Red_Dragon wrote:
And now the pigeons can breath a sigh of relief since he will no longer be Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.  

Listening him on Doctor Demento late at night as my transistor radio’s 9V battery slowly died.

To Tom. 

Tom Lehrer

I can’t believe Frank  Zappa has been gone 32 years. Wow
Glad RP just played him. 

 rgio wrote:

Gorgeous George died at 48.

 GeneP59 wrote:

Yet there is none of his music on RP. 

Man not a good week for celebrities. That was the funny thing on King of the Hil.

To Chuck! Bet they could use a good flugelhorn in heaven.  

 JrzyTmata wrote:

Aww. His embrace of the humour (and regular participation) in King of the Hill went a long way in making me appreciate and respect him for more than his music.

 JrzyTmata wrote:

no longer feels so good, I suspect

Chuck Mangione

 JrzyTmata wrote:
At 71, he's far outlast his life expectancy.  Andre died at 46.  Rowdy Roddy at 61.  Macho Man 58.  Mr. Perfect 44.

I was never much of a fan... but I take his "swings" toward the dark side as much as a search for relevancy as it was "beliefs".    RIP.

 GeneP59 wrote:

Yeah, bit of a racist bigot he was.

 JrzyTmata wrote:
Liked him during those wrestling days, but he became a dirtbag in his older years.

To the young Hulk.

Hulk Hogan

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Golden Earring was huge in my youth mumble-mumble years ago. Blowing around the back roads of Texas in my 67 390 V8 Mustang Fastback with Radar Love turned up to 11 on my 8-track. Them were the days. RIP George. 🙏❤️ ☮️

George Kooymans
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 kurtster wrote:
WTF! No F’ing way. I thought he would outlive us all. Now what will we do?
He never was quite right after breaking his back on that ATV.

To the Prince of Darkness!  Ozzy. 

I only saw Ozzy live once in Long Beach, early '90s. The Prince of Darkness in full form jumping like a frog and throwing buckets of water into the audience. However, Zak Wylde’s guitar was too low in the mix.

Funny enough, the next weekend I spotted Zak at the Cat and Fiddle with his girlfriend. He was just hanging out, beer in hand, and surprisingly approachable. We chatted for a bit…super friendly, didn’t seem to mind talking to some random fan. About ten minutes in, I mention the Long Beach show and how the guitar levels were off. Suddenly, he gets this look…and when I say his guitar was too low, he practically jumps in: “Right?!”

Never officially met Ozzy, but I saw him wandering around Century City a few times. One time he was wearing something that looked like a jester outfit.

I ran into the rest of Sabbath a few times at the Pickwick Pub in Woodland Hills. Even Dio. Another approachable guy would talk your ear off.

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath Singer and Heavy Metal Pioneer, Dead at 76

I only saw Ozzy live once. with Black Sabbath at the 1974 California Jam at the Ontario Motor Speedway in California a month before my 21st birthday . Sabbath was on later in the day before Deep Purple & the headliners Emerson Lake & Palmer. I was already a Sabbath fan from the albums Paranoid, Masters of Reality, and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. The Jam was a pretty decent show up until then.  Ozzy & the band hit the stage and took it through the roof. 

On a more personal note, the first time OV & I got together to jam at my house some 15 years ago, the first song he asked if I could play was Planet Caravan. I did happen to know it & started it up on my Martin acoustic. OV had various percussion instruments laid about the room & took it to some other ethereal space for what seemed like 15 minutes or so. I knew right then we would be great friends. 

 kurtster wrote:

Ooof...may the prince of darkness meet the Prince of Light. 
Glad he got that last show in!