Eddy Arnold Dead at 89
 

He was my late mother's favorite country singer, a smooth-voiced, gentle, genuine human being who was easy on the ears. A pioneer of The Nashville Sound, that often uneasy melding of Pop and Country, Eddie Arnold's nearly 60 year plus career gave us dozens of memorable, affable, listenable pieces to remember him by.

My mom's favorite was "Make the World Go Away". My favorite is this:



Thanks for all the great music, Eddy. Gonna miss you a lot.

Thanks for posting that, Spode. Now, I commence in playing his music all day in tribute.

What a voice. :bawling:

Ah, Shit. Not Harvey Korman
 

But apparently, it is so. Carol Burnett's foil, Mel Brooks' villain, and Tim Conway's golfing buddy, all gone in one fell swoop.

Harvey was one of the funniest men ever to live. He was old school, Snidely Whiplash, vaudeville funny. Goddamn it, Death. Now, I'm just fucking pissed.

I'm sorry to hear that, Els. Those Carol Burnett skits were great. When they couldn't help cracking a smile, they just took you right along with them.

The biggest problem with being old, is your heroes, growing up, are even older.
The touchstones, people, places, traditions, we could always rely on to give us pleasure, and a sense of continuity, fade away.

Goodbye Mr Korman... and thank you. :(

This is, in point of fact, why I started writing these mini obits in the first place. I just wanted to share something of my respect and admiration for these people who have so enriched my life. As you may have noticed, these bits have become shorter and shorter with time. I have yet to decide if this is because it is just too depressing to ponder, or if my life is just so much better that I don't relate to death as much lately.

Awww man...Harvey Korman died. Confirmed here on deadoraliveinfo.com.

Flint, thats what Els was talking about - see post 364

Okay, thanks. I'm just bumping this thread again to confirm that I read your post #369, re: post #364. Also I read posts #365 and #366, in addition to the aforementioned post (#365). Thanks for the helpful post! I'm working on a proposal for Cellar mgmt, regarding the establishment of a "super helpful posts" thread, as a central repository for great information like whether somebody read something, or whether somebody posted something about whether somebody read something or not. And things like that because they're my favorite and I can't get enough of them and I want to read them over and over all day long, just in case I missed some subtle nuance or additional bit of super helpful information contained therein.

Edit: Sorry, what I meant to say was SHUT YOUR FACE STUPID FACE

It was amusing before the edit. I thought you should know.

I struggle with these decisions.

Please see the previous discussion regarding decision-struggling.

Cite.

I was very sad to hear about Harvey Korman as well. I have a videotape of the first Carol Burnett Reunion Show; there is nothing BUT funny on those skits. Though many of us grew up with that show, perhaps there is small consolation that they will probably show some of the reruns, in memoriam, and a whole new generation can see the brilliance.

Rest in peace, Mr Korman. :(