^^covered on Friday, but that's a better obit.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 January 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
Nagisa Oshima, director of "In the Realm of the Senses" and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence".
― Das Aqualungenlied (doo dah), Tuesday, 15 January 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
Conrad Bain!
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/01/conrad-bain-dies-diffrent-strokes-star-was-89/
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
pauline phillips aka dear abby
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/business/media/pauline-phillips-flinty-adviser-to-millions-as-dear-abby-dies-at-94.html
― steaklife (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 January 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, I didn't realize until I clicked the Conrad Bain link that Rebbie Jackson's husband had died.
― (hcnuL dlO) * (Old Lunch), Thursday, 17 January 2013 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
actress Sophiya Haque (who formerly played Poppy on Coronation St)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2013/jan/17/sophiya-haque-dies-41
Only 41 :(
― Stop Gerrying Me! (onimo), Friday, 18 January 2013 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
Earl Weaver, legend of baseball
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-orioles-earl-weaver-dead,0,1452570.story
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 January 2013 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
This longtime Baltimore Orioles fan is sad. He was such a character.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 January 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
and a deep thinker on tactics, despite the circuslike personality (comparable to Stengel in that regard).
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 January 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
RIP Robert "Prop Joe" Chew
― (hcnuL dlO) * (Old Lunch), Saturday, 19 January 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
Chew is also identified with Baltimore -- "Homicide" and "The Wire"
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 January 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/james-hood-dead_n_2507556.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=754905,b=facebook
One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century ago in defiance of racial segregation has died. James Hood of Gadsden was 70.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 20 January 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
Stan Musial
― Das Aqualungenlied (doo dah), Sunday, 20 January 2013 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
At the suggestion of a pal, actor John Wayne, he carried around autographed cards of himself to give away. He enjoyed doing magic tricks for kids and was fond of pulling out a harmonica to entertain crowds with a favorite, "The Wabash Cannonball."
On top of everything else, this is what makes a hero. RIP
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 20 January 2013 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
Aw that AP story made me cry. RIP
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 20 January 2013 05:46 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that was a lovely obit
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 January 2013 06:27 (eleven years ago) link
RIP Stan the Man.
:(
― Z S, Sunday, 20 January 2013 06:37 (eleven years ago) link
Michael Winner apparently
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Monday, 21 January 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21123532
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Monday, 21 January 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.spin.com/articles/ohio-players-leroy-sugarfoot-bonner-dead?utm_source=spintwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spintwitter
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 January 2013 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
oh no:(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 January 2013 03:25 (eleven years ago) link
too young
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 January 2013 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
Stanley Karnow, journalist whose Vietnam War history became a PBS landmark:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/arts/television/stanley-karnow-historian-and-journalist-dies-at-87.html
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 07:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/arts/music/butch-morris-dies-at-65-creator-of-conduction.html?hpw&_r=0&pagewanted=print
January 29, 2013Butch Morris Dies at 65; Creator of ‘Conduction’By BEN RATLIFF
Butch Morris, who created a distinctive form of large-ensemble music built on collective improvisation that he single-handedly directed and shaped, died on Tuesday in Brooklyn. He was 65.
The cause was cancer, said Kim Smith, his publicist and friend. Mr. Morris, who lived in the East Village, died at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fort Hamilton.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
:-(
― Dr. Alfred P. Falfa (WilliamC), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
patty andrews, last surviving andrews sister
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/patty-andrews-last-surviving-member-of-singing-andrews-sisters-dead-at-94/2013/01/30/a927e6ba-6b2a-11e2-9a0b-db931670f35d_story.html
― steaklife (donna rouge), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
no longer surviving. :(
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
Now all under the apple tree in heaven...
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
I just watched Buck Privates yesterday. RIP
― abanana, Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
I have a great picture of my Grandad (then in his seventies) and a couple of his pals dressed as the Andrews Sisters.
― Madchen, Thursday, 31 January 2013 07:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.newsoxy.com/entertainment/ann-rabson-dies-114094.html
Ann Rabson, co-leader of longtime all-women Virginia blues group Saffire dies of cancer
― curmudgeon, Friday, 1 February 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
ah, the Uppity Blues Women.... they were a fixture around here for decades
― Lee626, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
Andre Cassagnes, inventor of the Etch A Sketch--practically hi-tech when I was a kid:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/02/inventor-of-100-million-selling-etch-a-sketch-dead-at-86-company-announces/
Mitt Romney to deliver eulogy.
― clemenza, Sunday, 3 February 2013 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
bringing whole etch a sketches full of women
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 3 February 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.soultracks.com/story-cecil-womack-dies
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 February 2013 02:03 (eleven years ago) link
teardrops by womack & womack
How do I get a mod to add a (RIP Cecil Womack) to this ilm thread?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 February 2013 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks.
Below from other roling obit thread:
André Cassagnes, Etch A Sketch Inventor, Is Dead at 86
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, February 4, 2013 5:45 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
RIP Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:10 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
rolling
Arpad Miklos, gay porn (and music video) star.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/mass-effect-2-zaeed-actor-robin-sachs-passes-away-at-61/
Robin Sachs
― Jeff, Thursday, 7 February 2013 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/remembering-donald-byrd-349#axzz2KLKLdg8W
Remembering Donald ByrdEugene Holley, Jr. reflects on the magic and music of the jazz legend, who passed away this week at the age of 80By Eugene Holley, Jr.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1538546/jazz-great-donald-byrd-dead-nephew-says
Donald Byrd Dead: Legendary Jazz Musician Dies At Age 80Posted: 02/07/2013 5:01 pm EST | Updated: 02/07/2013 5:07 pm EST
Legendary jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd died earlier this week at the age of 80, but news of his death was only just confirmed.
