What dead artist do you miss the most? I think it is Mordecai Richler for me. Read his

[applegrove]

biography this year. I used to look so forward to him publishing a new book every 6 years.

[unionworks]

1. Andy Warhol

From my birthplace on Pittsburghs Northside. Brought us the Doors, The Velvet Underground and soup cans in space, among other things.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

2. John Lennon

I didn't get into his solo stuff until long after he was killed, but nowadays I think it was his contribution that really set the Beatles apart.

[sakabatou]

3. Nujabes (Jun Seba)

[OffWithTheirHeads]

4. Goya, hands down

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. Goya

He really illustrated the class struggle.

[applegrove]

6. Yup. The current class struggle is about monsters of industry vs the uninformed or powerless.

I hate that painting.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. Frank

[unionworks]

8. Jim Croche

I miss his music

[Arkansas Granny]

23. He's the first one that came to my mind, also.

We lost him just when his career was getting started. Who knows what his music would have become as he grew. I used to have an 8-track that he recorded with Ingrid before he was "discovered". It was very sweet and poignant.

Wow! Talk about a coincidence. I'm listening to Pandora and just now "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" started playing.

[HopeHoops]

9. George Carlin.

[Duer 157099]

20. I'll second that n/t

[cliffordu]

22. Youp!

Smartest motherfucker since Lenny Bruce.

[Bake]

10. Keith Richards

What? He's not dead? Are you SURE??? He sure looks like it to me.



Bake

[RFKHumphreyObama]

11. Karen Carpenter

Such a beautiful person with such a beautiful voice. Such a tragic end to such a promising life

[pipi_k]

12. James Michener

I've read about 90% of his books, some of which...like "Hawaii", "Centennial", and "Chesapeake" are long and satisfying to the point that I have had to buy new copies of them every few years because I wear them out from reading them over and over.

It makes me sad to think that there won't be any more from him.

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. Jimi and Janis

[TuxedoKat]

16. Have you read

Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherford? It's in the style of Michener's Hawaii.

[geardaddy]

14. hieronymus bosch

He knew how to paint a real happy scene.

[El Supremo]

15. Luciano Pavarotti

[Javaman]

17. The Ramones...

Although Marky is still alive.

[nirvana555]

18. John Lennon... n/t

[bluedigger]

19. Hunter S. Thompson

While I respect his choice, I think he would have stuck around a little longer if he had any idea what was coming.

[Duer 157099]

21. Freddie Mercury n/t

[HughBeaumont]

24. Jan Van Eyck.

Looked at this one two days ago . . .

[Tikki]

25. Jeffry Hyman AKA Joey Ramone and John Ritter and Roger Miller.

I guess I just thought John Ritter would always be around, kinda like Betty White.






Tikki