https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0y1Rr5kPII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XoNF-fzYMw
Lesley Gore passed away today at the age of 68 from lung cancer according her partner of 33 years. She is best known for taking It’s My Party to #1 when she was just 16 years old. She followed that song up with You Don’t Own Me, That’s Where the Boys Are, Maybe I Know and Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows. She also tried her hand at acting and starred in two episodes of the original Batman as Pussycat.
So today let’s keep her spirit alive and belt out It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To, Cry If I Want To, Cry If I Want To in honor of her great legacy!
Joe Cocker’s raspy voice was silenced today after a bout with lung cancer according to ITV. The 70 year old singer was known for his bluesy rendition of The Beatles’ With a Little From My Friends, his sex-filled tune You Can Leave Your Hat On, his loving duet Up Where We Belong and the way he swooned us with You Are So Beautiful. It wasn’t as much the songs he sang, but the way he sung them. They made you feel at love and at peace. That is where he is now. And Joe you can take your hat off, you earned it!
So today remember him by listening to one of the amazing songs his presence on here on Earth granted us to keep his soulful voice alive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpNjcY8aEAs
Carol Ann Susi passed away yesterday at the age of 62 from a short bout with an aggressive form of cancer according to The LA Times. The actress is best known for playing the never been seen, but definitely been heard Mrs Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory. To me, she will always be the intern who drove Kolchak crazy on Kolchak the Night Stalker. Then others will remember her from her many guest appearances on shows like Seinfeld, Night Court, Growing Pains, Married with Children, Grey’s Anatomy, Becker and so many more.
No matter where you know her from, today honor her spirit that is as big as her voice by watching one of her many roles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxfle6Tszmk
Marcia Strassman passed away yesterday at the age of 66 from a long battle with breast cancer according to Deadline. She is best known for playing Mrs Kotter on Welcome Back Kotter and Diane Szalinski in the Honey I Shrunk the Kids, but those were just a few of the many roles she had her career that spanned almost 50 years. Even though she had been acting since the’60s, she got better looking with age. I remember, I would always be surprised when she was in something I watched because she got prettier and prettier the older she got.
So today keep that beautiful spirit alive and watch one of the many things she has done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYfjq3ZYZbA
Jan Hooks passed away today at the age of 57 from an undisclosed illness according to Yahoo! TV. She is best known for playing Tammy Faye Baker, Sinead O’Connor and Candy Sweeney on Saturday Night Live, but I will always remember her as Carlene on Designing Women. There was something about her presence on the screen that would just bring a smile to your face.
So to keep her joyous personality alive and watch her when she was on SNL from 1986-1991 or Designing Women or anything she has done including Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. There is a lot to choose from and we should watch it all.
