Janey Godley - not a name many will know outside the borders of Scotland but her voiceovers of Nicola Sturgeon's daily briefings during Covid were superb. She died this morning of cancer at the age of 63.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgxp3x1zx3o
There is an attempt at subtitles if the accent is too broad for you!
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Excellent! I always enjoyed her appearances on HIGNFY.
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Quincy Jones, musical maestro and entertainment industry titan, dies at 91
In a prolific career that spanned more than 70 years, Jones established himself as a behind-the-scenes force and a gifted artist in his own right.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries ... -rcna42434
Quincy Jones, a maestro of American music and a titan of the entertainment industry who influenced nearly every popular genre, produced landmark albums and earned 80 Grammy Award nominations, died Sunday, his publicist said.
He was 91.
Jones "passed away peacefully" Sunday night at his home in Bel Air while surrounded by his family, according to his publicist, Arnold Robinson.
"Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing. And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him," Jones' family said in a statement.
In a prolific career that spanned more than 70 years, Jones established himself as a behind-the-scenes force and a gifted artist in his own right, working as an arranger, composer, songwriter and performer.
He left indelible imprints on jazz, pop, hip-hop and dozens of film and television soundtracks, collaborating with some of the most illustrious names in the American songbook, from Count Basie and Dinah Washington to Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon.
He produced Michael Jackson’s smash record “Thriller,” as well as Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “The Color Purple” and the NBC sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” — projects that helped bolster his legacy as a hit-maker and media mogul.
Jones received numerous awards and accolades, including recognition at the John F. Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2010 and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2021, he joined James Brown and Otis Redding as one of the first three “foundational inductees” of the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame in Atlanta.
“As a master inventor of musical hybrids, he has mixed pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African, and Brazilian music into many dazzling fusions, traversing virtually every medium, including records, live performances, movies and television,” Obama said in his remarks.
Jones won 28 Grammys, putting him third on the list of all-time winners. He nabbed an Emmy in 1977 for writing the theme for the first episode of the miniseries “Roots” and later received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Oscars in 1994.
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. was born in Chicago on March 14, 1933, the son of Quincy Delight Jones, a semiprofessional baseball player and carpenter, and Sarah Frances, a bank officer and apartment complex manager.
Jones was first exposed to music by his mother, who sang religious songs. She later suffered a schizophrenic breakdown; Jones’ parents eventually divorced, and his father remarried.
In the early 1940s, Jones and his family relocated to Bremerton, Washington, where he studied the trumpet and worked with a fledgling pianist/singer by the name of Ray Charles, who was said to have helped persuade Jones to pursue his interest in the musical arts.
Jones studied briefly at the eminent Schillinger House (now known as the Berklee College of Music) in Boston in the 1950s. He then started touring with the jazz great Lionel Hampton as a trumpeter and arranger.
In time, he earned a reputation as a skilled freelance arranger. He worked with Cannonball Adderley, Count Basie, Clifford Brown, Gigi Gryce (later known as Basheer Qusim), Oscar Pettiford, Dinah Washington and a host of other jazz luminaries.
He toured with Dizzy Gillespie’s big band in 1956, traveling across the Middle East and South America, and recorded his first album as a bandleader the same year.
He worked for a spell at the Barclay record label in Paris and then led an all-star big band for the European run of Harold Arlen’s “blues opera” in two acts, “Free and Easy.”
Jones returned to the U.S. in 1961, becoming an artists-and-repertoire director for Mercury Records. Three years later, he was elevated to a vice president position there, making him one of the first Black Americans with an executive-level position at a major U.S. record company.
In the 1960s, Jones arranged and produced albums while also establishing himself as a go-to composer for film scores, first with the soundtrack for Sidney Lumet’s “The Pawnbroker” and later for Norman Jewison’s “In the Heat of the Night” and Richard Brooks’ “In Cold Blood.”
He went on to create sleek, stylish scores for the original version of “The Italian Job” (1969), the satirical dramedy “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” the Steve McQueen thriller “The Getaway” and the Robert Redford caper “The Hot Rock.”
Jones’ next stop was the A&M record label, where he worked from 1969 to 1981, taking a brief hiatus as he rebounded from a brain aneurysm in 1974.
Jones’ medical condition was believed to be so dire that his friends and family began preparing for his death. He eventually attended his own memorial service alongside comedian Richard Pryor, actor Sidney Poitier and singer Marvin Gaye.
