R.I.P.s

[philipchevron]

Larry Gelbart (81) American comic writer for TV, stage and big screen.

"One minute you're standing in the wings, and the next minute you're wearin' 'em. "

Heaven just got much funnier.

[Clash Cadillac]

Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies at 95
Called father of ‘green revolution,’ he’s credited with saving millions of lives

[mctoon]

i dont care if its the place or not,,,,, , my 8 year old cat bought it today, gutted

[O'Blivion]

Jim Carroll

One of the people who died.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBbuPnfG0Vo

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/books ... .html?_r=1

[Clash Cadillac]

Jim Carroll

One one of the people who died.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBbuPnfG0Vo

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/books ... .html?_r=1

I was fortunate enough to see Jim perform spoken word and a few songs one night in Longbeach, CA. His support act was Michael McClure reading poetry while Ray Manzarek played accompanying music.

R.I.P Mr. Carroll

[philipchevron]

i dont care if its the place or not,,,,, , my 8 year old cat bought it today, gutted

Sure it's the place. So sorry.

[Guest]

Jim Carroll

Damn, damn, damn.


Teddy sniffing glue, he was 12 years old
Fell from the roof on East Two-nine
Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug
On 26 reds and a bottle of wine

[firehazard]

i dont care if its the place or not,,,,, , my 8 year old cat bought it today, gutted

Poor puss. Eight is no age for a cat. Sorry for your loss, mctoon.

[Low D]

i dont care if its the place or not,,,,, , my 8 year old cat bought it today, gutted

Poor puss. Eight is no age for a cat. Sorry for your loss, mctoon.

A wise person once said: "The trouble with love is that people last too long, and pets don't last long enough."

[O'Blivion]

i dont care if its the place or not,,,,, , my 8 year old cat bought it today, gutted

Poor puss. Eight is no age for a cat. Sorry for your loss, mctoon.

A wise person once said: "The trouble with love is that people last too long, and pets don't last long enough."

I'll second that. I've been a cat person all my life. The bond one shares with a cat is unlike any other. My sincere condolences.

[Mike from Boston]

My Uncle Bernie McCarthy

He was born in Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon, spent his childhood years there, before he moved to Birmingham, England for school. After school,
he came to the States and joined the USAF. He settled in the Boston area after that.

Bernie was a leader in keeping all aspects of Irish culture alive in Boston. He was a member of an Irish band "The Fenian Folk" playing flute/tin whistle who were the house band at the old Village Coach House in Brookline back in the 1970s, long before Irish Pubs were on every street corner. They covered "Dirty Old Town" before the Pogues made it fashionable! He was the co-host of the "Sound of Erin" Radio program for nearly three decades. Their impact on the Boston Irish scene was written about here:

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles ... ish_music/
"McCarthy said. ''The main reason for starting the show was to broadcast the Wolfe Tones, the Dubliners, the Chieftains, and the music that was really happening in Ireland at that time," McCarthy said. ''It wasn't being heard here, really."


He was a past President of the Eire Society and was involved with the Boston Irish Theater Group-suprising his nephew at how well he could act.

His favorite Pogues song was "Bottle of Smoke".

I was always so proud of him and I am going to miss him terribly.

[KathleenwithaK]

Patrick Swayze, actor, dancer, singer-songwriter

[Low D]

http://www.thefrisky.com/tag/gertrude+baines/

The world’s oldest person, 115-year-old Gertrude Baines, died peacefully in her sleep Friday morning. The saucy senior citizen was born in 1894 and grew up in Georgia. Her father was a slave and she lived through the height of segregation. She was married and divorced once, and had a daughter in 1909 who died of typhoid when she was 18 years old. Despite her difficult path, Gertrude wasn’t a curmudgeon. In fact, the caretakers at her nursing home describe her as sweet and sassy. Gertrude made the news last year when she voted for Barack Obama, and on her 115th birthday, she said she’d like to live another four years just to “vote for Barack again.” Before the last election, Gertrude had only voted once before, for John F. Kennedy. She told the LA Times that she supported Obama “because he’s for the coloured” and that she kept a signed picture of the prez on her wall. [Reuters]

[kmurray105]

Jim Carroll

One of the people who died.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBbuPnfG0Vo

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/books ... .html?_r=1

I just found out in reading about his death that he lived in my neighborhood for much of his teen years and even went to the same grammar school as me for a year or so; although many years earlier. Apparently, much of Basketball Diaries took place in that neighborhood. There is even reference to the street interescection of Cumming and Seaman about 250 ft. from my childhood apartment building: http://www.cassiecarter.com/New_design/Flash/JCsNYC.php

[Christine again]

How very sad, Dave, I only just saw. My condolences for your loss, and may you find some comfort in friends and family and in good memories.