Kawamura Kaori passed away the other day. She was only 38. Cancer SUCKS.

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-5081

Always sad to hear of anyone passing away... Particularly of cancer.

Condolences to her friends and family.

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Kawamura Kaori passed away the other day. She was only 38. Cancer SUCKS. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-5081

they did a special on NTV on her the week i was left okinawa. Very emotinal piece with her and her daughter traveling back & forth from tokyo <=> moscow. even though i didn't know who she was at the beginning of the piece, at the end you felt nothing but sympathy.

I didn't realize that she sang a jpop song from way back in the day that i used to dig, Zoo.
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'80s teen flick director John Hughes dies in NYC

NEW YORK – A spokeswoman for John Hughes says the director of 1980s coming-of-age films like "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club" has died in Manhattan.

Michelle Bega says the 59-year-old Hughes died of a heart attack during a morning walk. He was in Manhattan to visit family.

He made a teen star of Molly Ringwald with 1984's "Sixteen Candles" about a girl's nightmarish birthday on the eve of her sister's wedding.

Ringwald also starred in "The Breakfast Club," about a group of high school misfits during Saturday detention, and "Pretty in Pink."

Hughes also directed "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and wrote "Home Alone." He lived in Illinois and set many of his films in the Chicago area.

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'80s teen flick director John Hughes dies in NYC NEW YORK – A spokeswoman for John Hughes says the director of 1980s coming-of-age films like "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club" has died in Manhattan. Michelle Bega says the 59-year-old Hughes died of a heart attack during a morning walk. He was in Manhattan to visit family. He made a teen star of Molly Ringwald with 1984's "Sixteen Candles" about a girl's nightmarish birthday on the eve of her sister's wedding. Ringwald also starred in "The Breakfast Club," about a group of high school misfits during Saturday detention, and "Pretty in Pink." Hughes also directed "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and wrote "Home Alone." He lived in Illinois and set many of his films in the Chicago area.

Damn, I grew up watching his movies RIP.

Anime Dad wrote:

Damn, I grew up watching his movies RIP.

Same here.

Ferris Bueller is one of my all-time favorite movies... I even ditched work with a co-worker to see that movie.

Condolences to his friends and family.

Guitar legend-inventor Les Paul dies at age 94

AP, Aug 13, 2009 2:47 pm PDT

Les Paul, who invented the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock 'n' roll greats, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.

According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side.

As an inventor, Paul also helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll with multitrack recording, which enables artists to record different instruments at different times, sing harmony with themselves, and then carefully balance the tracks in the finished recording.

The use of electric guitar gained popularity in the mid-to-late 1940s, and then exploded with the advent of rock in the mid-'50s.

"Suddenly, it was recognized that power was a very important part of music," Paul once said. "To have the dynamics, to have the way of expressing yourself beyond the normal limits of an unamplified instrument, was incredible. Today a guy wouldn't think of singing a song on a stage without a microphone and a sound system."

"Without Les Paul, we would not have rock and roll as we know it," said Terry Stewart, president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. "His inventions created the infrastructure for the music and his playing style will ripple through generations. He was truly an architect of rock and roll."

A classic from day one.

RIP Les Paul... a legend.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 1932-2009.

RIP.

RIP Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009.

Condolences to his friends and family.

bmwracer wrote:

RIP Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009. Condolences to his friends and family.

Whoa. I knew he was ill, but.... only young still RIP.

Anime Dad wrote:

Whoa. I knew he was ill, but.... only young still RIP.

Yet another cancer victim.

bmwracer wrote:

RIP Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009. Condolences to his friends and family.

Awww man I'm gonna have a Swayze film fest and watch The Outsiders, Red Dawn, Point Break and Road House. Skipping Ghost and Dirty Dancing May you rest in peace Patrick!!!!!!!!!!!

bmwracer wrote:

RIP Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009. Condolences to his friends and family.

May he Rest in Peace.

He lived 20 months after his pancreatic cancer diagnosis and lived his life to the fullest in that time period. He kept acting and wrote his autobiography. He was strength and grace until the end.

My favorite movie of his is still To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything. He played a drag queen with such dignity and style!

Takoyama wrote:

I'm gonna have a Swayze film fest and watch The Outsiders, Red Dawn, Point Break and Road House. Skipping Ghost and Dirty Dancing May you rest in peace Patrick!!!!!!!!!!!

RIP Patrick.

Ah yes, Road House one of those movies that falls in the class of "So bad that it's good"

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RIP Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009. Condolences to his friends and family.

Yes, indeed.

Cancer is so ruthless.

His talent will be remembered.
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My sister just called me and she reminded me of two things I had forgotten about Patrick Swayze.

1 when I was 10 or 11 I had a poster with Patrick Swayze on a horse (it was from a TV series - North and South I believe) and I used to kiss the poster every morning before leaving for school. Admittingly it was (Eve you�Lre going to like this) the horse I kissed but still ...

2 He was in one of our favourite movies of all times - a movie very few people have seen: Donnie Darko. My sister used to say: if I were to make a movie I would want to have Patrick Swayze as the anti idol.

RIP

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and I used to kiss the poster every morning before leaving for school. Admittingly it was (Eve you�Lre going to like this) the horse I kissed but still ...

I kissed a real one today so I understand.
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RIP Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009. Condolences to his friends and family.

RIP Patrick Swayze