Comments on: Down For The Three Count http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8482 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dan Heilman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8482#comment-17536 Dan Heilman Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:45:33 +0000 #comment-17536 I don't know how famous they are, but there was a band in the early '70s called Chase; they did that song "Get it On" -- not the great T. Rex song, but the really obnoxious horn-rock thing that went in part, "Get it on in the mornin' now!"<br /> <br /> Anyway, all the members of Chase were killed in a plane crash outside Jackson in SW Minnesota in 1974. I don’t know how famous they are, but there was a band in the early ’70s called Chase; they did that song “Get it On” — not the great T. Rex song, but the really obnoxious horn-rock thing that went in part, “Get it on in the mornin’ now!”

Anyway, all the members of Chase were killed in a plane crash outside Jackson in SW Minnesota in 1974.

]]> By: Mpls Simpleton http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8482#comment-17385 Mpls Simpleton Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:53:35 +0000 #comment-17385 Hubert H. Humphrey, also two members of the Jesse James gang died in Northfield. Hubert H. Humphrey, also two members of the Jesse James gang died in Northfield.

]]> By: rex http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8482#comment-17378 rex Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:36:48 +0000 #comment-17378 After searching Google for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=%22people+who+died+in+Minnesota%22&spell=1" target="_blank">"people who died in Minnesota"</a> (hey, you never know), I eventually landed on the Minnesota Historical Society's <a href="http://people.mnhs.org/dci/" target="_blank">death certificates index</a>. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with this post, but I just found it weird that it existed. After searching Google for “people who died in Minnesota” (hey, you never know), I eventually landed on the Minnesota Historical Society’s death certificates index. It doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with this post, but I just found it weird that it existed.

]]> By: rex http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8482#comment-17377 rex Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:34:36 +0000 #comment-17377 Alex: Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Hoon" target="_blank">says</a> Shannon Hoon died in New Orleans. You almost had me for a sec though. Alex: Wikipedia says Shannon Hoon died in New Orleans. You almost had me for a sec though.

]]> By: Steve http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8482#comment-17361 Steve Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:52:30 +0000 #comment-17361 I can't think of any big-ticket celeb deaths in Minnesota, but we'd have a ways to go to top Iowa: Buddy Holly and Cary Grant. I can’t think of any big-ticket celeb deaths in Minnesota, but we’d have a ways to go to top Iowa: Buddy Holly and Cary Grant.

]]> By: alex http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8482#comment-17360 alex Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:46:09 +0000 #comment-17360 Didn't Shannon Hoon die in his bus outside 1st Ave? Didn’t Shannon Hoon die in his bus outside 1st Ave?

]]> By: tom http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8482#comment-17350 tom Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:47:46 +0000 #comment-17350 The legendary Tiny Tim saw fit to go in the elevator of the Women's Club. The legendary Tiny Tim saw fit to go in the elevator of the Women’s Club.

]]> By: goneoutkirk http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8482#comment-17348 goneoutkirk Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:46:24 +0000 #comment-17348 1. I can't believe nobody said Paul Wellstone yet. I'm not saying Paul Wellstone, mind you.....just saying. 1. I can’t believe nobody said Paul Wellstone yet. I’m not saying Paul Wellstone, mind you…..just saying.

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