Kenny Rogers is dead to me

When I was in Las Vegas I loved his rotisserie chicken.

Thank GOD we will always have his MADTV appearances to remember him by. RIP, Kenny. She was a good girl.

Condition: dead.

Guess he knew when to fold 'em . . .

I would have worshipped this redneck stud back in the day.

Damn, Heartlight was one of my favorite songs as a teen.

First Prince and now Kenny. Everyone Sheena Easton worked with is dying.

Natural causes when he was under hospice care?

Yet another AIDS cover up

Not AIDS, Corona.

A friend of mine lost his dad recently, he was under hospice care but he didn't have a disease. His poor little old body was just worn out.

"Natural causes when he was under hospice care?"

Unless someone splits your head with a baseball bat, isn't even cancer or a heart attack a natural cause? We all have to die one way or another and dying from a disease IS "natural", no?

He died when he choked on a bone and ran into the restroom

He will be buried in a KFC bucket as per his wishes.

Wow, first time, I'm hearing this.

It was announced like an hr ago, stupid cunt.

I agree that Kenny Rogers will best be known for his appearances on Mad TV.

He was such a big star in his day, my mother loved him. RIP Kenny.

Fondest memories were dad and I in the car singing "Gambler"

R20, I love that song!

RIP, Kenny.

[quote]It was announced like an hr ago, stupid cunt.

Okay, Crypt Keeper! I don't camp out in the obituaries to know who has left the world.

R6 Heartlight is a Neil Diamond song

^^^ Picky, picky picky.

The announcement from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

He was a big Trump supporter in the beginning. I wonder if he was still supporting the fool at the end.

His duet with Jennifer Warnes - the theme from An Officer and a Gentleman - was one of my favorite songs as a teen.

I used to restore old jukeboxes, and when I needed records I'd wander down to my local vending company where they had shelves full of used records they had taken from jukeboxes. I was doing a box for a guy who liked country western music, so started grabbing Kenny Rodger records.

The Gambler had its own shelf, probably 4 solid feet ,of 45's. Every single copy was worn to the point where you couldn't see grooves anymore. They had taken them out of the jukeboxes not because the song was no longer popular but because they were worn to the point where the needle would no longer track in the groove. They had literally played the records to death.

That said, wasn't he caught doing some kinky phone sex thing where he would call random women and talk dirty while he masturbated or some such nonsense?

The boy I secretly loved in HS knew every word to The Gambler in '88.

“Crazy Asian war”

Dead:

[quote] That said, wasn't he caught doing some kinky phone sex thing where he would call random women and talk dirty while he masturbated or some such nonsense?

Yes, he had an 800 # installed in his home and he would give that number out to women so they could call and get him off over the phone and it wouldn't cost them a dime.

It was the phone sex thing that caused his 4th wife Marianne Gordon (an Athens, Ga. girl) to divorce him after almost 2 decades of marriage. A close friend of mine who was in the business end of the music industry worked with him back during those days. That divorce cost Kenny big time, and made Marianne a VERY rich woman.

He knew when to walk away.

[quote]That said, wasn't he caught doing some kinky phone sex thing where he would call random women and talk dirty while he masturbated or some such nonsense?

I remember one of those Inside Edition-type shows playing clips...it was hilarious! That was long before everyone had mobile phones for sexting.

Not a country fan, but I'll always love "Islands In The Stream".

Didn't he live in a mansion east of Atlanta, near Social Circle, GA?

Kenny @r21 earring and tight denim suit! 1972...PSYCHEDELIC!

I love the Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town song

"Lady" was one of those songs that made me want to sledgehammer a radio.

Kenny was so handsome and good natured on the Charlie Rose Show. Why would a surgeon fuck that face up?

[quote] Didn't he live in a mansion east of Atlanta, near Social Circle, GA?

The article says he died in Colbert which is where he and Marianne lived when they were together. That's near Athens, so I'm assuming he moved back there with his 5th wife. Before that they lived in a large mansion in Buckhead that was sold a couple of years ago.

I guess he didn't need tomorrow.

Well.

You picked a fine time to leave us, Kenny.

[quote] Fondest memories were dad and I in the car singing "Gambler"

Oh, dear!

"If I could move, I'd get my gun and put her in the ground" - aww, a classic line from one of Kenny's songs.

He knew when to fold 'em. 2020 is a shitshow.

Has Kim Carnes commented???!?!!!

What about me?

We’ll always have “The Night Goes On”

His wacky facelift was only good for about 10 years

This is sweet

we can all learn a very important lesson from Kenny......

