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I just read on the Hoffman board that David passed away this morning.

I can't find any details about this, so hopefully this isn't true.

Oh god, I hope that's not true...

I will always love him for painting this:
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/loudmouthpublicity/1966BrianWilson-1.jpg)

Oh God no....f***.

Confirmed.

Where? I still can't find any news about it.

That's terrible, I saw him in the Beautiful Dreamer documentary and he was very nice and informative. A very sad loss.

Trying to find something online, but Probyn  Gregory and Evie Sands left condolences.

Very sad indeed.

Very sad news.

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Gosh. A sad, sad loss.

And once again, proving how incredible it is that Brian has outlived so many peers and is not only still alive, but creating great work.

More of the past slips away... I was only born in the '80's yet i feel so connected to this period of music (and film). I feel the same as I did when Davy Jones died i.e. miserable. RIP David. Great painting!!

Farewell, David

RIP.

What a loss. :(

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Very sad.  Probably the prime player of the Smile era (besides Brian and Van Dyke of course) and always a forward thinker in the music and entertainment business.

I had the great pleasure to talk with him a bit about "the painting" and Laurel Way '66 when I taped hours of backstage footage for the Smile DVD concert.

A true gentleman. His lively and informed conversation with Paul Williams in a 1971 issue of Crawdaddy (reprinted in Outlaw Blues) was a revelation at the time and a key part of the puzzle.

RIP, David.

(http://www.philsolomon.com/download/David%20Anderle.jpg)

Very sad news. RIP.

B.W. posted this on facebook:
David Anderle passed away. I'm devastated beyond words. That's just all I have to say. Love and Mercy.
Your friend always,
Brian
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Can't say I was totally familiar w/ Mr. Anderle, but he does seem to have been a real nice guy. R.I.P.

Just terrible news about David Anderle. A hero in a town full of heroes and villains

I don't usually post in these threads as I just don't know these people but have to say, Anderle seemed particularly cool in the BD doc and that Paul Williams piece. RIP indeed.

Truly sad and amazing how Brian keeps outliving everyone

Sweetdudejim also made a comment like this, and it's the first thing that crossed my mind. Brian, after all of the crap he (and others) has done to harm himself, is somehow still alive. At this point, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if he ended up being the last remaining BB.

Anderle always struck me in interviews as being a pretty honest and likeable guy. He did everything he could to help Brian try to achieve his goals during that hugely creative period of '66-
'67. Damn shame.

Not much more to say or add, other than the Smile airport photos seem to get more poignant and bittersweet every time I see that group of twenty-something friends and family captured at a moment in their lives at that age when anything seems possible if you believe it's possible. And who could have written the future which saw those people in that photo responsible for some of the greatest and most successful music of the past 50 years, and in that one photo alone the five smiling young men standing in the back row being involved in creating music that between them have sold upwards of 200 million records and counting and have made that many people happy and brought joy through their music.
That part about believing...

Condolences to all of David's family and friends.

Oh my God, I am sorry to hear about this. RIP David

Sad news. He was one of the good guys in the Beach Boys story.

Wow. R.I.P. He seemed like the nicest guy and he was one of few who actually knew what he was talking about concerning Smile and its impact on Brian.

Indeed. Condolences to all.
l think Jonathan used to post here.
Thoughts are with the family.

Through the kindness of Alan Boyd, I was hired to direct a documentary shoot at the Hotel Bel-Air in the fall of 2007.  The occasion was a formal cocktail party celebrating Brian Wilson's upcoming Kennedy Center Award in January.  The BW world celebrity and friends count was very high that night but I got a chance to meet and speak with Mr. Anderle prior to our interview and found him charming and friendly, very down to earth.  He just seemed like a cool guy, unimpressed with all the glitz.

RIP

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/david-anderle-rip.html

Sorry to hear this sad news. My condolences to David's family & friends, and to Brian.

Very sorry to hear this; condolences to friends and family all.

Saddened to hear of his passing, a key player in one of the greatest moments in time for all of pop/rock music.

