Obituaries

[Casey Claar]

This one breaks my heart. Doug (thepainterdoug here on Avalon) arranged a meeting in recent years, as we both work with new quartz crystal technology.

Jerry Wills reported today on FB that Dan Willis passed away yesterday.

[grapevine]

Trailblazing investigative reporter Roger Cook dies
Fearless in his pursuit of justice, Roger Cook was injured many times in the course of making The Cook Report, once suffering broken ribs as he confronted an unwilling contributor.

Roger Cook, the pioneering investigative reporter who built a career confronting criminals face-to-face on camera and challenging them on their own doorstep, has died aged 83.

His family said in a statement: "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Roger Cook, who died peacefully on Saturday after a short illness.

Very short clip of Roger Cook in Africa from 2007:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BOJlKaEXgts

"Alongside a distinguished and award-winning career in journalism, Roger was first and foremost a beloved husband and father.

"He will be deeply missed by all of us, and we ask for privacy as we navigate this difficult loss."

[happyuk]

Posted by grapevine (here)
Trailblazing investigative reporter Roger Cook dies
Fearless in his pursuit of justice, Roger Cook was injured many times in the course of making The Cook Report, once suffering broken ribs as he confronted an unwilling contributor.

Roger Cook, the pioneering investigative reporter who built a career confronting criminals face-to-face on camera and challenging them on their own doorstep, has died aged 83.

His family said in a statement: "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Roger Cook, who died peacefully on Saturday after a short illness.

Very short clip of Roger Cook in Africa from 2007:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BOJlKaEXgts

"Alongside a distinguished and award-winning career in journalism, Roger was first and foremost a beloved husband and father.

"He will be deeply missed by all of us, and we ask for privacy as we navigate this difficult loss."

Very sorry to hear of this. I was always a huge fan of his programmes and I cannot think of anyone then or now who would so fearlessly target conmen, the Russian mafia, British crooks on the Costa del Sol, rogue antique dealers, the IRA and all manner of dangerously unstable miscreants. Regrettably the highlight of the show for many was seeing Cook get physically attacked when confronting these people (which he once confided he hated but was a necessary part of the beginning-middle-and-end format of the show).

As a journalist he was trailblazer. What's Wrong with Your Rights? (1988) co-written with Tim Tate, published by Methuen is a brilliant survey of how ordinary people's civil rights in Britain were being undermined in practice, still as much of an issue today.

[Sue (Ayt)]

David Clayton-Thomas, Blood, Sweat & Tears singer-songwriter, dies at 84

David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, whose husky, high-strung tenor on “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die” and other hits helped make the so-called brass rock band among the most popular acts of the late 1960s, has died at age 84.

Spokesperson Eric Alper said that Clayton-Thomas died peacefully Wednesday at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Alper did not cite a specific cause of death.

Clayton-Thomas was a onetime street fighter and petty thief from Canada who briefly became a rock superstar, the front man of a nine-member group that sold millions of records and won two Grammys for “Blood, Sweat & Tears,” which beat out the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” for best album of 1969. Calling out amid a jazzy parade of horns, keyboards and percussion, Clayton-Thomas’ urgent shout was a signature voice of the era, preaching love on the Motown cover “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” a lasting legacy on Laura Nyro’s “And When I Die” and a cool head on his own “Spinning Wheel.” Meanwhile, Blood, Sweat & Tears helped inspire a wave of horn-led bands, among them Chicago, the Electric Flag and Ten Wheel Drive.
(more at link)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ars-dies-at-84

R.I.P.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ai0zEogBBFg