Day 4 - 19 -- An Entertainment Loss

Today work involved three lectures, several meetings with students, and some additions to the already long 'to do' list. A late afternoon gathering celebrated research on campus, followed by a walk home in the falling snow Software created some glitches during the day and continues to this evening. Internet connection has been flaky over the past two days, with the campus web site being down from late this afternoon. This means doing the work I needed to do this evening can't happen as it is on the e-mail server or cloud server, neither of which is accessible at present. .

The sad news of Miguel Ferrer's death arrived when online at home this evening. He was a wonderful character actor who had been a guest star on many television dramas and movies, as well as a long term cast member on Twin Peaks, Crossing Jordan and NCIS-LA. In the latter, he worked well into his illness taking breaks as needed. His health situation was written into the storyline without ever talking about what the health issue was exactly. His speech was affected in episodes which aired over the past month, and the cachexia common with cancers became evident. This man had a Hollywood pedigree -- his mother was Rosemary Clooney, his father was Jose Ferrer and his cousin was George Clooney.

Choosing songs for today brought several to mind. The first I chose was sung by Ferrer's mother -- I'm sure she is singing him home tonight. The second is from an album with Ferrer doing drumming -- before his acting career took off. This was Keith Moon's first solo album -- 2 Sides of the Moon --   where Moon sang lead vocals -- albeit with his usual wavering pitch <smile> -- rather than drumming on all songs. Ferrer was credited on the album, though it may not have been this song -- he would have been around during the recording processes. Oh, and the album was produced by John Lennon -- so a major rock history connection for the man we knew mainly as an onscreen persona. Enjoy!

Tenderly -- Rosemary Clooney

Teenage Idol -- Keith Moon