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a stint that ended after 18 months
with an honorable discharge. Mr.
Linhart said that after helping put
out a fire at a Washington naval
base, he damaged his lungs and
“had some sort of a breakdown.”
He was diagnosed with schizo-
phrenia and rediagnosed in re-
cent years with post-traumatic
stress disorder — which proved
something of a relief, Rasmusson
said, as it helped him “understand
what he was feeling” a fter years of
mental-health struggles that con-
tributed to his disappearance
from public view. “He was always
on guard for hurt, for another
round of rejection, trauma and
mistreatment.”
Mr. Linhart never stopped
writing music, although his re-
cording career took a hit with a
scathing reviews of his 1974 al-
bum, “Pussycats Can Go Far.”
Looking for a change, he moved to
Los Angeles and did acting and
musical work for film and televi-
sion, playing a nude hitchhiker in
the 1974 comedy “The Groove
Tube” and writing and perform-
ing in Bill Cosby’s s hort-lived 1976
series, “Cos.”
Two years later, a car accident
pushed him into homelessness,
which lasted until Hugh Romney
— an entertainer and peace activ-
ist known as Wavy Gravy —
helped him find a place to live in
Berkeley. Mr. Linhart settled in
the city and helped organize a
medical marijuana co-op.
His marriages to Elizabeth
Johnston and Jeanne Altson end-
ed in divorce, and he was separat-
ed from his third wife, Kim Cole-
man. Survivors include a son from
his first marriage, Rasmusson; a
son from his second marriage,
Jesse Knight; two daughters from
relationships, Sara Zahn and Tif-
fany Rubin; a sister; a brother;
and three grandchildren. A nother
son from his second marriage,
Dylan Knight, died in 2016.
Mr. Linhart released several al-
bums in recent years through his
publishing company, B uzzart. But
to some listeners, no recording
could capture the energy of his
live performances, which seemed
to embody what New York Times
music critic Robert Palmer called
“the New York speed freak style,”
in which late-’60s artists filled
“every available hole in the musi-
cal fabric.”
“No sooner has he hit an open-
ing chord than his eyes roll back
in his head and he begins to bob
and weave like a dervish in a
trance,” Palmer wrote in 1977.
“But one once endured such over-
achieving regularly in the inter-
ests of hearing genuine talent,
and Mr. Linhart’s talent is genu-
ine.”
[email protected]Mr. Linhart spoke of searching for
the moment where “telepathy
ends, and making music begins.”
He w as perhaps best known for
co-writing “Friends,” also known
as “(You Got to Have) Friends,”
which became an unofficial
theme song for Midler and ap-
peared in two versions on her
1972 studio debut, “The Divine
Miss M.” Written with Klingman,
the song was later recorded by
Barry Manilow, performed on
“The Muppet Show” (with Gonzo
accompanied by actress Candice
Bergen) and introduced to many
younger listeners by Eddie Mur-
phy’s donkey c haracter i n the ani-
mated movie “Shrek.”
Mr. Linhart also wrote “The
Love’s Still Growing,” which
closed out Simon’s self-titled 1971
debut and was credited with in-
spiring the Youngbloods’ 1967
version of “Get Together.” Written
by Chet Powers, known by his
stage name Dino Valenti, the song
reached No. 5 on the Billboard
pop chart and was in heavy rota-
tion during the Summer of Love,
opening with the lines: “Love is
but a song we sing / Fear’s t he way
we die.”
The Youngbloods version
emerged out of a Sunday after-
noon session at the Cafe Au Go
Go, where singer Jesse Colin
Young had gone hoping that he
might find rehearsal space for his
band. “I walked down the stairs
and it turned out to be an open
mic,” he told NPR last year. “I
thought I would turn around and
go home. But Buzzy Linhart was
onstage singing ‘Get Together.’
That song just stopped me in my
tracks.”
Heading backstage, Young im-
mediately asked Mr. Linhart to
teach him “Get Together.”
“I started singing it probably
three days after I learned it from
Buzzy,” Young said in “Famous,”
the documentary, “and I haven’t
stopped since.”