Amoeba reports that Byrd's nephew, Alex Bugnon, confirmed via Facebook that his uncle died on Feb. 4, adding that for an unexplained reason other family members were trying to keep the news of his death private.
"I have no more patience for this unnecessary shroud of secrecy placed over his death by certain members of his immediate family," wrote Bugnon.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 9 February 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
Alan Sharp, screenwriter of Night Moves and Ulzana's Raid:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/topic/obituaries
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
damn, two of the best scripts of that era
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
those are a couple of nicely harsh movies. rob roy is classic imo too.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
I don't, but i can see the similar tone in RR (had forgotten the same guy was the writer)
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
I've never seen The Hired Hand--just lazy, I know it's on DVD. I did give up on The Osterman Weekend after about 20 minutes once.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
R.I.P. Shadow Morton
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 15 February 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2013/02/16/76d3ebba-5f44-11e2-a389-ee565c81c565_story.html
Recluse Tandyn Almer wrote Along Comes Mary and did other interesting things
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 17 February 2013 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9876075/Tony-Sheridan.html
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 17 February 2013 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a459670/mr-and-mrs-host-derek-batey-dies-aged-84.html
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Monday, 18 February 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://isgeneralissimofranciscofrancostilldead.com/Franco.jpg
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
Exactly
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
Ronnie Biggs
― nackt nacht (doo dah), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
legendary Chicago radio DJ Larry Lujack
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 December 2013 17:13 (ten years ago) link
Al Goldstein, Screw magazine publisher and cable pioneer
http://www.technologytell.com/entertainment/33980/remembering-al-goldstein-midnight-blue-and-channel-35/
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 December 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
Reading the Playboy interview with him in '74 when I was 13 (courtesy the for-show subscription belonging to my pretty-sure closeted uncle) was eye-opening.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 December 2013 23:33 (ten years ago) link
oh man, the Gilbert Gottfried interview in that TT obit.
"Are there any animals you wouldn't fuck?" "You."
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 December 2013 05:32 (ten years ago) link
wow gilbert is SO coked up there
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 December 2013 07:30 (ten years ago) link
v v v funny tho"when you're done masturbating how do you know you've cum?""well i'm generally notified by mail"
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 December 2013 07:32 (ten years ago) link
kinda feeling watching midnight blue on youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wQCe_5wY6A
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 December 2013 07:41 (ten years ago) link
i mean goddamnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A98NnK8IWo
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 December 2013 08:03 (ten years ago) link
Jerry Lewis' technologized lifestyle in the '70s could be the subject of a v dark Wes Anderson film.
The host there is Stanley Siegel, who was a bit of a NY TV star in the late '70s cuz his therapist wd come on once a week and do a session w/ him.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 December 2013 12:58 (ten years ago) link
Ned Vizzini, teenage columnist for NY Press in the '90s and YA author, a suicide at 32
http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-writer-ned-vizzini-has-died-20131220,0,6354622.story#axzz2o4yJaNjc
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 December 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
David Coleman
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25476438
― ailsa, Saturday, 21 December 2013 14:27 (ten years ago) link
!
― lorde othering (darraghmac), Saturday, 21 December 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
Lord Infamous of Three 6 Mafia? The only mention I can find is via Gangsta Boo's twitter, but they were of the same group: https://twitter.com/GangstaBooQOM/status/414422057959424000
― papa smango (fadanuf4erybody), Saturday, 21 December 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
aw fuck that's really sad
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 December 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
Skip first 15 seconds of music, then...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCHrtO9WhSs
― Meg White America (Eazy), Saturday, 21 December 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
Diomedes Diaz died! http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/murio-diomedes-diaz-articulo-465606
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Monday, 23 December 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
As did yer man who invented the Kalashnikov (I only learned a couple of weeks ago that he was still alive) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25497013
― ailsa, Monday, 23 December 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
Rest in Peace, Ben Curtis:
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2013/12/benjamin_curtis_rip.php
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 December 2013 22:29 (ten years ago) link
― ailsa, Monday, 30 December 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/12/30/jerry-fine-the-man-who-made-superman-happen-dies-at-age-97
Jerry Fine, the man that introduced Jerry Siegel to Joe Shuster, and therefore is a majot player in the creation of Superman.
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 10:02 (ten years ago) link
Eiichi Ohtaki of 1970s Japanese band Happy End :
http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/singer-songwriter-eiichi-ohtaki-dies-after-collapsing-at-home
― bleak strategies (Matt #2), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 10:48 (ten years ago) link
John Fortune
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/british-comedian-john-fortune-dies-at-the-age-of-74-1.1641371
― lorde othering (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, just saw that. RIP John.
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
Golden age car racing figure (and STP guy) Andy Granatelli
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/sports/autoracing/andy-granatelli-dies-at-90-revved-businesses-and-cars.html
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
James Avery, aka Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince
― sktsh, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
Shouldn't there be a new thread?
― Can One Hear the Shape of a Ron Decline Bottle? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 19:31 (ten years ago) link
aw, the shredder!
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
yeah, bummer
― Nhex, Thursday, 2 January 2014 06:54 (ten years ago) link
Started it: Rolling Obituary Thread 2014
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 2 January 2014 07:17 (ten years ago) link