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| Hakkin mallakar hoto Brethren Press |
| “Malam Songman" tarihin mawaƙin ƙasar Slim Whitman, wanda Brethren Press ya buga a 1982 |
Mawaƙin ƙasar Slim Whitman, 90, wanda ya kasance memba na dogon lokaci kuma deacon Emeritus a Jacksonville (Fla.) Church of the Brother, ya mutu Yuni 19 a Orange Park (Fla.) Medical Center. Shi ne batun littafin "Mr. Songman,” Kenneth L. Gibble ne ya rubuta kuma Brethren Press ya buga a 1982.
Abokai a cikin ikilisiya da Gundumar Kudu maso Gabashin Atlantic sun tuna da shi a matsayin mutum mai tawali'u da ƙauna, Whitman ya riƙe sauƙin 'yan'uwansa kamar yadda ya sami farin jini a matsayin mai wasan kwaikwayo. Ana tunawa da shi a cikin rahotannin kafofin watsa labaru a matsayin "babban yodeler wanda ya sayar da miliyoyin bayanan" kuma waƙarsa ya ceci duniya a cikin fim din wasan kwaikwayo na "Mars Attacks!" Ya yi rikodin albums sama da 65, kuma an san shi da kewayon waƙoƙinsa na octave uku.
Marubucin sa sun yi rikodin tasirin kiɗansa a farkon dutsen, da kuma yadda ya shahara da kiɗan ƙasa, musamman a Burtaniya. "Whitman kuma ya ƙarfafa wani matashi Elvis Presley sa'ad da yake kanun labarai a kan lissafin kuma matashin mawaƙin ya fara yin sana'a," in ji wani rahoto.
“Aikin sa ya kai shekaru sittin, tun daga karshen shekarun 1940, amma ya samu matsayin kungiyar asiri a shekarun 1980. Hankalinsa a matsayinsa na ɗan adam yana rera waƙoƙin soyayya ya burge jama'a," in ji Huffington Post, wanda ya nakalto kalaman raha na Whitman game da wani sanannen tallan talabijin na kiɗan sa: "Yana siyan mai ga jirgin ruwa."
"Ba na tsammanin kun taɓa jin wani mummunan abu game da ni, kuma zan so in kiyaye shi a haka," in ji shi a cikin Huffington Post. “Ina so dana ya tuna da ni a matsayin uba nagari. Ina so mutane su tuna da ni cewa ina da murya mai kyau da tsaftataccen kwat da wando.”
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| Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford |
| Shirin Dinner na Manzo wanda ya nuna zanen Slim Whitman na Editan Messenger Kermon Thomasson, Taron Shekara-shekara 1982 |
Slim Whitman ya yi a Dinner Messenger a taron shekara-shekara a Wichita, Kan., A cikin 1982. Don bikin, editan "Manzo" Kermon Thomasson ya zana shi don murfin shirin abincin dare, ya nuna yana kunna guitar kuma an yi masa ado da sequins. Mawallafin 'yan jarida Wendy McFadden, a lokacin a kan ma'aikatan Messenger, ya tuna da yawan ayyukan da ake yi don shirya abincin dare da kuma yadda aka halicci "sequins" a kan zane-zane na shirin da hannu tare da manne da kyalkyali.
Whitman ya kasance mai hidima na shekaru da yawa a Cocin Jacksonville na 'Yan'uwa, inda matarsa Alma Geraldine (Jerry) ke yawan dafa abincin liyafar soyayya, in ji abokin dangin Ruby Raymer. Raymer ya ce: “Sun kasance ’yan coci nagari.
Ikilisiyar Jacksonville za ta taru don nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da yamma a ranar Lahadi a shekarun 1960 da 70, lokacin da Jerry zai buga piano kuma Slim zai jagoranci rera waƙa.
Whitman kuma ya kasance ƙwararren mai kamun kifi, yana fitar da jirginsa mai suna "Chicken of the Sea" don kamun kifi daga Florida Keys. Yana son dabbobi, Raymer ya ce, har ya shiga cikin wata katon da ya bace ya sa masa suna Roadkill, kuma da zarar ya sayi sabon tsani lokacin da gajeriyar tsanin da zai yi amfani da shi wajen gyara rufin sa ya yi tsayin daka don hargitsa gidan kurciya. Ya kasa jurewa ya lalata gidan kurciya, ta tuna.
"Ina so a tuna da shi a matsayin mutum mai sauƙi, mai rai," in ji Raymer, yana ba da labarin salon rayuwa mai sauƙi na Whitmans. Yayin da yake da iko, Whitman ya kula da dukiyarsa da kansa, kuma ya kula da kayan aikinsa. "Bai yi amfani da gaskiyar cewa ya shahara ba."
Ruby da mijinta Bill sun raka dangi a balaguron bankwana na Slim Whitman lokacin - yana kusan shekaru 80 - ya zagaya Ingila, Scotland, da Ireland a karo na karshe. An sayar da nunin nasa. Raymer ya ce: "Bai rasa ma'ana ba." “Ba shi da mai tsokaci. Abin da kawai yake da shi a wurin wasan kwaikwayo shi ne takardan rubutu tare da waƙoƙin da zai yi a wannan dare."
A ɗaya daga cikin nunin nunin Slim na ƙarshe a Ireland, taron ya fara taƙama a hankali zuwa "Rose Marie." Da jin su, kamar yadda Raymer ya faɗa, Whitman ya dakata ya gayyaci mutanen su rera waƙa tare. Koyaushe yana fita gaba bayan kowane wasan kwaikwayo don saduwa da magoya bayansa, kuma a lokacin yawon shakatawa na bankwana magoya baya sun yi cunkoso suna son samun dama ta ƙarshe don baiwa Slim Whitman runguma.
Son Byron Whitman "ya kasance rabin wasan kwaikwayonsa na shekaru da yawa," in ji Raymer. Byron ya buga sashin maɓalli kuma zai gabatar da mahaifinsa. "Ka yi abin da ka yi da kyau," Slim ya gaya wa Byron lokacin yana ƙarami, Raymer ya tuna - shawarar da ta manne da shi, kuma wasu waɗanda hikimar ta ta same shi.
An haife shi a Tampa, Fla., a ranar 23 ga Janairu, 1923, ana kiransa Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr. Kafin aikinsa na waƙa ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin nama da ma'aikacin gidan waya kuma yana aiki a filin jirgin ruwa. Matar Whitman Jerry ta rasu a shekara ta 2009. Bayan mutuwarta, ya fitar da wani albam na ƙarshe a CD mai suna "Twilight on the Trail," don tunawa da ita. Ya rasu da dansa Byron, 'yar Sharron Beagle wacce ta auri Roy Beagle, jikoki da jikoki.
Za a gudanar da taron tunawa da misalin karfe 11 na safe ranar 29 ga watan Yuni a cocin The Rock Bible Church, Cocin of the Brothers a Middleburg, Fla. Jerry Whitman mahaifinsa AD Crist, ya taimaka wajen gina ikilisiyar wadda a da ake kira Clay County Church of the Brothers.