OBITUARIES

[Cathy]

I read that he was very badly treated when he 11yrs old, and he said that the experience completely changed him, and later the drugs etc.

[Tripps]

I was only vaguely aware of Mr Osbourne for many years. His music had no appeal at all to me, and I heard his private life left much to be desired. The public reaction to his death has bewildered me. Nothing I read here Ozzy's drugs has caused me to think I missed anything. The idea that he should attract admiration and in any way be considered as a role model is beyond my understanding.

RIP.

[Tripps]

The jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine has died aged 97.

Well covered in the Guardian. Cleo Laine

I went once to the concert venue at Wavenden which she ran with her husband John Dankworth. I saw Gillian Welch - wonderful.

I was aware of this impressive anecdote -
Dankworth’s health declined late in 2009, on a US tour that had to be curtailed. He died on the morning of 10 February 2010. He and Laine, plus a glitzy cast of guests, had been due to play at Wavendon that night, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Stables theatre. Impelled by the conviction that Dankworth would have wanted the celebration to go on, Laine went home from the hospital, played the gig, and broke the news of his death to a stunned audience only at the close


RIP.

[Stanley]

Two famous names for me.... Was one of her singing styles called scat? That seems to be nagging at the back of my head.....

[PanBiker]

Was one of her singing styles called scat?

You remember correctly Stanley common in Jazz and some earlier swing renditions.

[Tripps]

The inimitable Tom Lehrer has died aged 97

This example does not seem too unattractive at the moment -and the rhymes are simply magnificent.

[Stanley]

Martha's husband, Roger, introduced me to Tom Lehrer. The lyrics are clever but I was never a big fan. I needed more tune from my heroes....

[Cathy]

Well that was something different. Clever

[Stanley]

Morning Cathy...... Yes, that was what sold the records. Clever and witty.