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Happy birthday Lennie,
« on: August 25, 2018, 08:24:17 AM »
Today is Leonard Bernstein's 100th birthday. Not only is the BBC celebrating this at the Proms, but Google have an animated logo with music from West Side Story.
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Re: Happy birthday Lennie,
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2018, 12:47:54 PM »
 ;D When I saw title I thought you were meaning Lenny Henry who is sixty in a few days.
Sorry to interrupt.
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Re: Happy birthday Lennie,
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2018, 02:43:55 PM »
I thought that maybe I was incorrect in thinking he had died some time back!
Ah, but I was so much older then ... I'm younger than that now

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Re: Happy birthday Lennie,
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2018, 02:51:16 PM »
Only in 1990!
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Re: Happy birthday Lennie,
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2018, 04:48:28 PM »
This made me sad because it reminded me of Leonard James.

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Re: Happy birthday Lennie,
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2018, 08:05:20 PM »
I thought that maybe I was incorrect in thinking he had died some time back!

Today is still his 100th birthday - he just is not around to celebrate it ... but we are.
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Re: Happy birthday Lennie,
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Re: Happy birthday Lennie,
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2018, 11:10:10 PM »
Lots of good stuff about him on BBC4 tonight.
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