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Chuck Mangione, noted flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer, has died. He was reportedly 84.

The news was confirmed via a press release out of a funeral home in Rochester, New York, on behalf of Mangione’s family, who said they were “deeply saddened to share that Chuck peacefully passed away in his sleep at his home in Rochester” on Tuesday.

Mangione, a flugelhorn player whose composition “Feels So Good” became an unlikely pop hit in 1978, was a Rochester native who started playing jazz as a teenager,

He won two Grammy Awards over his 60-year career in music, including one for best instrumental composition for “Bellavia.”

“Feels So Good,” an upbeat instrumental whose full-length version runs nearly 10 minutes, spent 25 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #4 in 1978.

In addition to that signature hit, Mangione was recognizable for his distinctive style at the peak of his career, sporting long hair and a brown felt hat with a feathered band that he later donated to the Smithsonian Institution.

Outside of the music business, Mangione is remembered for his recurring appearances as a tongue-in-cheek version of himself on the primetime Fox animated series “King of the Hill.”

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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 118 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Feels so bad, man.

He was seriously my 2nd favorite Mangione.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 33 points 10 months ago

I came here to look for just such a comment and up-vote it. Thank you.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 61 points 10 months ago
[–] Cintari@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago
[–] Agrajag@scribe.disroot.org 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

RIP and him dying and Jonathan Joss getting murdered puts a damper on the KOTH relaunch, but I imagine both will be memorialized in some way on it.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

KOTH in general is starting to feel a bit cursed.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

And I recently started actually watching through it

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

he was reportedly 84

I dont know why this was so funny to me, like chuck mangione was just found by a river as a baby and there's a great debate about his true age

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I don't know if you remember or saw, but when Rachael Lillis – a voice actress who played Misty from Pokémon among others – died last year, news outlets went wild baselessly saying she was 46 until both the NYT and CBC News actually contacted her family and confirmed she was 55. Unless the outlet did their own fact-checking of the age, I think qualifying with "reportedly" is responsible journalism.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Yes, both these things are true. It is both a funny thing to say, but also a forced thing to say. How free we are.

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This is how I find out misty died?????

[–] Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 months ago

Wait I thought he died in the Arlen Mega Lo Mart explosion

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

we just lost a great Flugelhorn, may as well go for the Trumpet

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

Trump is kept alive by all those McDonald's preservatives

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Recently found the Feels So Good album on vinyl in a shop. The whole album is a masterpiece.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

It really is. Grant Geissman is a monster.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Feels So Good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExBwfQHXlE

This song was EVERYWHERE. For whatever reason my main memory attached to this song is of an RV show at The Cow Palace in South San Francisco. I was there with my parents who were looking for a new trailer.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

The soundtrack in heaven just got a lot more dope.

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Well that sucks.. more than Ozzy to me..

[–] EarthshipTechIntern01@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Glad I got a chance to see him & work with him before he passed. My brother turned me on Feels So Good when I was a wee one. Got to mix for him many years later.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One of the most well-known Rochestarians. I should get some Genny Cream Ale to pour out in his honor.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

pour one out for me, too. just watched Megalo Dale in his honor.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 7 points 10 months ago

As a Brit I was introduced to him though king of the hill of all things amazing talent.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"As long as we're together" used to be my ex-wife and mine song... before she left me

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At least you’ll always have Chuck.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I have some terrible news...

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Well, there's the third celebrity death.

[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 3 points 10 months ago

Feels so bad :(

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Dammit. Land of Make Believe was my first LP