Rest in Peace

[Madeleine]

Several figures from the music industry over the last few days:

 

Eric Carmen (All by Myself, Hungry Eyes)

Karl Wallinger (The Waterboys and World Party)

and over  the weekend Steve Harley from Cockney Rebel - "Come up and see me (make me smile)".

[Madeleine]

Sad to report that C J Sansom,author of the Shardlake novels, had died at 71.  He'd been working on a new Shardlake novel, and the Disney adaptation of the first book drops this week.

[muggle not]

RIP - Duane Eddy

 

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer dies aged 86©Provided by Metro

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Duane Eddy has died aged 86. The Grammy-winning artist died of cancer on Tuesday in hospital in Tennessee, surrounded by his family. His representative told Variety: ‘Duane inspired a generation of guitarists the world over with his unmistakable signature ‘Twang’ sound. He was the first rock and roll guitar god, a truly humble and incredible human being. He will be sorely missed’

[muggle not]

Kris Kristofferson has passed away at age 88. 🙁 Kris was a legend in the music business and was also a fairly good actor. He wrote many great songs and was also a good singer. I hate to list favorites but I think my favorite was Me and Bobby McGee especially when sung by Janis Joplin. He wrote so many songs. 

 

Edited September 30, 2024 by muggle not

[poppy]

11 hours ago, muggle not said:

Kris Kristofferson has passed away at age 88. 🙁 Kris was a legend in the music business and was also a fairly good actor. He wrote many great songs and was also a good singer. I hate to list favorites but I think my favorite was Me and Bobby McGhee especially when sung by Janis Joplin. He wrote so many songs. 

 

 

Sad to hear this today. I loved his music.

Another very sad loss was Dame Maggie Smith.

[KEV67]

Sad to hear of Jeff Capes' death yesterday. He was a hero, growing up.

[Madeleine]

Just seen on Facebook that the well-known author Barbara Taylor Bradford has died.

[Madeleine]

Richard Chamberlain, the original Dr Kildare (before my time!) has died, also Val Kilmer, from Top Gun of course.

[Madeleine]

Sad to report that Diesel, who played Rex in the TV series Hudson and Rex, passed away at the age of 8, after complications following a ruptured spleen.  However the series is continuing with his nephews, Dillon and Dante, stepping into his paw prints.🐕‍🦺

[Hux]

Diogo Jota

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c5y7p6pw5gyt

[muggle not]

Connie Francis - May she R.I.P.

In the 50's and 60's she was a huge success with songs like Who's Sorry Now and Everybody's Somebody's Fool.

 

Francis retired in 2018, and lived in Florida the remainder of her life.^[54] In May 2025, her 1962 song "Pretty Little Baby" went viral on TikTok, becoming a sleeper hit; when reached for comment, Francis said she had forgotten about the song but was pleased that her music—and the innocence it sought to represent—was being embraced by a younger audience.^[55]

 

 

Edited July 18 by muggle not

[poppy]

Sad news. Very popular here in the 50's and 60's. It sounds like it's a pity her father wouldn't let her marry Bobby Darin.

[muggle not]

On 7/18/2025 at 10:12 PM, poppy said:

Sad news. Very popular here in the 50's and 60's. It sounds like it's a pity her father wouldn't let her marry Bobby Darin.

I believe that her life would have personally been happier. Professionally she probably would have had an even bigger repertoire of hit songs, Darin was a good song writer.

[lunababymoonchild]

Ozzy Osbourne, legendary singer/founder member of Black Sabbath who were in turn founders of the British Heavy Metal genre of music - not everybody’s taste I know but he was a legend before he became a reality TV star.

[Madeleine]

He certainly was a legend, a true character, I'm not a huge fan either but listening to some of the songs they've been playing he was more talented than his notoriety could lead you to believe.

[poppy]

What impressed me the most is how he had a concert and sang creditably only a couple of weeks before he died. I think the TV series the family made showed a quite different side to him, he was really just a softie.

[poppy]

Sad to see Patricia Routledge has passed away in her sleep at 96 years. A very accomplished actress but probably best remembered and loved as Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances 💕🥀

[Hux]

[Madeleine]

3 hours ago, poppy said:

Sad to see Patricia Routledge has passed away in her sleep at 96 years. A very accomplished actress but probably best remembered and loved as Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances 💕🥀

Definitely!

[Madeleine]

Sad to hear of Jilly Cooper's sudden death at the weekend, apparently after a fall. I've only read one of her books but she was a great character, such a shame.

[Madeleine]

Sad to see that David Ball, who was the more musical half of Soft Cell, has died at 66, way too young.  Marc Almond posted a lovely tribute on Facebook.  They have a new album coming out which they'd recently finished.