Post famous people and links to their bio as they occur.
https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/rick-hall-father-of-muscle-shoals-music-dead-at-85-w514854
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jan/07/jerry-van-idiot-dies-at-home-in-arkansas-1/
When you click on the link you will have to replace the word idiot with dyke.
SMH at FF's profanity filter.
Arkansas transplant
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/120351/albert-yarnell-of-yarnell-ice-cream-renown-dies-at-94
Quote from: bleudog on January 09, 2018, 01:10:17 pm
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/120351/albert-yarnell-of-yarnell-ice-cream-renown-dies-at-94
Wow he lived a Long time , So Ice Cream will let us get older.
Quote from: Lions84 on January 09, 2018, 03:16:15 pm
Wow he lived a Long time , So Ice Cream will let us get older.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/01/07/betty-white-95-speaks-about-longevity-vodka-and-hot-dogs.html
Quote from: bleudog on January 09, 2018, 03:35:39 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/01/07/betty-white-95-speaks-about-longevity-vodka-and-hot-dogs.html
I will pass on the Vodka but I all over those hot dogs.
Whoa Nelly: http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89
Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries. Dead at age 46.
Quote from: AirWarren on January 15, 2018, 01:50:25 pm
Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries. Dead at age 46.
Total Shock!
Quote from: bleudog on January 13, 2018, 10:17:26 am
Whoa Nelly: http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89
We have no more real Sports Casters.
Quote from: Lions84 on January 17, 2018, 09:29:03 am
We have no more real Sports Casters.
Mike Tirico and Kevin Harlan would like a word with you
Quote from: Lions84 on January 17, 2018, 09:29:03 am
We have no more real Sports Casters.
Quote from: Longfellow on January 17, 2018, 02:30:21 pm
Mike Tirico and Kevin Harlan would like a word with you
Jim Nantz, Joe Buck, Bob Costas and Al Michaels are keeping the model alive.
Cable has been to broadcasting what expansion has been to sports leagues.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary.aspx?n=dorothy-malone&pid=187916527
DALLAS (AP) - Actress Dorothy Malone, who won hearts of 1960s television viewers as the long-suffering mother in the nighttime soap "Peyton Place," died Friday in her hometown of Dallas at age 93.
https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/lari-white-now-i-know-country-singer-dead-at-52-w515694
Quote from: bleudog on January 23, 2018, 08:02:47 pm
https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/lari-white-now-i-know-country-singer-dead-at-52-w515694
Prayers for her family and friends that just too young.
https://doyouremember.com/64819/mort-walker-creator-beetle-bailey-comic-died-94
http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2018/01/28/ikea-founder-ingvar-kamprad-dead-at-91-company-says.html
Bleu I heard on Bo's Show that Clyde Smackover Scott has passed away today.
Quote from: Lions84 on January 30, 2018, 02:44:07 pm
Bleu I heard on Bo's Show that Clyde Smackover Scott has passed away today.
Thanks for the heads up, I hadn't heard that. I'd guess he'd be in his 90s though. Olympic medal winner in the late 40s. I think his was one of only two football numbers the Razorbacks have retired.
https://www.seccountry.com/arkansas/former-arkansas-football-player-clyde-scott-dies-age-93
http://pix11.com/2018/02/02/temptations-lead-singer-dennis-edwards-dies-at-74/
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000914139/article/edwin-jackson-dies-after-being-hit-by-suspected-drunken-driver
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/john-mahoney-dead
Quote from: bleudog on February 05, 2018, 07:31:20 pm
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/john-mahoney-dead
He was a good one
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-john-mahoney-20180205-story.html
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/02/07/actor-mickey-jones-dies/
Quote from: bleudog on February 07, 2018, 07:02:01 pm
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/02/07/actor-mickey-jones-dies/
https://www.guidelive.com/celebrities/2018/02/07/houston-actor-mickey-jones-known-justified-home-improvement-died
WOW I did not realize he was that old.
http://katv.com/news/local/sunshine-sonny-payne-host-of-the-king-biscuit-time-radio-show-has-passed-away
https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8099224/daryle-singletary-traditional-country-singer-randy-travis-protege-dies-at-46
Quote from: bleudog on February 10, 2018, 08:14:28 pm
http://katv.com/news/local/sunshine-sonny-payne-host-of-the-king-biscuit-time-radio-show-has-passed-away
Rest in Peace. He was a Legend in the Delta .
