I've been listening to this man's podcasts. They're a lot of fun, and run about 5 minutes in length. Delaney obviously loved to read and his enthusiasm is contagious.

Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, 86, much-honored MIT physicist, mentor to female scientists, slips into oblivion:


mildred-dresselhaus-mit-physicist-and-presidential-medal-freedom-recipient-dies

The Grim Reaper said yes to the Dresselhaus.

John Belushi,35 years ago today

Damn

Robert Osborne died, the TCM host. He hadn't been on lately I'd noticed. He was great at that job; you could tell he really loved movies.

I'll miss him. We may be lost. Who else will ever invite Evander Holyfield to come in, sit down, and discuss movies?

Also, I would never have seen The Black Robe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Robe_(film)

too bad TCM won't be the same without him

God bless Robert. Lord, thank you for Robert, please bless him& keep him

Howard Hodgkin, a master of the visual medium, composition, and thematic unity, dead at age 84 on Thursday, March 9, 2017, at London, England.

A short review of his work is included with this obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/a...T.nav=top-news

Great artist. He has a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery starting March 23rd. https://life.spectator.co.uk/2017/03...trait-gallery/

Robert James Waller, author of the highly popular The Bridges of Madison County, dead at age 77 on Friday, March 10, 2017, at Fredericksburg, Texas.

Derek Walcott, Nobel laureate (Literature 1992), dead at age 87 on Friday, March 17, 2017, at his home in St. Lucia.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39307148

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...age-dies-at-87

RIP Chuck Berry

A true rock and roll pioneer and legend. He was a big influence to all who followed.

Really the day the music died.

Damn, I always assumed Chuck was gonna live forever.

RIP to a great one born to play and who could always "play a guitar just like ringing a bell".

Go in peace Mr. Berry.

predicting chuck barris will be next

Chuck was always an ******* to just about everyone...but he sure could play that guitar.

Chuck was always an ******* to just about everyone...but he sure could play that guitar just like ringing a bell

fyp. rip

Those old pics and TV videos of Berry with that Gibson ES-350 are timeless.

I don't like to throw around the term "pioneer" but it most definitely applies to him. What he was doing with guitar playing back then is as significant as what Jimi Hendrix did in his time or EVH in his.

Also baller as **** that he has a track on the Voyager 1 Gold Record, now 13 billion miles from Earth and counting, which will likely remain the furthest-traveled physical data sent by humans, for all time. Aliens probably went digital by now but they might be in a vinyl phase by the time they find it. Also awesome we sent dick pics, gold-engraved dic pics we are really a bad ass species

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cul...died-at-ninety

While I recognize and appreciate his historical significance, I've never cared at all for Chuck Berry or his music.

Johnny Winter used to ask people to stand for the Rock 'n Roll National Anthem: