Ed Flanagan, a former Detroit Lions offensive lineman and four-
time Pro Bowl selection has died.
Flanagan was hospitalized in Altoona with heart problems on
May 8, 2023, and died today, May 10.
Flanagan appeared in 139 games (139 starts) for the Lions from
1965-74.
Robert "Red" Robinson OBC (born March 30, 1937)
(CANADIAN PRESS) – VANCOUVER — The family of Vancouver
radio personality Red Robinson says he has died after a brief
illness.
In a statement posted online, Robinson’s family says he passed
away on Saturday, April 1st, shortly after 8 a.m.
Robinson began his radio career in 1954 at Vancouver’s CJOR,
and his website credits him as the first DJ in Canada to play
rock ’n’ roll music on a regular basis.
It says Red jumped to Vancouver CKWX station in 1957, where
he met American singer Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley.
His website says he was elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1994, the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1997
and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2000, retiring from radio
in 2007.
In 1959, Robinson took a job with KGW Radio in Portland, OR,
on the condition that he also host a TV show. He got his wish,
hosting Portland Bandstand on KGW TV. However, because
of American draft laws, he was also required to do a six-month
stint in the US Army at Fort Ord in California.
Red in 1955
Red with Buddy Holly
Red Robinson with Elvis Presley in 1957.
Red Robinson in the booth at KGW, radio ‘62’ in Portland, Or.
MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A prototype, all-electric airplane
took its first flight Tuesday morning in central Washington
state.
The Seattle Times reports that if the Federal Aviation
Administration eventually certifies the small airplane to
carry passengers, it could become the first all-electric
commercial airplane.
The plane, built by startup Eviation, was built to carry nine
passengers and up two pilots. It took off from Moses Lake,
Washington, at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday, and landed eight minutes
later.
The company’s goal is to show such electric planes are viable
as commuter aircraft flying at an altitude of about 15,000 feet.
Kenneth Winston Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022)
(Fox News) – Ken Starr, a noted attorney who helped impeach
one president and defended another from the same fate, died
Tuesday at age 76.
A statement released by his family said Starr died in Houston
of complications from surgery at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical
Center.
Starr was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He also
served as U.S. solicitor general under President George H.W.
Bush.
Taurean Blacque
(born Herbert Middleton Jr.; May 10, 1940 – July 21, 2022)
Taurean Blacque, who portrayed the streetwise Det. Neal
Washington on all seven seasons of the acclaimed NBC
cop show Hill Street Blues. His family announced he died
Thursday in Atlanta following a brief illness.
From 1989-90, Blacque played Henry Marshall opposite
Vivica A. Fox and others as an original castmember on
the NBC daytime soap opera Generations.
Blacque was a Christian and his faith influenced his desire
to be involved with adoption. In 1989, he was asked by
President George H. W. Bush to serve as a national
spokesman for adoption.
