2024 Dead Pool

[majormadmax]

The Outlaws guitarist Freddie Salem passed away from 'complications due to cancer at the age of 70...

Salem first appeared with the Outlaws on the album Playin' to Win in 1978, a year after he replaced original guitarist Henry Paul.

He then stayed for the band's following four albums and wrote several of their hits, including 'White Horses,' 'Long Gone,' 'Devil's Road' and 'Don't Stop'.

Salem left the band in 1983 after it was dropped by Arista Records...

MSN

 

[majormadmax]

Maggie Smith, the Oscar-winning British actress who starred in "Downton Abbey" and the Harry Potter movies, has died. She was 89.

 

[General Zod]

Maggie Smith, the Oscar-winning British actress who starred in "Downton Abbey" and the Harry Potter movies, has died. She was 89.

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Well, damn.

 

[Texasgordo]

I think she was Old Wendy in the Hook movie with Robin Williams.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

She was terrific!

 

[Texasgordo]

Bones, two-time World Champion Bull, passes away | PBR | Professional Bull Riders

August 20, 2024 - The legendary bovine passed away peacefully at 21 years old.

pbr.com

Not a person but still a awesome athlete

 

[Mohawk600]

Here is one to celebrate, yes CELEBRATE!!!!!!

Israeli military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization Hassan Nasrallah died in its strike Friday against the group’s headquarters in Lebanon.

www.foxnews.com

 

[majormadmax]

John Ashton, who played Sergeant John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, has sadly passed away at 76.

 

[benenglish]

RIP Kris Kristofferson

 

[Mohawk600]

Ben beat me to it, but here's the article

Kris Kristofferson, country music legend, dead at 88

Country music legend Kris Kristofferson, who also starred in hits including "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" and "A Star is Born," died at home in Maui at the age of 88.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Bigguy]

“Days of our Lives” star Drake Hogestyn dead at 70.

 

[Txhillbilly]

Ben beat me to it, but here's the article

Kris Kristofferson, country music legend, dead at 88

Country music legend Kris Kristofferson, who also starred in hits including "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" and "A Star is Born," died at home in Maui at the age of 88.

www.foxnews.com

Ole Kris was a good actor, and a great song writer, but I personally couldn't stand his singing.
RIP Kris

 

[billtool]

Damn. He was one of the best songwriters of the late 60’s and well into the seventies. RIP.

 

[Texasgordo]

RIP Kris Kristofferson

Oh man that's terrible but not unexpected with his recent health problems. Glad he's not suffering anymore and he's finally at peace.


The movie Convoy was the first trucking movie that I saw and thought he was the coolest movie character as the Rubber Duck. I still thought he was great in the Blade movies as Whistler.

 

[General Zod]

Ole Kris was a good actor, and a great song writer, but I personally couldn't stand his singing.
RIP Kris

His voice was pretty flat and boring, yeah...but a damn sight better than most "singer-songwriters" like Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan.

The greatest Kristofferson story I know is the story of how "Sunday Morning Comin' Down" became a hit for Johnny Cash. See, Kristofferson had left the Army (as a captain and a helicopter pilot) to write songs rather than teach history at West Point. He drifted around from job to job for a few years, sometimes flying helicopters to oil rigs and sometimes working as a janitor, and penned what he thought was a sure hit if he could just get it into the hands of one JR Cash to record it. So one day he took his shot. He finagled a backstage pass at a concert and managed to be in the hallway behind the stage at the right time, and there came Johnny Cash. Kristofferson handed him the lyrics sheet and a tape of the song, for which he was thanked as Cash handed it to one of his publicists, who waited till Cash turned a corner before dropping it into a trash can right in front of Kristofferson.

Kristofferson was crushed. Then he came up with a plan.

Cut to a few weeks later, John and June are hanging out at their house in Tennessee, when all of a sudden a (ahem...borrowed) National Guard helicopter lands in their back yard. Cash runs out to confront the pilot, who looks vaguely familiar, but he's having none of it. He demands that the helicopter be removed from his property, and Kristofferson refuses...unless Cash listens to the demo tape and reads the lyric sheet.

Oddly enough, he did. And "Sunday Morning Comin' Down" became one of his most beloved hits, while Kris Kristofferson became one of his best friends and most frequent collaborators.

 

[benenglish]

His voice was pretty flat and boring, yeah...but a damn sight better than most "singer-songwriters" like Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan.

I remember turning down free tickets to Dylan when I was in college because I felt he couldn't sing worth a damn. Still feel the same way.

 

[General Zod]

I remember turning down free tickets to Dylan when I was in college because I felt he couldn't sing worth a damn. Still feel the same way.

Yep. I can't sit through one of his songs if he's singing it.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Ben beat me to it, but here's the article

Kris Kristofferson, country music legend, dead at 88

Country music legend Kris Kristofferson, who also starred in hits including "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" and "A Star is Born," died at home in Maui at the age of 88.

www.foxnews.com

"Sky King" was one of my favorite songs of his...

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[General Zod]

Something I learned just this evening about Kris Kristofferson...in 1966, he volunteered to go to Vietnam (being a Ranger and a helicopter pilot and all) but the Army wanted him to teach. So he left when his commitment was up.

 

[10-96inTexas]

Ben beat me to it, but here's the article

Kris Kristofferson, country music legend, dead at 88

Country music legend Kris Kristofferson, who also starred in hits including "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" and "A Star is Born," died at home in Maui at the age of 88.

www.foxnews.com

Great songwriter and singer. Pretty good actor too. I rewatch this movie every now and then. RIP Kris Kristofferson