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Bobby Dunn (28 August 1890 – 24 March 1937) was a comic actor who appeared in several Laurel & Hardy comedies, beginning with Duck Soup,[citation needed] and notably as the shoplifter in Tit for Tat. He was one of the original Keystone Kops in Hoffmeyer's Legacy.
Born Robert V. Dunn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Richard P. Dunn and Melissa Dunn, he started his career at Keystone Film Company production. He worked in a number of American motion-picture producer and director Mack Sennett's comedies, and lost one of his eyes in a stunt that went wrong (while falling into a barrel of water, his eye was caught by a floating matchstick on top) and had to wear a glass eye, which gave him a somewhat cross-eyed appearance.[citation needed] He later supported such comedians as Harold Lloyd, W.C. Fields and Charley Chase, before his early death.
Bobby Dunn died on 24 March 1937 in Hollywood, California, at the age of 46.
Kyle Bobby Dunn (born February 27, 1986 in Ontario) is a composer, arranger, and live performer of modern and neo-classical based drone music. He has performed in live and exclusive outdoor settings, including Banff National Park, since 2000 and has released music on various international recording labels.
His work has been described as "compositions that are patience incarnate" and "encourage an emotional response even as its seemingly infinite, creeping swirl and hum threatens to numb. A difficult feat."
The austere, tempered tonal shifts featured in many of his compositions subtly echo the work of minimalist forerunners like Morton Feldman and LaMonte Young. At the same time Dunn occasionally intersperses quaint, almost chamberal touches which evoke more traditionally classical sources.
First realized in Calgary, Alberta, Dunn started composing and arranging his music on piano and cassette tapes (audio and video) in the late 1990s. He began seriously performing and recording under the name Kyle Bobby Dunn in 2002 with the first self released album, Music for Medication.
You spend you life just thinking of how bad it could be
But life gets tough so you close your eyes so you don't have to see
I don't think we recognize where our intentions seem to lead
So stop your tears of self-mutilation 'cause everything you got was free
MY FRIEND
I know a better way we can change today
Don't take your life for granted because it get worse here everyday
Our lives are constantly connected in ways we'll never know
But we're taught to lie, hide behind the lines before the feelings start to grow
So live your life here as my friend or as my foe
'Cause I got no room for self-centered motherfuckers
If that's you you've got to go
MY FRIEND
I know a better way we can change today
Don't take your life for granted because it get worse here everyday
We've got to learn to react
No longer can we hide the facts
We've got to learn to react
Take a look at the hidden tracks
I know a better way we can change today