Music Banter - The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

Every once in a while, I hear about someone dying and I could've sworn I already heard about them dying a year or two or three ago.

He was one of those people to me.

OccultHawk

12-07-2020 11:58 PM

Chuck Yeager

The Right Stuff is one of the greatest works of non-fiction I’ve ever read

adidasss

12-08-2020 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2148716)

The Right Stuff is one of the greatest works of non-fiction I’ve ever read

Agreed. Fantastic book.

Lisnaholic

12-08-2020 05:20 AM

Hey! Nice to meet two other guys who've read this wonderful book! :thumb: Of so many great Tom Wolfe books, The Right Stuff is a favourite, right up alongside The Painted Word.
Photos = the editions I read; not the best-designed covers in the world, but ones you develop an affection for because the writing is so enjoyable, like a brilliant album in an unappealing sleeve:

https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7908906-L.jpg......https://i.etsystatic.com/8446206/r/i...08816_n2js.jpg

Psy-Fi

12-08-2020 07:04 AM

Chuck Yeager, World War II ace and first pilot to break sound barrier, has died at age 97

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I haven't yet done everything, but by the time I'm finished, I won't have missed much," he wrote. "If I auger in (crash) tomorrow, it won't be with a frown on my face. I've had a ball.

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I've flown 341 types of military planes in every country in the world and logged about 18,000 hours," he said in an interview in the January 2009 issue of Men's Journal. "It might sound funny, but I've never owned an airplane in my life. If you're willing to bleed, Uncle Sam will give you all the planes you want.

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My beginnings back in West Virginia tell who I am to this day," Yeager wrote. "My accomplishments as a test pilot tell more about luck, happenstance and a person's destiny. But the guy who broke the sound barrier was the kid who swam the Mud River with a swiped watermelon or shot the head off a squirrel before going to school.

R.I.P.

debaserr

12-08-2020 08:54 AM

Damn that guy was really good at killin, what a hero.

The Batlord

12-08-2020 02:27 PM

Jesus Christ he was still alive?!

innerspaceboy

12-08-2020 02:41 PM

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While details remain scare, reports have emerged that ambient legend Harold Budd has passed away. According to multiple social media posts, the composer died earlier today. Budd would have been 84.

As of press time, Budd's official channels have not confirmed his passing, so details surrounding his rumoured death remain unclear.

This story is developing.

Harold Budd Has Reportedly Died

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