January was not kind to drummers…
January 6 – Tom Ardolino
January 14 – Pilar Montero
January 14 – Robbie France
January 17 – Johnny Otis
January 20 – Etta James
January 22 – Joe Paterno
January 24 – Andrew MacNaughtan
January 24 – James Farentino
January 26 – Robert Hegyes
Random number selector resulted in January 21, 2nd listing:
January 21 – Jodie-Anne White
Angel of Death recipients for December…
December 6 – Dobie Gray
December 7 – Harry Morgan
December 8 – Alan Styles
December 11 – John Patrick Foley
December 14 – George Whitman
December 15 – Christopher Hitchens
December 17 – Kim Jong-il
December 18 – Don Sharp
December 18 – Václav Havel
December 19 – Ron Smith
December 26 – Sean Collins
Random number selector resulted in December 22, 2nd listing:
December 22 – Zithulele Sinqe
It’s been a while since I’ve done an R.I.P. post and because November was a particularly busy month for the Angel of Death, I thought I’d start a new, consolidated monthly R.I.P. post. Here are some of the notable deaths (to me) listed on Wikipedia. And because there are so many folks that I’ve never heard of, I thought I’d use a number generator to pick one of these folks for the post.
November 3 – Matty Alou (I’m not familiar with his playing baseball but his name usually comes up in crossword puzzles.
November 4 – Andy Rooney
November 7 – Joe Frazier
November 8 – Bil Keane and his crazy family!
November 8 – Heavy D
November 14 – Laura Kennedy – from the fun 80s band, Bush Tetras
November 19 – John Neville – so wonderful in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
November 20 – Sergio Scaglietti – designer of some lovely Ferraris
November 21 – Anne McCaffrey – loved her Dragonrider series when I was a kid
November 27 – Ken Russell
November 28 – Patrice O’Neal
Random number selector resulted in November 12, 2nd listing:
November 12 – Jim Sullivan
Been a spate of deaths in the last two days – the AoD has been very busy.
R.I.P. Mick Karn
R.I.P. Pete Postlethwaite
R.I.P. Gerry Rafferty
R.I.P. “Dandy Don” Meredith, Dallas Cowboys QB and Monday Night Football icon.
After reading about the latest blunder in the name of Christianity, I wanted to write a thoughtful post for my blog. However, work got in the way so I haven’t had any time to pen my opinions.
Then I saw this and had to include it here. Hahaha. Love it!
