Rolling RIP/Obituary Thread 2012

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gonna have to put They All Laughed in the library queue.

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 February 2012 02:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

It was on HBO once many moons ago when I was home from college on break and in my vegetational state I watched it many times. I don't think overall it was very good but yeah, he and some of the rest of the cast did a good job.

I Can Only Give You Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 February 2012 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

And also, Wild Orchid director Zalman King:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/zalman-king-dies-69-red-shoe-diaries-nine-half-weeks-287000

Which makes me feel horribly shitty for blurbing this only days ago:

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=4893&cpage=1#comment-129068

Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Saturday, 4 February 2012 03:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

John Christopher.

Fizzles, Monday, 6 February 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

That last one makes me sad. The Tripods and Sword of the Spirits trilogies were hugely important to my younger self.

EZ Snappin, Monday, 6 February 2012 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

Bill Hinzman, the first onscreen "ghoul" in Night of the Living Dead.

You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Monday, 6 February 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

Had no idea that John Christopher was still alive. RIP.

Hambone Italiano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 February 2012 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

just came here to post that. crazy.

Z S, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 05:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

RIP keyboardist and arranger to the stars Clare Fischer: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/28/local/la-me-clare-fischer-20120128

I Can't Give You Any Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2012 13:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

A Boy Named Clare

Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Friday, 10 February 2012 13:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

rest in peace, nello ferrara! you were a giant in candyland!

http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/10477823-418/nello-ferrara-93-invented-lemonheads-saw-macarthur-in-occupied-japan-sang-with-sinatra.html

scott seward, Friday, 10 February 2012 13:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

Tom Dada, I think there is also one in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

I Can't Give You Any Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2012 13:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

Well that's Thomas Hardy for you, he has a dude called Jude too

Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Friday, 10 February 2012 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

Peter Sellers as Clare Quilty. The character's role was greatly expanded from that in the novel and Kubrick allowed Sellers to adopt a variety of disguises throughout the film. Early on in the film, Quilty appears as himself: a conceited, avant-garde playwright with a superior manner. Later, he disguises himself as various personae. First, he is an inquisitive policeman on the porch of the hotel where Humbert and Lolita are staying. Next he is the intrusive Beardsley High School psychologist, Doctor Zempf, who lurks in Humbert's front room for the purpose of persuading him to give Lolita more freedom in her after-school activities.[2] Later in the film he is an anonymous phone caller conducting a survey

Ward Fowler, Friday, 10 February 2012 13:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

... but always he is a self-indulgent actor ruining a perfectly good film

Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Friday, 10 February 2012 13:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

^blech

Peter Breck of TV's "Big Valley" and Fuller's Shock Corridor:

http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-breck-the-big-valley/

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 February 2012 15:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

David Kelly, quintessentially feckless rogue and charmer, renowned Beckett/stage performer and the recipient of the finest umbrella hits in tv history

Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Monday, 13 February 2012 10:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

And walking Oirish hate-crime, never too busy to rubbish up any production with the same wince-inducing character over and over and over again.

Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 February 2012 10:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

a gig's a gig

Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Monday, 13 February 2012 10:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Oh, he didn't just have the one arm then?"

Aunt Acid and the Gaviscons (aldo), Monday, 13 February 2012 10:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

He was only following orders the script, yes.

Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 February 2012 10:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

RIP Mr. Kelly

Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Monday, 13 February 2012 11:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

RIP, John Severin.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/02/14/rip-john-severin/

EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh man john severin. total boyhood hero.

scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah, one of my alltime favorites. I thought I'd posted here earlier today, but that was during one of today's internet outages. Anyway, it took a great talent to make Herb Trimpe look good.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

Aw, Dory Previn :(

Madchen, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

rip albert riddle

pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

lillian bassman

Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

Rip miss Bassman :'-(

Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 23:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

Was a huge fan of Severin- didn't he sometimes use the name "O O Severin," which I guess I just realized thirty something years later is a play on "007." In avant-ILX times I thought about doing "TS: Mort Drucker vs. John Severin." RIP everybody.

AINT ET ENNE (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 February 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

character actor Phil Bruns, best known as Mary Hartman's dad

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/159631-Phil-Bruns-Stage-and-Television-Actor-Dies-at-80

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 18 February 2012 03:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

original morty seinfeld too

buzza, Saturday, 18 February 2012 04:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

I have strong memory of seeing an episode of Mary H in which she is distraught over her marital problems and has no one to turn to so she calls her dad. He tells her he has been watching a Claudette Colbert movie on TV that he has never seen the end of and if he doesn't watch it now he will never get a chance to see how it turns out. Mary hangs up and endures her troubles in silence, alone. RIP.

Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 February 2012 15:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

Dick Anthony Williams, Tony-nominated actor whose film roles included The Mack, Dog Day Afternoon, The Jerk, and Malcolm X on stage and in TV's "King" miniseries

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/theater/dick-anthony-williams-actor-and-producer-dies-at-77.html

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

RIP Frank Carson :(

pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

:((((

the world is just a racist onion (stevie), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

RIP

the feeling is surreal (snoball), Thursday, 23 February 2012 12:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

Wrecking Crew session man Billy Strange

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2012/02/billy-strange-1930-2012.html

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

This is a weird one. Neil Hope, who played "Wheels" on the original "Degrassi Junior High" series in the 80s, apparently died in 2007 at the age of 35, but his death was just revealed publicly.

A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 16:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

Erland Josephson, of Bergman films and Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice:

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0227-erland-josephson-20120227,0,6567412.story

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

Davy Jones of the Monkees.

A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

WTF? wow!

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

My wife, who is a Monkees superfan, texted me about 10 minutes ago, so I went to find the link.

A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

aw shit of course that happened five years ago.

I had such a fontasy (stevie), Sunday, 30 December 2012 00:42 (4 months ago) Permalink

Not going to be missed: Sir Irvine Patnick.

fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 31 December 2012 11:55 (4 months ago) Permalink

Ray Collins, singer with the Mothers

nickn, Thursday, 3 January 2013 06:22 (4 months ago) Permalink

need new thread

Jeff, Thursday, 3 January 2013 12:36 (4 months ago) Permalink


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