In 1975, Jones founded his own record label, Qwest Productions, signing artists like Patti Austin and the British group New Order. Three years later, he produced the soundtrack for Lumet’s movie musical “The Wiz,” a retelling of “The Wizard of Oz” starring Jackson and Diana Ross.
Jones reached a commercial zenith as the producer of a trio of Jackson records — “Off the Wall,” “Thriller” and “Bad” — that each sold tens of millions of copies and electrified the pop culture landscape.
“Thriller” — with its smash-hit singles, electric blend of genres and MTV-ready aesthetics — rocketed up the sales charts. It remains one of the all-time best-selling albums, a landmark that endures despite the troubling dimensions of Jackson’s personal life.
Jones was a prolific philanthropist. He helped recruit a who’s who of performers — Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder — for “We Are the World,” a 1985 charity single produced to raise money for victims of famine in Ethiopia.
In the 1980s and the 1990s, Jones branched off into other media, producing Spielberg’s version of the Alice Walker novel “The Color Purple” (1985), as well as the beloved television show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” starring Will Smith. He also launched the music magazine Vibe.
In his later years, Jones — by then a legendary figure in the entertainment industry and beyond — remained productive in the arts and philanthropic activities.
He published a memoir, “Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones,” in 2001, and in 2018 he was the subject of a Netflix documentary directed by one of his daughters, the actor Rashida Jones.
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In a prolific career that spanned more than 70 years, Jones established himself as a behind-the-scenes force and a gifted artist in his own right.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries ... -rcna42434
Quincy Jones, a maestro of American music and a titan of the entertainment industry who influenced nearly every popular genre, produced landmark albums and earned 80 Grammy Award nominations, died Sunday, his publicist said.
He was 91.
Jones "passed away peacefully" Sunday night at his home in Bel Air while surrounded by his family, according to his publicist, Arnold Robinson.
"Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing. And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him," Jones' family said in a statement.
In a prolific career that spanned more than 70 years, Jones established himself as a behind-the-scenes force and a gifted artist in his own right, working as an arranger, composer, songwriter and performer.
He left indelible imprints on jazz, pop, hip-hop and dozens of film and television soundtracks, collaborating with some of the most illustrious names in the American songbook, from Count Basie and Dinah Washington to Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon.
He produced Michael Jackson’s smash record “Thriller,” as well as Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “The Color Purple” and the NBC sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” — projects that helped bolster his legacy as a hit-maker and media mogul.
Jones received numerous awards and accolades, including recognition at the John F. Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2010 and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2021, he joined James Brown and Otis Redding as one of the first three “foundational inductees” of the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame in Atlanta.
“As a master inventor of musical hybrids, he has mixed pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African, and Brazilian music into many dazzling fusions, traversing virtually every medium, including records, live performances, movies and television,” Obama said in his remarks.
Jones won 28 Grammys, putting him third on the list of all-time winners. He nabbed an Emmy in 1977 for writing the theme for the first episode of the miniseries “Roots” and later received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Oscars in 1994.
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. was born in Chicago on March 14, 1933, the son of Quincy Delight Jones, a semiprofessional baseball player and carpenter, and Sarah Frances, a bank officer and apartment complex manager.
Jones was first exposed to music by his mother, who sang religious songs. She later suffered a schizophrenic breakdown; Jones’ parents eventually divorced, and his father remarried.
In the early 1940s, Jones and his family relocated to Bremerton, Washington, where he studied the trumpet and worked with a fledgling pianist/singer by the name of Ray Charles, who was said to have helped persuade Jones to pursue his interest in the musical arts.
Jones studied briefly at the eminent Schillinger House (now known as the Berklee College of Music) in Boston in the 1950s. He then started touring with the jazz great Lionel Hampton as a trumpeter and arranger.
In time, he earned a reputation as a skilled freelance arranger. He worked with Cannonball Adderley, Count Basie, Clifford Brown, Gigi Gryce (later known as Basheer Qusim), Oscar Pettiford, Dinah Washington and a host of other jazz luminaries.
He toured with Dizzy Gillespie’s big band in 1956, traveling across the Middle East and South America, and recorded his first album as a bandleader the same year.
He worked for a spell at the Barclay record label in Paris and then led an all-star big band for the European run of Harold Arlen’s “blues opera” in two acts, “Free and Easy.”
Jones returned to the U.S. in 1961, becoming an artists-and-repertoire director for Mercury Records. Three years later, he was elevated to a vice president position there, making him one of the first Black Americans with an executive-level position at a major U.S. record company.
