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The Geeks Of Doom Round Up 11: Remembering Levon Helm, Dick Clark, and Greg Ham
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The eleventh episode of The Geeks Of Doom Round Up is here, and Andy pays tribute to Levon Helm from The Band who passed away this week, as we review a clip from the movie, The Last Waltz. For our music selection this week, it’s a week of tribute to the fallen, as we pay tribute to Dick Clark and his dedication to rock and roll through the years, with a clip of him introducing KISS playing “Rock And Roll All Night.”

Later, we also take a look at Bethesda’s new upcoming game called Dishonored, and review the recent casting news for Iron Man 3. Finally, we also pay tribute to Greg Ham from Men At Work who also died this week as we close our show with the song “Who Can It Be Now?”

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Greg Ham From Men at Work Found Dead
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This has not been a good week for the entertainment world folks. Dick Clark. Jonathon Frid. Levon Helm. And now, another death in that world has hit upon us. This time, it’s Greg Ham, who you may not know by name, but you certainly know him by ear as the man who played the saxophone for the Australian 1980s pop band, Men at Work, whose signature notes on their smash “Who Can It Be Now?” was as memorable and guiltily pleasurable as another song with an instantly recognizable sax pattern, Wham’s “Careless Whisper.” Ham also played flute and his opening notes on their other smash hit “Down Under” is also firmly etched in the consciousness of all who were there in the 1980s and the generations that followed.

The LA Times reports that Ham was found dead on April 19th by two friends who grew concerned after not hearing from him for about a week. His cause of death is still undetermined. In a press release given to Fox News, lead singer of Men at Work, Colin Hay, stated that “We played in a band and conquered the world together…. I love him very much, he’s a beautiful man.”

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