Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

maybe take that to a tutting thread elsewhere

dead committed anti-feminists are among the creepiest people not alive imo

im hale & hearty thank u

John Hurt is such a good actor, but even when he was young he looked on the verge of death. Just beaten and broken, which is partly what made him so perfect for many of his roles.

It's a bad day to be 77: Alexander Chancellor has also died.

Hurt always carried two extra decades of gravitas. Just 43 filming 1984:
https://jambatt.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/screen-shot-2011-09-10-at-6-11-51-pm.png

I've never seen A Man for All Seasons--wonder if a lot of people first saw him in Midnight Express like I did.

He has a wonderful ageless quality as the Fool in Lear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQE3muaVRnY

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/nation-now/2017/01/25/marvell-thomas-stax-soul-musician-dies-memphis/97064840/

Rufus' son, Carla's brother who played a big role on Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul and other Stax efforts

English-friendly stuff on Emmanuelle Riva

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/emmanuelle-riva-dead-amour-dies-1201972169/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2017/jan/28/emmanuelle-riva-a-life-in-pictures-hiroshima-mon-amour

What's the Melville film she is in with Belmondo, Leon Morin, Prêtre?

RIP, Marvell Thomas. My understanding is that he filled in on keyboards/was the house keyboardist when Booker T was away at college.

yes, Redd

they were in at least one other together (not Melville)

Time for "Burning Hearts," by My Favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBIz0G_pls

Black Sabbath's (offstage) keyboards / 2nd guitar / Ozzy vocal-doubler guy Geoff Nicholls:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/geoff-nicholls-black-sabbath-keyboardist-dead-at-68-w463564

http://www.johnwetton.com/

Rock music legend John Wetton sadly passed away in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday 31st January 2017, after a long and courageous battle against colon cancer.

RIP. Your King Crimson was the best King Crimson.

Namco's Masaya Nakamura
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/business/pac-man-masaya-nakamura-dead.html

Your King Crimson was the best King Crimson.

Absolutely. And with all members still alive, I'd been able to hold onto hope of a reunion. No more.

He'd been sick for a while, right? There were some recent pictures of him where he looked...not well. Great singer, as rough as his voice could be it fit Crimson so well. "Exiles" is one of my favorite vocal performances ever.

Bobby Freeman, of "Do You Wanna Dance?" & "C'Mon and Swim" fame

http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2017/01/passings-bobby-freeman-1939-2017.html?m=1

Marta Becket, creator of the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley, 92. I had a chance to go see her there 5-10 years ago but couldn't because of car problems.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/local/nevada/marta-becket-who-made-amargosa-opera-house-famous-dies-92

Deke Leonard, of Man, habitué of ILM's Horrible 70s album titles like I've Got My Own Album To Do thread

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-38827091

Desmond Carrington (had just looked him up the other day to see if he was still alive following the shuffling of Brian Matthews off the Radio 2 roster)

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/02/radio-2-stalwart-desmond-carrington-dies-at-90/

"Do You Wanna Dance," for me, is more foolproof than "Louie, Louie" or "Hey Joe" or just about any song ever. The Ramones and the Beach Boys and the Mamas & the Papas all have great versions, and the original's greater than all of them.

"do you wanna dance" died? :(

that's one of my favorite songs of all time, i was going to do a poll of the different versions once but didn't feel like linking to all the versions

You should. I don't know of any besides those four (the four most famous?), but even there I suspect it'd be close (and that the Ramones, not Bobby Freeman, would win).

I found an email with 12 different versions w youtubes so apparently I was pretty serious about this at some point! Maybe I will. I love that song so much.

Cliff Richard, Bette Midler charted with it

Morbs beat me to it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGpwgSo3THE

I was checking out some stuff on the Kent label website the other day, and on one of their comps (don't remember which) they've got Freeman doing a JBs-style "Do You Wanna Dance '70"--sadly not on youtube.

You mean actually sad, right, not, you know, "sad"?

Well, "sadly" in that I'd like to hear more than the 30-second clip Kent had up. Sounded cool.

David Stroughter of Majesty Crush and P.S. I Love You
http://www.metrotimes.com/city-slang/archives/2017/02/01/rip-majesty-crushs-david-stroughter

Ah that's a shame. Met him once in the late nineties, friendly guy.

Hearing Marc Spitz (the music writer) has passed.

47... christ
http://pitchfork.com/news/71369-music-journalist-marc-spitz-dead-at-47/

Sonny Geraci, 69, lead singer of the Outsiders and Climax.

http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2017/02/passings-sonny-geraci-of-outsiders-and.html

we can only hope that Wally Tax will be there to greet him at St. Peter's gate

Lol. RIP.

David Axelrod (the musician)

:(

Joost van der Westhuizen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38882762

granddad, chicago's 86yo lungfish

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170206/downtown/bye-granddad-shedd-aquarium-puts-down-86-year-old-lungfish

;_; rip granddad

"For a fish who spent much of his time imitating a fallen log, he sparked curiosity, excitement and wonder among guests of all ages"

Tom Lux, American poet.

Film preservationist David Shepard

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/movies/david-shepard-film-preservationist-dies-at-76.html

beloved doubletalk comedian Professor Irwin Corey, 102

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/professor-irwin-corey-dead-comedian-928653

Hans Rosling :(

xp aw :(

Oh no... I learned a lot from his talks and interviews.

Alec McCowen

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/feb/07/alec-mccowen-obituary

he's so very funny in Hitchcock's Frenzy, which i recently rewatched