Notable death

@blood-on-the-tracks said
@rookie54

Well, unlike Steed, this gentleman passed 220 or so years ago!

I believe the purpose of the thread is recently deceased notables

I was reading this response and thought maybe there was a "typo" and it was Stees so I looked in today's obituaries in the paper and saw, thankfully, that it wasn't a typo at all. Phew!!

George Blake, aged 98, who will be known to Britons and Russians here beyond a certain age.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55452313

Tony Rice
legendary blues guitarist
June 8, 1951 - December 25, 2020
rip

@rookie54

Dang, a good one to be sure.

Phil Niekro, Hall of Fame pitcher, dies at the age of 81
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/27/us/phil-niekro-obit/index.html

😱😱😱

French designer Pierre Cardin, 98.

@rookie54
The flag of bluegrass guitar virtuosity has been passed to Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle.
Tony Rice RIP. He was there before those two I mentioned were even a glint in daddy's eyes.

@sonhouse said
@rookie54
The flag of bluegrass guitar virtuosity has been passed to Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle.
Tony Rice RIP. He was there before those two I mentioned were even a glint in daddy's eyes.

How old was he?

French designer Pierre Cardin, was 98.

-VR

Fou Ts'ong.

2020 isn't quite over and we're still losing world-class musicians.

@moonbus said
Fou Ts'ong.

2020 isn't quite over and we're still losing world-class musicians.

It wouldn't be politically correct to say the year the music died would it?

-VR

@very-rusty said
It wouldn't be politically correct to say the year the music died would it?

-VR

"Bye bye, Miss American Pie" ?

@moonbus said
"Bye bye, Miss American Pie" ?

Yes, and I wasn't even thinking about that one when I said it to be quite honest!

Although I believe the words go "the day the music died"!~

That is an oldy! 😉

-VR

Luke Letlow.

The Congressman you never knew.

Ivry Gitlis, 98.

Virtuoso violinist.

@moonbus said
Luke Letlow.

The Congressman you never knew.

(R - LA) He was elected in 2020 in a run-off election on Dec. 5 but died of COVID-19 before taking office. There will now be a special election to name a successor. LA's 5th district is mostly Republican. He was only 41, and leaves behind a wife and 2 young children.