Celebrity death thread

[pg1067]

Bobby Knight - 83

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/01/sport/bobby-knight-death-coach-health-spt/index.html

[KevShmev]

Was just about to post that one.

Knight was great for a soundbite back in the day and not always in a good way, but he certainly let his mark on the sport of college hoops.

[hefdaddy42]

Holy shit

[TAC]

At the risk of offending any Bobby Knight fans, can I just say...Who gives a shit? The guy seemed like a total fucking asshole.

[KevShmev]

At the risk of offending any Bobby Knight fans, can I just say...Who gives a shit? The guy seemed like a total fucking asshole.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52359.0

Just some food for thought... (no judging)

[TAC]

At the risk of offending any Bobby Knight fans, can I just say...Who gives a shit? The guy seemed like a total fucking asshole.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52359.0

Just some food for thought... (no judging)

Well, alright. I'm a dick then.

[KevShmev]

At the risk of offending any Bobby Knight fans, can I just say...Who gives a shit? The guy seemed like a total fucking asshole.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52359.0

Just some food for thought... (no judging)

Well, alright. I'm a dick then.

But we knew that already. (levity!)

[TAC]

At the risk of offending any Bobby Knight fans, can I just say...Who gives a shit? The guy seemed like a total fucking asshole.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52359.0

Just some food for thought... (no judging)

Well, alright. I'm a dick then.

But we knew that already. (levity!)

Hah! I know.

I'm not saying I'm glad he's dead or anything. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being cranky.

[KevShmev]

Go listen to Somewhere in Time at a loud volume. That will cheer you right up. 

[TAC]

Go listen to Somewhere in Time at a loud volume. That will cheer you right up. 

It will. I'll be staring at my tickets..well, phone screen. 

[KevShmev]

Yeah, I missing getting actual tickets that you can hold in your hand.

[DragonAttack]

I wanted to show the wife a memorable incident in Mr. Knight's career, so I went to you tube, and started to type in

'bobby kni'

and it instantly did an auto fill 'bobby knight throws chair'   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukpekodCQ-U

I so remember this, as it was the Saturday regional 'Big Ten Game Of The Week'.  I grew up rooting against Indiana no matter who they played. 

I will say that his players did admire him (if he didn't grab them around the neck).  He helped raise close to half a mil when Landon Turner was paralyzed in an auto accident before his senior year.  And his players graduated.  So I begrudgingly give him respect for that, his coaching, the three NCAA titles, etc.

Then, as now, it didn't matter if you were a Michigan or Michigan State fan, there was one thing all agreed on:  Bobby Knight was a 

[Stadler]

I met him briefly in Hartford at the NCAA Tournament Round one; I was working security and as he walked past to get to the court, he turned around and grabbed a couple of sodas from one of the managers (who had a tray of them) and handed them to me and one of my colleagues.  He chatted for a minute or two about the crowd and stuff and then went out and coached his team to like a 20 point blowout. 

[cramx3]

At the risk of offending any Bobby Knight fans, can I just say...Who gives a shit? The guy seemed like a total fucking asshole.

Well, he certainly seemed like an asshole, but he also seemed like a good coach who did want the best for his players.  It's one of those odd coaches who is probably not universally liked by his attitude, but if you connected with him, you probably loved him.

He certainly was entertaining though, I always liked him.

[Zydar]

Shane McGowan (from The Pogues) has passed away. I guess he's mostly known to the masses for the Christmas song 'Fairytale Of New York'.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0RN60nstwc/

[Indiscipline]

Damn. It's truly heartbreaking.

[KevShmev]

For the four people around here who had probably heard of April Wine, their singer/guitarist/songwriter Myles Goodwyn died.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/myles-goodwyn-april-wine-dead/

[TAC]

For the four people around here who had probably heard of April Wine, their singer/guitarist/songwriter Myles Goodwyn died.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/myles-goodwyn-april-wine-dead/

Oh wow! They had a bunch of great tunes. Jeez.

