Fifth Avenue Forum

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:43 am**

RIP, I got to hangout and drink whiskey with his brother Randy in Tennessee when I was 19. It was a very cool life moment. Love me some BTO

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:38 pm**

Randy is fond of telling the story (as he recently did on The Professor Of Rock) that the piano part to "Takin' Care Of Business" was played by a pizza delivery guy, who parlayed this entry into showbiz by ultimately becoming Bette Midler's musical director and wokring with the L.A. Philharmonic. The story is apparently quite the load of bullshit, but he likes to keep, you know, spreading the good news.

Bringing things full circle, Randy also likes to claim that Elvis got inspo for "Taking Care Of Business In A Flash" from the song, but His Highness had been calling his backup group the TCB Band for like 3 or 4 years before the song came out.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2023 1:57 pm**

2023 is no holds barred. Robbie Knieval dead at 60.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/13/robbie-k ... an-stunts/

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:46 pm**

Gino Odjick, 52, from a heart attack.

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:48 pm**

Gino has been Ill for quite sometime.

2023 is **** savage

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:55 pm**

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:08 pm**

Odjick developed a heart condition in 2014 called amyloidosis, a rare condition that produces protein deposits in the heart. The initial bout nearly killed him.

But Odjick fought back with the help of some first-class medical care.

He had two further bouts with the disease, most recently last year, which required him to go through chemotherapy, which led to him gaining weight and retaining water.

He developed an infection in his leg, which required bandages as part of his treatment.

“I watched him go through his heart stuff before, three times before and he came through.”

RIP big guy. Sounds like he had a real rough go of it for the better part of a decade.

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:54 am**

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:54 am**

(Gina Lollobrigida)

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 12:55 pm**

*sigh*

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:04 pm**

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:21 pm**

Jesus. Wish I knew about her existence when she was still alive.

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:23 pm**

Does only learning about her now make it........... awkward?

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:53 pm**

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:54 pm**

The fact that Dickie never heard of Gina Lollobrigida and Tatjana Patitz while they were alive is ... hm. hm hm hm.

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 5:01 pm**

"Opportunities lost"

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 5:06 pm**

She was on The Jetsons as Gina Lollo Jupiter.

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:35 pm**

Name inspired by. The voice was done by the same woman who did Josie from Josie & the Pussycats.

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:53 pm**

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2023 7:09 pm**

He's whiter than I remember.

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2023 7:22 pm**

Probably low testosterone.

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:24 pm**

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2023 10:25 pm**

Oh lawd

RIP

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:39 pm**

David Crosby of Crosby, Stills and Nash (and Young) and the Byrds