Category: Rest In Power
Shock G Of Digital Underground Has Died
There is no surer way to turn out a house party in The Bay than throwing on some Digital Underground. Guaranteed — guys will have their biscuits grabbed. So today hurts. Especially from where I’m sitting. Bay Area legend Shock G has died at the painfully young age of 57.
Carl Reiner Has Died
The word “legend” gets thrown around all too easily these days. However, even that lofty honorific seems meager and insufficient when applied to Carl Reiner, who died last night at the age of 98. Variety reports that Carl died in his Beverly Hills home of natural causes. He will be missed by everyone who has ever laughed.
Bill Withers Has Died At The Age Of 81
There are precious few artists whose work, even just in the remembrance of that work, has the ability to evoke a mood and visceral feelings of well being, comfort, nostalgia, melancholy and grace. Or maybe there was just one, and now he is gone. Bill Withers has died. Who’s voice, other than Bill’s, comes wafting into our minds at the first scent of a charcoal grill being lit on a perfect summer’s day (Lovely Day), or after an soul fortifying conversation with your favorite person (Lean on Me), or as you’re wallowing after a difficult break up (Ain’t No Sunshine) or flying high on the exhilaration of new love (Just the Two of Us)? It’s hard to imagine a world in which Bill’s music wasn’t providing the soundtrack for our lives. According to the AP, Bill died in Los Angeles from heart complications on Monday at the age of 81.