Thursday, December 07, 2006

The Dog Up and Died

My favourite YouTube video (of many)...



A seriously talented individual. And when he died, the Las Vegas Strip dimmed its lights for ten minutes as a mark of respect, a thing that had happened only twice in its history, once when John F Kennedy had died, and once when Martin Luther King had died.

This video here is from the 80s.

America didn't speak when the news of his death was read out on the teatime news in 1990- he was 64 when he died.

3 comments:

tj said...

Brilliant clip indeed.
I'm away to search out some more.

tj said...

Notice you've been listening to a bit of Girls Aloud recently. Someone mentioned that they are playing in Glasgow next year. Wouldn't object to being at that gig.

BJD said...

Hey- Girls Aloud- THAT would be a gig! Hehe- glad you liked the Sammy Davis Jnr clip- he was an amzing performer!