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We have tragic news to report from the world of music today.
Famed jazz musician Ken Peplowski has passed away at the age of 66.
And while he had been battling an illness, Peplowski’s died not at home or in a hospital — but out at sea.
According to a report from TMZ, Peplowski had been performing on a jazz cruise at the time of his passing.
News of his passing comes courtesy of a statement from Peplowski’s close friend, musician and music journalist Lee Mergner:
“On the final day of The Jazz Cruise, Ken Peplowski died suddenly,” Mergner wrote today.
“Since 2021, the clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader had been suffering from multiple myeloma. He battled the often fatal disease with a unique combination of courage, fortitude and humor,” he continued, adding:
“After all, humor was just one of Ken’s many remarkable gifts. He was without question the quickest and sharpest wit amongst all our artists. Ken always brought the joy to every gig or occasion.
“No one came away from a conversation with him without a laugh or smile. His humor was both incisive and self-deprecating. He would as easily make fun of you as he would himself. A truly rare combination.”
Mergner wrote that Peplowski was one of the most gifted clarinetists on the planet — and added that his talents didn’t stop there.
“Ken was also a remarkable tenor saxophonist, with a soft and fluid sound that was influenced by Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, Ben Webster and many other tenor greats,” he wrote, adding:
“’For me, I spend most of my time practicing on clarinet, because that’s the more unforgiving instrument,’” Ken told me.
“’The technique transfers over to the saxophone. When I pick the saxophone up, it’s all about reminding myself of what I want it to sound like. I’m not saying I achieved this, but my goal for sound on tenor would be people like Ben Webster and Zoot Sims.’”
Across social media, many agreed with Mergner’s observation that Peplowski was one of the jazz world’s greatest talents.
Our thoughts go out to his loved ones during this difficult time.
Ken Peplowski Cause of Death: Jazz Legend Passes Away Suddenly at 66 was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Kody Brown is basically a liar and a jerk and, most notably, a deadbeat dad who makes no real effort to reach out to his children.
This, according to one of those children themselves.
In an interview with the Growing Up in Polygamy YouTube channel, Mykelti Brown Padron — the daughter of Christine Brown Woolley and Kody Brown — didn’t hold back very much when the conversation shifted to her dad and his relationship with most of his kids.
And also to her dad’s wife.
“I would say there’s probably 80-85 percent of my siblings who don’t like Robyn,” Mykelti said, clarifying that she wasn’t referring here to Robyn’s biological kids with Kody.
Over the last few months, meanwhile, the father of 18 has talked a bit more than usual about his broken relationships and has kinda, sorta, occasionally taken responsibility?
But he’s also blamed his children for the two sides not talking.
“Several of my siblings have blocked him,” Mykelti said during this new interview. “I know which ones have, but I’m not going to say it, but I do know that there are several of my siblings who have told him point-blank, ‘Do not ever contact me again.’”
She continued, clearly critical of her father:
“So obviously with those, he’s still going to generalize us, and he’s not going to name us by name. But he isn’t actively reaching out [to them] and seeking that relationship.”
On the November 6 episode of Fox’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, Brown actually broke down while admitting to his own shortcomings as a father to his sons and daughters.
“I should have had a stronger relationship with my children,” Brown told a couple fellow contestants on this reality program.
“I’m at a place in my life now where I’m very willing to say that I’ve been wrong,” he added, actually starting to cry on air.
“My failures were because I didn’t know about being a good dad and husband, and I thought I did. I really thought I did, and I misunderstood that. I did it wrong in so many ways, and I hated being blamed for it, and so it made me resistant to ownership.”
Sounds like a mature perspective.
But Mykelti added of her father’s attempts to reconcile:
“I think he could try harder. He’s not trying as hard as he could, and there’s room for improvement.”
Mykelti has never been shy about speaking her mind.
Last fall, for example, she blasted Meri Brown as a rather poor parent.
“She just was not a very good parent,” Mykelti said simply at the time. “She wasn’t a very good mom. She was not fun to be [around].”
Concluded the reality star back then of Meri
“I don’t think she’s a bad person. I just think she’s made mistakes. She still deserves happiness at the end of it. I’m just never going to have a relationship with her.”
