Hardly surprising given his age, but Tom Lehrer has died. Wonderful satirist.
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The number of stories I saw over the weekend that were āTom Leher was the first interview I had when working for my college paper/radio station andā¦ā was remarkable.
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RTE news : Broadcaster and actor SeƔn Rocks dies aged 63
Am shocked and saddened to hear this. Iconic voice of Irish radio and supporter of the arts and creativity.
I met him once after a gig, real gentleman with an interest in everyone who spoke to him.
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Rest in eternal peace. Ziad Rahbani
He was Lebanonās most brilliant minds, celebrated composer and musician. Ziad Rahbani wasnāt just a musical genius, he was a poet/playwright, he reshaped the culture through art and brutal honesty on the civil war in Lebanon. He gave the words to what so many felt but couldnāt say, and created something real in a country that often ran on fantasy.
Ziad reintroduced his mother, living musical legend Fairouz to a new generation, using Jazz, Classical Arabic and Tarab, a sound never before heard in the Arab world. He is a huge loss in the Arab world and beyond the borders.
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He wrote wonderful books which I read to my daughter and now reading to my grandchildren.
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