Rolling Obituary Thread: 2015

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In other words: I wonder how many classic-rock stations will make note of this.

clemenza, Monday, 7 December 2015 02:02 (ten years ago)

Nicholas Smith, the final member of the O.G. Are You Being Served? Cast.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35023713

Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:06 (ten years ago)

Jacques Denis, actor in films by Tavernier, Alain Tanner, Claire Denis

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Denis_(acteur)

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:59 (ten years ago)

john trudell

https://www.facebook.com/peltierdefensecommittee/posts/1644902819106021

donna rouge, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 03:07 (ten years ago)

Scottish journalist Ian Bell.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35068783

Madchen, Friday, 11 December 2015 08:11 (ten years ago)

Big loss to the Herald, and Scottish journalism. I will miss his elegant, clever opinion pieces. Younger than I thought, too.

Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Friday, 11 December 2015 08:38 (ten years ago)

Honduran footballer Arnold Peralta

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35068362

ailsa, Friday, 11 December 2015 09:43 (ten years ago)

basketball great Dolph Schayes

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/hall-famer-dolph-schayes-dead-87-article-1.2461463

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 12 December 2015 13:12 (ten years ago)

Marjorie Lord, sit-mom on The Danny Thomas Show

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-1212-marjorie-lord-20151212-story.html

http://toptiding.com/LWQpcOoNVS_s.jpg

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 December 2015 01:39 (ten years ago)

was that the first fat-comedian-married-to-hottie sitcom?

aaaaablnnn (abanana), Monday, 14 December 2015 08:58 (ten years ago)

Benedict Anderson died yesterday in Indonesia http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/13/world/asia/ap-as-indonesia-obit-benedict-anderson.html?_r=0

ogmor, Monday, 14 December 2015 10:54 (ten years ago)

RIP guitarist and very funny guy Adam Roth, of bile duct cancer, one month after being diagnosed.

Die Angst des Elfmans beim Torschluss (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 December 2015 20:32 (ten years ago)

Jimmy Hill: Former Match of the Day presenter dies aged 87

Anyway, it's not a three, it's a yogh. (Tom D.), Saturday, 19 December 2015 14:00 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRvDQvT5MuM

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 December 2015 15:31 (ten years ago)

Facebook has apparently decided to kill off Peter O'Toole for a second time.

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 19 December 2015 19:30 (ten years ago)

Kurt Masur

Die Angst des Elfmans beim Torschluss (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 December 2015 19:59 (ten years ago)

Lord Janner: saved by the knell.
http://gu.com/p/4f8p4?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Madchen, Saturday, 19 December 2015 20:08 (ten years ago)

Nigel Buxton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb-GbYxGLik&feature=youtu.be

suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Monday, 21 December 2015 13:02 (ten years ago)

aw

Über, Über mensch (wins), Monday, 21 December 2015 13:15 (ten years ago)

Nick Combe, the original drummer in Gallon Drunk.

suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:01 (ten years ago)

Don Howe

Anyway, it's not a three, it's a yogh. (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 18:51 (ten years ago)

Brooke McCarter, one of the teen vamps from The Lost Boys.

Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 20:00 (ten years ago)

George Clayton Johnson, author of Twilight Zone scripts, Star Trek's debut episode "The Man Trap" and co-novelist of Logan's Run

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-clayton-johnson-dead-twilight-850954

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 December 2015 23:41 (ten years ago)

Wow, what a résumé.

Die Angst des Elfmans beim Torschluss (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 December 2015 00:02 (ten years ago)

Stevie Wright of The Easybeats

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/12/28/australian-rock-legend-stevie-wright-dies.html

"Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 December 2015 20:30 (ten years ago)

Helped shape a decade:

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/haskell-wexler-dead-93-cinematographer-1201668018/

clemenza, Sunday, 27 December 2015 20:30 (ten years ago)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/us/gen-h-norman-schwarzkopf-us-commander-in-gulf-war-dies-at-78.html?_r=0

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 28 December 2015 03:27 (ten years ago)

GODDAMMIT FACEBOOK, QUIT CIRCULATING 3 YEAR OLD STORIES!

I usually don't get taken by these, but...

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 28 December 2015 03:29 (ten years ago)

Carson Van Osten, bass player for the (Todd Rundgren) Nazz, and later an artist for Disney

http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-carson-van-osten-of-nazz-1945-2015-20151227

"Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 December 2015 05:10 (ten years ago)

Meadowlark Lemon!

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/entertainment/meadowlark-lemon-obit-globetrotters-feat/

I'm not 100% sure, but I think I did see them at Maple Leaf Gardens when I was kid.

clemenza, Monday, 28 December 2015 19:31 (ten years ago)

I gasped when I read that, coming back on the train to London. RIP big guy.

voodoo rage (suzy), Monday, 28 December 2015 20:10 (ten years ago)

Lemmy.

Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 01:20 (ten years ago)

Oh, damn. His recent interview with Marc Maron was hilarious. RIP.

Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 01:35 (ten years ago)

aw, fuck.

Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 01:36 (ten years ago)

Well, that seems unlikely. RIP.

Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 01:47 (ten years ago)

There's no question that the news is true, but allow me to not believe it for a while longer. R.I.P. Lemmy

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 02:32 (ten years ago)

RIP stormin norman

the late great, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 02:47 (ten years ago)

RIP Lemmy - Killed by Death, just like he predicted.

StanM, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 04:39 (ten years ago)

it's like when Ronnie James Dio died. I knew he was sick but it never crossed my mind to picture what it would be like without him

and now bummertown usa ;_;

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 05:12 (ten years ago)

Let me get this straight, Lemmy is dead?

Anyway, it's not a three, it's a yogh. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 10:06 (ten years ago)

Meadowlark Lemmy

Mark G, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 13:25 (ten years ago)

I don't wanna live forever ;_;

kevin smith what a bro (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 14:01 (ten years ago)

Czech goalie Pavel Srnicek, 47:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/29/pavel-srnicek-newcastle-united-sheffield-wednesday-west-ham-dies-aged-47-cardiac-arrest

めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 15:38 (ten years ago)

The Specials' John Bradbury

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/29/john-bradbury-of-the-specials-dies-ages-62

Alba, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 19:47 (ten years ago)

Hearing Guru Josh as well, but can't find a link

xpost, ah there we go

ailsa, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 19:51 (ten years ago)

And there's your English-language report:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/29/guru-josh-rave-star-dies-aged-51

Alba, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 20:21 (ten years ago)

Aidan Higgins.
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/acclaimed-irish-writer-aidan-higgins-dies-aged-88-1.2478631

gradually louden lots (Øystein), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 20:50 (ten years ago)


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