The Rest In Peace & Remembrance Thread
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Dynamo1
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Hi-Five's Tony Thompson dies at 31
June 4, 2007 - 7:40 p.m. (ET)
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Tony Thompson, who sang with '90s R&B group Hi-Five, has died of an apparent drug overdose at the age of 31.
According to the Waco Tribune-Herald, Thompson's body was discovered at around 10 p.m. on Friday (June 1) outside an apartment complex in his native Waco, Texas.
Thompson signed with Jive Records in 1990 as part of Hi-Five. The group's self-titled debut album went multiplatinum and spawned the hits "I Can't Wait Another Minute" and "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)," the latter of which topped the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1992, the group released "Keep It Goin On," which spawned the hits "She's Playing Hard To Get," and "Quality Time." Thompson released his solo debut, "Sexsational," in 1995 after Hi-Five split, but in 2006 reunited with his old friends for the release of "The Return" on his own N'Depth label.
The artist had recently moved back to his hometown from the Dallas area and was reportedly working on new material for a solo album.
Hi-Five's Tony Thompson dies at 31
June 4, 2007 - 7:40 p.m. (ET)
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Tony Thompson, who sang with '90s R&B group Hi-Five, has died of an apparent drug overdose at the age of 31.
According to the Waco Tribune-Herald, Thompson's body was discovered at around 10 p.m. on Friday (June 1) outside an apartment complex in his native Waco, Texas.
Thompson signed with Jive Records in 1990 as part of Hi-Five. The group's self-titled debut album went multiplatinum and spawned the hits "I Can't Wait Another Minute" and "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)," the latter of which topped the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1992, the group released "Keep It Goin On," which spawned the hits "She's Playing Hard To Get," and "Quality Time." Thompson released his solo debut, "Sexsational," in 1995 after Hi-Five split, but in 2006 reunited with his old friends for the release of "The Return" on his own N'Depth label.
The artist had recently moved back to his hometown from the Dallas area and was reportedly working on new material for a solo album.
Dynamo1
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Edwin Traisman, a food scientist, was the director of food research at Kraft Foods, where he helped develop new food products such as individually wrapped cheese slices, instant pudding and Cheez Whiz. He's probably better known for walking into a McDonald's restaurant and asking a man who was sweeping up if he could see the manager about buying a franchise. The sweeper turned out to be McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, who promptly sold him one. Traisman eventually owned five outlets, and helped to solve a problem for the chain: how to freeze french fries. (Potatoes don't freeze well when raw; Traisman developed a method to partially cook them and then freeze them for best results.) But Traisman probably should be known for another innovation: he allowed women to work in his restaurants. At the time, that was against McDonald's rules. "It almost caused him to lose the franchise," said his wife, Dorothy Traisman. "It was quite innovative." He died June 5 from a heart attack at 91.
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Edwin Traisman, a food scientist, was the director of food research at Kraft Foods, where he helped develop new food products such as individually wrapped cheese slices, instant pudding and Cheez Whiz. He's probably better known for walking into a McDonald's restaurant and asking a man who was sweeping up if he could see the manager about buying a franchise. The sweeper turned out to be McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, who promptly sold him one. Traisman eventually owned five outlets, and helped to solve a problem for the chain: how to freeze french fries. (Potatoes don't freeze well when raw; Traisman developed a method to partially cook them and then freeze them for best results.) But Traisman probably should be known for another innovation: he allowed women to work in his restaurants. At the time, that was against McDonald's rules. "It almost caused him to lose the franchise," said his wife, Dorothy Traisman. "It was quite innovative." He died June 5 from a heart attack at 91.
ladyhunter
Head of the Swing Shift
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WOW, I didn't know that.
Good for you Edwin Traisman for opening the door for women!
RIP
WOW, I didn't know that.
Good for you Edwin Traisman for opening the door for women!RIP
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Don Herbert better known as TV's Mister Wizard has died of bone cancer.
Don Herbert better known as TV's Mister Wizard has died of bone cancer.
