2015---IN REMEMBRANCE....

[Dannyalcatraz]

John Renbourn has died.

www.premierguitar.com/articles/22327-john-renbourn-1944-2015

 

[tuxgeo]

Renbourn's Wikipedia entry has more details.

Hm. In the liner notes on one of his albums (probably a Pentangle thing, but I can't be assed to look it up in my stored LP collection right now), Renbourn quips, "I started out trying to play like Big Bill Broonzy, and I'm still trying."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Victor Sanchez has died.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...chez-dies-injuries-sustained-boating-accident

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Tomas Transtroemer has died.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32093573

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Tony Award winning director Gene Saks died yesterday. He was 93.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Robert Hite of the Doolittle Raiders died yesterday. He was 95.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Eloi Vasquez has died.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...om&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

 

[Mark CMG]

Gary Dahl, inventor of the Pet Rock, has passed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/gary-dahl-inventor-of-the-pet-rock-dies-at-78.html

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Misao Okawa, the oldest person at the time, died today. She was 117.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Cult film actor Robert Z'Dar, best known for Maniac Cop, died Monday of cardiac arrest. He was 64.