Tigers X - Number one Source to Talk Auburn Tigers Sports

The Library => The SGA => Topic started by: Kaos on April 07, 2014, 11:12:01 AM

Title: Mickey Rooney dead, again
Post by: Kaos on April 07, 2014, 11:12:01 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/04/07/actor-mickey-rooney-dies-at-3/ (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/04/07/actor-mickey-rooney-dies-at-3/)

Didn't this guy die back in the 80s? 

Title: Re: Mickey Rooney dead, again
Post by: Townhallsavoy on April 07, 2014, 11:17:13 AM

Well that's two comedians.  Who will be the third?

Title: Re: Mickey Rooney dead, again
Post by: WiregrassTiger on April 07, 2014, 12:59:24 PM

Mickey Rooney and my grandfather used to never go fishing together.

Title: Re: Mickey Rooney dead, again
Post by: Tiger Wench on April 07, 2014, 03:36:59 PM

Quote from: Townhallsavoy on April 07, 2014, 11:17:13 AM

Well that's two comedians.  Who will be the third?

I thought it just had to be a celebrity.  If so:

Quote

Arthur Smith, a multi-instrumentalist whose song "Feudin' Banjos" later became known as the popular "Dueling Banjos," has died. He was 93.

According to the Charlotte Observer, Smith, a Charlotte, N.C., resident, passed away April 3 of natural causes, just two days after his 93rd birthday.

Given the moniker "Guitar Boogie" to differentiate him from Fiddlin' Arthur Smith after hitting gold with a song of the same name in 1945 (the tune was played by a young Paul McCartney in his Liverpool audition for what later became the Beatles), Smith wrote "Feudin' Banjos" 10 years later as a banjo instrumental. The composition later famously appeared in the 1972 film "Deliverance," for which Smith was not properly credited -- leading to a lawsuit that eventually yielded him royalties and a songwriting credit.

In addition to his musical prowess, Smith hosted a variety show "Carolina Calling" on Charlotte's WBTV station, with a nationally syndicated TV show, "The Arthur Smith Show," following. The latter was the first of its kind in the country music world.

From his homebase of Charlotte, Smith also enacted the first commercial recording studio in the Southeast, a studio that produced, among others, James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag."

Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Willie Nelson and Roy Orbison are among the dozens of artists who covered his material at some time.

Title: Re: Mickey Rooney dead, again
Post by: CCTAU on April 07, 2014, 03:57:55 PM

He shore could play...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mjc2slEyM00/TmX9I0vWUOI/AAAAAAAAB-I/n0jRiNKinJg/s1600/Deliverance_027Pyxurz.jpg)

Title: Re: Mickey Rooney dead, again
Post by: dallaswareagle on April 07, 2014, 04:07:37 PM

Quote from: CCTAU on April 07, 2014, 03:57:55 PM

He shore could play...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mjc2slEyM00/TmX9I0vWUOI/AAAAAAAAB-I/n0jRiNKinJg/s1600/Deliverance_027Pyxurz.jpg)

ROW TAHD