Kody Brown is a DEADBEAT DAD, Daughter Says in New Interview was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Last week, Kailyn Lowry declared her love for Ike.
Isaac “Ike” Knighton is her latest boyfriend who moved in with her super quickly after her last breakup.
In addition to threatening to have even more kids, Kail trashed Ike’s baby mama.
Now, she’s issuing a public apology. It turns out that her taste in men is tragically consistent.
Has Ike been ‘robbed’ of fatherhood?
On Monday, February 2, Kailyn took to her Instagram Stories to issue a bit of a retraction.
First, we should explain the claims that she made on her Patreon during an interview with Ike.
Kail, eager to defend her latest man, announced that Ike was being “robbed” of parenting his daughter with his baby mama, Jess.
Ike’s daughter is 8 years old. Kailyn strongly implied that Jess is keeping him from their daughter. That is apparently not the case.
“I see what type of father he would be, and it makes me upset that his daughter is not getting [that],” Kail complained at the time. “That’s what we are building for.”
“Your daughter should be able to be raised with the chaos even if it’s just a couple of weeks or the summertime. Because I see how much he tries,” Kailyn insisted.
“He was robbed,” she boldly claimed. “I don’t care what her camp has to say. I know what I saw. I know what I’ve read. I know what conversations I’ve listened to and he was robbed as a father.”
Given the quality of Kail’s exes, it seems that her standards for men are so low that essentially anyone who deserves to live has the qualifications of a “great dad.” That’s not how she phrases it.
She phrases it: “It’s hard for me to understand where she’s coming from because there was no domestic abuse. Whatever the relationship looked like. I don’t care. If there was no domestic abuse, why aren’t you including him in [parenting]?”
These sound like they could have been great questions for Kailyn to ask Jess before mouthing off.
Did he think that Kail would never hear from any of his exes?
Multiple women from Ike’s past took to social media in the aftermath to clarify things.
As it turns out, Ike and Amanda reportedly dated for about a decade.
It was during this relationship that he cheated on Amanda with at least one person — Jess. That’s how Jess became pregnant.
(Ike has admitted to being a cheater, but claims to be “in recovery,” which is not a real thing for cheating. Betrayed partners “recover” from cheating, while cheaters choose to cheat)
Based upon the responses, as captured on Reddit, it sounds like Amanda and Jess have become friends. And it sounds like she’s concealed Ike’s cheating from those closest to her, only for it now to become a public conversation.
A close friend of Jess’ also denounced Ike, The Ashley reports.
“He was not — in any way, shape or form — robbed of fatherhood!” she shared. “That allegation is crazy.”
She argued: “He was given every opportunity to step up as a father, to the point where his baby’s mother befriended his girlfriend [Amanda] at the time — they’re still close to this day. She befriended his girlfriend at the time to give him the opportunity to be a father.”
Her statement continued: “And he chose different. He never tried to initiate plans to come see [his daughter], never called her, never Facetimed. Birthdays went by, holidays went by, nothing. Crickets, up until now.”
She accused: “Now, he’s in this relationship with this ‘Teen Mom’ girl, and now he is interested in a relationship [with his daughter] and it’s very convenient. … He has not been interested in a relationship with his daughter until now.”
From the bottom of Kail’s heart: her bad
On her Instagram Story, Kailyn offered a grudging apology.
“I’m gonna apologize to Jess, because I don’t need to speak on anything that Isaac goes through and I don’t need to speak on what y’all have going on,” she admitted.
Kail acknowledged: “I don’t need to involve myself in any intricacies of y’alls dynamic.” Smart!
“At the end of the day, I’m going to stay in my lane when it comes to [Ike’s] parenting,” she continued. “I know my kids, I know my situation.”
Kailyn added: “I wouldn’t want someone to speak on [my situation] that wasn’t around. So, my lips are sealed and I don’t need to speak on things that do not pertain to me.”
She concluded, as always, on a defiant tone: “However, other people getting upset that are not related to Jess in any way, I don’t give a f**k about your feelings.”
Kailyn Lowry Apologizes After Blasting Ike’s Baby Mama (Turns Out He’s … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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