Love you some guitarmen?
Then Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery has the concert series for you next week, with rocker Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straights) and bluesman B.B. King showing off their skills Wednesday and Thursday.
• Mark Knopfler, 7 p.m. Wednesday, $65.50-$105.50
• B.B. King, 7 p.m. Thursday; $49.50-$89.50
Chateau Ste. Michelle is at 14111 N.E. 145th St. in Woodinville. Tickets: 206-628-0888 or www.ticketmaster.com.
NEW YORK - Edgar Vincent, who represented Placido Domingo, Beverly Sills, Mikhail Baryshnikov and a bevy of stars in classical music during a six-decade career, has died following an operation in New York. He was 90.
Vincent died Thursday at Lenox Hill Hospital, Patrick Farrell, his business partner, said Monday. He fell following surgery to replace a stent in his bile duct, and died during rehabilitation from a blood clot.
Vincent was the primary spokesman for Domingo for the past 20 years.
"There are no words to express the personal loss I feel nor the professional loss to the world of opera," Domingo said in a statement.
"I knew Edgar Vincent from the beginning of my career in the U.S. and his impact on my life cannot be measured.
"In fact, I know of no-one who was not touched by Edgar's dignity and humanity throughout the world of music. We will not see the likes of Edgar again."
Vincent managed the careers of Sills and Baryshnikov, and in recent years also represented bass player Samuel Ramey, violinist Gil Shaham and composer William Bolcom.
In an career that landed his clients on newspaper front pages and magazine covers, Vincent was the publicist for sopranos Birgit Nilsson and Mirella Freni, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, basses Ezio Pinza and Cesare Siepi, and violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
He managed conductor Erich Leinsdorf and soprano Teresa Stratas.
Vincent was cremated Monday, according to Farrell, who had worked with Vincent for 21 years.
HUGH HEFNER's history of shocking sexual escapades have been revealed in an upcoming book approved by the Playboy tycoon.
In the book, entitled Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream, author Steven Watts reveals how Hefner's penchant for multiple sex partners led him to enlist his first wife, Millie, and Playboy co-founder Eldon Sellers for a series of steamy sexual encounters.
Watts also reveals the ageing porn mogul shot and starred in his own adult movie, engaged in same-sex bedroom romps and had sex with his own sister-in-law.
In one excerpt, he writes: "(A foursome) did happen with his brother, Keith, and his wife, Rae, one evening. (But) while Millie ultimately backed out of having sex with Keith, Hugh slept with his sister-in-law."
Watts continues: "Hefner's thirst for sexual experience became so strong that he even had a one-time homosexual experience. One evening in downtown Chicago he was propositioned and, according to Sellers, he thought, 'What the hell...' As far as I know, the guy just gave him (oral sex).'"
According to the New York Post, Hefner gave Watts access to personal documents before he penned the biography, hailing its authenticity.
He says, "This is the most authoritative book ever written about me... It's all essentially true."
The book is scheduled for release in October (08).
