Jimmy Swaggart, Rick Hurst, Lalo Schifrin, and Mick Ralphs Dies

Early summer of 2025 has taken 4 more rememberable people that I’ll take a look at here.

These guys were televangelist, gospel singer, and author; played Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard; composed the music for movies like Cool Hand Luke and The Amityville Horror, and TV like Hawaii 5-0; and wrote songs and played guitar for Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.

Great Balls of Fire (1989) – Dennis Quaid (Jerry Lee Lewis) and Alec Baldwin (Jimmy Swaggart) in Great Balls of Fire (1989)

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Cassettes – Bad Co.

“Bad company, And I can’t deny
Bad company, ‘Til the day I die”

Cassette tapes are analog audio storage devices introduced in the 1960s, consisting of magnetic tape housed in a plastic shell. They became popular for music and voice recordings, offering portability and ease of use. Playback requires a cassette player, and users can record, rewind, and fast-forward manually. Their popularity declined with the rise of CDs and digital media.

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