The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Sad to see Charley Pride go. Legend in the blues/country genre, died from complications from guess what? RIP.

What Country Music Asked of Charley Pride
The singer put himself on the line to become the genre’s first Black superstar. He died on Saturday not long after performing at a largely mask-free awards ceremony.

NYTimes

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nyt...id-19.amp.html

Pride remembered being called slurs by performers who were his colleagues and friends; how George Jones and another man scrawled “KKK” on his car after a bender; and how he had to remind Webb Pierce — who told him it’s “good for you to be in our music” — that “It’s my music, too.”

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Pauline Anna Strom

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Sad to see Charley Pride go. Legend in the blues/country genre, died from complications from guess what? RIP.

So sad to learn of Charley Pride's passing. I was brought up on his music, as my mother was a fan; she played his live In Person (Panther Hall) so often and it's permanently ingrained in my consciousness. We once took a car trip to Amish country in Pennsylvania, and passed a theater that had "Charley Pride Tonight" on the marquee. I was able to purchase a ticket and attend the concert that evening. Made friends with the sweetest elderly couple I sat next to; we chatted about all the classic country performers. Charley was great that night (better in person than on records) and, as always, his rhythmic baritone bowled me over.

[OccultHawk]

I was able to purchase a ticket and attend the concert that evening.

Golden memory right there

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Dame Barbara Windsor dies at 83

Known to most of us from the Carry On movies and also as Peggy, the feisty landlady of the Queen Vic pub in TV's Eastenders. RIP.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news...a-windsor-rip/

More sad news. I loved Babs as Peggy Mitchell on EastEnders - "Get outta mah pub!". The episodes leading up to her character's "death" on the show were heartbreaking as they mirrored her decline in real lifie. And of course she was legend in the Carry On films. Terrible how she suffered with Alzheimer's, but touching to witness how wonderful her husband was to her to the very end.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Golden memory right there

That night was magical for me; I was so excited when I saw Mr. Pride's name on the marquee as we passed in the car.

[Trollheart]

RIP Gerard Houllier, manager of Liverpool, France and even Aston Villa (!) - took Liverpool to the treble in 2001. A real honorary scouser, he will be missed. Died too young (73).

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Albert Griffiths

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Stanley Cowell

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