DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Gene]

Amy Winehouse found dead in her apartment today.

Oh man, what a shocker. :eusa_doh:

 

[ButteMT61]

Oh man, what a shocker. :eusa_doh:

Maybe not a shock, but sad nonetheless. People judge, but it's sad. Think how sad one must be to be so talented and successful, but not want to live? Compassion. It's sad all around.

 

[HadleyH]

RIP Amy.

Her amazing talent won't be forgotten.

 

[Gregg Axley]

It's no shock that a lot of artists have a history of substance abuse. Maybe it's to deal with the pressures on them from the public, record labels, etc. Instead of getting help for fear of being ridiculed by their fans, they use drugs and especially alcohol to self medicate. So sad...I think of Steve Clark from Def Leppard, he got to the point where his body couldn't do without the one thing that was killing him and he just drank himself to death. I often wonder if fate hadn't intervened, would some of these people have been better artists later in life? Keith Moon, John Bonham, Jimi Hendrix, etc. Of course they'd be really old now.

 

[DNO]

Only 27 years old... who knows where that great voice would have taken us. What a waste.

 

[Oldsarge]

Sometimes what we call a 'gift' turns out to be a 'curse' instead. Poor Amy. RIP

 

[Tomasso]

Amy joins the 27 Club which includes musical greats such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain...............

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Amy joins the 27 Club which includes musical greats such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain...............

Hmmm...didn't see a mention of Mamma Cass(Mammas and Pappas). Rumor was she choked to death on a ham sandwich.....

 

[Tomasso]

Hmmm...didn't see a mention of Mamma Cass(Mammas and Pappas). Rumor was she choked to death on a ham sandwich.....

She was 32 at the time of her passing. The members of the 27 Club all passed in their 27th year.

 

[Formeruser012523]

I know this shouldn't be surprising considering the road she was on but I'm totally devastated by this news. I was always rooting for her....

I wanted to think she'd clean herself up, too. While it's tragic to hear such a young life has ended, it seems everyone could see this coming for her.

So sad.

 

[Rathdown]

Hmmm...didn't see a mention of Mamma Cass(Mammas and Pappas). Rumor was she choked to death on a ham sandwich.....

Cass died of a massive heart attack. The "choked to death on a sandwich" stuff is an urban myth.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Cass died of a massive heart attack. The "choked to death on a sandwich" stuff is an urban myth.

Yep..I know. I remember when it happened(I was 27:eeek. That rumor did seem to persist for years,tho.
HD

 

[Mister Cairo]

Canadians in Ontario and Americans in western New York will remember Elwy Yost, film buff and presenter, and a TRUE gentleman. He introduced classic films from the 30s onwards to audiences well before the advent of what was known as "pay tv" or the video cassette. Saturday Night at the Movies, Magic Shadows and other shows on TV Ontario (public television), showed films uncut, along with interviews he conducted with the directors, actors and others involved.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/07/22/obit-elwy-yost.html

 

[DNO]

Elwy Yost's saturday movies became a staple in my house. He probably did more for film appreciation than anyone else...at least in this neck of the woods. His enthusiasm was infectious.

 

[MikeBravo]

Elwy Yost's saturday movies became a staple in my house. He probably did more for film appreciation than anyone else...at least in this neck of the woods. His enthusiasm was infectious.

That is sad. I don't know him, but he sounds a lot like Australia's own Bill Collins, a man with an absolute passion about film

 

[lolly_loisides]

Australia lost one of it's living treasures. Margaret Olley died in Sydney today, she was 87. She was a woman whose vision was one of a kind. What a loss and what a legacy. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/artist-margaret-olley-dead-20110726-1hxxr.html

 

[HadleyH]

RIP Margaret Olley . She was truly a legend among the art world here in Australia.

 

[DanielJones]

I read that Amy Winehouse passed away yesterday. Not to sound callous or hard hearted, (it is a sad thing indeed when someone young dies), but it didn't surprise me. Knowing her history I'm guessing drug use, but that is just guessing. Shame though, she did have a good singing voice for the style of music she sang.

Cheers.

Dan

 

[Puzzicato]

Australia lost one of it's living treasures. Margaret Olley died in Sydney today, she was 87. She was a woman whose vision was one of a kind. What a loss and what a legacy. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/artist-margaret-olley-dead-20110726-1hxxr.html

An amazing woman. I met her when I was at university - a tiny little hunched woman with a walking frame and a rapier wit.

 

[James71]

Vale Margaret.

Portraits of her won the Archibald in 1948 and in 2011. She was a national treasure.