Category Archives: we are the dead

henry’s blues

Posted on June 15, 2016 | 1 comment

Henry McCullough, early Wings member and Dark Horse Records recording artist, died yesterday at age 72.

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muhammad ali is dead

Posted on June 4, 2016 | Leave a comment

Ali Foreman

Greatest of All Time, Muhammad Ali, pictured above after knocking George Foreman flat on his back, died yesterday at age 74.

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what’s wrong with being sexy?

Posted on April 21, 2016 | Leave a comment

lovesexy

Lovesexy. Prince of Minneapolis, who in case you haven’t heard died today at age 57.

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really quite out of site

Posted on January 11, 2016 | Leave a comment

Rock and Roll Star

David Bowie, rock ‘n’ rollin’ bitch, somehow dead at age 69.

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record labels

Posted on May 1, 2015 | Leave a comment

Ben E. King

Spanish Harlem. Ben E. King, who for Christ sake must have been all of 22 years old when he recorded this perfect song, died yesterday at age 76. 1960.

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record labels

Posted on April 29, 2015 | Leave a comment

Louie Louie

Louie Louie. The Kingsmen whose Jack Ely, a guy who turned in one of the great deranged rock vocals, died yesterday at age 71. 1963.

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cute couple alert

Posted on April 1, 2015 | 1 comment

Cynthia Lennon

Sorry, girls, he’s married: John and Cynthia Lennon, who died today at age 75, in London airport. February 7, 1964.

“If I’d known as a teenager what falling for John Lennon would lead to, I would have turned ’round right then and walked away.”

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Posted in arrivals and departures, context, cute couple alert, music, we are the dead, years after the event

why are we fighting?

Posted on March 6, 2015 | Leave a comment

Gimme Shelter

Because Albert Maysles, who was partially responsible for bringing us one of the greatest moments in the history of cinema (when that dude from the Jefferson Airplane got his clock cleaned by one of the Angels in Gimme Shelter), died yesterday, here’s an appreciation of Gimme Shelter from Films and Filming. August 1971.

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on your sleeve

Posted on February 16, 2015 | Leave a comment

You Don't Own Me

Japanese picture sleeve for You Don’t Own Me (and It’s My Party). Lesley Gore, who died today at age 68.

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fellini directs

Posted on January 11, 2015 | Leave a comment

Anita Ekberg

Fellini directs Anita Ekberg, who died today at age 83, in La Dolce Vita. 1960.

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