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Eric Carmen, RIP

Singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, frontman of the pop-rock band the Raspberries who went on to achieve success with songs such as “All By Myself” and “Hungry Eyes,” has died. He was 74.

MSTies may remember that Crow sang a bit of Carmen’s hit “All By Myself” in episode 622- ANGELS’ REVENGE.

Thanks to […]

RIP Mojo Nixon

Neill Kirby McMillan Jr., known to his fans as eclectic rocker Mojo Nixon, died Feb. 7 aboard a cruise ship hosting the Outlaw Country Cruise. He was 66.

Best known for comedic tunes like “Elvis Is Everywhere” and “Don Henley Must Die,” MSTies will recall that he was mentioned in host segments […]

RIP Melanie

Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk, aka Melanie, the witty, gentle-voiced folk singer-songwriter, who rose to fame with her performance at Woodstock in 1969 and had two major hit singles, “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)”, died January 23. She was 76.

MSTies will recall that she was mentioned in a […]

RIP René Verzier

Quebec cinematographer René Verzier died on Jan. 1. He was 89. During his career, spanning more than 35 years, he worked on more than 50 full-length films.

One of those films was a smokey little production for which he was a camera operator. It was featured in the movie in episode K16- CITY […]

RIP Tom Shales

Fairfax County, Virginia — Tom Shales, the Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post and spent nearly 40 years at the paper, died Jan. 13 at a hospital here. He was 79.

He died from complications due to COVID-19 and renal failure.

His decades-long career as the chief TV critic for […]