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TLW Dead Pool 2016

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Evelyn Tentions Grand Master

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In todays Grauniad


 


The Guardian’s obituaries page, according to its editor, is no longer able to fit in all the public figures who would have historically figured on the page because of the rise in high-profile deaths. The nature of fame and celebrity has changed radically in In todaythe past decade, with the rise in internet use and mobile devices such as smartphones, along with the plethora of television channels available.


 


In other news, not even the exctement of a rollicking 90th birthday party has shifted any of my list (Liz, Phil the Greek and Charlie who will drop of the twig as soon as someone tells him he's now King).


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Him and Mrs Jones don't have a thing going on any longer:
 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/25/billy-paul-soul-singer-best-known-for-me-and-mrs-jones-dies

Billy Paul, soul singer best known for Me and Mrs Jones, dies
 
Billy Paul, the soul singer best known for the number one hit and Philadelphia soul classic, Me and Mrs Jones, has died aged 80.

 

Paul, whose career spanned for more than 60 years, died at his home in Blackwood, New Jersey, his co-manager, Beverly Gay, told Associated Press. Paul, 80, had been diagnosed recently with pancreatic cancer, Gay said.

 

Known for his beard and large glasses, Paul was one of many singers who found success with the writing and producing team of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, whose Philadelphia International Records also released music by the O’Jays, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and Lou Rawls.

 

Martha Reeves, the Motown singer, was among those who paid tribute on social media.

 

Me and Mrs Jones, which reached number one in the US at the end of 1972 and number 12 in the UK, was an extramarital confession and a characteristic Gamble and Huff production, setting Paul’s thick tenor against a lush and sensuous arrangement. Many fans best remember the moment when Paul’s otherwise subtle vocals jump as they reach the title words, stretching out “Me” and “And” into multiple syllables and repeating “Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones.” (Paul himself was married to the same woman for decades).

 

Paul’s voice made him “one of the great artists to come out of Philly and to be celebrated worldwide”, Gamble and Huff said in a statement late Sunday.

 

“Our proudest moment with Billy was the recording of the salacious smash Me and Mrs Jones. In our view, it is one of the greatest love songs ever recorded,” they said.

 

The song was one of the top US singles of 1972 and brought Paul a Grammy the following year for best male rhythm ’n blues performance, with runners-up including Ray Charles and Curtis Mayfield. Paul remained identified with the song for the rest of his life. His other hits included Let ‘Em In and Only The Strong Survive.
 
Paul continued to perform live until he fell ill and his manager said he had been lining up numerous appearances at the time of his death.

 

He was born Paul Williams but later agreed to his manager’s suggestion that he change his name to Billy Paul to avoid confusion with songwriter Paul Williams and other musicians with the same name. A Philadelphia native, he sang for much of his life, performing with such jazz stars as Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington and being featured on a handful of singles while still in his teens.

 

Paul was drafted into the military in his early 20s, and found himself on the same base in Germany with a couple of famous show business names, Elvis Presley and Gary Crosby, Bing Crosby’s son.

 

“We said we’re going to start a band, so we didn’t have to do any hard work in the service,” he told bluesandsoul.com in 2015. “We tried to get Elvis to join but he wanted to be a jeep driver. So me and Gary Crosby, we started it and called ourselves the Jazz Blues Symphony Band.”

 

By the mid-1960s, the Beatles had inspired him to incorporate more rhythm ’n blues into his singing and he had found a new home for his recordings after meeting Gamble at a Philadelphia music shop. His early albums with Gamble and Huff, including Ebony Woman and Going East, sold modestly, before Me and Mrs Jones briefly made him a superstar.
 
Paul faced numerous obstacles following his biggest hit. Radio stations resisted his more socially conscious follow-up song, Am I Black Enough for You and Jesse Jackson was among those who objected to the explicit Let’s Make a Baby.

 

Years later, Paul sued Gamble and Huff and other industry officials over unpaid royalties and was awarded $500,000 by a Los Angeles jury in 2003.

 

Paul is survived by his wife, Blanche Williams, with whom he had two children. Although he endured many difficult moments with Gamble and Huff, he would look back on those years as a lost golden age.
 
“It was like a family full of music,” he told bluesandsoul.com. “It was like music round the clock, you know. And I reminisce and I still wish those days were here.”

 

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I guess he didn't see this coming.
 
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jonathan-cainer-dead-aged-58-7880913
 

Jonathan Cainer dead aged 58 after suspected heart attack

The astrologer passed away earlier today aged 58 at his home in York


Jonathan Cainer has died after a suspected heart attack.

The astrologer - who used to write columns for the Daily Mirror - passed away earlier today aged 58 at his home in York after being found in his office in the grounds of his own.

He is survived by his wife Sue and his six children.

Cainer was most well known for his astrological columns and appearances on ITV's This Morning.

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Apparently his forecast for his star sign today was

We’re not here for long. So make the most of every moment.

 

‘We forget this so often, and get caught up in missions, and desires. We think we have forever and a day.

 

Fair play so determined make this shit look real he died. Like a shitter version of jesus

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