Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

Yeah, that's where I remember him best for sure.

fuck...he was great. really outstanding in almost everything I saw him in, though Extreme Prejudice is my go-to for him. but really yeah, Deadwood, Southern Comfort, Tombstone...lots of great roles. actually was thinking a lot about him more recently after Paxton died, because he was one of the leads in Frailty.

He was Jim Jones to me.

There's that cliche about "real" comedians being able to make you laugh just by standing on a stage and doing nothing. Boothe was kind of the same, except for communicating "you don't want to fuck with me".

A member of Friends of Abe, apparently :-(

that seems vmic.

you guys still give a shit about the political beliefs of goddamn actors, huh

A tiny bit more of a shit than I give about yr political beliefs, prob.

tough but fair

James Redd noted the death of 61-year old New Yorker Sal Cuevas over on ILM

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2017/05/12/in-memoriam-sal-cuevas/

Cuevas quickly rose to be one of the most in-demand bassists in latin music. He was a member of the Fania All-Stars from 1978 to 1985 and played for a who’s who of salsa, jazz, and pop including Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Héctor Lavoe, Ray Barretto, Tito Puente, Machito, Celia Cruz, Larry Harlow, Ismael Miranda, Eddie Palmieri, Gloria Estefan, the Black Eyed Peas, and more. Cuevas was also a top-call bassist in the lucrative jingle scene of the ’70s and ’80s. He’s often credited as an innovator of Salsa music by incorporating new techniques into his bass playing.

Brad Grey, 59.

Ian Brady

rip

My friend David told me the story of the teacher at Shawlands Academy who used to say to new pupils, "John Martyn sat there ... and Ian Brady over there..."

John Stalker (remember him? probably not): "I have always been implacably opposed to capital punishment but I would have made an exception in this case". Not that implacable then.

Yeah, exactly..

'Maybe have a referendum after each mass-murder' (nobody)

John Cygan, actor in "The Commish" and several video games

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-cygan-dead-commish-actor-was-63-1003999

"I'll let you go out in STYLE!"

good riddance to bad rubbish re Ian Brady.

rip threads really not the place vg, critical reappraisal of his work is best done elsewhere

lol

saw that Ian Brady had died and I immediately thought of ailsa bc she always picked him in the dead pools I ran

good riddance to bad rubbish re Ian Brady.

I never liked him either

Thing is, people die, and they all rest in peace.

Unless you are of the belief they potentially suffer in the afterlife, etc.

There was Jimmy Savile, resting nicely, until all the stories broke so they dug him up, destroyed his memorial headstone/plot, and chucked his remains, I dunno where... next to the main line through Clapham Junction? Noisy enough for you Jim?

I immediately thought of ailsa bc she always picked him in the dead pools I ran

Yep. Top of the list of people I never felt bad about picking because, y'know, evil bastard.

I never liked him either

― in a soylent whey (wins), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 07:54

My favourite recent post

Rhodri Morgan

Chris Cornell!

BREAKING: Chris Cornell, lead singer for rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, has died, his rep says

— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 18, 2017

OH GOD 2017 STOP TAKING ALL THE GENIUSES

Damn, Soundgarden was gonna play a theatre here Thursday week, and I was thinking of going based on recent ILM reports re:their current live show.

roger ailes

Good.

Well, yeah.

Fuck yeah

rupert next

maybe all the news reports were saying "roger ails" all along, and subeditors kept fucking it up

i think it's fair to say that rupert takes much better care of himself than human/hutt hybrid ailes ever did, not that i won't leap for joy when murdoch finally succumbs

gone too late x

Thanking u yet again, bizarro.

ha, yr welcome

Anyone have him in Dead Pool?

woohoo

Good fuckin riddance. Died in disgrace, as he deserved.

I didn't think much of Soundgarden either, but that's a bit strong.

Posts you had second thought about and decided not to post - put them here

ah celebrities

Sorry to hear about the passing of Roger Ailes. He and I shared many laughs He was always very nice to me and I counted him as a friend

— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) May 18, 2017

I don't know who those particular people are, but that tweet reminds me of Limmy (the Scottish comedian) habitually tweeting made-up platitudes after well-known figures' deaths, for which he got into trouble with regard to Ian Brady the other day. He had to delete said tweet this time, but I think the above helps illustrate at least part of what his long-running joke may be.

"Had the pleasure of meeting x at a charity do once. (S)he was surprisingly down to earth and VERY funny."

http://www.avclub.com/article/human-boil-roger-ailes-mourned-online-ceaseless-pa-255595

Slug-like sexual predator and architect of today’s broken political discourse Roger Ailes died this morning, disgraced and unemployed.

so glad people aren't holding back with this guy.

Dave Cutler, the last of Adge's siblings. That's a very regional and specific onr.

Saw a report on FB that Creem's Richard C. Walls has passed on.

Aww, bummer. Was a huge CREEM fan growing up. Still got a few around here. Definitely remember his name, not hitting me like Rick Johnson's death did, but still a definite bummer. RIP Richard.