Category Archives: Legend

Jazz legend Billy Taylor dead at 89

By doris | Published: December 31, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Billy Taylor, one of the most influential American jazz musicians of the second half of the twentieth century, died Tuesday at the age of 89, according to a statement posted on his official Web site. Taylor passed away in New York due to heart failure, his daughter Kim Taylor-Thompson [...]

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Teena Marie, known as ‘Ivory Queen of Soul,’ dies

By doris | Published: December 27, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – Teena Marie, the “Ivory Queen of Soul” who developed a lasting legacy with her silky soul pipes and with hits like “Lovergirl,” “Square Biz,” and “Fire and Desire” with mentor Rick James, died on Sunday. She was 54. A statement from Pasadena police said the death appeared to [...]

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Dude vs. Duke: ‘True Grit’ offers comparisons

By doris | Published: December 26, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — The Dude is up against the Duke. In the new “True Grit,” Jeff Bridges provides a wildly different take on boozy one-eyed lawman Rooster Cogburn than John Wayne did in the 1969 original. Bridges reunited with Joel and Ethan Coen, who also directed him on 1998′s “The Big [...]

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Paul McCartney & Jimmy Fallon Sing “Yesterday” (the “Scrambled Eggs” Remix

By doris | Published: December 13, 2010

Full Story at EOnline.com Beatles fans know the lore: Paul McCartney’s tune “Yesterday” came to him in a dream and he sang nonsense lyrics about scrambled eggs when he woke up to remember the tune. Not too shabby for a song that became the most widely recorded song in pop music history. But you’ve never [...]

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Longtime journalist Daniel Schorr dies at 93

By doris | Published: July 25, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — Veteran reporter and commentator Daniel Schorr, whose hard-hitting reporting for CBS got him on President Richard Nixon’s notorious “enemies list” in the 1970s, has died. He was 93. Schorr died Friday at a Washington hospital after a brief illness, said Anna Christopher, a spokeswoman for National Public Radio, where [...]

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A year later, fans remember Michael Jackson

By doris | Published: June 27, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com A year after Michael Jackson’s death caused a worldwide outpouring of shock, tears and tributes, the anniversary of his passing was being marked Friday on a quieter scale, as fans remembered their fallen King of Pop with vigils, prayer and, of course, music. The electric, enigmatic and troubled icon died on [...]

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Kinks bassist Pete Quaife dead at 66

By doris | Published: June 26, 2010

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com Pete Quaife, the original bassist of the Kinks, has died, according to bandmate Ray Davies. Quaife was 66. Quaife died of kidney failure Wednesday in Herlev, Denmark. He moved to Denmark in 2005 after many years in Canada. He had recently gotten engaged to his partner, Elisabeth. “I am overwhelmed with [...]

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Legendary broadcaster Art Linkletter is dead at 97

By doris | Published: May 27, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Art Linkletter, the easygoing, smooth-voiced emcee famed for his long-running hosting gigs of the radio and television shows “House Party” and “People Are Funny,” and author of “Kids Say the Darndest Things,” has died, according to his spokeswoman.

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Singer, actress Lena Horne dies at 92

By doris | Published: May 10, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. She was 92 and lived in Manhattan. [...]

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Nashville floods claim Grand Ole Opry House

By doris | Published: May 7, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (PEOPLE.com) — The devastating floods in Nashville have inundated the Grand Ole Opry House, the most famous country-music venue in the world, and damaged cherished equipment of country artists across Music City. Songwriter Aimee Mayo posted a photo to Twitter on Wednesday, sent to her by country star Kellie Pickler, showing [...]

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