gordon steadying himself on a mic stand-too drunk to stand on his own and Charles Mingus playing from a wheelchair in his last days, all at a small club in Woodstock, NY

All of which I had the pleasure of experiencing with him, due to his kindness and generosity

RIP


very sorry

how about a couple of tickets on me to cheer you up…we'll say it's from him
hutch
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 11:11 PM UTC #
(real nice gesture above)


Bummer Bagley…. sorry to read that.
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Bob Marley, Mingus and Dexter Gordon?

wow.

azaghal1981
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 28, 2011 at 11:41 PM UTC #
Whoa, sorry.
Doctor Doom
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Re: Dropping Like Flies December 29, 2011 at 01:43 PM UTC #
Bagley wrote:
My father- Ira-passed away 12/26/11… Many fond memories to cherish from over the years, especially the musical ones- i. e. Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Lenox, Ma music shed,  Patti Smith
reading poetry and doing a sound check , Dexter Gordon steadying himself on a mic stand-too drunk to stand on his own and Charles Mingus playing from a wheelchair in his last days, all at a small club in Woodstock, NY

All of which I had the pleasure of experiencing with him, due to his kindness and generosity

RIP


I am very sorry to hear this. 
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