[KevShmev]

For the four people around here who had probably heard of April Wine, their singer/guitarist/songwriter Myles Goodwyn died.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/myles-goodwyn-april-wine-dead/

Oh wow! They had a bunch of great tunes. Jeez.

I actually saw them in 1993.  It was my 8th concert ever - April Wine, Loverboy and Nazareth.

[TAC]

For the four people around here who had probably heard of April Wine, their singer/guitarist/songwriter Myles Goodwyn died.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/myles-goodwyn-april-wine-dead/

Oh wow! They had a bunch of great tunes. Jeez.

I actually saw them in 1993.  It was my 8th concert ever - April Wine, Loverboy and Nazareth.

Nice. I can't recall them ever coming around here. They must have though.

[KevShmev]

I literally never listen to them anymore, and they were always more of a "I like a handful of their songs or so" band for me, but that was during my classic rock radio listening period, so when a few friends mentioned about getting tickets, I was like, sure, why not.  I don't remember much about it, but I know I enjoyed it.

[Orbert]

I've definitely heard of April Wine and even have a few of their songs on my iPod.

Okay, that doesn't prove anything, I guess.   I'm probably just one of the four.

[KevShmev]

I Like to Rock and Roller in particular were major staples on rock radio here back in the 90s.

They also had a super obscure song called Shot Down that was huge on rock radio here in St. Louis, but apparently never played anywhere else.  A friend remembers an interview with them where one of the local DJs told them that and they were stunned.

[Orbert]

They broke big in the midwest with "Roller" and the album was called First Glance, so we assumed it was their first album.  Turns out it was their seventh album.  "I Like to Rock" was pretty fun, too.  Played that song in one of my first bands.  But the gem from that album (Harder... Faster) was their cover of "21st Century Schizoid Man".  Pretty ballsy to cover King Crimson, but it's a great version.

[El Barto]

I saw them in 93 playing with Jackyl at the local shed. Can't find any mention of it other than AW's website, and it appeared to be a one-off kind of gig. Some other bands were there, too (I despise Jackyl and we left when they came on). I remember it was a very good set, and included one of the best drum solos I've ever seen. The drummer, Jerry Mercer, was a real badass.

[lonestar]

For the four people around here who had probably heard of April Wine, their singer/guitarist/songwriter Myles Goodwyn died.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/myles-goodwyn-april-wine-dead/

Roller was such a solid tune.

In the early 90s I actually won tickets in the radio to their show, had to work so my brother went. Said they kicked ass.

[T-ski]

I remember "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" and "Just Between You and Me" being played on the radio in my youth.

[TAC]

I remember "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" and "Just Between You and Me" being played on the radio in my youth.

Big time!

[jingle.boy]

Jay was pumping them pretty hard in the Hard Rock thread earlier today.  As a Canadian, I'm rather familiar with April Wine.  I like the description of being Canada's Blue Oyster Cult.

[Ben_Jamin]

For the four people around here who had probably heard of April Wine, their singer/guitarist/songwriter Myles Goodwyn died.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/myles-goodwyn-april-wine-dead/

Coincidentally, my local radio station ended up playing one of their songs. I was all, April Wine, never heard of them but not bad of a song. This was played a couple days before he passed.

[KevShmev]

I don't agree with the April Wine/BOC thing (I know 99% of the BOC catalogue like the back of my hand, they were 8th on my favorites list, and I just don't see it), but it's cool to see than more than I would have thought here are familiar with April Wine. 

[hefdaddy42]

I haven't listened to April Wine in a LOOONNNGGG time.  But that's too bad.

RIP

[KevShmev]

This is a big one:

Norman Lear has passed at the age of 101.

[pg1067]

I heard on the radio yesterday that Denny Laine from Wings died.

[Orbert]

Yeah, Denny Laine died on the 50th anniversary of Wings' Band on the Run album.