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Neil Perth is no more.....
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-peart-obit-1.5422806
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-peart-obit-1.5422806
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He was the drummer and lyricist for Rush a progressive rock band from Canada
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Naraku
Draconarius
Buck Henry has passed.
Buck Henry, Screenwriter And Actor Famous For 'The Graduate' And TV Comedy, Dies At 89
Henry made regular appearances on Saturday Night Live, co-directed the film Heaven Can Wait, and co-created the comedy show Get Smart. He died Wednesday in Los Angeles following a heart attack.www.npr.org
The only thing I can say to sum up his life and works is.
Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: How Your Children Grow with Buck Henry - NBC.com
Watch Saturday Night Live highlight 'How Your Children Grow with Buck Henry' on NBC.com
Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: How Your Children Grow with Buck Henry - NBC.com
Watch Saturday Night Live highlight 'How Your Children Grow with Buck Henry' on NBC.comwww.nbc.com
I watched SNL with borderline fanaticism, as befit any self respecting mid-70’s college student. But I missed this sketch.
Excessive thanks, Naraku.
windar
Teller of Tales
Georges Duboeuf, the man who turned the release of each year's batch of an unexceptional wine into a worldwide event...
www.nytimes.com
Georges Duboeuf, Creator of the Beaujolais Nouveau Craze, Dies at 86 (Published 2020)
He almost single-handedly started the rush for the first wines of the Beaujolais harvest.
Mr. Duboeuf was already a successful Beaujolais merchant in the 1970s when he set out to mass-market the local tradition of making primeur, a quick, joyous wine born of the year’s new grapes.
I've never heard wine described as "joyous." But then again I’m a Gallo kinda guy, so, whatever. And I reckon wine enthusiasts owe him quite a lot.
I've never heard wine described as "joyous." But then again I’m a Gallo kinda guy, so, whatever. And I reckon wine enthusiasts owe him quite a lot.
Was your translation of Peart to Perth because Peart is the Gaelic form for Perth?
I think the vine-growers of Beaujolais owe him more - it was a brilliant gimmick,
great publicity for the region upstaged by its more prestigious neighbours,
and opened up a market for the best vignerons to produce better wines
that didn't need to be flown out in private jets and drunk instantly.
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Kind of sad to see one my music idol passed away being only 7 years older than i am :-(
I should let it be, it's a nice bit of linguistic serendipity.
When I first saw it, I thought you were saying Perth is no more -
with the news we're getting from Australia, that seemed very ominous
(though I think Western Aus isn't getting so badly burnt, at least so far)
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Christopher Tolkien, Youngest Son of J.R.R. Tolkien and ‘First Scholar’ of Middle-Earth, Dies at 95
I didn't think there were any titans in Tolkien, but I don't think Tolkien junior would have been an Ent.
'First Middle-earth scholar' Christopher Tolkien dies
The son of JRR Tolkien is described as a "titan" who was a "devoted curator of his father's work".
www.bbc.co.uk
Terry Jones has died. Of a form of dementia. Damn. It.
www.cnn.com
Personally I’ll remember him best for the opening of his documentary on the Crusades.
You really can stop listening after the first 30 seconds. He sets the tone right off the bat.
Terry Jones, 'Monty Python' star, dead at 77
Terry Jones, a star of the seminal comedy group "Monty Python" who delivered some of the most famous lines in comedic history, has died, his agent confirmed to the PA Media news agency. He was 77.
Personally I’ll remember him best for the opening of his documentary on the Crusades.
You really can stop listening after the first 30 seconds. He sets the tone right off the bat.
A better obit.
www.euronews.com
'Two down, four to go': Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77
From Oxford to Nazareth and beyond, we look at the life of the writer and historian.
www.euronews.com
Frank Petrexa
Tribune
Here is the NYT obituary
Here is a youtube video contained therein.
Here is a youtube video contained therein.
...but he WAS a very funny man. RIP Terry.
connoisseurs
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A good reason to once again see "The life of Brian".