Celebrity Passings

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Val Kilmer was a legend - even if only for his Doc Holiday performance in Tombstone. He was also fantastic in 'The Doors', 'Top Gun', and 'The Ghost and the Darkness' just to name a few. Eccentric man, but very good actor. Sad to see him go so young.
 
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Such a tremendous talent. RIP Val Kilmer

Underappreciated movie - The Salton Sea






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Clem Burke, 70 - drummer for Blondie
 
Wow, and I thought some of you in this thread have incredible instrument collections!

He wasn't my favorite guy but he was the one owner calling out Snyder publicly as sucking so he earned major cred with me.
 
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DWinzit said:
Wow, and I thought some of you in this thread have incredible instrument collections!

He wasn't my favorite guy but he was the one owner calling out Snyder publicly as sucking so he earned major cred with me.
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“I don’t have the words right now to express the loss of such a special man”: Jim Irsay, billionaire philanthropist and owner of the world’s greatest guitar collection, dies aged 65

The Indianapolis Colts owner had assembled a revered and hugely valuable guitar haul that included David Gilmour’s Black Strat, Bob Dylan’s Newport Folk Festival Strat, and Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang
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Rick Derringer, who had a hit with ‘Hang On Sloopy’ and produced ‘Weird Al,’ dies at 77​


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Rick Derringer, who had a hit with 'Hang On Sloopy' and produced 'Weird Al,' dies at 77

The musician who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy” died Monday in Ormond Beach, Florida.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 6:06 PM EDT, May 27, 2025
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Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy,” had a hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and earned a Grammy Award for producing “Weird Al ” Yankovic’s debut album, has died. He was 77.
Derringer died Monday in Ormond Beach, Florida, according to a Facebook announcement from his caregiver, Tony Wilson. No cause of death was announced.

Derringer’s decades in the music industry spanned teen stardom, session work for bands like Steely Dan, supplying the guitar solo on Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and producing for Cyndi Lauper.

“Derringer’s legacy extends beyond his music, entertaining fans with his signature energy and talent. His passing leaves a void in the music world, and he will be deeply missed by fans, colleagues, and loved ones,” Wilson wrote.

As a teen, he formed the McCoys with his brother, Randy, and found fame singing “Hang On Sloopy,” a No. 26 hit about lovers from different socioeconomic circumstances. Derringer enjoyed his first solo hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” which was used in the fourth season of “Stranger Things.”

His best-charting album was “All American Boy” in 1973, which included the instrumentals “Joy Ride” and “Time Warp.” His sole Grammy was for Yankovic’s “Eat It,” which had the Michael Jackson parodies “Eat It” and “Who’s Fat.”

Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, Derringer worked extensively as a session musician, playing on albums by Steely Dan — including “Countdown to Ecstasy,” “Katy Lied” and “Gaucho” — Todd Rundgren, Kiss and Barbra Streisand. He played on Air Supply’s “Making Love Out of Nothing at All.”
 
Back in the day when I was building custom guitars, I met Rick Derringer at a guitar show in Valley Forge, where he was endorsing Warrior guitars ( which were expensive, fancy, and had some insane custom inlays...though a friend of mine had played some of their basses and said they were crap). One thing that struck me was how short he was.
 
So many people have passed away wow! RIP!
 
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