The second of three children,
William Charles Linhart was born
in Pittsburgh on March 3, 1943,
and raised in East Cleveland,
Ohio. His father was a salesman,
and both parents were musical,
putting on charity shows at
churches and Lions Clubs that
featured Mr. Linhart and his sib-
lings from a young age.
Mr. Linhart initially adopted
the nickname Fuzzy, for the cow-
boy actor Fuzzy Knight. “It quick-
ly became Buzzy because of his
energy,” his son Rasmusson said
by phone. “He was always making
a sound” and took music lessons
from a percussionist in the Cleve-
land Orchestra.
Before graduating from high
school, he joined the Navy to play
and compose for a military band,BY HARRISON SMITHBuzzy Linhart, a journeyman
musician who became a free-
wheeling fixture of the 1960s and
’70s music scene in Greenwich
Village, where he collaborated
with Bette Midler and Carly Si-
mon, recorded with Jimi Hendrix
and inspired a Youngbloods track
that grew into a hippie anthem,
died Feb. 13 at his home in Berke-
ley, Calif. He was 76.
Mr. Linhart had long struggled
with physical and mental-health
issues, which contributed to a
roughly decade-long stretch of
homelessness in which he lived in
cars or on the streets, stayed at
friends’ homes and found shelter
after-hours inside a Los Angeles
smoothie shack. He was back on
his feet by the early 1990s, said his
son Xeno Rasmusson, but
stopped performing in 2018 after
he had a heart attack and seizure.
Mainstream recognition elud-
ed Mr. Linhart — “I was born
under an asterisk,” he once said —
but he drew a cult following for
his improvised jam sessions, acro-
batic concerts and offbeat lyrics,
which he punctuated with yells,
scatting and cartoonish noises.
Known mainly as a
s inger-songwriter, he also played
piano, guitar, drums and vibra-
phone, sometimes leaping from
instrument to instrument while
performing at venues such as the
Cafe Au Go G o in Manhattan.
“He would play his guitar wild-
ly,” songwriting partner Moogy
Klingman said in a 2006 docu-
mentary, “Famous: The Buzzy
Linhart Story.” “He would sing
scat for 20 minutes, play a vibes
solo for 20 minutes, morph one
song into another song so by the
time he finished a single drum
beat he would have done 10 songs
to that one drum beat. There was
nothing like Buzzy.”
Trained as a percussionist, Mr.
Linhart began recording profes-
sionally at 16 and came to New
York in 1963 to perform with sing-
er-songwriter Fred Neil, whose
song “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” be-
came a hit for Harry Nilsson. He
went on to appear on dozens of
records, including for Tim Har-
din, Richie Havens, Buffy Sainte-
Marie, Stephen Stills and John
Sebastian, a onetime roommate
later known as the lead singer of
the Lovin’ Spoonful.
In his own music, Mr. Linhart
drew on rock, folk, jazz, R&B and
Indian influences. His band the
Seventh Sons were said to have
performed the first raga (an im-
provised form of Indian classical
music) with electric instruments,
and recorded a half-hour version
— “Raga (4 a.m. at Frank’s)” — for
the avant-garde label ESP-Disk.
Freewheeling musician
wrote and inspired classics
Buzzy Linhart, 76
Don Paulsen/michael ochs archives/getty imagesBuzzy Linhart, center, performs in New York around 1965 with drummer Serge Katzen and guitarist
Max Ochs. Mr. Linhart, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, was known for his energetic concerts.
obituaries
of noteobituaries of residents from the
District, maryland a nd n orthern vir-
ginia.
Desmond Yim,
hairdresser, teahouse server
Desmond Yim, 62, a self-em-
ployed hairdresser a nd s erver and
cashier at Washington teahouses,
died Dec. 9 at h ospital i n Washing-
ton. The cause was a septic attack
brought on by an infection of un-
known origin, said a friend, Yu
Sheon.
Mr. Yim w as born in Hong Kong,
immigrated to the United States in
1986 and settled in Washington.
He had been employed at Ching
Ching Cha and Te asim teahouses.
Millard ‘Mickey’ Boteler,
Supreme Court Police officer
Millard “Mickey” Boteler, 86, a
Supreme C ourt P olice officer for 3 1
years who also was a tennis teach-
er and a roller skating champion
in his youth, died Dec. 11 at a
hospital in Fairfax County, Va. The
cause was renal failure, said a
brother, R ichard B oteler.
Mr. Boteler, a resident of Cent-
reville, Va., was born in Washing-
ton. He retired from the Supreme
Court Police in 1988. Among his
tennis partners was Justice John
Paul Stevens. For 40 years, Mr.
Boteler gave individual and group
tennis lessons.Laurin Knutson,
Pentagon officer
Laurin Knutson, 98, who re-
tired in 1986 as director of pro-
gram control and administration
in the office of the secretary of
defense for research and engi-
neering, died Nov. 30 at his home
in Bethesda, Md. The cause was
congestive heart failure, said a
grandson, Brian Knutson.
Mr. Knutson was born in Par-
shall, N.D., and began his Penta-
gon career in 1951. In 1981, he
received a Civilian Service Medal.
He was a former commodore of
the C hesapeake Yacht C lub.
— F rom staff reportsDEATH NOTICEROBERTWAYNE ALEXANDER (Age 77)
OfFairfax, Virginia passed awayTuesday,Feb-
ruary 12, 2020 surrounded by his loving family
afterabattle with Myelodysplastic syndrome
(MDS). He loved being the “#1Washington
RedskinsFan”, family vacations to the beach
and family reunions.
Survivorsincludehislovingwifeof 54 years,
Jacqulyn Fitzgerald Alexander;four children
and families; son JohnFrancis of Columbia, MD;
daughters Penny Marie Habib,DebraLorraine,
Robin Alexander Gazes all of Manassas,Vir-
ginia; and many loving family members,espe-
cially his brothers and sister from Joliet, Illinois.
The family will receive friends Sunday,February
23 from3to5p.m. at Pierce Funeral Home,
9609 Center Street, Manassas,Virginia.AMass
of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Monday,
February 24, 2020 at All Saints Catholic Church,
9300 Stonewall Road, Manassas,Virginia. Inter-
ment will follow at Quantico National Ceme-
tery.ALEXANDERDEATH NOTICEReverend Dr.LEVY M. ARMWOOD
(Age 79)
Of Richmond, formerly ofWashington, DC,
peacefully passed from this earthly life to
eternal life onTuesday,February 18, 2020. Dr.
Armwood wasaretired pastor of the Ebenezer
Baptist Church, Richmond. He also retired from
Richmond Public Schools where he ended
his teaching career at Thomas Jefferson High
School as music instructor.
Dr.Armwood was preceded in death by his
parents,Deacon Levy and Deaconess Readdie
Armwood. He is survived by his wife,Cookie
Anderson Armwood; father-and mother-in-
law,Clarence Melvin and Shelia Anderson;
brother-and sister-in-law,Carl Anderson (Ruby)
and Priscilla Hooker (James); nephew and
niece,Kevin Anderson (Angela) and Ena Logan
(John “JT”); great-niece,Ena “Eebie” Logan;
uncle,Curlee Scarborough (Thelma) of Bish-
opville,SC; aunt, Lula Scarborough of Brooklyn,
NY;like-a-son, DavidS. Hoover;like-a-daughter,
Kristie Pope; many godchildren, cousins,and
special friends; and caregivers,medical team,
andWesthampton Dialysis.Family will receive
friends from6to8p.m.,Friday,February 21,
at Ebenezer Baptist Church, and where funeral
services will be held Saturday,February 22,
at 11 a.m. InternmentForest Lawn Cemetery
&Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers,donations
may be made to Ebenezer Baptist Church
Organ Fund. Arrangement by Owens Funeral
Services.ARMWOODJOSEPHBALDO
OnJanuary 8, 2020. Graveside Services will
take place onWednesday,February 26, 2020,
at Arlington National Cemetery at2p.m.
PleasemeetattheAdministrationBuilding
at 1:15p.m.
http://www.leefuneralhomes.comBALDODORIS L.BASSETT
Passed away peacefully onFriday,February 7,
2020, inWashington, DC.She was the loving
mother of Lenear Bassett-King and ConradC.
(Laurel) Bassett, Jr.She is also survived by sister
Angela (Ben) Secundy; brother Harold Hayes;
life partner,David Cumber;three grandsons;
one daughter-in-law; one great-granddaughter;
one niece April (Norman) Layton andahost
of other relatives and friends.OnMonday,
February 24, 2020 friends are invited to greet
the family from 10 to 11 a.m. at St. Gabriel
Catholic Church, 26 Grant Circle NW,Wash-
ington, DC,until time of service at 11 a.m.
Interment immediately following service at
Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Wheaton, MD.In
lieu of flowers,please make donations to the
American Lung Association.BASSETTROBERTJ. BRUNETT (Age 90)
OfFairfax,VA,passed away onFriday,Feb-
ruary 14, 2020. Beloved husband and sweet-
heart of CarolWagner;devoted father of Marie
Barnett (Tony), Jenny Ellison (Rob), and the
late Mark Brunett; grandfather of Carolyn and
Jack Barnett and Erica and Audrey Ellison and
brother-in-law of Maryann Phipps as well as
uncle to her children, Brandon and Lauren.
He was preceded in death by his former
wifeFrances Jenkins Brunett, mother of his
children.
Bob hadalongtime career at Riggs National
Bank,Washington, DC where he met Carol.
He served asaColonel in the US Army and
had worked during his retirement for the
Sunrise Living facilities where the residents
could relate to his whitish hair.Healso leaves
many family and friends inJabing, Austria along
with treasured local friends.During his life he
looked forward to overseas trips to Germany
and Austria to enjoy the sights,family,friends
and slivovitz. He collected baseball caps over
the years and bicentennial quarters asaretiree
and enjoyed the process of buying rolls of
quarters,hunting for the 1976 coins and shin-
ing them.
Amemorial visitation will be held Sunday,
February 23, 2020 from1to3p.m. at Money
and King Funeral Home,1 71 W.MapleAve.,
Vienna,VA.Interment will be held at Arling-
ton National Cemetery atalater date.The
online guestbook is available at www,mon-
eyandking.com. In lieu of flowers,give him
agood thought; memorial donations can be
sent to any childrens-focused charity or animal
organization.BRUNETTDEATH NOTICECESARAUGUSTOCACERES,M.D.
Born April 9, 1927 in Puerto Cortes,Hon-
duras,peacefully passed awayFebruary
9, 2020 at his home inWashington DC.
The only child of Julian R. Caceres,former
Ambassador to the United States from
Honduras,and Mrs.MarianaC.Caceres.His
partner of 48 years,W.Raymond Mize,Jr. ,
MD,pre-deceased Dr.Caceres in Septem-
ber 2004, as did his companion StanleyJ.
Kuliczkowski in July 2015. Dr.Caceres is
survived by his cousins Mrs.Gloria Caceres,
Dr.J.Desiree Pineda, Mrs.Carmen Alfaro
Morawski and Mrs.Ana Maria Alfaro.
In 1953, Dr.Caceres obtained his medical
degrees from Georgetown University.He
obtained additional training in Internal Med-
icine atTufts and Boston Universities in
Boston, Massachusetts.Hereceived Cardi-
ology and research training from George
Washington University.Dr. Caceres worked
for the Public Health Service where he won
two Superior ServiceAwards for developing
the country’sfirst functional computer-
electrocardiographic interpretive system.
In 1970, Dr.Caceres opened his private
practice integrating computer technology
into the day-today real world of medical
practice.Beginning in the 1980’sDr. Cac-
eres developed for use in his practice The
System Integrated Record,S.I.R.
Dr.Caceres founded The Institute forTech-
nology in Health Care,anon-profit which
seeks to support projects designed to iden-
tify,investigate,and apply new and existing
technologies to the solution of health care
problems.Services will be held at St.
Matthew's Cathedral, 1725 Rhode Island
Ave.,N.W.,Washington, DC on Saturday
February 29, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Institute
forTechnology in Health Care,1759 Q
Street,N.W.,Washington, DC,20009.CACERESDEATH NOTICEorganizing trips to Florence,Paestum,
Prague,Tunis,andParis for NATOwives ready
to explore the world.Jane and Peter’slifelong
love story began in 1942 in Pearl Harbor,
where both of their Navy officer fathers were
stationed. Soon after the December7attack,
both families were evacuated and so the two
infants "met" on the SS Lurline.Little did
anyone know that one day they would marry.
They met again in 1956, whileJane was at
MaryWashington College after graduating
from St. Agnes School in Alexandria. Peter
asked her toaChristmas dance at the Naval
Academy and soon, the two were going
steady.They married in 1958 and on their
first anniversary,the first of three daughters,
Lida, was born. Asayoung mother,Jane
modeled the wonders ofalife richly lived and
raised Lida,Trennie,andJamie to be equally
curious,optimistic citizens of the world. She
and the young family traveled the globe,
living up and down both US coasts and in
19 locales including Italy,Iran, and Greece.
Along the way,she collected treasures and
hobbies,learning calligraphy; leading classes
in Renaissance art, and creating scores of
handmade Christmas ornaments for legions
of friends and fans.
Jane was born to CaptainJames DuGué
Ferguson andFrances BarrowFerguson in- She is survived by siblingsFrances
Rowan of Reston,VA;Susan Pelosi of San
Francisco,CA; andJamesFerguson of Vir-
ginia Beach,VA,aswell as by husband Peter
Austin Junghans of Alexandria,VA;daughters
LidaFerguson Junghans of Arlington, MA;
FrancesTrenholme Junghans of Dundee,
Scotland; andJamie Junghans Shaw of Mill
Valley,CA. She is also survived by her beloved
granddaughter,Emma DuGué Perrow of
Arlington, MA and her two doting sons-in-
law,Jeffrey Murer of Dundee,Scotland and
Michael Shaw of MillValley,CA.
Aservice will be held at theWashington
National Cathedral onFriday,March 6, 2020
at 11 a.m.ACelebration of Life memorial will
be held later in the Spring asJane is laid to
rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers,the family asks that dona-
tions be made toWashington National Cathe-
dral.
JANE DUGUÉ FERGUSON JUNGHANS
(Age 81)
Passed away peacefully onFebruary 12,
2020 in Alexandria,VA,surrounded by her
adoring family.Avivacious,playful soul,Jane
embraced life,love,friendship,and faith
with limitless devotion.Acareer tour guide,
she was named Emeritus Certified Master
Guide in 2018 and honored as Guide of the
Year in 2013. These and other honors were
bestowed for her encyclopedic knowledge of
the city’shistory and lore,always imparted
with her unmatched gift for storytelling and
her trademark wit. While leading tours was
her vocation, it was also her spiritual calling.
When she wasn’t captivating tourists at
Ford’sTheater,the memorials,orthe Capitol,
she was enthralling school groups and
seniors alike at the National Cathedral with
her animated narratives of the moon rock
set in stained glass,the crypt holding the
remains of HelenKeller;and countless facts
about every glorious facet of the nation’s
house of worship,where,asshe was quick
to say,all are welcome.
Jane began her lifelong passion for leading
tours in Naples,Italy,where she arrived as
ayoung Navy wife to her beloved husband,
CDR Peter Junghans,USN.While other newly
transplanted families adjusted to culture
shock,Jane dove in, learning Italian andJUNGHANSUniversity of Ireland University College
Dublin. Dr.Khayat obtainedageneral rotating
internship inToledo,Ohio and began his
residence in psychiatry at Barnes Hospital
Medical Center at theWashington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis,MO.He
finishedhis2ndand3rdyearresidencyatSt.
Elizabeth’sin1962.
