In the NYT, Amy Winehouse > James Gandolfini

She'll be devastated if Ringo doesn't make it.

On another note, my favorite drumming from my favorite Beatles song is Strawberry Fields Forever:

 

Would Stephen King merit A1? JK Rowling?

 

Did anyone other than me mention J.R. Ewing? I did mention him, but your straw-man quote can't be directed at me, because I made it very clear that I watched and greatly admired The Sopranos. I also never compared the show to Dallas in terms of quality (Sopranos by miles) or importance ("Who Shot JR?" had a impact well beyond anything else the show ever did.)

American culture didn't begin in the 21st century, but I suspect you are too young to understand that.

 

Who Shot J.R.? was a moment that Tony Soprano didn't come within a thousand miles of approaching.

That was a moment of moments in America. Shit, the world.

 

Sure, in the era of three channels.

 

Yes and maybe

 

Yeah, all four Beatles should have been no-brainers, but for Ringo or George dying on the same day, yet separate of, a monumental event like 9/11.

I'd think Jagger and Richards are locks, but not sure about the other Stones.

 

Toni Morrison?

 

I'm guessing yes on Maya Angelou.

 

Kurt Cobain was on April 9, 1994.

 

Maybe I'm showing my relative youth, but Carly Simon?

 

You probably think that post was about you.