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Neil Peart was the drummer for Rush, the Canadian trio who tore up rock. Neal was a drumming god who could beat two different tempos with his hands and feet! Quite an incredible person.
Neil had been fighting brain cancer for the last three years. Rush had their final tour in 2015, he died on the 7th.
Peart had a tragic family life. In 1997 after the conclusion of the Test for Echo tour, his then only daughter was killed in a single vehicle car accident. Ten months later, his wife died of cancer, he says it was brought on by a broken heart. He retired from Rush, toured North America on a motorcycle, and eventually returned to the band. And now, Heaven's band has one hell of a new drummer.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221/
Buck Henry was an amazing comic writer. With Mel Brooks, he was the co-creator of Get Smart. He often appeared in John Belushi's Samurai sketches and was a regular early host for Saturday Night Live. He wrote The Graduate. He appeared in The Graduate, Catch-22, Grumpy Old Men, Eating Raul, The Man Who Fell To Earth. Co-directed Heaven Can Wait (got an Oscar nom for it), wrote the scripts for Catch-22 and The Owl & The Pussycat.
Stunningly amazing talent. Died of a heart attack at the age of 89 on Wednesday.
He was on Letterman once and the exchange went something like this:
Dave: Do you have any hobbies or pets?
Buck: I have hobbies.
Dave: Any pets.
Buck: No pets.
Dave: Why no pets?
Buck: Because of my hobbies.
I'm going to try to remember that one....
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/buck-henry-the-graduate-screenwriter-dead-obituary-935341/
Neil had been fighting brain cancer for the last three years. Rush had their final tour in 2015, he died on the 7th.
Peart had a tragic family life. In 1997 after the conclusion of the Test for Echo tour, his then only daughter was killed in a single vehicle car accident. Ten months later, his wife died of cancer, he says it was brought on by a broken heart. He retired from Rush, toured North America on a motorcycle, and eventually returned to the band. And now, Heaven's band has one hell of a new drummer.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221/
Buck Henry was an amazing comic writer. With Mel Brooks, he was the co-creator of Get Smart. He often appeared in John Belushi's Samurai sketches and was a regular early host for Saturday Night Live. He wrote The Graduate. He appeared in The Graduate, Catch-22, Grumpy Old Men, Eating Raul, The Man Who Fell To Earth. Co-directed Heaven Can Wait (got an Oscar nom for it), wrote the scripts for Catch-22 and The Owl & The Pussycat.
Stunningly amazing talent. Died of a heart attack at the age of 89 on Wednesday.
He was on Letterman once and the exchange went something like this:
Dave: Do you have any hobbies or pets?
Buck: I have hobbies.
Dave: Any pets.
Buck: No pets.
Dave: Why no pets?
Buck: Because of my hobbies.
I'm going to try to remember that one....
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/buck-henry-the-graduate-screenwriter-dead-obituary-935341/