In the 1960s, Jones arranged and produced albums while also establishing himself as a go-to composer for film scores, first with the soundtrack for Sidney Lumet’s “The Pawnbroker” and later for Norman Jewison’s “In the Heat of the Night” and Richard Brooks’ “In Cold Blood.”
He went on to create sleek, stylish scores for the original version of “The Italian Job” (1969), the satirical dramedy “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” the Steve McQueen thriller “The Getaway” and the Robert Redford caper “The Hot Rock.”
Jones’ next stop was the A&M record label, where he worked from 1969 to 1981, taking a brief hiatus as he rebounded from a brain aneurysm in 1974.
Jones’ medical condition was believed to be so dire that his friends and family began preparing for his death. He eventually attended his own memorial service alongside comedian Richard Pryor, actor Sidney Poitier and singer Marvin Gaye.
In 1975, Jones founded his own record label, Qwest Productions, signing artists like Patti Austin and the British group New Order. Three years later, he produced the soundtrack for Lumet’s movie musical “The Wiz,” a retelling of “The Wizard of Oz” starring Jackson and Diana Ross.
Jones reached a commercial zenith as the producer of a trio of Jackson records — “Off the Wall,” “Thriller” and “Bad” — that each sold tens of millions of copies and electrified the pop culture landscape.
“Thriller” — with its smash-hit singles, electric blend of genres and MTV-ready aesthetics — rocketed up the sales charts. It remains one of the all-time best-selling albums, a landmark that endures despite the troubling dimensions of Jackson’s personal life.
Jones was a prolific philanthropist. He helped recruit a who’s who of performers — Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder — for “We Are the World,” a 1985 charity single produced to raise money for victims of famine in Ethiopia.
In the 1980s and the 1990s, Jones branched off into other media, producing Spielberg’s version of the Alice Walker novel “The Color Purple” (1985), as well as the beloved television show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” starring Will Smith. He also launched the music magazine Vibe.
In his later years, Jones — by then a legendary figure in the entertainment industry and beyond — remained productive in the arts and philanthropic activities.
He published a memoir, “Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones,” in 2001, and in 2018 he was the subject of a Netflix documentary directed by one of his daughters, the actor Rashida Jones.
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John Nott, defence secretary during Falklands War, dies aged 92
Once called a ‘here today, gone tomorrow politician’ by Robin Day, he served in Margaret Thatcher’s administration from 1979 to 1983
Sir John Nott served in the Gurkha Rifles before studying law and economics at Trinity College, Cambridge Credit: Alamy/PA
Jacob Freedland
07 November 2024 9:53am GMT
Sir John Nott, Margaret Thatcher’s defence secretary during the Falklands War, has died at the age of 92.
He served in Thatcher’s administration from 1979 to 1983, first as secretary of state for trade and then as defence secretary, playing a crucial role in the Falklands conflict in 1982.
Sir John offered his resignation following Argentina’s invasion of the islands, but it was not accepted.
He instead remained in post for the duration of the four-month war and was eventually replaced by Michael Heseltine in January 1983 after deciding not to seek re-election.
Sasha Swire, his daughter, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “RIP my beloved father, John Nott, protector, politician, farmer, me.”
Senior Conservatives paid tribute to Sir John after news of his death broke on Wednesday evening.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a former party leader, said: “John Nott was a highly intelligent and clear-headed politician, a strong intellectual supporter of Margaret Thatcher’s reform agenda.
“I talked at length to him about my plans for reform of welfare and found in him a strong supporter but also clear-headed about the challenges I would face. He was a kind man and a great public servant, and my condolences to his family.”
Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, said: “John Nott was an inspiring defence secretary and politician who stood up, alongside Margaret Thatcher, to aggression.
“His resolute determination to free British sovereign territory from tyranny is as important today as it was during the Falklands conflict. My condolences go to his family and loved ones at this sad time.”
Born in Bideford, Devon in February 1932, Sir John served in the Gurkha Rifles before studying law and economics at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He represented St Ives as MP from 1966 to 1983, initially under the National Liberal label, which merged with the Conservatives in 1968.
Sir John first served as Thatcher’s trade secretary, presiding over the privatisation of British Airways – the first of the Thatcher government – before moving to defence in 1981.
Writing in The Telegraph in 2012, Sir John paid tribute to the armed forces who fought in the Falklands. Describing the move to send a naval taskforce to retake the Islands he said: “The risks of sending 31,000 men and women to the other end of the world were huge, and we needed good luck and good planning to pull it off.
