Papa

Well, this is a drag:
Mamas and Papas member dead at 66
I dug this band. When I was a youngin', and through the Beatles influence, I started getting into electric folk music from the 60s: Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds, Lovin' Spoonful, and these guys (along with a lot of other 60s hippie folkies who decided to plug in). Not a bad road on which to start appreciating music.
He's one of the few "celebrities" I've seen. My friends from Florida and I were visiting NYC in 2003 and hanging out in a bar on Bleeker St. somewhere, when in walks this older dude with a beard. Right when he walks in, the rather large group at the table behind us applauded him. We looked at each other with a collective "WTF?" So of course, for the next 15 minutes we were trying to figure out who the guy was. As he was leaving a short time later, it clicked (It was a nice little "A Ha!" moment.) I had read somewhere that his Broadway show, "Dream a Little Dream of Me," had its last performance that night, only a few blocks down from the bar, and this must have been a wrap party.
Yeah, I know...great story. But it was cool seeing one of the Papas.