• Mark Russell RIP

    From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to ALL on Fri Mar 31 12:20:48 2023
    Hello Everybody,

    Mark Russell has left the stage, at age 90, along with his
    dearly beloved piano. Nobody could play it like him, or ever will.

    Mark Russell, political satirist with a star-spangled piano, dies at 90

    Source: Washington Post

    Mark Russell, Washington’s social-political satirist and stand-up
    comic who spoofed, teased and laughed at celebrities, politicians,
    politics and popular culture for more than 50 years from behind his star-spangled piano, died March 30 at his home in D.C. He was 90.

    The cause was complications from prostate cancer, said his wife,
    Alison Russell.

    From the waning years of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration through
    the presidencies of 10 succeeding chief executives, Mr. Russell poked
    fun at the foibles and flaws of the well-known, the pompous and the
    powerful in monologues replete with pithy one-liners and musical
    ditties. He called himself “a political cartoonist for the blind.”

    Long an institution on Washington’s stages and in hotel bars, Mr.
    Russell gained a national following on public television, where for
    30 years he made regular broadcasts. In the 1980s and 1990s, he took
    his show on the road, appearing live in public and corporate venues
    in cities and towns across the United States.

    In addition, he wrote syndicated observations for newspaper op-ed
    pages, where he delivered such quips as “a broken campaign promise to
    change the way Washington works is exactly the way Washington works.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/30/mark-russell -satirist-pianist-dead/

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  • From alexander koryagin@2:5075/128.130 to Lee Lofaso on Fri Mar 31 14:01:46 2023
    Hi, Lee Lofaso!
    I read your message from 31.03.2023 13:20

    LL> Mark Russell has left the stage, at age 90, along with his
    LL> dearly beloved piano. Nobody could play it like him, or ever
    LL> will. Mark Russell, political satirist with a star-spangled
    LL> piano, dies at 90

    It occurred to me that the following shot illustrates kindly how the
    people we knew so well depart from us forever. Farewell!

    http://pics.rsh.ru/img/_farwell_ua2cy8vo.jpg

    PS: I was close recently to take the place in the departing crew. ;-)

    Bye, Lee!
    Alexander Koryagin
    fido.fidonews 2023
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to alexander koryagin on Fri Mar 31 19:06:32 2023
    Hello Alexander,

    Mark Russell has left the stage, at age 90, along with his
    dearly beloved piano. Nobody could play it like him, or ever
    will. Mark Russell, political satirist with a star-spangled
    piano, dies at 90

    It occurred to me that the following shot illustrates kindly how the people we knew so well depart from us forever. Farewell!

    http://pics.rsh.ru/img/_farwell_ua2cy8vo.jpg


    That is so cool!
    And out of this world!
    But the question is, can any of them jam?

    PS: I was close recently to take the place in the departing crew. ;-)

    But did you take your harmonica with you? Or blues harp?
    Snoopy would never have left his doghouse without it.

    For Life,
    Lee

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