Dr, Billy Graham dead at 99.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/02/21/billy-graham-americas-pastor-has-died/858017001/
No one will ever be able to backfill his impact.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-ogden-stiers-major-charles-emerson-winchester-iii-mash-dies-at-75-1090841
Sir Roger Bannister, 88
The first to run a mile in under 4 minutes.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249 (http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249)
Quote from: 1-Adam-12 on March 04, 2018, 04:43:49 pm
Sir Roger Bannister, 88
The first to run a mile in under 4 minutes.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249 (http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249)
A Legend in Running.
Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens, and Roger Bannister were the big names from the distant past when I was going thru school. Bob Hayes, Bob Beamon, and Al Oerter were also legends by then. I came in when Bruce Jenner, Steve Prefontaine, and Edwin Moses were the big names. Bannister was one of the true legends. Transcended time.
Quote from: RATTLER43 on March 05, 2018, 02:02:58 pm
Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens, and Roger Bannister were the big names from the distant past when I was going thru school. Bob Hayes, Bob Beamon, and Al Oerter were also legends by then. I came in when Bruce Jenner, Steve Prefontaine, and Edwin Moses were the big names. Bannister was one of the true legends. Transcended time.
I would have thought Jim Ryun might have been in your list.
Russ Solomon, founder of Tower Records.
http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article203542104.html
Quote from: bleudog on March 05, 2018, 03:38:59 pm
I would have thought Jim Ryun might have been in your list.
yep. Right there with Beamon and Fosbury. More greats.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/14/stephen-hawking-famed-physicist-dead-at-76.html
Saints owner Tom Benson dies peacefully in his home at 90
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/baseball/story/_/id/22775847/coaching-legend-augie-garrido-79-dies
Quote from: bleudog on March 15, 2018, 07:30:38 pm
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/baseball/story/_/id/22775847/coaching-legend-augie-garrido-79-dies
I lost all respect for him after they lost the NC and He and the Horns refused to come out for the 2nd place award.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/rusty-staub-beloved-mets-icon-dead-73-article-1.3902929
Staub was a great hitter.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-bochco-dead-hill-street-blues-la-law-nypd-blue-creator-741199
Quote from: bleudog on April 01, 2018, 08:38:14 pm
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-bochco-dead-hill-street-blues-la-law-nypd-blue-creator-741199
Great career. Some of my favorite shows.
Even now I watch reruns of NYPD Blue.
Hill Street Blues was ahead of it's time.
http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0404/638619/wwe-remembers-johnny-valiant-after-sudden-passing/
Quote from: bleudog on April 05, 2018, 07:25:03 am
http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0404/638619/wwe-remembers-johnny-valiant-after-sudden-passing/
Prayers for his family and Friends he was a good one.
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/r-lee-ermey-dead-dies-full-metal-jacket-golden-globe-nominee-1202753747/
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/c4/d7/c9c4d72ba3ba5c3363ec59d29294217f.jpg)
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/harry-anderson-night-court-star-dead-65-report-article-1.3937614
Barbara Bush in failing health, won't seek further treatment.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/politics/barbara-bush-health/index.html
Quote from: bleudog on April 16, 2018, 06:28:30 pm
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/harry-anderson-night-court-star-dead-65-report-article-1.3937614
Shocked by this one.
Quote from: bleudog on April 15, 2018, 06:56:01 pm
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/r-lee-ermey-dead-dies-full-metal-jacket-golden-globe-nominee-1202753747/
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/c4/d7/c9c4d72ba3ba5c3363ec59d29294217f.jpg)
Gunny will live on Via YouTube.
Quote from: Lions84 on April 17, 2018, 09:33:32 am
Gunny will live on Via YouTube.
Loved watching Mail Call with my dad when I was a kid
http://abcnews.go.com/US/lady-barbara-bush-dies-age-92/story?id=54490037
http://www.wwe.com/article/bruno-sammartino-passes-away?sf187243454=1
http://abc13.com/entertainment/verne-troyer-best-known-as-mini-me-in-austin-powers-has-died/3375895/
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2018/04/charles_neville_smiling_saxoph.html
Quote from: bleudog on April 18, 2018, 12:09:26 pm
http://www.wwe.com/article/bruno-sammartino-passes-away?sf187243454=1
I remember him still on TV wrestling back in the 1970's .
