Farewell to These Beloved Baby Boomers Who Died in 2018 January 4th – Ray Thomas, 76 – Founding member of The Moody Blues – prostate cancer 5th – Jerry Van Dyke, 86 Brother of Dick Van Dyke and most noted for his role as David Crabtree in “My Mother the Car“ in 1965 and Luther Van Dam on … Read more
Not Just Another Petty Grievance The day Tom Petty died was probably one of the saddest Mondays in the history of the world. Earlier in the day, a shooter killed 58 people and wounded 489 others in a crowd ranging in age from 20 to 67. They were mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, husbands, wives and … Read more
A Don Rickles Encounter A dear old friend of mine is a party planner based in the Los Angeles area.He sent me out on a gig every once in a while years ago back when I lived in L.A. One day he called to ask me to help him out for a kids birthday party … Read more
Happy 95th Birthday, Betty White Recently, as the internet is wont to do, someone posted another Betty White is dead hoax on Facebook. I was so distraught upon reading the “news”, I almost reposted it without checking the validity of the story. Fortunately, I did check it out and was grateful to find that Betty … Read more
The Late, Great Chuck Berry, Dead at 90 Since Chuck Berry’s licks have been ripped off by other artist since the day he hit the public eye, I thought it only fitting to steal the eulogy from my own Facebook page: Chuck Berry, you have been worshipped, imitated, irritated, you’ve sold out shows, been applauded, … Read more
2016 – A Baby Boomer Retrospect Hal A. Cohen Live For the Living A recent post by one of my Facebook friends really got me to thinking about all things related to celebrities; all of the music icons, movie stars, historical figures, my real world friends, myself – and our relationship to each other. To paraphrase, … Read more
A Stuff for baby Boomers PSA (Public Service Announcement) Tis the season when unscrupulous people try to scam senior citizens out of their hard-earned money. This activity is not just prevalent during the holidays, either. We must all constantly be vigilant. Some scams are more serious than others, but the fact remains,, over 3 billion … Read more
Robert Vaughn has died at the age of 83 “With a modest amount of looks and talent, and more than a modicum of serendipity, I’ve managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into 50 years of good fortune.” What started out as an outlandish exaggeration of the Bond films quickly morphed into the vehicle that … Read more
Leonard Cohen 9/21/1934 10//10/2016 In Nowhere, Tennessee, there dwells an old medicine woman named Pipsissewa. Actually, her name back when I knew here in Philadelphia, when we were both teenagers, is, Lisa. Today, she is an authentic herbalist and a retired nurse. I met Lisa during the late 60’s when we were both just out … Read more
Swedish Academy Still Knockin’ on Dylan’s Door Calling Bob Dylan. Helloooo? By now, everyone probably has heard that the Swedish Academy has awarded the Baby Boomer’s own inimitable poet laureate, Bob Dylan, the Nobel Prize for Literature. A controversial decision on some counts, but exciting news for the rest of us. But, the wayward bard-slash-balladeer … Read more
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