The woman who lied and said that Emmet Till had whistled at her, leading to his murder, has gone to meet her maker in hell. May she burn brightly. https://news.yahoo.com/carolyn-bryant-donham-center-emmett-163317808.html
Robbie Bachman died back in January. This past weekend he was joined by his brother Tim. I’ll tell ya, cancer sucks. https://nypost.com/2023/05/01/tim-bachman-bachman-turner-overdrive-founder-dead-at-71/
The world lost Gordon Lightfoot tonight - Canada's best export. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gordon-lightfoot-dead-1.6828991 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/gordon-lightfoot-dead-obituary-1234716529/
Eileen Saki, who played Rosie the bar owner on the TV series MASH has died. https://www.tmz.com/2023/05/02/mash-actress-eileen-saki-dead-dies-rosie-bar/
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, leader of ISIS, dead. https://www.voanews.com/a/us-not-backing-turkish-claims-islamic-state-leader-is-dead/7073730.html
After he died, I listened to a CD of his and realized once again what a great songwriter he was, and how his music refused to be put into pigeonholes.
Tina Turner, 83. One of those people where I was never really into her music, but could still appreciate that she was really good at what she did. Absolute fucking legend. RIP.
Tina Turner’s cause of death was made public today: she apparently died of natural causes, in spite of the ‘long illness’ her publicist didn’t want to talk about.
"Long illness" and "natural causes" aren't at all incompatible though. It took my mother-in-law's cancer almost exactly a year to kill her after first diagnosis.
Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer best known for The Girl From Ipanema (and popularizing the genre of bossa nova), has died at 83.
George Winston, solo pianist (grew up listening to him because my dad's a massive fan, and now I am) passed away June 4th. He was 73.