“With all the inevitable minor cock-ups which always accompany any great enterprise, the planning by Admiral Fieldhouse and his team at Northwood was generally immaculate.
“It was because it all happened so suddenly – we only intercepted the Argentine naval signal on the Wednesday – that Whitehall was disabled.
“If we’d had received greater warning of an invasion, the slow-grinding wheels of government, with the Civil Service’s predilection for belt and braces, and for interdepartmental committees, might well have stifled us with bureaucracy from the outset. Things went wrong, as they always do, but the logistics worked.”
Sir John Nott with the captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes (Lin Middleton) as the Falklands War began Credit: PA
Sir John revealed after the conflict he “wasn’t much aware” where the Falklands were before the invasion.
He told the BBC: “Of course I knew that we had some Royal Marines there, but I had to remind myself as to where the Falkland Islands were, when the scrap merchants landed on South Georgia.
“I had a huge great globe in my room in the Ministry of Defence and I went over to it to rediscover the geographical position of the Falklands. I was a bit horrified to see how far away they were.”
In October 1982, Sir John famously walked out of a BBC interview with Sir Robin Day i after he was described as a “transient, here today and, if I may say so, gone tomorrow politician”.
The quote was used as the title of Sir John’s autobiography Here Today, Gone Tomorrow published in 2002.
Sir John had three children from his marriage with Lady Nott, including Julian Nott, the film composer and Ms Swire, an author and journalist.[/i][/b]
Nott had promised Invincible to the Australians and Hermes was next. Made the Argentinians think that Britain wasn't serious about defence of the Falklands. It took Sir Henry Leach (standing in for CDS Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse who was abroad on an official visit to New Zealand) to convince the Cabinet that the UK could retake the Falklands.
Nott not remembered kindly. Just a career politician not across his defence brief.
Once called a ‘here today, gone tomorrow politician’ by Robin Day, he served in Margaret Thatcher’s administration from 1979 to 1983
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Sir John Nott served in the Gurkha Rifles before studying law and economics at Trinity College, Cambridge Credit: Alamy/PA
Jacob Freedland
07 November 2024 9:53am GMT
Sir John Nott, Margaret Thatcher’s defence secretary during the Falklands War, has died at the age of 92.
He served in Thatcher’s administration from 1979 to 1983, first as secretary of state for trade and then as defence secretary, playing a crucial role in the Falklands conflict in 1982.
Sir John offered his resignation following Argentina’s invasion of the islands, but it was not accepted.
He instead remained in post for the duration of the four-month war and was eventually replaced by Michael Heseltine in January 1983 after deciding not to seek re-election.
Sasha Swire, his daughter, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “RIP my beloved father, John Nott, protector, politician, farmer, me.”
Senior Conservatives paid tribute to Sir John after news of his death broke on Wednesday evening.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a former party leader, said: “John Nott was a highly intelligent and clear-headed politician, a strong intellectual supporter of Margaret Thatcher’s reform agenda.
“I talked at length to him about my plans for reform of welfare and found in him a strong supporter but also clear-headed about the challenges I would face. He was a kind man and a great public servant, and my condolences to his family.”
Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, said: “John Nott was an inspiring defence secretary and politician who stood up, alongside Margaret Thatcher, to aggression.
“His resolute determination to free British sovereign territory from tyranny is as important today as it was during the Falklands conflict. My condolences go to his family and loved ones at this sad time.”
Born in Bideford, Devon in February 1932, Sir John served in the Gurkha Rifles before studying law and economics at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He represented St Ives as MP from 1966 to 1983, initially under the National Liberal label, which merged with the Conservatives in 1968.
Sir John first served as Thatcher’s trade secretary, presiding over the privatisation of British Airways – the first of the Thatcher government – before moving to defence in 1981.
Writing in The Telegraph in 2012, Sir John paid tribute to the armed forces who fought in the Falklands. Describing the move to send a naval taskforce to retake the Islands he said: “The risks of sending 31,000 men and women to the other end of the world were huge, and we needed good luck and good planning to pull it off.
“With all the inevitable minor cock-ups which always accompany any great enterprise, the planning by Admiral Fieldhouse and his team at Northwood was generally immaculate.
“It was because it all happened so suddenly – we only intercepted the Argentine naval signal on the Wednesday – that Whitehall was disabled.
“If we’d had received greater warning of an invasion, the slow-grinding wheels of government, with the Civil Service’s predilection for belt and braces, and for interdepartmental committees, might well have stifled us with bureaucracy from the outset. Things went wrong, as they always do, but the logistics worked.”
