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Ojai Sam said:
www.thetimes.com

Alfred Brendel obituary: legendary pianist with an anarchic spirit

Pianist who became a colossus of the musical world, but could also have excelled as a poet, painter or author, dies aged 94
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During the war one of his aunts was shot as a partisan and Alfred was sent to dig trenches. He suffered from frostbite and was taken to hospital, from where he was rescued by his mother. Later he spoke of how fortunate he was never to have joined an army, his wartime experiences having left him a permanent sceptic. “The experience of war, bombs, people proud to be political ‘believers’, the preposterous voices of Hitler and Goebbels on the radio, the sight of Jews wearing yellow stars and the experience of a war closing in on where I stayed with my mother left a store of information in my memory, information that told me in hindsight what the world should avoid being.”
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Brendel was an artist with greater charm in private than in public, who seemed an unlikely superstar in an age that often favoured dazzle and bravura over gravitas and determination. He could be nervous, jittery even. Being neither a perfectionist nor a virtuoso, he had to fight for each piece. However, his strength came directly from that struggle. Nevertheless, in his continual search for musical truth he never heard a performance that completely satisfied him, and never played one that completely satisfied him either. In keeping with his love of the absurd and, in a sense, answering his own question about whether or not classical music should be serious, he enjoyed pointing out that the word “listen” is an anagram of “silent”.
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Ojai Sam said:
variety.com

Bobby Sherman, Heartthrob Singer and TV Actor of the 1970s, Dies at 81

Bobby Sherman, a singer and actor who became a quintessential shaggy-haired teen idol of the late 1960s and early '70s, has died.
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Bobby’s brand of lightweight pop was always a not-too-guilty pleasure for me. He could certainly sing and act better than, say, Gary Lewis.
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I had forgotten that Gary Lewis ever acted. Guess it's just as well.

Did you know that Buddy Rich tutored Gary Lewis on drums and that Jim Keltner replaced him on drums?

At least, so saith: https://entertainmentnow.com/news/jerry-lewis-son-gary-playboys-songs-wife-family-kids-today/
 
axolotl said:
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Connie Francis, ‘Pretty Little Baby’ and ‘Stupid Cupid’ Singer, Dies at 87

Connie Francis, the chart-topping pop singer of '50s and '60s classics like "Stupid Cupid" and "Pretty Little Baby," has died. She was 87.
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I knew her life had been very difficult but didn’t realize the magnitude of her troubles until reading her NYT obituary. it’s really a shame that someone who brought so much pleasure to millions of people suffered so terribly during her lifetime.
 
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