Brit Turner, of the band Blackberry Smoke, passed away today after about an 18 months battle with gioblastoma.

Dragon Ball: Japan manga creator Akira Toriyama dies

Many nerds will feel this one.



I wasn't a huge Dragon Ball Z fan but I did love his artwork in the Dragon Quest games.

RIP Eric Carmen. Go All The Way was one of my favorite power-pop songs of that era.

https://people.com/eric-carmen-raspb...age-74-8607783

Yes, meant to post that one. Go All the Way, All By Myself, Hungry Eyes from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, and he even wrote Almost Paradise for Top Gun.

The Raspberries were a huge influence on subsequent artists, even if they were only together for a brief time (very similar to a band they influenced, Jellyfish).

In my brain, All By Myself was sung by Anne Murray because of how the chorus sounds. That's the only part of the original song I really remember, and that doesn't sound like a dude singing it. It sounds like Anne Murray. I just had my mind totally blown by listening to the original.

I believe Celine Dion also recorded a version of that song, so you might be thinking of that one.

No, that is a very different sound. She sounds nothing like Anne Murray. It is just the way he sings the chorus. That and it probably blends in my mind with "You Needed Me." Just my childhood brain putting things together that don't go togther.

yeah all by myself amongst my all-time favorites, RIP Eric

Man don't mention Anne murray in this thread!

So many classics.

Yeah, she sang ‘corny’ songs and she wouldn’t be successful nowadays but different generation. I mean, you can’t compare Brady to Montana, right?

I literally bought an All By Myself 7" vinyl this morning. Sad times.

She was the first singer i found myself drawn to-yeah can't see her being successful today but still have a bunch of her albums.

Anne Murray's version of "Daydream Believer" was what I performed at my elementary talent show in 6th grade. I didn't have The Monkees version.

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I think my favorite is Danny’s Song but she’s had so many sentimental hits

who knew there were so many anne murray fans here? :)

Apparently resistance was futile!

Well obviously I liked that one given my name, but You Needed me has always been my #1 for me

M. Emmet Walsh died at 88. He was in a ton of movies much better and had more substantive parts, but I'll never forget him for his bit part in Fletch. Moooon Riveeeeer!

I like to sing “Can I Have This Dance” as “Can I Wear These Pants” for the rest of my life, will you be my trousers every night.

Wasn't there an elephant in a children's book named Babar?

Using the whole fist there, doc?

who knew aliens liked Anne Murray and pants too?

Louis Gossett Jr passed at 87.

RIP

An Officer and Gentleman and Iron Eagle are what I'll remember him most for.

Enemy Mine, baby

RIP Joe Flaherty from SCTV and score of movies and TV shows inclusing Stripes and Freaks and Geeks

RIP Peter Higgs of the Higgs Boson fame

OJ Simpson has passed away at the age of 76

https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/11/oj-si...ad-dies-cancer

I hope he enjoys hell.

If Hell and Heaven had a football game, who would win?

So do we really think it's cancer or are we gonna search for the real killer?

Hell, once Ray Lewis gets there

OJ will keep watch for now.

So definitely no chance of an OJ cameo in the upcoming Liam Neeson Naked Gun reboot. Damn.

Definitely my favorite one of those:

Norm Macdonald - OJ Simpson: “Lucky stabbing hat!� - YouTube

Will the funeral procession include a white Bronco?

You can sum up the state of social media in 2024 by compiling all of the posts gloating over OJs death because he committed the sin of *checks notes* encouraging people to get vaccinated.

uhhhh.....huh?

Wait, what?

I'm disappointed as well.

RIP Officer Nordberg.

It's happening (the reboot, not the OJ cameo).

I don't mind. There's so few good comedies that come out these days, I'll take any dart throws they try.

Dickey Betts, founding member of the Allman Brothers, passed away at the age of 80.

Allman Brothers Band's Dickey Betts Dead at 80

RIP.

Ramblin Man is one of my favorites.

RIP Duane Eddy. Didn't know the name but recognized "Peter Gunn" theme song.

Steve Albini, famed alt-rock producer/musician, dead at 61 from a heart attack.

My dad went to high school with Betts.

RIP Sean Burroughs

I was reading about him last night after seeing a tiktok pop up about his comeback several years ago after being out of baseball and homeless.

I'll always remember him as the kid that dominated the little league world series in '92.

Fans of Forensic Files and other true crime shows surely know who this guy is.

Dr. Cyril Wecht, famed forensic pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93 | AP News