Rolling Obituary Thread 2013

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/mass-effect-2-zaeed-actor-robin-sachs-passes-away-at-61/

Robin Sachs

http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/remembering-donald-byrd-349#axzz2KLKLdg8W

Remembering Donald Byrd
Eugene Holley, Jr. reflects on the magic and music of the jazz legend, who passed away this week at the age of 80
By 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 80
Posted: 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.

Alan Sharp, screenwriter of Night Moves and Ulzana's Raid:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/topic/obituaries

damn, two of the best scripts of that era

those are a couple of nicely harsh movies. rob roy is classic imo too.

I don't, but i can see the similar tone in RR (had forgotten the same guy was the writer)

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.

R.I.P. Shadow Morton

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

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9876075/Tony-Sheridan.html

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a459670/mr-and-mrs-host-derek-batey-dies-aged-84.html

RIP, Jerry Buss:

http://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2013/2/18/4000992/lakers-dr-jerry-buss-has-passed-away-cancer

former duke basketball player phil henderson, best known for dunking on alonzo mourning in 1989. he was 44.

richard briers

Donald Richie, scholar/critic of Japanese film and culture

http://www.fandor.com/blog/daily-donald-richie-1924-2013

Kevin Ayers, the founding member of 1960s psychedelic band Soft Machine, has died aged 68.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21517041

Wow, Richie was a nice guy, the few times I talked to him. And Kevin Ayers! Sad.

Awww RIP Bob Godfrey of Henry's Cat and Roobarb fame (also that Isambard Kingdom Brunel cartoon I was allowed to stay up late and watch a couple of times) (also an animated Kama Sutra which I have never seen)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21552718

Two Roobarb-connected deaths in the space of a week!

RIP

ray cusick

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Dalek_2010_Redesign.jpg/200px-Dalek_2010_Redesign.jpg

RIP, Cleotha Staples, who was the oldest, apart from Pops of course: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/arts/music/cleotha-staples-of-the-staple-singers-dies-at-78.html?_r=0.

Van Cliburn

Bonnie Franklin of TV's "One Day at a Time"

peter harvey

canberra

oh no :(

Chávez has just died, according to the Guardian.

all righty then

maybe that horse will look to the right again

Rest In Peace, Alvin Lee.

http://www.eastvillageradio.com/content/content.php?id=5747

Stompin' Tom Connors, eh!
http://www.globaltoronto.com/music+legend+stompin+tom+connors+77+dies/6442822944/story.html

good ol' hockey game

As a native of Tillsonburg, this is sad news.

Kenny Ball :(

Paul Bearer (William Moody)

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/uk-usa-people-moody-idUKBRE9251I220130306

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5230/5617825645_f59c337c25_z.jpg

Bummer! I somehow missed his passing. RIP, wonderfully creepy man.

The geezer might have been a Nazi at one point but I reckons Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist is worthy of an RIP

the thing about peter banks dying is that the headlines look like they're saying 'that's right, he's dead'

noted elsewhere on Maiden thread but: former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/clive-burr-ex-iron-maiden-drummer-dead-at-56-20130313

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21798955

Norman Collier, R_P

proper Hull :(

rest in pea ig ma

He had the faulty microphone gimmick but I'm sure he had another one as well that I've completely forgotten

winding car window up and down

RIP Leroy Fleming, sax player in Chuck Brown's Soul Searchers, best known for "Bustin' Loose"

http://www.tmottgogo.com/the-passing-of-leroy-fleming/

http://www.soultracks.com/bobby-smith-dies

Singer from the Spinners ("He was also the group's original lead singer, and was the voice on the Spinners' first hit, "That's What Girls Are Made For" and shared the lead with Philippe Wynne - and later, John Edwards - on the group's biggest hits in the 1970s, including "I'll Be Around," "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" and "Games People Play."

Jason Molina http://stereogum.com/1290512/r-i-p-jason-molina/top-stories/lead-story/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21828965

Frank Thornton aka Captain Peacock of Are You Being Served & Truly from Last Of The Summer Wine

:(

David Dewaele, 37, actor in the last 2 Bruno Dumont films.