The RIP 2023 Thread

[Tracker]

Lasse Wellander

 

The guitarist who played some of ABBA's greatest hit has died. Lasse Wellander, lead guitarist for the band ABBA, died Friday at the age of 70.

[kelownabomberfan]

On 2023-04-12 at 6:49 AM, Tracker said:

For me it comes down to quality of life. Spending days in a diaper sitting in a wheelchair while drooling and unresponsive is not living, it is just existing. 

Sounds like how I spent the 4th quarter of the Grey Cup this year...

[Tracker]

50 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Sounds like how I spent the 4th quarter of the Grey Cup this year...

That was infuriating to see the game slip away. If the Bombers had played even a mediocre game, it would have been a rout.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

14 minutes ago, Tracker said:

That was infuriating to see the game slip away. If the Bombers had played even a mediocre game, it would have been a rout.

Not to start a flame war but too much for QB not enuf left over to keep RB but more importantly PK.

[TrueBlue4ever]

1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Sounds like how I spent the 4th quarter of the Grey Cup this year...

[iHeart]

yeah believe it or not they were still doing it

https://deadline.com/2023/04/netflix-to-shutter-original-dvd-by-mail-business-1235329844/

[iHeart]

 

[iHeart]

https://deadline.com/2023/04/len-goodman-dies-former-strictly-come-dancing-dancing-with-the-stars-judge-was-78-1235334683/

[iHeart]

https://deadline.com/2023/04/harry-belafonte-dies-actor-singer-icon-rights-activist-was-96-1235336267/

 

Edited April 25, 2023 by iHeart

[kelownabomberfan]

Harry Belafonte, legendary performer and activist, dead at 96 (msn.com)

Daylight come and Harry finally went home.

 

[bigg jay]

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jerry-springer-dead-tv-host-1235596610/

[Noeller]

Just now, bigg jay said:

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jerry-springer-dead-tv-host-1235596610/

Crazy.... Remember the late 90s?

 

[iHeart]

and another one that had their final tv appearance on the Masked Singer

 

Edited April 27, 2023 by iHeart

[bigg jay]

https://people.com/music/bachman-turner-overdrives-tim-bachman-dead-at-age-71/

 

[Noeller]

^^ two younger Bachman's in just a few months.... such a shame. Randy still going strong, touring like crazy....

[iHeart]

The gales of November came early

you know I still remember years ago when CJOB falsely reported his death and well Lightfoot found out about it while he was at the dentist and he called them to say he wasn't dead

Edited October 24, 2023 by iHeart

[FrostyWinnipeg]

 

[Piggy 1]

A true Canadian icon. RIP ,good Sir.

[bustamente]

The storyteller takes his final bow

[the watcher]

I was a huge Lightfoot fan. A brilliant writer and especially  in his earlier years a great singer. His very first album was amazing. My son is a huge music fan but was so so on Lightfoot till he listened to it. It converted him. Like the obit says, Icon doesn't do him justice.

[blue_gold_84]

A music legend.

And immortalized on the greatest sitcom ever:

 

[kelownabomberfan]

every Canadian household should own a copy of "Gord's Gold" lol....I've listened to it so many times I know every word of every song.

[Noeller]

a friend of mine in HS had a copy of a generic Greatest Hits album of Lightfoot's, and I remember it was Rainy Day People that first hooked me. As I got older, and into broadcasting and then music programming, I really understood the genius of his works. Cochrane once described Lightfoot as "akin to one of the Group Of 7 painters..." and that's a really great way to describe his cultural impact. Lightfoot, Tyson, Connors....... few wrote about various aspects of Canada better. 

[kelownabomberfan]

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

a friend of mine in HS had a copy of a generic Greatest Hits album of Lightfoot's, and I remember it was Rainy Day People that first hooked me. As I got older, and into broadcasting and then music programming, I really understood the genius of his works. Cochrane once described Lightfoot as "akin to one of the Group Of 7 painters..." and that's a really great way to describe his cultural impact. Lightfoot, Tyson, Connors....... few wrote about various aspects of Canada better. 

Always good to listen to a good song, and learn something about Canada while you are doing it!

[Wideleft]

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

a friend of mine in HS had a copy of a generic Greatest Hits album of Lightfoot's, and I remember it was Rainy Day People that first hooked me. As I got older, and into broadcasting and then music programming, I really understood the genius of his works. Cochrane once described Lightfoot as "akin to one of the Group Of 7 painters..." and that's a really great way to describe his cultural impact. Lightfoot, Tyson, Connors....... few wrote about various aspects of Canada better. 

He was no slouch singing about America either.  This is my personal favorite of his: