Archive Obit: El Duce
mill...@intergate.com
Entertainment scene for the last 20 years was killed Saturday evening,
April 19, in Riverside, CA. His death was the result of being hit by
a train in a state of alcoholic intoxication.
Mr. Hoke was best known as the drummer and lead singer of the rock
group the Mentors. He rose to national prominence in 1985 as a result
of the U.S. Senate ( P.M.R.C. ) hearings regarding "obscene lyrics" in
rock music, which named publicly the Mentors as the worst exponent of
such lyrics in music. In addition to his musical career Mr. Hoke also
was employed frequently as a bit player or extra in many motion
picture, music video, and television productions. His comic visage
and friendly manner made him a show business natural.
Recently Mr. Hoke had appeared on the Jerry Springer Show in a show
devoted to Shock Rock, and in the National Enquirer and other tabloids
domestically and internationally regarding his claim that he was
approached by Courtney Love to kill Kurt Cobain.
The last musical performance by Mr. Hoke was given on Friday, April
18th, at Al's Bar in Downtown Los Angeles.
Mr. Hoke was born on March 24, 1958 in Seattle, Washington. He is
survived in the by his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoke of
Seattle, Wa, a brother, Steven Hoke, of Seattle, a sister, Mrs.
Christina Sherrod, of Renton, WA, a sister, Mrs. Annetta Boggs, of Los
Angeles, an uncle, David Hoke, an uncle, Charles Saltviet, or
Portland, and an aunt, Esther Moreland, of Woodland Hills. The loss
is also grieved by his lifelong friends and group members of the
Mentors, Eric Carlson of Hollywood, CA and Steve Broy, of Riverside,
CA. Donations in his memory can be made to the Salvation Army.
aka Bob
proffered:
>Eldon Hoke, also know as El Duce, a fixture on the Los Angeles
>Entertainment scene for the last 20 years was killed Saturday evening,
>April 19, in Riverside, CA. His death was the result of being hit by
>a train in a state of alcoholic intoxication.
On 19 April of what year did El Duce die?
"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen
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Bermuda999
mill...@intergate.com wrote:
> Eldon Hoke, also know as El Duce, a fixture on the Los Angeles
> Entertainment scene for the last 20 years was killed Saturday evening,
> April 19, in Riverside, CA. His death was the result of being hit by
> a train in a state of alcoholic intoxication.
How the train got in that state I'll never know
Bill Schenley
> > Los Angeles Entertainment scene for the last 20
> > years was killed Saturday evening, April 19,
> On 19 April of what year did El Duce die?
1997
Charlene
mill...@intergate.com wrote:
> Mr. Hoke was best known as the drummer and lead singer of the rock
> group the Mentors. He rose to national prominence in 1985 as a result
> of the U.S. Senate ( P.M.R.C. ) hearings regarding "obscene lyrics" in
> rock music, which named publicly the Mentors as the worst exponent of
> such lyrics in music.
You see what happens when you go up against Tipper Gore?
wd42
Bill Schenley
> employed frequently as a bit player or extra in many
> motion picture, music video, and television productions.
He was a regular on Wally George's show in Orange County. He played
the guy who was always physically tossed out of the studio.
> Recently Mr. Hoke had appeared on the Jerry Springer
> Show in a show devoted to Shock Rock, and in the
> National Enquirer and other tabloids domestically
> and internationally regarding his claim that he was
> approached by Courtney Love to kill Kurt Cobain.
As to that claim, he passed a lie-detector test, with a 99% certainty,
administered by polygraph expert Dr. Edward Gelb.
deb...@comcast.net
> Show in a show devoted to Shock Rock, and in the
> National Enquirer and other tabloids domestically
> and internationally regarding his claim that he was
> approached by Courtney Love to kill Kurt Cobain.
As to that claim, he passed a lie-detector test, with a 99% certainty,
administered by polygraph expert Dr. Edward Gelb.
Filmmaker Nick Broomfield decided to investigate the story for himself,
and took a film crew to visit a number of people associated with Cobain
and Love, including Love's father, Cobain's aunt, and one of the
couple's former nannies. Most notably, Broomfield spoke to Mentors
bandleader El Duce, who claimed that Courtney had offered him $50,000
to kill Cobain, and passed a polygraph administered by well-regarded
polygraph expert Dr. Edward Gelb. Broomfield inadvertently captured El
Duce's last interview, as he died days later under unusual
circumstances.
Brigid Nelson
mill...@intergate.com
John M.
Don't knock it. Have you ever done any time?
--
John M.
King Daevid MacKenzie
...I have that movie on VHS. It asked a lot of questions and didn't
answer a damned one of 'em. Broomfield thought all that needed to be
known was that Courtney Love was a colossal asshole. Hell, I knew that
going into the viewing...
...as for The Mentors, I saw them on an installment of Peter Ivers' "New
Wave Theater" circa '81. Supposedly, Hoke threatened Ivers over
something or other relating to the show shortly before Ivers was killed
in a burglary of his apartment...
--
King Daevid MacKenzie, WLSU-FM 88.9 La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
heard occasionally at http://www.radio4all.net
http://www.myspace.com/kingdaevid
"You can live in your dreams, but only if you are worthy of them."
HARLAN ELLISON
King Daevid MacKenzie
Love had Cobain murdered. A couple of years before Broomfield talked to
him, Grant made a bumbling appearance on Tom Leykis' radio show. Within
days, Leykis had to run a retraction of Grant's claims. When Tom Leykis
retracts your words, you know you're peddling a crock of low-grade bat
guano...