by DougC » Jan 24, 2015 9:38 pm
Edgar Willmar Froese
(6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015)
German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream.
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by DougC » Jan 24, 2015 9:38 pm
Edgar Willmar Froese
(6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015)
German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream.
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Tangerine Dream wrote:Demis Roussos, the Greek pop and rock singer who became an unlikely international star in the 1970s and 80s, famed for his soaring, high-pitched voice, and voluminous kaftans, has died aged 69.
The bearded singer starteed his career in the pioneering Greek progressive rock band Aphrodite’s Child alongside another future star, Vangelis, who later composed the film scores for Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner.
The Guardian
Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds author, dies at 77
Her second novel, 1977's The Thorn Birds, became an international bestseller.
A story of forbidden love between a young woman and a priest in the Australian outback, the paperback rights sold for a then-record $1.9 million (£1.25m).
It was turned into a popular television mini-series in 1983, starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward.
Her last book, Bittersweet, was published in 2013.
McCullough was born in Wellington, New South Wales and spent most of her early life in Sydney.
Before turning to writing, she studied medicine both in Australia and overseas, establishing the neurophysiology department at the Royal North Shore hospital in Sydney. author,
Her second novel, 1977's The Thorn Birds, became an international bestseller.
A story of forbidden love between a young woman and a priest in the Australian outback, the paperback rights sold for a then-record $1.9 million (£1.25m).
It was turned into a popular television mini-series in 1983, starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward.
Her last book, Bittersweet, was published in 2013.
McCullough was born in Wellington, New South Wales and spent most of her early life in Sydney.
Before turning to writing, she studied medicine both in Australia and overseas, establishing the neurophysiology department at the Royal North Shore hospital in Sydney.
She went on to spend 10 years as a researcher at Yale medical school in the US.
Scarlett and Ironclad wrote:Campermon,...a middle aged, middle class, Guardian reading, dad of four, knackered hippy, woolly jumper wearing wino and science teacher.
Varangian wrote:One of the few people who prolonged his life by smoking.
"The shell cut the right part of the commander’s cupola. I was not beheaded because I had bent down to light my cigarette. Suddenly the Russian assault gun appeared and I gave an order to the gunner to open fire. Kramer shot, and a second shell, from another assault gun, hit in the turret. I can not remember which way I left the Tiger. The head phones-the only thing I have from my destroyed Tiger".
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