The real shock is that Sly Stone actually lived to 82. And the last 50 years were pretty bad. But my God did he transform music for a few years..
A lot of pretty famous and pretty good people died this week. It's Memorial Day so let's remember them. First, Chuck Rangel. He was actually #8 on my obituary to-write.
Without question, Norm was one of the best characters in network sitcom history. RIP.
Mujica was a real one, perhaps the most successful of the Latin American revolutionaries of the 60s to transition into mainstream government. Former Uruguayan President José Mujica , a onetime Marxist guerilla.
Alexis Herman was a weak Secretary of Labor. She wasn't really a labor person at all outside of a brief period in the Carter administration, but rather a Democratic insider.
Mario Vargas Llosa had truly horrific politics in the second half of his life and was basically a fascist by the end. But he also is one of the greatest.
I am not saying Vincent was a saint as baseball commissioner, but Vincent absolutely loved the game of baseball and wanted to see it grow and the owners fired him.
Marianne Faithfull at the Women's World Awards 2009 in Vienna, Austria Absolute stone cold legend. Also, she sang the best version of "Working Class Hero" ever recorded, which wasn't something.
