The RIP thread...

Gerald Norman Springer was born in the London Underground station of Highgate while the station was in use as a shelter from German bombing during World War II,[4][5] and grew up on Chandos Road, East Finchley. His parents, Margot (née Kallmann; a bank clerk) and Richard Springer (owner of a shoe shop), were German-Jewish refugees who escaped from Landsberg an der Warthe, Prussia (now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland).

Carolyn Brant, rot in piss.
Shame she lived as long as she did

Bryant? Same sentiment though…
I recently visited the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. So many similar stories, some of them in my lifetime and I’m not old ffs. Makes my blood boil.

Never one word of remorse from her. Never an apology.

RIP Gordon Lightfoot - a truly great voice

RIP Gordon Lightfoot

His "A Winter's Night" that Harry Belafonte covered as "The Hands I Love" is one of the most beautiful ballads you're ever likely to hear

RIP Don Sebesky.
US jazz trombonist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDpGmLAuDIs

Charlie Burton. Husband of Beryl. 93

Rio Olympics 4x100 medalist Tori Bowie, only 32

https://youtu.be/Rz4JCk-PMXI

RIP Linda you performed with some great artists, and can own the stage anywhere

Just saw this the lark LP is so good. V sad. :(

RIP Tony Doyle

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/65500821

Very sad news, a proper UK great before the behemoth of BC emerged.

He did a really good episode about a morbidly obese man that he tried to help lose weight. Not his usual studio format, more a documentary.
It was pretty sad but made me think that Springer was a really decent guy trying to help.

Dubliners fiddler Seán Keane. A mere strippling at 76

The Chieftains not the Dubliners. RIP

Yeah, bit of a typo....

The Demon Headmaster

RIP to a real one

RIP Doyle Brunson, all-in at 89.

This is old news (he died in March) but Ryuichi Sakamoto curated a playlist for his own funeral.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31OIme0YdF4ORWvEdTyE6V?si=t2_vQeVIR5Ci8NM9-NC6tA

Thanks!

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/19/andy-rourke-bassist-for-the-smiths-dies-aged-59

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_beFmTavtk

Just seen this. Very sad and so young