In memoriam...

[Bud]

I agree - what an amazing voice she had.

I saw her in concert once, when I was in high school. It was at the sadly now-defunct Circle Star Theater, just a few miles south of San Francisco. It had a rotating stage in the middle of the concert hall, so everyone had a forward view several times during a performance.

[Coda]

I was also inspired by Karen Carpenter playing the drums (when the group first started). It helped inspire me to learn drums and percussion and join my high school's band and orchestra.

[jazzanddianafan]

As a little side fun fact.....I was born and grew up in Downey, CA and Karen and her brother had a couple of apartment buildings in town across the street from each other..... they were called "We've Only Just Begun" and "Close to You"......

[Samuel]

Memphis Slim (* 3. Sept. 1915 as John Len Chatman in Memphis, Tennessee; † 24. Feb. 1988 in Paris, France)

[Samuel]

Michael George Smith (* 6. Dec. 1943 + 28. Feb. 2008 in Edmonton, North London)

[christratton]

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blog ... at-41.aspx

[Bud]

Arthur C. Clarke (*16 December 1917 in Minehead, Somerset, England – †19 March 2008 in Sri Lanka)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/books ... ref=slogin

[Samuel]

Too late I know, but we could not forget him:

Frank Sinatra (Francis Albert Sinatra) *December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey; † May 14, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA)

Listen "The Voice":

(I've Got the World on a String)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w_44HATUpo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_sinatra

[Samuel]

Robert Francis Kennedy (* 20. Nov. 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts; † 6. June 1968 in Los Angeles, CA)

[Bud]

There is a slight Diana connection to the tragic RFK assassination.

Rosemary Clooney was at the Ambassador Hotel that night.