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/ole-miss/2018/05/12/former-ole-miss-coach-billy-brewer-dies-college-football-rebels/605519002/
Margot Kidder
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/entertainment/margot-kidder-superman-actress-dead/index.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44130788
American Author Tom Wolfe gone at 87
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/obituaries/billy-cannon-dead-football-heisman.html
http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/clint-walker-dead-dies-cheyenne-dirty-dozen-1202819083/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-blues-eddy-clearwater-dies-20180601-story.html
49ers HOF Dwight Clark famous for "The Catch" does after battle with ALS
Quote from: BigLion10 on June 04, 2018, 05:57:21 pm
49ers HOF Dwight Clark famous for "The Catch" does after battle with ALS
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23698130/former-san-francisco-49ers-great-dwight-clark-dies-61-battling-als
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/arts/jerry-maren-dead-wizard-of-oz-munchkin.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/us/anthony-bourdain-obit/index.html
http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/23785373/anne-donovan-hall-famer-first-woman-coach-wnba-championship-team-dies-56
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/obituaries/dj-fontana-87-elvis-presley-drummer-is-dead.html
Leon White better known as Vader in WWF died last night at 63
Quote from: BigLion10 on June 20, 2018, 03:26:42 pm
Leon White better known as Vader in WWF died last night at 63
https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/wwe-stars-pay-tribute-to-dead-legend-big-van-vader/news-story/e16c66c502b19421b6fbb2985bd9acab#.s3dy7
Vinny Paul. Longtime member of Pantera and HELLYEAH....has passed away. No other information at this time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/topnews/vinnie-paul-pantera-drummer-and-co-founder-dead-at-54/ar-AAz2ng4?li=BBnbfcL&item=personalization_enabled:false&OCID=ansmsnnews11
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/06/25/pawn-stars-richard-harrison-old-man-death/730665002/
Joseph Jackson, patriarch of the talented Jackson family. Incidentally, Jackson was originally from Fountain Hill, AR
Rough Summer!
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/bruce-lietzke-67-succumbs-to-brain-cancer
The professional wrestling world took four hits in one day today.
Nikolai Volkoff, Brian Lawler, Brickhouse Brown, and Tracy Caddell all passed away earlier in the day.
Quote from: VHSCoach2 on July 29, 2018, 05:36:32 pm
The professional wrestling world took four hits in one day today.
Nikolai Volkoff, Brian Lawler, Brickhouse Brown, and Tracy Caddell all passed away earlier in the day.
Sad day in the wrestling world. Prayers to their families
Quote from: VHSCoach2 on July 29, 2018, 05:36:32 pm
The professional wrestling world took four hits in one day today.
Nikolai Volkoff, Brian Lawler, Brickhouse Brown, and Tracy Caddell all passed away earlier in the day.
I didn't realize Brian Lawler was Jerry Lawler's son.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wwe-confirms-grandmaster-sexay-nikolai-volkoff-have-died-n895661
This slipped by w/o me hearing it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Cronauer
Famously played by Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam.
Stan Mikita, 78
Chicago Blackhawks legend and Hockey Hall of Famer.
Even though I back their rivals (St. Louis Blues), he was one of my favorites when I first started watching hockey.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-spt-blackhawks-stan-mikita-20180807-story.html (http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-spt-blackhawks-stan-mikita-20180807-story.html)
Wrestling legend Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart passed away this morning at the age of 63.
https://www.wwe.com/article/jim-the-anvil-neidhart-passes-away?sf195438526=1
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
Today, it's Ed King, former guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Strawberry Alarm Clock, who passed away at 68
Quote from: PokeyRedskinStudentScout on August 23, 2018, 12:46:11 pm
Today, it's Ed King, former guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Strawberry Alarm Clock, who passed away at 68
https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/08/23/former-lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-ed-king-dead-68/1072400002/
King was featured prominently in the rockumentrary that ran on AXS-TV.
King co wrote Sweet Home Alabama with Lynard Skinner
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/25/john-mccain-dead-at-81.html
Quote from: PokeyRedskinStudentScout on August 23, 2018, 12:46:11 pm
Today, it's Ed King, former guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Strawberry Alarm Clock, who passed away at 68
I had no idea he was a member of Strawberry Alarm Clock
Quote from: bleudog on August 25, 2018, 08:00:51 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/25/john-mccain-dead-at-81.html
Went back and watched some of his speeches in 2008.... Always kept it classy and he would have been a fine leader. Never personally attacked Obama and kept it straight to the political issues. I honestly think had people in his corner not told him to pick Palin he would have kept the election very close in 2008 and who knows possibly won by a narrow margin. I know her vice presidential debate against Biden dropped McCain's ticket popularity some when it swung Independents more toward Obama. He may have not won the election with another VP, but I know it would have been closer at least.
Rest in Peace Sen McCain.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/06/burt-reynolds-dead-at-82.html
Quote from: bleudog on September 06, 2018, 02:09:17 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/06/burt-reynolds-dead-at-82.html
My generation's "man's man". Just watched White Lightning (filmed in Benton and Saline County) the other night along with Smokey and the Bandit. Great flicks. Yes, I used the word flicks. Shows my age, ya think?
