Jim Steinman, of Bat Out Of Hell fame among many other songwriting credits
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Jim Steinman, of Bat Out Of Hell fame among many other songwriting credits
Oddly I was listening to Bat out of Hell 2 when I went for a walk before the news broke that day. You can really hear his musical theatre background in so much of what he wrote. Wall of sound meets Andrew Lloyd Webber with motorbikes... Ah well, another one gone.
Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot
The only human being alive on 21 July 1969 who wasn’t in this photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
https://i.imgur.com/2y1ci2s.jpg
Charlie Gallagher, Celtic player, Lisbon Lions era & first Scottish born player to represent us, through two Donegal parents - RIP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57796827
:cry: Didn’t hear that, I love his solo album.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill
...and earlier in the month comedian Tom O'Connor
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021...anthony-flynn/
Homeless campaigner Anthony Fylnn. He done excellent work for the homeless of the city. He was terrible young to pass.
Don Everly, harmonising with Phil again after seven years.
Got to see them supporting Simon and Garfunkel in the RDS 16 or 17 years ago. I like S&G, but The Everlys... magic.
Edit - forgot the link
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/202...-dies-aged-84/
Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...s-dies-aged-80
Oh wow. That's a big in. Saw him playing in Croke Park only what - 3 years ago?
A real passing the baton moment I think
Busy weekend for the Grim Reaper...
Lee Scratch Perry... Bunny Wailer this year, Toots Hibbert last year - that glorious reggae generation of the 60s and 70s is growing smaller all the time.
Ed Asner
Rodney Rice
I was at that gig too. Didn't think I'd get another chance to see them live.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Don Collier who appeared in many movies but I remember him in The High Chaparall https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171896/bio and Michael K Williams who played Omar in The Wire.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021...ager-alan-fox/
Former Dundalk manager Alan Fox.
Football legend Jimmy Greaves.
John Challis, probably best known as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses.
What a character he played on that show. We will never see the likes again.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Sad news. Great character in Only Fools but I am not sure the spinoff The Green Green Grass worked.Quote:
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Alan Lancaster from the band of my youth, Status Quo: https://www.hotpress.com/music/statu...ge-72-22872875
Roger Hunt, age 83.
Scored the first ever goal in Match of the Day, and I think it used to start the intro at one stage too.
Colin Powell worth a mention though possibly not to the younger among you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell
I remember him lying through his teeth to the UN to try to justify the invasion of Iraq. What I didn't know is he had a role in whitewashing the My Lai massacre too. May he rot in hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
The worst thing about Colin Powell is that he was the best of a bad lot.
Jesus yes. When your cabinet buddies include Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld it's easy to look positively angelic in comparison.
Walter Smith was a Scottish football great and too modest to shout about it
Announced today. I thought he was older than 73.
Always struck me as a very decent man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eminence Grise
Celtic fans might be in a position to correct me, but the impression I got was that he never really got invested in the ugly side of the Old Firm rivalry, just got on with his job as a manager.
Seán Fitzpatrick.
May devils be poking up the bottom around about now.
For all the obsession with money and property he ended up with what everyone else does - 6x3, and maybe sooner than he should have. Though it's a pity he did't get there via a spell in a 6x8 with bars on the window...
American football icon John Madden, I hope he said a Hail Mary instead of called for one.
Hugo Maradona, aged 52 of a heart attack.
I suspect he spent quite a bit of time having fun with his big brother...
Golden Girl Betty White dies aged 99.
Three weeks short of her 100th birthday in January
Meatloaf. Gone like a bat out of hell.
I was sad when I heard that, one of my favourite artists. There won’t be a dry in the house at the funeral.Quote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
Didn't like his music but loved him as Eddie in Rocky Horror. :)
He was a genre all to himself which i think speaks volumes about how talented and appealing he was, musically.
Really liked him in Fight Club too.
Turns out Covid was the cause of death. Sad to lose a music icon over a refusal to be vaccinated.