Celebrity Death Thread

[CGVT]

I remember Kell more with Larry Osterman. They were the TV voices of my childhood. Kaline came later. Man did he suck when he started, but it was OK because he was AL KALINE. Ha!

[DanO]

Yep, Yep.

GO LIONS "09" !!!!!!!!!

[tdbark]

This one hurts, like most of you have said, he was a voice from my childhood. Sitting with my grandpa, watching Mclain pitch for his 30th win, those are great memories. He had this slight Georgia drawl that seemed perfect on a Sunday afternoon. This pain will only intensify as more of the greats from my childhood pass. The time I dread the most is when Ernie Harwell passes. For the life of me, I cannot get into the current broadcasters (though Rod Allen is good for a smile now and then). Jim Price is arrogance personified. He was just a back-up catcher, yet he speaks as though he invented catching. I really miss the self-depreciating, home-spun, baseball-history-relating broadcasters of the past.

[NewOrleansLion]

I agree. Bummed. I still find myself breaking into a Kell impression every now and again, which is especially confusing to my 9-year-old son. My favorite was when an infielder caught a pop up and just barely got it in his mitt -- the top of the ball was visible outside of the webbing. George said, "He caught it like a big ice creeeeeem cone.

[YT]

RIP George!

I have great memories of watching the Tigers games with my folks and enjoying George's easy delivery of the play-by-play.

[ghandi]

Been a rough year for 86 year olds.........

[Mainevent]

So long George. Thanks for all the great summer days and nights. You and Al along with Ernie were the voices of my summers.

[Rocky Bleier]

George Kell was a real southern gentleman. A good human being. The men and women of his era are sorely missed. Goobye, George.

[FVD]

RIP George

[DanO]

"For the life of me, I cannot get into the current broadcasters.."
-------------------Me either. Thought maybe it was just me.

GO LIONS "09" !!!!!!!!!

[Malto Marko]

"Fer Chrisss Sakes, Someones gotta help Gibby!"

RIP George, you were a class act and one of the most cherished Detroit personalities, ever.

[NewOrleansLion]

When it comes to Motown drummers, Benny Benjamin set the standard, but all of those guys were absolute monsters. RIP, Uriel. The cool part about what you did is that you will be heard forever.

Motown drummer Uriel Jones dies at 74

Susan Whitall / The Detroit News

Uriel Jones, whose muscular, hard-rocking drum style was an integral part of the Motown sound on classics such as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" and "Cloud Nine" by the Temptations, died at Oakwood Hospital Tuesday afternoon. Jones was 74.

Jones suffered heart problems in recent years, including a heart attack in early February when he was in the hospital getting a blood transfusion. While he seemed to be on the mend, he hadn't been able to go home yet.

"I feel blessed to have worked with him," said Bob Babbitt, who played bass with Jones on many Motown hits as part of the Funk Brothers, Motown's core backing band. "As a musician he was incredible."

[Sharkbait]

RIP George & Uriel.

[The Cat]

Funny you should bring up that quote Malto, it was the first thing I thought of when reading an article that George never cussed. As I recall it, there was about ten seconds of dead air, which is an eternity in broadcasting, followed by, "Well, isn't anyone gonna help Gibby out for Chrissakes?

[Drew]

What was wrong with Gibby?