Ronnie Hawkins, Known For "The Last Waltz" and "Forty Days" Dies At 87! (1 Viewer)

[Tony Bensley]

RIP Hawkman!!

Ronnie Hawkins: 1935 - 2022

Ronnie Hawkins dead at 87

Music icon Ronnie Hawkins, who influenced a generation of Canadian rock artists, has died at 87.

torontosun.com

 

[Clark Green]

R.I.P.

(not sure why title needed an exclamation point though)

 

[bujaki]

Because he was too young!

 

[Tony Bensley]

R.I.P.

(not sure why title needed an exclamation point though)

In all my years on HTF, this is the first time I've ever seen anyone's Thread title critiqued over exclamation point placement!

As the Hawk might have said after a rough night, "Tough Crowd!"

 

[Tony Bensley]

Here's Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks performing "Forty Days" in a May, 1959 appearance on Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show:


CHEERS!

 

[Capt D McMars]

Because he was too young!

87.....?

 

[Tony Bensley]

May I kindly ask that we overlook such trivial matters as whether or not an obit should contain an exclamation point, and instead mourn a person's death and celebrate their life?