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Sir John revealed after the conflict he “wasn’t much aware” where the Falklands were before the invasion.
He told the BBC: “Of course I knew that we had some Royal Marines there, but I had to remind myself as to where the Falkland Islands were, when the scrap merchants landed on South Georgia.
“I had a huge great globe in my room in the Ministry of Defence and I went over to it to rediscover the geographical position of the Falklands. I was a bit horrified to see how far away they were.”
In October 1982, Sir John famously walked out of a BBC interview with Sir Robin Day i after he was described as a “transient, here today and, if I may say so, gone tomorrow politician”.
The quote was used as the title of Sir John’s autobiography Here Today, Gone Tomorrow published in 2002.
Sir John had three children from his marriage with Lady Nott, including Julian Nott, the film composer and Ms Swire, an author and journalist.[/i][/b]
Nott had promised Invincible to the Australians and Hermes was next. Made the Argentinians think that Britain wasn't serious about defence of the Falklands. It took Sir Henry Leach (standing in for CDS Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse who was abroad on an official visit to New Zealand) to convince the Cabinet that the UK could retake the Falklands.
Nott not remembered kindly. Just a career politician not across his defence brief.
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Flew him a few times. Nice guy.
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We could do with a John Nott or three at the moment. I was always a bit surprised that he didn't receive something more meritorious than a KCB though. Mind you, 'Ks' weren't given away like sweets in Mrs T's day.
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Flew him and his wife plus Caspar Weinberger and wife from Leuchars to Gleneagles for some NATO Defence Ministers meeting in October 81. As you say, nice guy, as was Caspar Weinberger. Lots of demonstrations outside Gleneagles, hence the short flight rather than surface transport.
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Actor Timothy West, known for many roles in television and theatre, has died aged 90, his family has announced.
A statement released jointly by his children, external said the actor died "peacefully in his sleep" and was "with his friends and family at the end".
Juliet, Samuel and Joseph West described their father as having had a "long and extraordinary life on and off the stage".
The actor is also survived by his wife, Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales, to whom he was married for 61 years.
A statement released jointly by his children, external said the actor died "peacefully in his sleep" and was "with his friends and family at the end".
Juliet, Samuel and Joseph West described their father as having had a "long and extraordinary life on and off the stage".
The actor is also survived by his wife, Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales, to whom he was married for 61 years.
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Sad news as Prunella is suffering badly from dementia now.
We loved the canal boat series with them. "I have control Prue, this is a tight bend". Bang, scrape. "Oh bugger!"
We loved the canal boat series with them. "I have control Prue, this is a tight bend". Bang, scrape. "Oh bugger!"
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Loved the canal series as well, but he had a very varied career both on stage and in film as well as several tv shows including Brass 
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I literally just finished watching the whole series about a month ago. I am hoping to do a canal trip next year sometime.
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We loved it because it was gentle, very entertaining stuff and they also went to some interesting places in continental Europe and further afield in North America. Like you I think we've seen all the series now, so maybe time to start again at the beginning! He seemed to have an amazing ability to just switch into some parts that he'd played over the years, just at the drop of a hat, especially Shakespeare. In the UK, the Caledonian Canal trip was great with 'conventional' boats but the narrowboats on the English canals must have taken some handling.
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Bela Karolyi, coach who developed USA Gymnastics into world force, dies at 82
Bela and wife Márta defected from Romania and built women's gymnastics in the United States athlete by athlete starting in the 1980s.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries ... rcna180501
Bela Karolyi, one of the United States' most eminent gymnastics coaches alongside wife Márta, has died at age 82, a spokesperson for USA Gymnastics said Saturday evening.
Jill Geer, a spokesperson for the organization, the nation's governing body for the sport, confirmed his death in an email. A cause of death was not provided.
Bela Karolyi helped build USA Gymnastics into an Olympics and international competition powerhouse starting in the 1980s and extending through the 2010s, when his wife had taken over many of his leadership duties.
After success with Nadia Comăneci in Romania, the couple helped to launch the athletic careers of U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame inductees Dominique Dawes, Phoebe Mills, Betty Okino, Kerri Strug, Mary Lou Retton, and Kim Zmeskal.
They found early fame in Retton, the first American woman to win an Olympic individual all-round gold, which she accomplished at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Retton was a fan of Comăneci, and found herself embedded in the program of the Karolyis in Houston in the early 1980s. She has said she didn't expect much from the experience she otherwise cherished.
