https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJIXkgnOl9c

Bruce Springsteen’s statement on losing his musical partner of almost 40 years:

It is with overwhelming sadness that we inform our friends and fans that at 7:00 tonight, Saturday, June 18, our beloved friend and bandmate, Clarence Clemons passed away. The cause was complications from his stroke of last Sunday, June 12th.  Clarence lived a wonderful life. He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He created a wondrous and extended family. He loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage. His loss is immeasurable and we are honored and thankful to have known him and had the opportunity to stand beside him for nearly forty years. He was my great friend, my partner, and with Clarence at my side, my band and I were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our music. His life, his memory, and his love will live on in that story and in our band.

Rest in Peace, Big Man.

[NYT]

Leona Helmsley’s pampered Maltese ‘Trouble,’ one of the world’s richest dogs, dies at age 12 [Daily News]

Rose to prominence as a Kissinger deputy:

Lawrence S. Eagleburger, a troubleshooting diplomat and senior foreign policy adviser to presidents who served the country for more than 40 years, including 42 days as secretary of state at the close of President George H. W. Bush’s term, died on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va. He was 80.

I recall that, days after the towers came down, he jovially said New York City was “not the sort of place” he liked to spend time. Taken in context, his comments made it clear there weren’t enough white people here for him.

Fuck you Larry. Fuck you and all your GOP buddies grown fat and rich off our taxes.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian Dies at 83; Backed Assisted Suicide [NYT]

Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died [NPR]

that Hitler would have something to say about the US taking out OBL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8A2unABbtA

Phoebe Snow, singer of 1970s hit ‘Poetry Man,’ dies at 60 [LAT]