I was shocked to hear this when I woke up this morning. RIP David Anderle. I offer condolences to his family and friends.

 a sad day in our world.  another empty chair...

RIP to a legend.

R.I.P. to a great artist and, apparantly, a great guy.

Condolences to David's wife, son Jonathan, and Brian Wilson. Another member of the Vosse Posse is gone. When I think of David I think of the Brian painting, the pictures of friends meeting Brian at L.A. Airport, and the article in Crawdaddy by Paul Williams. He always emphasized that Brian was obsessed about humor during the Smile/Smiley/Wild Honey era. RIP.

I'm presuming that since our mod has confirmed this, that it is indeed real. I just find it strange that David is not mentioned at all in Billboard, Variety, or the Hollywood Reporter.

I guess I'm still holding out hope that David is still out there somewhere, and having a good chuckle at all this.

If not our mod, then Brian should know. :-[

The timeline on his Facebook page is wiped clean, which is a little unusual, even after a person's death. I guess if you don't think it's for real, you can contact one of the hundreds of "Friends" on his Facebook page.

Wondering what the venerable AGD has to say about all this...

David is sadly no longer with us, and I understand it's really shaken Brian.

I guess I have to believe it then. Really sad to hear all this. David was among the coolest of the SMiLE people...or perhaps just people in general.

Very sad to hear of his passing. Talented guy

Lung cancer:
http://www.noise11.com/news/producer-david-anderle-dead-at-77-20140903

Yes, condolences....

I ordered "Outlaw Blues" from Scholastic Books (My Weekly Reader) back in the day, and that is where I received my initiation to the genius/brilliance of Brian and the BBs.  Although a big fan of the early stuff, they had lost this youngster pretty much, but reading those interviews began me on a different track.  To my mind the conversations between Anderle and Paul Williams were the birth of the Smile myth which directly or indirectly led to their resurgence in the early 70s, BWPS, hell this board even.  And lest we forget, they also raved about Wild Honey in the second part, which is every bit as cool!

Brian Wilson has lost one of his earliest champions.

From Billboard:

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6236646/david-anderle-dead

Very sad to hear of this - first place I saw the news was on Brian's Facebook this morning.  From everything I have read by/about the man he was a true friend and supporter of Brian in every sense of the word, and he played a big part in keeping the Smile legend going all those subsequent years and decades.  My condolences to his family and friends.

http://www.thewrap.com/david-anderle-record-producer-and-music-executive-dead-at-77/

Thank you all so much for the kind words and sentiments, it means more than I can truly say.

I can imagine...have been there myself. Best wishes to you and your family, Jonathan.

My heartfelt condolences to you and your family Jonathan.

Sad, sad news. Recent photos did seem to indicate that David was not faring well with his illness. According to sources, he gave it a valiant battle. A man of vision and talent who wasn't afraid to scale mountains.

just saw this, been away for awhile.....damn what can one say
r.i.p.

Absolutely one of the "heroes" in the history of the Beach Boys, and I'd recommend everyone read through David's bio and credits to understand just how much he was involved in and accomplished beyond the association with Brian and the Beach Boys. It's another case of a man who was directly involved in a lot of productions and behind the scenes work in the music and film business that literally tens of millions of people know and have enjoyed, without realizing who some of the folks involved in making it happen were.

One example: I heard a radio interview show last week where the topic was 80's new-wave music and a book related to that era. A big topic was the John Hughes movies like Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink, and how popular and influential those soundtracks were and still are as the films have taken on a retro resurgence of sorts with people who were not even born when they were released.

And it turns out David Anderle was responsible for those soundtracks in large part, as an exec producer and music supervisor for those projects. Another case of knowing and growing up with those films, and never connecting David Anderle to them until this week.

He will be missed, again my deepest condolences to his family and friends.

Just heard. This is very sad, he seemed like a funny, lovely, heartfelt guy who was a great painter and friend to all. My condolences to Jonathan and his family.