In an interview with USA Gymnastics in 2016, Retton described her first American Cup competition under the Karolyis.
"I figured I’m just going to sit in the stands at Madison Square Garden and just shoot the breeze," she said. "It would be a learning experience for me because I had never been up against the Russians and the top girls in the world. I had nothing to lose, literally. ... The night before Bela said ‘Mary Lou, this is your chance’. And in typical Bela fashion: ‘Don’t let me down.’"
The Karolyis defected from Romania, a gymnastics powerhouse, during a U.S. exhibition tour for the sport in 1981 as their homeland experienced economic decline amid the cold war, according to USA Gymnastics.
They settled in Oklahoma before moving to Houston to set up a gym that became a magnet for American women hoping to compete on the world stage.
Bela eventually served as national team coordinator before stepping down in 2001. Márta, 82, took over the role until her retirement in 2016, giving the couple a historic span of influence that included Márta's work with Simone Biles.
Comăneci said on Instagram that Bela Karolyi was a "big impact and influence in my life."
Included with the statement was a black-and-white photo of the two walking when the five-time Olympics gold medalist was a young girl.
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Bela and wife Márta defected from Romania and built women's gymnastics in the United States athlete by athlete starting in the 1980s.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries ... rcna180501
Bela Karolyi, one of the United States' most eminent gymnastics coaches alongside wife Márta, has died at age 82, a spokesperson for USA Gymnastics said Saturday evening.
Jill Geer, a spokesperson for the organization, the nation's governing body for the sport, confirmed his death in an email. A cause of death was not provided.
Bela Karolyi helped build USA Gymnastics into an Olympics and international competition powerhouse starting in the 1980s and extending through the 2010s, when his wife had taken over many of his leadership duties.
After success with Nadia Comăneci in Romania, the couple helped to launch the athletic careers of U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame inductees Dominique Dawes, Phoebe Mills, Betty Okino, Kerri Strug, Mary Lou Retton, and Kim Zmeskal.
They found early fame in Retton, the first American woman to win an Olympic individual all-round gold, which she accomplished at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Retton was a fan of Comăneci, and found herself embedded in the program of the Karolyis in Houston in the early 1980s. She has said she didn't expect much from the experience she otherwise cherished.
In an interview with USA Gymnastics in 2016, Retton described her first American Cup competition under the Karolyis.
"I figured I’m just going to sit in the stands at Madison Square Garden and just shoot the breeze," she said. "It would be a learning experience for me because I had never been up against the Russians and the top girls in the world. I had nothing to lose, literally. ... The night before Bela said ‘Mary Lou, this is your chance’. And in typical Bela fashion: ‘Don’t let me down.’"
The Karolyis defected from Romania, a gymnastics powerhouse, during a U.S. exhibition tour for the sport in 1981 as their homeland experienced economic decline amid the cold war, according to USA Gymnastics.
They settled in Oklahoma before moving to Houston to set up a gym that became a magnet for American women hoping to compete on the world stage.
Bela eventually served as national team coordinator before stepping down in 2001. Márta, 82, took over the role until her retirement in 2016, giving the couple a historic span of influence that included Márta's work with Simone Biles.
Comăneci said on Instagram that Bela Karolyi was a "big impact and influence in my life."
Included with the statement was a black-and-white photo of the two walking when the five-time Olympics gold medalist was a young girl.
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Vic Flick, guitarist on the James Bond theme, dies aged 87
Famed session musician, who also performed with the Beatles, Tom Jones, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, died after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
Great theme tune to the James Bond films. Pity the poor chap couldn't just have died of old age - there always has to be a reason these days, even for people older than this!
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... es-aged-87
Two years after the composer died:
Bond theme composer Monty Norman dies aged 94
Composer whose work is indelibly associated with 007 also worked on a string of successful West End musicals
Famed session musician, who also performed with the Beatles, Tom Jones, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, died after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
Great theme tune to the James Bond films. Pity the poor chap couldn't just have died of old age - there always has to be a reason these days, even for people older than this!
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... es-aged-87
Two years after the composer died:
Bond theme composer Monty Norman dies aged 94
Composer whose work is indelibly associated with 007 also worked on a string of successful West End musicals
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I liked 'Two Jags'. I took him and Kenneth Clarke to and from the Silverstone F1 Grand Prix in 1997. Even though they had opposing political views they were obviously the best of friends. Prescott showed great interest in the helicopter and we had quite a long chat before we embarked on the return journey.