Dr.Khayat held numerous memberships to
both national and area professional societies
includingWashington Psychiatrist Society
Suburban Maryland Chapter ofWashington
Psychiatric Society.Dr. Khayat was also a
member ofKenwood Golf&Country Club,
Rotary Club ofFriendship Heights,American
Legion, Knights of Columbus,VFW,DAV,Viet-
nam Veterans Association and Catholic
Youth Organization. He wasamember of
St. Matthew’sCathedral and was an usher
at the National Shrine inWashington, DC as
part of the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus.
Dr.Khayat’ssmile and friendly demeanor
was cherished by those who knew him at
home,athis office,the social clubs,and
volunteer organizations.
He was the beloved husband ofWaltraud
“Wally” Khayat; devoted father of Astrid K.
Matheson (husband, Douglas), AlexandraK.
Dahl (husband, Erik), and Victor Rudolph
(wife,Kelly); cherished grandfather of
AndrewD.Matheson, Maximillian A. Dahl,
RomanV.Dahl, JulianV.Dahl, VictoriaB.
Dahl, OliverV.Khayat, and Amelia A. Khayat.
He is also survived by many other loving
family members.Family will receive friends
at PUMPHREY’S FUNERAL HOME 7557 Wis-
consinAvenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 on
Friday,February 21, 2020 from5to7p.m.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at
9:30 a.m. Saturday,February 22, 2020 at the
Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes,Georgetown
Preparatory School, 10900 Rockville Pike,
North Bethesda, Maryland 20852. Entomb-
ment to follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that
memorial donations be made to Georgetown
Preparatory School Scholarship Fund
https://www.gprep.org/campaign-home-
page/make-a-gift;
or The American Lung Association
https://action.lung.org/site/TR/Events/Gen-
eral?pg=fund&fr_id=1080&pxfid=158033
[action.lung.org] orWolf Conservation Center
https://nywolf.org/donate/A. VICTOR KHAYAT,M.D.(Age 92)
AretiredWashington, DC area psychiatrist
passed away peacefully from complications
associated with pneumonia onFebruary 10,
2020 at his home in Potomac with his wife of
54 years and daughter by his side.Hewas a
practicing psychiatrist for 56 years.
Dr.Khayat completed his residency in 1962
at St. Elizabeth’sHospital in conjuncture with
GeorgeWashington University Hospital. As a
naval reservist doctor,hewas at first sent
to the US Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, NH
where he also worked to develop its first
mental health clinic.Since he was fluent in
French andapsychiatrist, he was dispatched
to the US Naval Hospital in Saigon. Upon
completion of his duty,hereturned to St.
Elizabeth’sHospital where he worked in the
Forensic Psychiatry Division until 1971 when
he chose to enter private practice.While in
private practice he served asaconsultant
toWashington Clinic Medical Center and
to the Employee Health Service at NIH. Dr.
Khayat was interviewed multiple time for
his knowledge on PostTraumatic Stress
Disorder in VietnamVeterans.Headvocated
for the VietnamVeteran recognition locally.
Dr.Khayat spoke fluently English,French,
Spanish, Arabic,and modern Hebrew.He
graduated from American University of
Beirut, Lebanon withabachelor's in business
administration. He felt compelled to study
medicine and graduated from the NationalKHAYATPOSTYOURCONDOLENCESNowdeath notices on
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DEATH NOTICECECIL G. CHRISTIAN, JR. (Age 87)
CecilGChristian, Jr.,aresident of Columbia,
MD,died onFebruary 7, 2020 at Gilchrist Hos-
pice CareFacility.Christian graduated from
Howard University in 1953 and retired from the
US Army asalieutenant colonel aftera20-
year career.Subsequently,hehada21-year
federal civilian career at the National Archives
and the Immigration&Naturalization Service.
He was predeceased by his wife of 48 years,
Marian, and is survived by three children,
five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation4to8p.m.,Friday,February 21, 2020,
Vaughn Green Funeral HomeWest, Baltimore,
MD.Wake 9:30 a.m. and Funeral 11 a.m.,
respectively,Saturday,February22,2020,atSt
John Baptist Church, Columbia, MD.Interment
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