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Post by shaxper on Oct 25, 2021 19:02:32 GMT -5
R. I. P. Jay Black, lead singer for Jay and the Americans for most of their hits. Black, born David Blatt, had previously been with the Doo-Wop group The Empires before taking over the lead vocals from Jay Traynor. Missed him in concert on several occasions. My mother had a collection of lps and 45s that I regularly raided in my youth, and his versions of "This Magic Moment" and "Since I Don't Have You" were early favorites of mine.
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 27, 2021 0:04:28 GMT -5
RIP to comedian/satirist Mort Sahl....Sahl was one of the pioneers of observational and topical comedy, in nightclubs and elsewhere, influencing a whole generation of humorists, stand-up comedians and satirists. He was the model for guys like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, as well as an influence on people like Liliy Tomlin, Second City, Saturday Night Live, SCTV and more. Sahl, from 1967, discussing politics.... Sahl & Tom Brokaw discussing Kennedy.... Steve Allen introducing Sahl, who discusses Lenny Bruce..... Sahl and Lenny Bruce brought a lot of the world of jazz into comedy, with the rhythms and riffs, and improvisation, rather than just jokes a schtick. Sahl was 94 and the world just lost one of the great voices who alerted us when the "emperor had no clothes."
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 27, 2021 5:41:27 GMT -5
I didn't know Sahl was still living until he wasn't.
Cei-U! I summon the surprise!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 28, 2021 9:21:26 GMT -5
Damn “Come A Little Bit Closer” has been one of my all time favorite songs since I was a boy. Mom and Dad had a 45 of it.
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 28, 2021 10:11:59 GMT -5
nevermind. old story posted in error.
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 28, 2021 21:03:07 GMT -5
RIP to children's author/illustrator Jerry Pinkney. Pinkney won the Caldecott Medal, in 2010 for his picture book The Lion & The Mouse..... He was the recipient of 5 Coretta Scott King Awards for African-American-themed works for children and wrote and/or illustrated multiple books on African and African-American folklore, as well as the book A Place To Land, about Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream..." speech. Pinkney's art was also featured on the Black Heritage Stamp Series, in the 1970s, for the US Postal Service, the Underground Railroad Handbook, for the National Park Service (1997) and the White House Christmas Brochure, in 2001. Pinkney also illustrated other author's works, including the frontspiece for Mildred Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the cover for Virginia Hamilton's The Planet of Junior Brown, as well as covers for works by Zora Neale Hurston, John Updike, William Faulkner, Nabokov, and illustrated versions of work by several other authors.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2021 23:28:07 GMT -5
I know this isn't CBR. But many of us did frequent CBR. and we lost one of our own earlier this evening. R.I.P. Greg Hatcher he was truly "one of the good ones" and the universe just doesn't seem quite fair in taking him away from his loving wife Julie, and all of those who loved him across his many families (thru CBR, Atomic Junkshop, or all the kids he taught and loved). My heart goes out to everyone who cared for him. May his memory be a blessing, always. Sharing the go-fund-me (apologies, if it's skirting the line here. . . but it's important) gofund.me/d91ac0ca
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Post by foxley on Oct 29, 2021 1:38:09 GMT -5
I know this isn't CBR. But many of us did frequent CBR. and we lost one of our own earlier this evening. R.I.P. Greg Hatcher he was truly "one of the good ones" and the universe just doesn't seem quite fair in taking him away from his loving wife Julie, and all of those who loved him across his many families (thru CBR, Atomic Junkshop, or all the kids he taught and loved). My heart goes out to everyone who cared for him. May his memory be a blessing, always. Sharing the go-fund-me (apologies, if it's skirting the line here. . . but it's important) gofund.me/d91ac0caGreg was truly one of the good guys, and even though I never met him in person, I considered him a friend based on some email conversations we had.
Damn.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2021 2:15:42 GMT -5
Oh wow, so sorry to hear about Greg. This one took me completely offguard. My interactions with him were limited but always left a positive impression. Thoughts to all those he left behind.
-M
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Post by foxley on Oct 29, 2021 2:57:52 GMT -5
With the indulgence of my fellow members, I'll just add this comment I made over at CBR. At least my final interaction with Greg was a happy one for both of us.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 29, 2021 3:16:16 GMT -5
Thanks for that post, @bert. I don't think I could do a write-up without lacing it with expletives about how unfair it all is. Greg was truly one of the great ones, and he and his wife Julie are truly among the nicest people I've ever met (and I'm so happy that I did get to meet them in person a few years ago).
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 29, 2021 4:09:01 GMT -5
I know him from the CBR. Never really talked to him but he was ever present in the forum. Wow, He appears to have been young. I’m in shock a bit.
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 29, 2021 5:32:37 GMT -5
I posted the following on my Facebook page this morning: I'm trying to come to terms this morning with the loss of one of my dearest friends. It ain't easy.
I first met Greg Hatcher on the Comic Book Resources message boards more than 20 years ago. When we discovered we both lived in the Puget Sound region, we decided to meet up in person on New Year's Eve 1999 to watch Y2K bring the world to an end. That became an annual tradition, one that continued until COVID interrupted it last year. In the years since, we also got together for ComicCon, Emerald City Con, Jet City, sometimes when he and Julie were passing through Tacoma, sometimes just because we felt like it. He came to my 50th birthday party. I went to his wedding. Julie was the perfect match for Greg. It's a cliche to say she completed him, but it's true all the same. It's impossible to say how many lives he touched in his roles as writer, teacher, mentor, and friend but touch them he did. He liked to pose as a grump and a cynic but the true Greg was one of the kindest, most generous, most fundamentally decent people I've ever known. It was a privilege and a pleasure to have him in my life. I flat out loved the guy. Godspeed, Greg. You WILL be missed. Kurt
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Post by Confessor on Oct 29, 2021 6:03:11 GMT -5
Wow, this is a sad one to hear about. I didn't really know Greg, but I do remember him from the CBR days and my interactions with him over there were always pleasent. He seemed like a genuinely nice chap and I always enjoyed reading his various columns or blog posts.
Thoughts and condolances to his friends and family.
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Post by impulse on Oct 29, 2021 8:43:03 GMT -5
I didn't know Greg, but his impact on so many here is plainly obvious to see, and I can certainly see how it hits really close to him seeing someone in our corner of the world go. My condolences to his friends and family.
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