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#161 Post by FD2 » Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:24 am

Judith Durham - Voice of The Seekers

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/ ... dies-at-79

An amazing voice and talent. We were lucky enough to see her last performance on tour in Christchurch about 5 years ago - still an amazing voice and always a favourite singer.


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Another Great Singer gone.

#162 Post by Pinky the pilot » Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:26 am

Judith Durham of the Seekers passes. Age 79.



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As someone else said on another place;

"A voice you can never get tired of listening to."
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#163 Post by TheGreenAnger » Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:32 am

Pinky the pilot wrote:
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Judith Durham of the Seekers passes. Age 79.



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As someone else said on another place;

"A voice you can never get tired of listening to."
Aw shucks, what a beautiful lady and singer she was! :(
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#164 Post by TheGreenAnger » Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:39 am

FD2 wrote:
Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:24 am
Judith Durham - Voice of The Seekers

An amazing voice and talent. We were lucky enough to see her last performance on tour in Christchurch about 5 years ago - still an amazing voice and always a favourite singer.
So sad to hear.

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#165 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:43 am

I arrived in Oz as a 10 Pound Pom in 1966. 'Morningtown Ride' was used to put my brother, and later sister, to sleep, so I heard her voice a lot.
And we were only 50 yards from the railway, so there would be occasional real sound effects.
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#166 Post by TheGreenAnger » Sat Aug 06, 2022 12:00 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
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I arrived in Oz as a 10 Pound Pom in 1966. 'Morningtown Ride' was used to put my brother, and later sister, to sleep, so I heard her voice a lot.
And we were only 50 yards from the railway, so there would be occasional real sound effects.
RIP
Learned that at school in Johannesburg in 1969 with the junior choir and sang it at the Johannesburg Eisteddfod in same year when we came second. Funny old world innit, a South African choir singing a song (at an "Eisteddfod") written for an Australian band that originally made good in England.
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#167 Post by FD2 » Sat Aug 06, 2022 8:19 pm

Great mix of cultures TGA!

This clip is back to 1966 Fox3 - remembering her initial gospel singing. Her sister was a popular singer with traditional jazz bands around Melbourne and they sang together sometimes before Judith went off to England. Dad was RAAF bomber crew in WW2.

We also caught a concert by Joan Baez in Edinburgh and along with Mary Hopkin they form my favourite trio of popular female singers. Here's a little gospel:



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#168 Post by llondel » Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:33 pm

It just went past on Facebook that Olivia Newton-John has died, aged 73. Not seen it on any of the news outlets yet though.

https://www.facebook.com/olivianewtonjo ... vCacb5Aswl

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#169 Post by G~Man » Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:38 pm

Roger E. Mosley, best known as the helicopter pilot Theodore “T.C.” Calvin in the CBS television series Magnum P.I., died early Sunday morning.
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#170 Post by G-CPTN » Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:48 pm

llondel wrote:
Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:33 pm
It just went past on Facebook that Olivia Newton-John has died, aged 73. Not seen it on any of the news outlets yet though.

https://www.facebook.com/olivianewtonjo ... vCacb5Aswl
Several news outlets 'confirming'.

Olivia Newton Gone . . .

Breast cancer, apparently - a devastating plague for women.

Why?

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#171 Post by TheGreenAnger » Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:02 pm

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#172 Post by TheGreenAnger » Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:06 pm

G~Man wrote:
Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:38 pm
Roger E. Mosley, best known as the helicopter pilot Theodore “T.C.” Calvin in the CBS television series Magnum P.I., died early Sunday morning.

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Despite not being allowed to fly on the series, Mosley was a licensed private helicopter pilot in real life.
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#173 Post by Wodrick » Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:54 pm

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#174 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Aug 09, 2022 5:24 am

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#175 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Aug 09, 2022 5:40 am

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 5:24 am
The music from Grease is iconic and Olivia Newton John's performance was outstanding and so reminiscent of a specific time in life (for me at least), but let's be frank, the underlying ethic or message of the film is egregious...

"Young innocent virginal girls, become a tart and a moll to a no good greaser and get on in life!" =))
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#176 Post by Wodrick » Tue Aug 09, 2022 4:13 pm

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#177 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Aug 09, 2022 4:35 pm

The cricket world has been paying tribute to Rudi Koertzen, the South African umpire famous for his long, slow finger of fate upon giving a player out, after he died in a car crash aged 73.

A hugely popular umpire on the global circuit, Koertzen officiated in 331 international matches during an 18-year career – a record at the time and one that has since been broken by Aleem Dar of Pakistan – before his retirement in 2010.

News of Koertzen’s death broke on Tuesday morning when South Africa’s men emerged for the first morning of their four-day warmup match against England Lions in Canterbury wearing black armbands. “Koertzen’s status as a legend of the game will live on for ever,” Cricket South Africa said in a statement.

According to reports in South Africa, the former umpire was one of four people killed in a head-on collision while driving back from Cape Town to his home in Despatch, Eastern Cape, after a golf weekend with friends.

Dar, who like Koertzen is one of three ICC elite umpires to stand in more than 100 Tests, told ESPNCricinfo: “It is a very big loss foremost for his family and then for South Africa and cricket.

“I stood in so many games with him. He was not only very good as an umpire but also an excellent colleague, always very cooperative on field and also always willing to help off the field. Because of the way he was, he was also well respected by players.”

Kumar Sangakkara, the great Sri Lankan batter, was among the former players who shared their thoughts, tweeting: “Saddened at the tragic loss of Rudi Koertzen. What a wonderful friend and umpire. Honest, forthright and loved the game. Shared many a beer at the bar talking cricket with him. RIP my friend.”

As well as his trademark slow raising of the finger that prolonged the agony for batters and added to the theatre, Koertzen was well known to supporters in the UK as the umpire who ceremoniously removed the bails at the end of the 2005 Ashes.

Koertzen, who worked in the construction industry before becoming a full-time umpire in 1993, signed off from top-level officiating during the 2011 Indian Premier League but still stood in matches for his local club, Despatch CC.

A statement from the club read: “A legend in his own right passed away this morning and will definitely leave a great void in the cricket world. We want to express our heartfelt sympathy and empathy to Uncle Rudi Koertzen’s family and loved ones.”
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