The helicopter pilots' mantra: If it hasn't gone wrong then it's just about to...
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A brother, Ray, was a FE with Danair on 727s.
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And Comets, good one too, helped me a lot in my formative years, well remembered Ray
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Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83
It has become a Thanksgiving tradition locally for one of the Rock radio stations to play ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ multiple times on Thanksgiving Day, all 18 minutes.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/23/us/alice ... index.html
Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83.
Her death, just a week before Thanksgiving, was announced Friday by Guthrie on the Facebook page of his own Rising Son Records. Guthrie wrote that she died in Provincetown, Massachusetts, her residence for some 40 years, and referred to her being in failing health. Other details were not immediately available.
“This coming Thanksgiving will be the first without her,” Guthrie wrote. “Alice and I spoke by phone a couple of weeks ago, and she sounded like her old self. We joked around and had a couple of good laughs even though we knew we’d never have another chance to talk together.”
Born Alice May Pelkey in New York City, Brock was a lifelong rebel who was a member of Students for a Democratic Society among other organizations. In the early 1960s, she dropped out of Sarah Lawrence College, moved to Greenwich Village and married Ray Brock, a woodworker who encouraged her to leave New York and resettle in Massachusetts.
Guthrie, son of the celebrated folk musician Woody Guthrie, first met Brock around 1962 when he was attending the Stockbridge School in Massachusetts and she was the librarian. They became friends and stayed in touch after he left school, when he would stay with her and her husband at the converted Stockbridge church that became the Brocks’ main residence.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1965, a simple chore led to Guthrie’s arrest, his eventual avoidance of military service during the Vietnam War and a song that has endured as a protest classic and holiday favorite. Guthrie and his friend, Richard Robbins, were helping the Brocks throw out trash, but ended up tossing it down a hill because they couldn’t find an open dumpster. Police charged them with illegal dumping, briefly jailed them and fined them $50, a seemingly minor offense with major repercussions.
By 1966, Alice Brock was running The Back Room restaurant in Stockbridge, Guthrie was a rising star and his breakout song was an 18-minute talking blues that recounted his arrest and how it made him ineligible for the draft. The chorus was a tribute to Alice — whose restaurant, Guthrie pointed out, was not actually called Alice’s Restaurant — that countless fans have since memorized:
You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant / You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant / Walk right in it’s around the back / Just a half a mile from the railroad track / You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant.
Guthrie assumed his song was too long to catch on commercially, but it soon became a radio perennial and part of the popular culture. “Alice’s Restaurant” was the title of his million-selling debut album, and the basis of a movie and cookbook of the same name. Alice Brock would write a memoir, “My Life as a Restaurant,” and collaborate with Guthrie on a children’s book, “Mooses Come Walking.” At the time of her death, they had been discussing an exhibit dedicated to her at her former Stockton home, now the Guthrie Center, which serves free dinners every Thanksgiving.
Brock ran three different restaurants at various times, although she would later acknowledge she initially didn’t care much for cooking or for business. She would also cite her professional life as a cause of her marriage breaking up, while disputing rumors that she had been unfaithful to her husband. Her honor was immortalized by Guthrie, who late in “Alice’s Restaurant” advised: “You can get anything you want” at Alice’s Restaurant, “excepting Alice.”
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It has become a Thanksgiving tradition locally for one of the Rock radio stations to play ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ multiple times on Thanksgiving Day, all 18 minutes.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/23/us/alice ... index.html
Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83.
Her death, just a week before Thanksgiving, was announced Friday by Guthrie on the Facebook page of his own Rising Son Records. Guthrie wrote that she died in Provincetown, Massachusetts, her residence for some 40 years, and referred to her being in failing health. Other details were not immediately available.
“This coming Thanksgiving will be the first without her,” Guthrie wrote. “Alice and I spoke by phone a couple of weeks ago, and she sounded like her old self. We joked around and had a couple of good laughs even though we knew we’d never have another chance to talk together.”
Born Alice May Pelkey in New York City, Brock was a lifelong rebel who was a member of Students for a Democratic Society among other organizations. In the early 1960s, she dropped out of Sarah Lawrence College, moved to Greenwich Village and married Ray Brock, a woodworker who encouraged her to leave New York and resettle in Massachusetts.
