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Post by TTX on Jan 11, 2018 17:42:31 GMT -5
very sad for all, RIP.
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Post by TTX on Jan 11, 2018 19:05:24 GMT -5
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Post by jimsteel on Jan 11, 2018 21:49:10 GMT -5
 Doreen Tracey, an Original Mouseketeer, Dies at 74 After 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' she worked at Warner Bros. Records doing promotion for the likes of Frank Zappa, Tower of Power and The Doobie Brothers. Doreen Tracey, one of the original Mouseketeers on the fabled kids' program The Mickey Mouse Club, has died. She was 74. Tracey died Wednesday at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California, after a two-year battle with cancer, Disney publicist Howard Green announced. A kid with a vivacious personality, Tracey appeared on Disney's Mickey Mouse Club throughout its original 1955-59 run on ABC. The series then lived on for decades in syndication. "Our Dodo, as we lovingly nicknamed her, always had a smile on her face," fellow Mouseketeer Tommy Cole said in a statement. "She never failed to make us all feel good, and we will miss her." Tracey was born in London on April 3, 1943. Her parents, Bessie Hay and Sid Tracey, were Americans who had a vaudeville dance act known as Tracey & Hay. When Tracey was 4, the family returned to the U.S., and her father opened a dance studio in Hollywood. It was there that Tracey learned to sing and dance, and she had an uncredited part in The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953), starring Betty Grable and Dale Robertson. At age 12, Tracey auditioned for a job on The Mickey Mouse Club — she sang a Patti Page number called "Cross Over the Bridge" — and was hired. While a Mouseketeer, Tracey also was cast in the Disney feature Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956), starring Fess Parker. She also appeared on The Mickey Mouse Club's Annette serial and on The Donna Reed Show and toured Australia with the Mouseketeers. In the 1960s, Tracey visited American military bases in South Vietnam and Thailand with her own act. Later, she worked in promotions at Warner Bros. Records with acts including Frank Zappa, Tower of Power and The Doobie Brothers. In the 1980s, '90s and 2000s, Tracey co-starred with former Mouseketeers in several Mickey Mouse Club reunion shows at Disneyland and at Disney conventions. She last celebrated the show's 60th anniversary in 2015. |
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Post by Bazzy on Jan 12, 2018 16:07:56 GMT -5
R.I.P Motorhead's Fast Eddie  |
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Post by jimsteel on Jan 13, 2018 12:05:11 GMT -5
 Keith Jackson, the voice of college football for more than a half-century, has died. The ABC Sports broadcasting legend was 89. Jackson, forever remembered for his signature "Whoa, Nellie" call, died Friday night surrounded by his family, according to NBC Sports' Todd Harris. Jackson spent 56 years broadcasting college football, including 15 Rose Bowls. His final game before he retired was the 2006 thriller between USC and Texas at the famed game in Pasadena. It was Jackson who proclaimed the Rose Bowl "The Grandaddy of Them All." The stadiums TV and radio booths were renamed "The Keith Jackson Broadcast Center" in 2005. |
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Post by TTX on Jan 13, 2018 13:38:26 GMT -5
RIP Keith.
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Post by Bazzy on Jan 15, 2018 4:29:04 GMT -5
 Football (or soccer) Cyrille Regis black footballer played for West Bromwich Albion , Coventry City , Aston Villa , Wolverhampton Wanderers etc and England during 1977-1996 . He was 59 R.I.P |
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Post by jimsteel on Jan 15, 2018 12:25:45 GMT -5
  The Cranberries lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan died Monday in London. Dolores and the rest of the band were reportedly in London for a recording session. A rep for the band would only say she died "suddenly." The rep offered no further details. The Irish band struck it big in the '90s ... when Dolores took over for their previous lead singer. Their songs "Zombie" and "Linger" were huge international hits. Dolores released 2 solo albums while the Cranberries were on hiatus. They got back together in 2009. She split from her husband of 20 years in 2014, and had 3 children. Dolores was 46. |
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Post by lucifer on Jan 15, 2018 13:07:56 GMT -5
Devastating news about Dolores. Rest in peace...
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Post by WTIC on Jan 15, 2018 16:10:49 GMT -5
Sad to hear that about Delores of The Cranberries. I was a HUGE fan back then. Even had their poster on my wall (album cover below)! Saw this sad news on Yahoo. R.I.P., Delores and thanks for all the great songs!  |
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