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Rest In Peace, Etta James.

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1938-2012 A True Legend My wife introduced me to the music of Etta James, back in 2000. She always played Etta’s Live from San Francisco CD, in her car when we were out. Over the years I’ve heard a good deal of her catalog, mainly her later career, from 1980 onward… and it’s all amazing. [...]

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RIP Patrice Oneal. You Were Amazingly Funny

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Dead At 41 Unbelievably Funny I was shocked to hear that we lost comedian Patrice Oneal. He died following a stroke brought on by diabetes. It’s unusually surprising, as I have had a Patrice Oneal video clip in the queue for about six weeks, but I’m as busy as fuck with work, and I just [...]

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R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen. I Hope Nordberg Has An Alibi.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5egaR4WvLPY”

see more Lol Celebs Leslie Nielsen is dead. He is no more. He is an ex-actor, and don’t call him Shirley. I hope he went somewhere nice. He made me laugh. The humor was slapstick, but he sold it. Rest in pieces, Lt. Drebin.

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Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright Has Died. RIP

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Goddamn it. I’m getting pretty tired of these RIP posts. I’d like to stick with Jimmy Page and nipples. Well, Rick Wright, the keyboard player from Pink Floyd, has died of cancer. Shit. The story can be found here. http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=MTUzNDMxOA==

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