In Memoriam

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Didn't know all that.

I didn't, either. I thought I was just going to read more about her animal activism.

Her Personal life and especially her Legacy are fascinating, too.

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Bob Weir, original member of The Grateful Dead dead at 78. And one less link in the chain. RIP

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly95x9qe4ko

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Bob Weir, original member of The Grateful Dead dead at 78. And one less link in the chain. RIP

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly95x9qe4ko

Lead vocals on most songs, he was the sound of The Grateful Dead.

I saw them 3 times before Jerry died - 2500 miles round trip to see with The Who at the Oakland Coliseum in 1976, early 80s in Spokane, about 1990 at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley (was living in SF this time).

[neoplacebo]

Bob Weir, original member of The Grateful Dead dead at 78. And one less link in the chain. RIP

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly95x9qe4ko

Lead vocals on most songs, he was the sound of The Grateful Dead.

I saw them 3 times before Jerry died - 2500 miles round trip to see with The Who at the Oakland Coliseum in 1976, early 80s in Spokane, about 1990 at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley (was living in SF this time).

Cool that you have those memories. I never saw them in person.

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Cool that you have those memories. I never saw them in person.

I thought about being a Deadhead for a summer or longer. There was a time when I sure like acid and shrooms and the roaming parking lot Village sure looked fun, but I never loved their music enough to get around to it.

Civil rights trailblazer Claudette Colvin dies at 86 after defying segregation before Rosa Parks
“I think they [the NAACP] were looking for the right person,” Colvin explained why her actions did not spark the boycott, in 2015, “the face of the total movement.”

... She was just 15 years old when, on March 2, 1955, she headed home from school on a segregated bus in Montgomery city. During the trip, the driver ordered her to give up her seat to a white passenger. Colvin did something unthinkable at the time: she refused the order and did not budge. The young Colvin had been studying Black history in class, learning about abolitionists like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth.

Colvin was arrested that day and charged with assault and battery of an officer, disorderly conduct, and violating the bus segregation ordinance. “I didn’t think I would be arrested. I knew there was some action that would take place," Colvin told WSFA 12 News decades later. She added, “most people ask me why didn’t you get up when the bus driver asked you to get up. I say I couldn’t get up because history had me glued to my seat.” Despite being unprecedented, her actions that day did not immediately grab the nation's attention.


Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Activist speaks onstage during the 2020 Embrace Ambition Summit by the Tory Burch Foundation at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 05, 2020 in New York City.

... Colvin was almost forgotten in the records of civil rights, eclipsed by Parks and other activists. She spent decades working as a nurse's aide, caring for elderly patients. When historians the likes of Phillip Hoose, whose 2009 biography, “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice,” won the National Book Award for young people’s literature, shed light on her life, she gained recognition late-in-life....

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Cool that you have those memories. I never saw them in person.

I thought about being a Deadhead for a summer or longer. There was a time when I sure like acid and shrooms and the roaming parking lot Village sure looked fun, but I never loved their music enough to get around to it.

Civil rights trailblazer Claudette Colvin dies at 86 after defying segregation before Rosa Parks
“I think they [the NAACP] were looking for the right person,” Colvin explained why her actions did not spark the boycott, in 2015, “the face of the total movement.”

... She was just 15 years old when, on March 2, 1955, she headed home from school on a segregated bus in Montgomery city. During the trip, the driver ordered her to give up her seat to a white passenger. Colvin did something unthinkable at the time: she refused the order and did not budge. The young Colvin had been studying Black history in class, learning about abolitionists like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth.

Colvin was arrested that day and charged with assault and battery of an officer, disorderly conduct, and violating the bus segregation ordinance. “I didn’t think I would be arrested. I knew there was some action that would take place," Colvin told WSFA 12 News decades later. She added, “most people ask me why didn’t you get up when the bus driver asked you to get up. I say I couldn’t get up because history had me glued to my seat.” Despite being unprecedented, her actions that day did not immediately grab the nation's attention.


Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Activist speaks onstage during the 2020 Embrace Ambition Summit by the Tory Burch Foundation at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 05, 2020 in New York City.

... Colvin was almost forgotten in the records of civil rights, eclipsed by Parks and other activists. She spent decades working as a nurse's aide, caring for elderly patients. When historians the likes of Phillip Hoose, whose 2009 biography, “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice,” won the National Book Award for young people’s literature, shed light on her life, she gained recognition late-in-life....

I never much cared for that extended jamming sort of thing they used to do a lot of. My favorite Dead music was From the Mars Hotel and Shakedown Street albums. I'd read that back in the day, they would use Hell's Angels members as security for their gigs. It's been said that the Stones hired Angels for security at Altamont only because Jerry Garcia had used them in the past. Altamont was subsequently described as the official end of the 60's.

[GoCubsGo]

The Great Santini is a personal fave.

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https://x.com/AntiToxicPeople/status/20 ... 7987866067

The Great Santini is a personal fave.

https://x.com/BillSimmons/status/2023463400697966630

I liked him in Apocalypse Now. He won a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and others for that.
List of awards and nominations received by Robert Duvall

[neoplacebo]

Yeah, a great actor. He was actually believable in sny role he played....gung ho Army dude, western guy, anything. Damn

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Jesse Jackson, RIP
Born in Greenville, SC, Whack9 . Special on WYFF-NBC right now, will probably be streaming.

He WAS somebody.

You may have known him best, Chicago Dog. Your opinion?

[GoCubsGo]

As someone that recently lost a close relative to ALS I'm glad he is at peace and most likely of his own choosing.

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[supesalemgr2]

A special talent for folks of my generation.

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Wow, he was 86!

[neoplacebo]

Dave Mason dead at 79. Always liked him. RIP

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/arts ... -dead.html

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RIP

[O Really]

In another example of "everything Trump touches dies",
"Village People lead singer Victor Willis, co-writer of 1970s-era disco hits including Y.M.C.A. and Macho Man, has died at 74."
Last of the original Villagers, I think.

[GoCubsGo]

Awww, I loved that show.

Randolph Mantooth, Who Played Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80

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Awww, I loved that show.

Randolph Mantooth, Who Played Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80

I did, too. It probably helped influence my career choice.