Quote from: Maynard G Krebs on September 06, 2018, 09:00:51 pm
My generation's "man's man". Just watched White Lightning (filmed in Benton and Saline County) the other night along with Smokey and the Bandit. Great flicks. Yes, I used the word flicks. Shows my age, ya think?
Gator
East bound and Down.
Quote from: Maynard G Krebs on September 06, 2018, 09:00:51 pm
My generation's "man's man". Just watched White Lightning (filmed in Benton and Saline County) the other night along with Smokey and the Bandit. Great flicks. Yes, I used the word flicks. Shows my age, ya think?
"I haven't had that much fun since I went to the all night dentist" :D
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/28/marty-balin-who-co-founded-jefferson-airplane-dies-at-76.html
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/otis-rush-chicago-blues-guitarist-dead-731136/
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2800678-hall-of-fame-packers-fullback-jim-taylor-dies-at-age-83
https://pix11.com/2018/10/18/wrestler-dirty-dick-slater-dead-at-67/
http://americansongwriter.com/2018/10/tony-joe-white-passes-away-75/
I was lucky enough to see him in Monroe, LA about the time "I Get Off On It" came out.
Dang. Love Polk Salad Annie or Poke Salit Annie
Quote from: bleudog on September 29, 2018, 01:05:42 am
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/28/marty-balin-who-co-founded-jefferson-airplane-dies-at-76.html
If only you believe like I believe, baby, we'd get by
http://www.ktvu.com/news/willie-mccovey-giants-hall-of-fame-first-baseman-had-died
Donna Axum, Miss America 1964. El Dorado native. Age 76
RIP to the Legend Stan Lee. Died at 95
http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/25260632/nascar-hall-famer-3-cup-champion-david-pearson-dies-83
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/roy-clark-country-music-legend-and-hee-haw-star-dead-at-85
Quote from: bleudog on November 15, 2018, 12:17:12 pm
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/roy-clark-country-music-legend-and-hee-haw-star-dead-at-85
Sad. On the bright side, "He never picked cotton".
Quote from: Maynard G Krebs on November 15, 2018, 06:42:27 pm
Sad. On the bright side, "He never picked cotton".
But his mother did
And his brother did
And his sister did
And and daddy died young
Workin' in a coal mine.
Seriously though, his duet album with Gatemouth Brown has some great guitar playing on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhznLt6I0vQ
Quote from: bleudog on November 15, 2018, 06:49:02 pm
But his mother did
And his brother did
And his sister did
And and daddy died young
Workin' in a coal mine.
Seriously though, his duet album with Gatemouth Brown has some great guitar playing on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhznLt6I0vQ
Great stuff..Also great was Yesterday, When I Was Young
https://www.al.com/news/2018/11/paul-finebaum-regular-and-auburn-superfan-tammy-dies-in-horrific-us-280-crash.html
I don't know anything about SquareBob Spongepants, but I know ALS sucks.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/spongebob-squarepants-creator-stephen-hillenburg-dead-at-57
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/president-george-h-w-bush-dead-94-n942536
Ken Berry, actor, dancer. Starred in F Troop, Mayberry RFD, and Mama's Family
Coach Mike Malham, Sr. has died at age 94. An Arkansas coaching legend and father of another great coach.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sondra-locke-frequent-co-star-in-clint-eastwood-films-dead-at-74
RAY SAWYER OF DR. HOOK DEAD AT 81
He was one of their singers and the face of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fx0ULzwgUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4up6_OphOMY
Quote from: bleudog on December 31, 2018, 03:22:14 pm
RAY SAWYER OF DR. HOOK DEAD AT 81
He was one of their singers and the face of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fx0ULzwgUE
Dang, someone call Sylvia's mother
I missed this one back in April. I saw it in a Facebook end of year review.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/04/18/randy-scruggs-earl-scruggs-son-acclaimed-guitarist-and-producer-dead-64/977640001/
I saw him play in Shreveport as part of the Earl Scruggs Revue back in the late 70's or early 80's. His version of Black Mountain Rag was amazing.
2018 was a Rough Year across the board.
Quote from: Maynard G Krebs on December 14, 2018, 06:47:53 am
Coach Mike Malham, Sr. has died at age 94. An Arkansas coaching legend and father of another great coach.
For sure two coaching legends.RIP
Quote from: Lions84 on January 07, 2019, 12:49:51 pm
2018 was a Rough Year across the board.
It was definitely a rough year