Guthrie, son of the celebrated folk musician Woody Guthrie, first met Brock around 1962 when he was attending the Stockbridge School in Massachusetts and she was the librarian. They became friends and stayed in touch after he left school, when he would stay with her and her husband at the converted Stockbridge church that became the Brocks’ main residence.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1965, a simple chore led to Guthrie’s arrest, his eventual avoidance of military service during the Vietnam War and a song that has endured as a protest classic and holiday favorite. Guthrie and his friend, Richard Robbins, were helping the Brocks throw out trash, but ended up tossing it down a hill because they couldn’t find an open dumpster. Police charged them with illegal dumping, briefly jailed them and fined them $50, a seemingly minor offense with major repercussions.
By 1966, Alice Brock was running The Back Room restaurant in Stockbridge, Guthrie was a rising star and his breakout song was an 18-minute talking blues that recounted his arrest and how it made him ineligible for the draft. The chorus was a tribute to Alice — whose restaurant, Guthrie pointed out, was not actually called Alice’s Restaurant — that countless fans have since memorized:
You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant / You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant / Walk right in it’s around the back / Just a half a mile from the railroad track / You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant.
Guthrie assumed his song was too long to catch on commercially, but it soon became a radio perennial and part of the popular culture. “Alice’s Restaurant” was the title of his million-selling debut album, and the basis of a movie and cookbook of the same name. Alice Brock would write a memoir, “My Life as a Restaurant,” and collaborate with Guthrie on a children’s book, “Mooses Come Walking.” At the time of her death, they had been discussing an exhibit dedicated to her at her former Stockton home, now the Guthrie Center, which serves free dinners every Thanksgiving.
Brock ran three different restaurants at various times, although she would later acknowledge she initially didn’t care much for cooking or for business. She would also cite her professional life as a cause of her marriage breaking up, while disputing rumors that she had been unfaithful to her husband. Her honor was immortalized by Guthrie, who late in “Alice’s Restaurant” advised: “You can get anything you want” at Alice’s Restaurant, “excepting Alice.”
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Mary McGee Dies at 87; Racing Pioneer Inducted into 2018 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
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Female motorsports pioneer Mary McGee, known affectionately as "Motorcycle Mary," died Wednesday at the age of 87.
According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), McGee's family announced that she died at her home in Nevada.
McGee was a trailblazer for women in auto and motorcycle racing, becoming the first woman to compete in motocross racing in the United States. She was also the first woman or man to complete the Baja 500 off-road race on their own, accomplishing the feat in 1975.
By virtue of her historic achievements, McGee was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2018.
In a statement released on social media, McGee's family said she "inspired generations of athletes that followed in her footsteps," and added:
"Mary embodied resilience, grace, and optimism. She was a historic athlete and a motorsports pioneer who embraced life's challenges, cared deeply for others, and made time to brighten the lives of those around her. While we are deeply saddened by this loss, we are comforted knowing that her light will continue to shine in everyone she touched."
On Thursday, ESPN posted a 30 for 30 short film entitled Motorcycle Mary on the ESPN YouTube page:
The short, which details the life and times of McGee, was executive produced by Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton.
The 39-year-old Hamilton, who is a seven-time F1 champion, also released a statement on McGee's passing, saying: "Her legacy will live on as a trailblazer in the world of motorsports and beyond.
Sounds like she was a bad-ass woman.
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Female motorsports pioneer Mary McGee, known affectionately as "Motorcycle Mary," died Wednesday at the age of 87.
According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), McGee's family announced that she died at her home in Nevada.
McGee was a trailblazer for women in auto and motorcycle racing, becoming the first woman to compete in motocross racing in the United States. She was also the first woman or man to complete the Baja 500 off-road race on their own, accomplishing the feat in 1975.
By virtue of her historic achievements, McGee was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2018.
In a statement released on social media, McGee's family said she "inspired generations of athletes that followed in her footsteps," and added:
"Mary embodied resilience, grace, and optimism. She was a historic athlete and a motorsports pioneer who embraced life's challenges, cared deeply for others, and made time to brighten the lives of those around her. While we are deeply saddened by this loss, we are comforted knowing that her light will continue to shine in everyone she touched."
On Thursday, ESPN posted a 30 for 30 short film entitled Motorcycle Mary on the ESPN YouTube page:
The short, which details the life and times of McGee, was executive produced by Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton.
The 39-year-old Hamilton, who is a seven-time F1 champion, also released a statement on McGee's passing, saying: "Her legacy will live on as a trailblazer in the world of motorsports and beyond.
Sounds like she was a bad-ass woman.
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