Leon Russell, A Song For You

Leon Russell, A Song For You

Famous pianist, singer and songwriter Leon Russell died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Nashville, Tennessee on November 13, 2016.  While I consider that dying at age 74 is way too young, the real tragedy is not how long he lived but how much he suffered...
Leon Russell, A Song For You

Gwen Ifill and Uterine Cancer

On November 14, 2016, Gwen Ifill, a noted American journalist, television newscaster and author, died at age 61 of uterine cancer. She was a political analyst who was featured on Public Television's Washington Week and PBS NewsHour, and moderated the 2004 and 2008...
Leon Russell, A Song For You

Tom Hayden’s Life of Protest

Tom Hayden was a radical protester and California politician who was widely despised for his anti-Vietnam War activities.   On October 23, 2016, he died at age 76 of heart failure brought on by a lifetime of doing everything imaginable to cause the diabetes that...
Leon Russell, A Song For You

Bob Marley and Melanoma

Bob Marley was a superstar Jamaican singer, guitarist and songwriter who sold more than 20 million records by bringing Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to the world.  He was the first major rock artist to come out of a Third World country.  He mixed...
Leon Russell, A Song For You

Nico’s Senseless Death

What do you think when you hear of a 49-year-old singer-songwriter, fashion model and actress who was famous throughout the world, who fell off her bike, hit her head, passed out and was taken to an emergency room where she was diagnosed as having heat stroke and then...