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Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:41 pm
by Alan
Another great becomes a legend. Aretha Franklin dead at 76
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45169609

What a voice.

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:06 pm
by Sly Boots
:(

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:43 pm
by The Jackal
I would've got here first if I didn't have a job :(

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:46 pm
by eny
One of the few voices in my life that can bring me to tears with its power, feeling and authenticity. What a big hole she will leave, but what a legacy.


Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:55 am
by Medicine Man
Indeed. One of my favs...


Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 12:22 pm
by Animalmother
Kofi Annan former UN secretary general died at 80. The sad thing is he seemed to have grown very disillusioned in the past double of years with the way the world is going.

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:08 pm
by Jez
He should have been more disillusioned with the bloated useless organisation he was in charge of. I used to think a lot of the UN and I suppose at the very highest levels it has a good effect. But at the business end it is a useless entity that barely functions.

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:31 pm
by Animalmother
Fair point mate, that old UNinvolved joke is pretty accurate.

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 3:53 am
by Rossell
http://www.ladbible.com/news/news-lazyt ... 1.amp.html

He was quite a good bloke by all accounts reading up on him so this is just sad to see.

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:21 am
by eny
Aw man, that is too young. R.I.P.

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 1:31 am
by The Jackal

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:41 am
by Jez
I remember his attempt at president some years ago and thinking he was another Washington Hawk type rattling the war sabre. I think he mellowed in years since.

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:17 am
by Strudel
He was definitely a cantankerous, egotistical, old git and I definitely disagree with most of his positions (and he did pick Sarah Palin as a running mate FFS) but as US politicians go he was one of the more decent ones, and he certainly would have made a better president than Bush or Trump. And he did save Obamacare in a wonderful Fuck You to Trump.

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:35 am
by Maturin
Yeah he was generally well-respected by all sides from what I recall.

He must have been exasperated seeing Trump get in. :lol:

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:34 pm
by Rossell
Worth noting he requested Bush and Obama to deliver eulogies but then stopped Trump from attending.