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This Is My Bill Richardson Story: QEPD y RIP
I happened to be in Santa Fe Friday — the day of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s funeral.
I wanted to pay my respects, so I planned on attending the ceremony if it was open to the public. If it wasn’t open, I would have gladly crashed it.
Despite the massive crowds and police presence at the Cathedral Basilica St. Francis Assisi, and folks carrying what I thought were invitations, it was indeed open to the public. I grabbed the next-to-the-last pew, way in the corner in the back, but I got in, along with a thousand others.
I had met the former Governor, Secretary of Energy, Congressman, and international hostage rescuer only once, maybe 15 years ago, at an event at the University of New Mexico. He was standing alone, and wearing a fringed leather jacket, looking relaxed and amiable.
La Cucaracha: QEPD y RIP Cepellín, aka Ricardo González Gutiérrez
Ricardo González Gutiérrez known as Cepillín (February 7, 1946 – March 8, 2021) was a Mexican clown as well as a singer, TV host, and actor.
RIP Rosie ‘Angel Baby’ Méndez Hamlin of Rosie and the Originals (video)
Que en paz descance oldies but goodies sweetheart, a pocha rock ‘n’ roll original, Rosalie “Rosie” Méndez Hamlin.
Hamlin, lead singer of Rosie and the Originals, the early Sixties group that scored a hit with their timeless single Angel Baby, died March 30th. She was 71.
Mas…RIP Rosie ‘Angel Baby’ Méndez Hamlin of Rosie and the Originals (video)