"We've Got Tonight" - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton

This was a Top-10 pop hit in 1983.

we need a little christmas DL... and the chorus boys in 1984 rehearsal togs merit attention

The original silverfox daddy. His Greatest Hits was one of the first records I remember spinning over and over and over.

I love R17. Classic DL.

prediction for the next celebrity death-Marion Ross

God, Kenny will be home with bells on.

NOT KENNY

I've always loved his vocal and the production of "She Believes In Me" -- how it shifts from piano to guitar on the second verse to match the lyrics. Pop-country perfection.

R26 Now that I know this, I couldn’t care less about him.

Aww, Kenny. He really was a stud, though.

Whatever anyone’s idiotic political leanings, how could they pin them on that obvious con artist.

I loved the website www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com.

It was hilarious.

Those two twin sons look like Cro-Magnons. I hope for their sakes that they grew into those faces.

R64 Kenny was also on the Men Who Look Like Old Lesbian site.

[quote] "Lady" was one of those songs that made me want to sledgehammer a radio.

Awww, but it’s a great song!!!

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"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" was written by Tom Tillis.

When I was kid, that song fascinated me. Even then, although I was too young to "get" the song, still, I was astute enough to know adult themes, tragedy, violence and naughty mysteriousness when I heard it. I think it Rogers best pop performance.

I saw him up-close in the early 90s when he performed at a casino. I worked there. Even then, his face was tight as pantyhose. It gave him an odd look.

Too many frau's here. Kenny Rogers? Another housewives favourite. Middle of the road crap. Did he suck cock on the quiet? If not why are we discussing him? NEXT!

tight as pantyhose from his multiple face lifts, I should have added.

The Kenny I remember from the 70s/80s already looked so old.

Then he got soooo much plastic surgery it looked like his essence had transferred into a new host body.

His success was inexplicable. A faded 60s group member has a couple hits in the early 80s and spends the next 4 decades raking in millions from the Vegas/Branson Deplorable crowd.

"His duet with Jennifer Warnes - the theme from An Officer and a Gentleman - was one of my favorite songs as a teen."

That was Joe Cocker, not Kenny Rogers.

I couldn't stand him or his singing. He was a fat-assed country christian womanizer. Sang like he was half asleep.

[quote] a couple hits in the early 80s

I don't care if you hate Rogers, but at least get your facts right: Rogers had 9 top 10 hits on the pop charts from 1977 to 1983, including 2 #1 songs ("Lady" for 6 weeks, "Islands in the Stream" for 2 weeks); from 1977 to 1989, he had 34 top 10 hits on the country charts, including 21 that went to #1. He was the predominant pop-country artist of the era.

Always loved this song.

He should of been nominated for an Emmy for this role which was quite a stretch.

[quote] He should of been nominated for an Emmy

Should HAVE.

I guess I'll take my love to town tonight....

^^Bitch.

If I could move ....

[quote] Too many frau's here.

Frau’s what?

R76, I like that one, too. It reminds me of Collective Soul's song "Shine". Did you see the movie, Six Pack?

[quote] Damn, Heartlight was one of my favorite songs as a teen.

I thought that was a Neil Diamond song.

I thought Kenny had a Chuck Berry bathroom/golden showers fetish, and that was the straw for wife Marianne.

I did like some of his earlier stuff.

R65, it took Kenny 40 years to grow into his face. He definitely looked better in his 40s than he did in his 20s.

Kenny Rogers’ facelift is also dead to me!!!!

Remember the Dole commercials? I wonder what his son Christopher is up to?

[quote] Kenny Rogers’ facelift is also dead to me!!!!

Plastic takes way longer to biodegrade.

[quote] Sang like he was half asleep.

What's wrong with that?

Islands in The Stream is consistently named one of the best duets ever. In ANY genre. It's seldom been performed well in person, but it's a perfect earworm song on radio. Dolly and Kenny have vocal chemistry. Written by the Bee Gees.

Kenny would be pissed that he's trending on Twitter, and yet no one can spell his last name correctly.

My mom loved Kenny Rogers back in the day. He was a huge star.

Agree about Islands In the Stream. That's a fantastic song, and Kenny and Dolly sang it beautifully.

Turn on your heartlight, Kenny! Because you’re breaking mine!!!

The obit in the New York Times reads like it was written by his publicist.

It probably was, r94.

Very common.

Obits at the New York Times are done by staff writers, not publicists. Perhaps not a very good staff writer, in this case.

Somewhere in the darkness

The gambler, he broke even...

No, he just died.

Do his survivors include Kenny Rogers Roasters?

The NYT obituary sounds like my grandmother wrote after attending creative writing school with Ted Baxter.

