Afternoon,
Fam…
So, over the
weekend, we lost a TV matriarch, Charlotte Rae, from the hit shows, Diff’rent Strokes and Facts of Life, from a heart attack
probably brought on by salivary gland cancer.
She was 92. Now, outside of her
TV work, I’m not familiar with her movie work, so I need to bone up. I remember back in the day, watching her dole
out words of wisdom in her raspy, quivery voice to the Drummonds, then, the
girls of Eastland School. She also was
the object of affection on Family Guy.
Also, yesterday,
we lost the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin to pancreatic cancer at the young
age of 76. Of course, she was a
trailblazer on so many different levels as an entertainer and an activist as a
Black entertainer. With hits like
“Respect” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” she set the standard
for girl power loooong before the Spice Girls or any other entertainer coined
the phrase. Her songs can be heard in
major motion pictures like The
Blues Brothers and St. Elmo’s Fire throughout the decades with a nod of
being sexy in School of Rock, and it
was rumored she had plans to get back in the studio before her death, so we
might still be blessed with unpublished releases in the future.
I read
something about now the King of Rock and the Queen of Soul are now
together. HOWEVER, I take offense to
that, because her death was do to a bad hand she was dealt. Elvis was junkie that had a heart attack in
the bathroom. Conceivably, he’d still be
around, otherwise.
At any rate,
two more talented gems’ve have left us with their legacies.
We want to
extend our condolences to their fams,
friends, and fans.
Be good to
each other.
-J-
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