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Duncan: Catalogue of death

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 ===2011===
 * '''20 January''': [[Bruce Gordon]], American actor (Zappa named him an influence in the ''[[Freak Out!]]'' list), dies.
-* '''15 June''': [[Wild Man Fischer]], American musician (Zappa produced his debut album ''[[An Evening With Wild Man Fischer]]''), dies.
+* '''15 June''': [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]], American musician (Zappa produced his debut album ''[[An Evening With Wild Man Fischer]]''), dies.
 * '''26 September''': [[Konstantinas Bogdanas]], Lithuanian sculptor ([[Frank Zappa Monument, Vilnius]]), dies.
 * '''8 December''': [[Václav Havel]], Czech activist and politician (named Zappa Cultural Ambassador of [[Czechoslovakia]]), dies.

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 =S C R A T C H P A D=
-[[Frank Zappa|Frank Vincent Zappa]] was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] on [[December 21]], 1940. His [[Francis Zappa|father]] was an immigrant from Sicily with Greek/Arab origins. His [[Rose Marie Zappa|mother]] was born in US - her mother was from Sicily and her father from Naples.  [[Baltimore]] had a large Italian immigrant community and Zappa was not an uncommon name. Indeed it seems to be quite common for Zappa's to be named Frank, Francis, or Vincent.
+[[Biography|Frank Vincent Zappa]] was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] on [[December 21]], 1940. His [[Francis Zappa|father]] was an immigrant from Sicily with Greek/Arab origins. His [[Rose Marie Zappa|mother]] was born in US - her mother was from Sicily and her father from Naples.  [[Baltimore]] had a large Italian immigrant community and Zappa was not an uncommon name. Indeed it seems to be quite common for Zappa's to be named Frank, Francis, or Vincent.
 c. 1941-44 Zappa family lives in the Army housing facility at 15, Dexter Street, [[Edgewood]], [[Maryland]]
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 ===1993===
 * '''1 September''': [[Neon Park]], American illustrator (the cover of ''[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]'') dies.
-* '''4 December''': [[Frank Zappa]] dies from cancer.
+* '''4 December''': [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] dies from cancer.
 ===1994===

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 * '''2 August''': [[William S. Burroughs]], American writer (Zappa read a chapter from ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' during a 1978 show), dies.
 * '''10 August''': [[Conlon Nancarrow]], Mexican composer and main influence to Zappa, dies.
-* '''20 October''': [[Henry Vestine]], American guitarist (early member of the [[Mothers of Invention]]), dies.
+* '''20 October''': [[Henry Vestine]], American guitarist (early member of the [[The Mothers|Mothers of Invention]]), dies.
 * '''10 November''': [[Tommy Tedesco]], American guitarist and percussionist (played on ''[[Freak Out!]]'' and ''[[Lumpy Gravy]]''), dies.
 * '''Specific date unknown''': [[Frank Kofsky]], American musical educator, critic, writer and journalist (''[[Frank Kofsky interviews FZ]]''), dies.

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 c. 1957-58 - [[The Blackouts]]
 * The Blackouts (as listed in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]"): [[Wayne Lyles]] (percussion & vocals), [[Terry Wimberly]] (piano), [[Wally Salazar]] (guitar), [[Fred Salazar]] (trumpet), [[Johnny Franklin]] (tenor sax), [[Carter Franklin]], FZ (drums).
-* The Blackouts (as listed in [[Greg Russo]]'s book): [[Wayne Lyles]] (percussion & vocals), [[Terry Wimberly]] (piano), [[Wally Salazar]] (guitar), [[Fred Salazar]] (trumpet), [[Ernie Thomas]] (trumpet), [[Dwight Bement]] (tenor sax), [[Steve Wolfe]] (sax), [[Jerry Reuter]] (sax), [[Johnny Franklin]] (tenor sax), [[Carter Franklin]], FZ (drums), [[Jim Sherwood]] ("The Bug" dancer).
+* The Blackouts (as listed in [[Greg Russo]]'s book): [[Wayne Lyles]] (percussion & vocals), [[Terry Wimberly]] (piano), [[Wally Salazar]] (guitar), [[Fred Salazar]] (trumpet), [[Ernie Thomas]] (trumpet), [[Dwight Bement]] (tenor sax), [[Steve Wolfe]] (sax), [[Jerry Reuter]] (sax), [[Johnny Franklin]] (tenor sax), [[Carter Franklin]], FZ (drums), [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood]] ("The Bug" dancer).
 * [[Antelope Valley High School]] Big Band: [[Wayne Lyles]] (percussion & vocals), [[Terry Wimberly]] (piano), [[Wally Salazar]] (guitar?), [[Fred Salazar]] (trumpet?), [[Ernie Thomas]] (trumpet), [[Dwight Bement]] (tenor sax?), [[Steve Wolfe]] (sax?), [[Jerry Reuter]] (sax?), [[Johnny Franklin]] (tenor sax), [[Carter Franklin]] (?), FZ (drums).

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	I really like the current biography as much as i have read.<br>		I really like the current biography as much as i have read.<br>
	Is it still being worked on at the moment/would anybody get angry if i modified anything?		Is it still being worked on at the moment/would anybody get angry if i modified anything?
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		+	:Please feel free to jump in and modify as you see fit. I personally do not like it much and will get around to some major editing someday. [[User:Duncan\|Duncan]] 03:31, 25 March 2009 (PDT)

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 ===Whats happening here===
 I like the current biography as much as i have read.
 Is it still being worked on at the moment/would anybody get angry if i modified anything?

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	When Duncan writes (09:03, 16 June 2008): 'Don't get me started! Personally I would delete the whole thing and start again', I fully agree, something that doesn't happen frequently... ;-) Yes, it would be better if individual articles would cover all the details with the bio page just a chronological index linking to each article. Although I would put in some extra words to put everything in context. Refocusing on a better bio pages may also give more guidance to where this wiki is going... --[[User:Emdebe\|Emdebe]] 03:34, 21 July 2008 (PDT)		When Duncan writes (09:03, 16 June 2008): 'Don't get me started! Personally I would delete the whole thing and start again', I fully agree, something that doesn't happen frequently... ;-) Yes, it would be better if individual articles would cover all the details with the bio page just a chronological index linking to each article. Although I would put in some extra words to put everything in context. Refocusing on a better bio pages may also give more guidance to where this wiki is going... --[[User:Emdebe\|Emdebe]] 03:34, 21 July 2008 (PDT)
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		+	===Whats happening here===
		+	I like the current biography as much as i have read.
		+	Is it still being worked on at the moment/would anybody get angry if i modified anything?

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	Whatever. In my opinion this item is a bit like having to worm your dog. It's got to be tackled sometime. Are we the only 2 interested? Anyone out there going to hold down his back legs...? Paws for thoughts...--[[User:Tonefish\|Tonefish]] 08:20, 17 June 2008 (PDT)		Whatever. In my opinion this item is a bit like having to worm your dog. It's got to be tackled sometime. Are we the only 2 interested? Anyone out there going to hold down his back legs...? Paws for thoughts...--[[User:Tonefish\|Tonefish]] 08:20, 17 June 2008 (PDT)
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		+	When Duncan writes (09:03, 16 June 2008): 'Don't get me started! Personally I would delete the whole thing and start again', I fully agree, something that doesn't happen frequently... ;-) Yes, it would be better if individual articles would cover all the details with the bio page just a chronological index linking to each article. Although I would put in some extra words to put everything in context. Refocusing on a better bio pages may also give more guidance to where this wiki is going... --[[User:Emdebe\|Emdebe]] 03:34, 21 July 2008 (PDT)