At least he can get cremated for free at Kenny Rogers Roasters.

No one could roast a chicken quite like Kenny.

Shouldn't it be Kenny Rogers' Roasters?

Kenny Rogers Roasters went out of business in the US & Canada long ago. The company eventually declared bankruptcy and was sold off more than once, eventually closing all the remaining N. American stores. Now the only countries that have KRR are Malaysia, Philippines, China, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Dubai, or Thailand.

Dolly Parton mourns the death of longtime singing partner Kenny Rogers

ALWAYS found him HOT as a kid... a "daddy bear type"... if he had a muscle body he would have been for me at least a total off the charts muscle daddy bear stud..

Ol' Kenny could have used his considerable power in the marketplace to advance the art and do some prog. country. But NO, we got dreck like 'Lady'!

Kenty Rogers

R105. That's one of the only times I've seen Dolly show deep emotion. Publically. She's usually a bit too chirpy and glossed over. But she and Kenny were real friends. She was also very broken up when Tammy Wynette died. Dolly says that Kenny and God are talking now about the coronavirus. She's still got things to do bitch.

[quote] Did Wynette tell god that she was murdered?

Considering, her widower ended up being done the same by the woman he married after Tammy's death, I think she might have. If not chalk it up to karma.

That was a sweet remembrance from Dolly at R105. But I noticed one thing. This is the first time her voice actually sounds like an old lady voice. If I closed my eyes while listening to her I would have thought it was some little old granny talking. Oh well, she is 74 years old.

[quote] Considering, her widower ended up being done the same by the woman he married after Tammy's death, I think she might have. If not chalk it up to karma.

Charlie Dick! What a name.

Just think, if Tammy had outlived Charlie we would be calling her "the widow Dick".

Tammy had a lots of husbands, but she never married a Dick. Charlie was married to Patsy C.

This is off the thread topic but we're talking about Dolly and Tammy now. Dolly was something else for so damn long. With that beautiful clear mountain voice and her heart keeping her pretty. She's a light in this world.

Charlie Dick was married to Patsy Cline not Tammy......and Barbara Jean and Connie White never appear on the same stage.

OMG that's right! It was Patsy who had a dick for a husband. Pardon my forgetfulness.

R117 Yeah, Tammy's last husband George Richey was less of a dick and more like a genital wart.

R117 Yeah, Tammy's last husband George Richey was less of a dick and more like a genital wart.

Kenny Rogers was never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever hot.

I beg to differ, r120.

Enough of this caterwallin'. When do I get my damn check?

R120, fear not. His love will turn you around.

R120 is the coward of the county.

R121, in the bed of a pickup truck parked along a moonlit bayou - absolutely. That version of Kenny would have been inside me, quite deeply.

Yes, R46 - SO original of you.

The drummer in r3’s video is Mickey Jones, a character actor known for Home Improvement, Sling Blade, National Lampoon’s Vacation to name a few.

[quote]Those two twin sons look like Cro-Magnons. I hope for their sakes that they grew into those faces.

I think those twins must have some type of disability.

How Kenny Rogers helped the creation of The Eagles.

Who here has spanked it to the pic that R121 posted?

Jesus, that performance at R115 just wrecked me.

That Shine On song is a not so subtle rip-off of Amazing Grace, but what an amazing performance.

So simple, so clear, so heartfelt.

Dolly is a true national treasure. For anyone who has lost track of Dolly over the years, or was never really a fan to begin with - there is something about her voice and her manner that brings everyone together as though we all belong and we all matter.

I hope she is around when this virus and this presidency is behind us.

She is certainly one of the people who would prove instrumental in uplifting and healing our nation.

Vince Gill, Marty Stewart, and Brad Paisley opened their special social distancing edition of the Grand Ole Opry, last Saturday, with a very moving rendition of Kenny's "Sweet Music Man."

I totally agree about Kenny in R121's picture that was posted. Damn, that is my sweet spot there. Hairy chest and a sexy beard . No wonder Kenny pulled so much ass.

R26 R63 R74 He was Pat Robertson's biggest country music star supporter so that shouldn't surprise anyone (he appeared on the 700 Club numerous times).

All of these sad queens on here mourning him. He took your $ & gave it Regent University to raise up an army of Xtian lawyers & politicians to take away your rights.

Trump is probably naming some of them to the federal bench during his hopefully single term.

Fuck Kunty Rogers with a gambling table.

Biography channel did a nice two hour special on him. Seemed like a really nice guy.

I watched that one and the one on Dolly that preceded it, very nice. And both of them had lots of music!

R136 Do you think Dolly and Kenny got it on?