RIP Merle Haggard!

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Awww no - another legend gone, this is getting to be a very bad year

R.I.P. Merle



That's very sad news. I must admit to a tear or two. His songs were played all the time in our house when we were growing up, my mum and dad loved his music so much. I've still got all their LPs, there must be 30 Merle Haggard ones and I still play them.
He was a fantastic songwriter.
RIP Merle, you brought our family a lot of pleasure and a lot of memories.



“Hell will hold no surprises for you.”
Did anybody know that Patty Duke passed away a few days ago?
Another tragic loss. According to her son, she was in great pain for quite some time so at least her suffering is over. I watched old reruns of her show when I was little.

We're losing a lot of great entertainers this year.



I just looked up Patty Duke as her name was familiar but I couldn't place her. We didn't get the Patty Duke Show in the UK, at least I don;t remember it. I realise who she is now. She seems to have done some great work on mental health issues as well as a lifelong actress and work within the Screen Actors Guild and she's Sean Astin's mum too. I never knew that!