R.I.P. Lou Rawls

“Riiiiiiight.



Sheesh! Next you'll be telling us Tony Randall is dead!”

“On a side note, Weird AL has a song to the tune of Lola. Yoda - Y_O_D_A - Yoda.”

“Too bad. He had a great voice. RIP.”

“I heard that new this morning...sad..he had such a recognizable voice..to have both brain and lung cancer sounds very unpleasant...RIP..”

“He certainly had a cigarette voice.”

“I'll miss the occasional interview. RIP, Lou.

Maybe,
I'll Se Ya When I Get There”

“Artist Accused of Vandalizing Urinal
Jan 06 8:50 AM US/Eastern
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PARIS


A 76-year-old performance artist was arrested after attacking Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" _ a porcelain urinal _ with a hammer, police said.

Duchamp's 1917 piece _ an ordinary white, porcelain urinal that's been called one of the most influential works of modern art _ was slightly chipped in the attack at the Pompidou Center in Paris, the museum said Thursday. It was removed from the exhibit for repair.

The suspect, a Provence resident whose identity was not released, already vandalized the work in 1993 _ urinating into the piece when it was on display in Nimes, in southern France, police said.

During questioning, the man claimed his hammer attack on Wednesday was a work of performance art that might have pleased Dada artists. The early 20th-century avant-garde movement was the focus of the exhibit that ends Monday, police said.

A 2004 poll of 500 arts figures ranked "Fountain" as the most influential work of modern art _ ahead of Pablo Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," Andy Warhol's screen prints of Marilyn Monroe and "Guernica," Picasso's depiction of war's devastation.

"Fountain" is estimated at $3.6 million.”

“Show some respect for the dead.”

“I believe I confused Lou Rawls for Lou Reid. Oops.”

“At least is wasn't Lou Diamond Phillips.”

“Lou Rawls appeared on the Muppet Show in the late 1970s. One of the characters told him to move aside a little. He moved and asked why. At that point, Animal came running out to meet Lou Rawls and stopped short. The character who warned him replied, "Because that's how far Animal's chain goes."”