Dropping Like Flies

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Steve Harwell

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Steve Harwell

Steve Harwell, founding lead singer of Smash Mouth, dead at 56
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/04/entertainment/steve-harwell-death

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Poor man. Rest In Peace.

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Tail Dragger Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_Dragger_Jones

Just heard he passed yesterday. Was booked to headline the DC Blues Festival next month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJP4_xB9w6E&pp=ygUMdGFpbCBkcmFnZ2Vy

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Steve Harwell

Steve Harwell, founding lead singer of Smash Mouth, dead at 56
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/04/entertainment/steve-harwell-death

I want to hire his manager to write my obituary.

“Steve Harwell was a true American Original. A larger than life character who shot up into the sky like a Roman candle,” Hayes said in a statement to CNN. “Steve should be remembered for his unwavering focus and impassioned determination to reach the heights of pop stardom. And the fact that he achieved this near-impossible goal with very limited musical experience makes his accomplishments all the more remarkable. His only tools were his irrepressible charm and charisma, his fearlessly reckless ambition, and his king-size cajones."

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Gary Wright, the musician best known for his hit singles 'Dream Weaver' and 'Love Is Alive,' has died. He was 80.

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Steve Harwell

We do still have Steve Harvey, but meh.

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Steve Harwell

We do still have Steve Harvey, but meh.

Oh well.
Har har.

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The idea that he wrestled as both a Sheik and a Native American, and was childhood friends with Saddam Hussain, kind of blows my mind.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending/wwe-legend-adnan-al-kaissie-general-adnan-dies-age-84/KVQQQOUF7NA2TODXFJ4BH5QXLI/

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Whitey von Neida

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Fernando Botero, Artist of Whimsical Rotundity

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Roger Whittaker, a renowned figure in the world of Schlager music

got me what schlager music is, but maybe has to do with shots

edit: apparently, this is  Waterloo by Abba
also a funny quote
 Schlager is a form of pop so insipid and saccharine that it is possible the Communists built the Berlin Wall to keep it out.

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Schlager is basically melodic sentimental pop, often set to well-known classical tunes. Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" and "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" are perfect examples having been set to Rachmaninoff's second movement of his Piano Concerto No. 2 and third movement of Symphony No. 2 respectively.

There are some schlager-like tunes on The Raspberries albums as well. I figured they wanted to have a few tunes that their parents would enjoy.

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Kent Stax
Scream drummer

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Burkey Belser, designer of ubiquitous nutrition facts label, dies at 76