IN REMEMBRANCE--2024 AD

[General_Tangent]

Ian Lavender probably the last cast member from Dad's Army has passed.

 

[Retreater]

Country music star Toby Keith has died.

Country singer-songwriter Toby Keith has died after battling stomach cancer

Sometimes a polarizing figure in country music, Toby Keith broke out in the 1990s, crafting an identity around his pro-American swagger.

apnews.com

 

[aco175]

I remember back in the Army on the rides from Ft Stewart to Hunter Army Airbase (about 45 minutes), we would have the privates start a song for entertainment. Everyone had a favorite to start if you we called upon. Besides Kenny Rogers, The Gambler, Toby Keith's Should've Been a Cowboy was another. The line where riding with the Texas Rangers was always changed to Airborne Rangers though.

I also saw a few months ago where he made a comment to reporters about never though they would see him in skinny jeans. R.I.P.

 

[Hriston]

Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera died Tuesday in a helicopter crash.

 

[Hriston]

Namibian President and anti-apartheid activist Hage Geingob died on Sunday at the age of 82.

 

[Hriston]

Cecilia Gentili, beloved transgender advocate, author, and actor, has died.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Singer Mojo Nixon died today of a cardiac event. He was 66.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Henry Fambrough, the last surviving original member of the Spinners, died yesterday. He was 85.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Jimmy Van Eaton, a drummer for Sun Records, died last Friday. He was 86.

 

[aco175]

Seiji Ozawa died earlier this week at 88. He was the conductor of the Boston Symphony for 30 years and conducted the opening ceremony for the 98 Olympics in Nagano. I mostly remember him from when I was a kid for his muppet hair that would bob along with him and kind of became his trademark.

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