Springmoon
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Italian Designer Gianfranco Ferre Dies
By COLLEEN BARRY
The Associated Press
Monday, June 18, 2007; 4:23 AM
MILAN, Italy -- Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer known as the "architect of fashion" for his structured, sculpted shapes and for his groundbreaking tenure at Christian Dior, died Sunday, a hospital said. He was 62.
Ferre was taken to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Friday after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. The hospital, in a statement authorized by Ferre's family, said he died Sunday night.
Italian Designer Gianfranco Ferre Dies
By COLLEEN BARRY
The Associated Press
Monday, June 18, 2007; 4:23 AM
MILAN, Italy -- Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer known as the "architect of fashion" for his structured, sculpted shapes and for his groundbreaking tenure at Christian Dior, died Sunday, a hospital said. He was 62.
Ferre was taken to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Friday after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. The hospital, in a statement authorized by Ferre's family, said he died Sunday night.
Dynamo1
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Bob Evans, Founder of Restaurant Chain, Dead at 89
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Bob Evans, whose quest for quality sausage to serve the truckers who filled his 12-stool, 24-hour-a-day steakhouse in southeast Ohio led to the creation of a restaurant chain that bears his name, died Thursday, Bob Evans Farms Inc. announced. He was 89.
Full story at Yahoo News
Bob Evans, Founder of Restaurant Chain, Dead at 89
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Bob Evans, whose quest for quality sausage to serve the truckers who filled his 12-stool, 24-hour-a-day steakhouse in southeast Ohio led to the creation of a restaurant chain that bears his name, died Thursday, Bob Evans Farms Inc. announced. He was 89.
Full story at Yahoo News
katpin31791
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I grew up on his sausage. May he rest in peace.
I grew up on his sausage. May he rest in peace.
BurnedToast
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Rest in Peace Brian Tusberg, 32 -
Whom I actually knew, that died in a motorcycle accident Wednesday night.
And, of course, Bob, who's sausage shall go on living for eternity. Or, at least, until sausage is declared a national offense, and PETA decides to own everything. :]
Rest in Peace Brian Tusberg, 32 -
Whom I actually knew, that died in a motorcycle accident Wednesday night.
And, of course, Bob, who's sausage shall go on living for eternity. Or, at least, until sausage is declared a national offense, and PETA decides to own everything. :]
Dynamo1
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Ed Friendly, 85, a Producer of ‘Little House’, Dies
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: June 22, 2007
Ed Friendly, co-producer of hit television shows including the rambunctious “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and the frontier saga “Little House on the Prairie,” died Sunday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He was 85.
The cause was cancer, his son, Trip, said.
Full story at The New York Times
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Hank Medress, 68, Doo-Wop Singer on ‘Lion Sleeps Tonight’, Dies
By BEN SISARIO
Published: June 22, 2007
Hank Medress, a founding member of the 1960s doo-wop group the Tokens, whose biggest hit was “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 68.
The cause was lung cancer, his family said.
The Tokens’ sole Top 10 hit was a big one, an update in street-corner harmony of a Zulu song from South Africa. The song had become a folk staple in the 1950s after a recording by the Weavers — with Solomon Linda’s original lyric, “mbube” (lion), misheard as “wimoweh” — but entered pop eternity in the Tokens’ chirruping 1961 version, which stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.
Full story at The New York Times
Ed Friendly, 85, a Producer of ‘Little House’, Dies
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: June 22, 2007
Ed Friendly, co-producer of hit television shows including the rambunctious “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and the frontier saga “Little House on the Prairie,” died Sunday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He was 85.
The cause was cancer, his son, Trip, said.
Full story at The New York Times
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Hank Medress, 68, Doo-Wop Singer on ‘Lion Sleeps Tonight’, Dies
By BEN SISARIO
Published: June 22, 2007
Hank Medress, a founding member of the 1960s doo-wop group the Tokens, whose biggest hit was “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 68.
The cause was lung cancer, his family said.
The Tokens’ sole Top 10 hit was a big one, an update in street-corner harmony of a Zulu song from South Africa. The song had become a folk staple in the 1950s after a recording by the Weavers — with Solomon Linda’s original lyric, “mbube” (lion), misheard as “wimoweh” — but entered pop eternity in the Tokens’ chirruping 1961 version, which stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.
Full story at The New York Times
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