Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

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In 1983, Adam West wrote a short op-ed about video games. In 2017, I'm tearing up reading it. Sleep easy, Mr. West. And thank you. pic.twitter.com/1J1ouqHDRe
— Liz Finnegan (@TheGingerarchy) June 10, 2017

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 June 2017 20:06 (nine years ago)

aw man <3

― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 11 June 2017 02:50 (nine years ago)

I watched the hell out of Batman first-run AND re-runs as a kid. RIP

thank you for inoculating me against DEADLY SERIOUS comic-book bullshit

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 June 2017 07:13 (nine years ago)

Folksinger Rosalie Sorrels.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article155658024.html

― nickn, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 00:16 (nine years ago)

Anita Pallenberg, apparently

― Who's puttin' sponge in the zings I once zung (stevie), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 21:54 (nine years ago)

Noooooooo! One of my better interviewees.

― syzygy stardust (suzy), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 21:56 (nine years ago)

Thanks for that "Lookwell" pilot link!

― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 14:43 (nine years ago)

juan goytisolo. spanish writer.

― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 17:04 (nine years ago)

Aleksey Batalov of The Cranes Are Flying, The Lady With The Dog, Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears, etc.

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:54 (nine years ago)

And he narrated Hedgehog in the Fog! RIP

― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Friday, 16 June 2017 03:05 (nine years ago)

LA city hall tonight.

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19105842_10155568695807427_3489688370962722742_n.jpg?oh=af18debe735b5f1cd2f41c7b1f506cef&oe=59D03461

― nickn, Friday, 16 June 2017 04:35 (nine years ago)

aw A<3

― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 June 2017 04:44 (nine years ago)

Helmut Kohl dead?

― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:06 (nine years ago)

http://wtop.com/europe/2017/06/german-political-party-helmut-kohl-the-chancellor-credited-with-german-reunification-has-died-at-87/

― Diana Fire (j.lu), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:27 (nine years ago)

The Guardian obit goes on about how BIG the guy was to a really alarming degree. Like he was Riesige Heuhaufen or something.

― Michael Jones, Friday, 16 June 2017 21:32 (nine years ago)

He did preside over some pretty important events, if a regional nonentity like Thatcher can get all the attention she gets...

― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Friday, 16 June 2017 23:12 (nine years ago)

John G. Avildsen

― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 17 June 2017 01:19 (nine years ago)

Thought he died years ago, then realized I was thinking of Franklin J. Schnaffner

― Wet Pelican would provide the soundtrack (Myonga Vön Bontee), Saturday, 17 June 2017 02:33 (nine years ago)

Schaffner

― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 June 2017 02:35 (nine years ago)

Ah man, Stephen Furst. Only 63.

https://deadline.com/2017/06/stephen-furst-dies-animal-house-obituary-1202115443/

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 17 June 2017 23:24 (nine years ago)

aw :(

rip Flounder

― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 June 2017 23:42 (nine years ago)

xpost thanks (damn keyboard)

― Wet Pelican would provide the soundtrack (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 18 June 2017 01:39 (nine years ago)

Brian Cant:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40335213

― ailsa, Monday, 19 June 2017 17:27 (nine years ago)

Oh no! Though I confess I thought he was dead. What a lovely voice though.

― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 19 June 2017 17:28 (nine years ago)

RIP

― Zings Can Only Get Better (snoball), Monday, 19 June 2017 17:46 (nine years ago)

Bill Dana (aka Jose Jimenez)

― nomar, Monday, 19 June 2017 22:54 (nine years ago)

Otto Warmbier, 22. Absolutely horrific.

― flappy bird, Monday, 19 June 2017 22:57 (nine years ago)

"Don't go to North Korea." How can so many people be incapable of understanding a simple, five-word rule?

― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 19 June 2017 23:20 (nine years ago)

that is a sickening story, just horrible.

vividly recall being almost physically nauseated by all the rando facebook comments i stumbled across when he was convicted that all went "lol, he deserved it! what a moron!" can only assume all those ppl were future trump voters.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 19 June 2017 23:36 (nine years ago)

(not directed at unperson -- i think it's insane that there's a company that actually offers new year's and st patrick's day pub crawl tours of north korea, wtf.)

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 19 June 2017 23:46 (nine years ago)

I would never say he deserved it, obviously. I'm just saying don't go to North Korea. Ever.

― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 00:05 (nine years ago)

Clint Eastwood, apparently

― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 15:18 (nine years ago)

Maybe. Still looking for a reputable source.

― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 15:18 (nine years ago)

There was a snopes-displled rumor that he was found dead last month, so I guess it's in the air.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 15:21 (nine years ago)

So weird - last week I was on a flight back to the UK from NYC and the photographer I was traveling with turned to me and said "Sad about Clint Eastwood, isn't it?" And I said "What?" And I realised he'd just woken up (it'd been 48 hours of red-eye flights and long hours) and dreamed that Clint Eastwood had died, but he was convinced he'd seen a headline about it earlier in the day while we were in transit, and he leaned over to the passenger next to us, a stranger, to see if she knew anything about it, knocking his jack and coke all over me in the process.

― Shanty Brunch (stevie), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 15:22 (nine years ago)

I dunno, malaysiandigest.com is reputable enough for me. RIP, big man.

― I Love It When They Call Me Big Pharma (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 15:24 (nine years ago)

I will make the prediction that if he is not dead, he will be dead soon.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 15:25 (nine years ago)

Little known fact: Malaysia's national news agency, ever since "Every Which Way But Loose" was a big hit there thanks to orangutan preservation efforts, has a dedicated 24/7 Clint Eastwood desk.

― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 15:27 (nine years ago)

can only assume all those ppl were future trump voters.

Obviously he didn't in any way deserve whatever happened to him, but there's a long history of dumb American tourists going to other places and assuming the local rules don't really apply to them, a very Trumpian trait.

― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 16:28 (nine years ago)

Prodigy from Mobb Deep, at 42.

― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:14 (nine years ago)

RIP, fucking loved The Infamous :(

― calzino, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:18 (nine years ago)

Oh wow. That link made me realize I've never actually seen the video for Shook Ones before, which is basically a perfect song as far as I'm concerned.

― joygoat, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 20:13 (nine years ago)

I was just youtubing Right Back at You and feeling quite emotional for loads of different reasons:(

― calzino, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 20:15 (nine years ago)

omg! Up North Trip was another classic.

― calzino, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 20:24 (nine years ago)

Bill Dana (aka Jose Jimenez)

aaaand we'll just leave it there

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 21:04 (nine years ago)

Gabe Pressman, pioneering local TV reporter in NY since the '50s

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Gabe-Pressman-WNBC-Dead-430323423.html

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 June 2017 16:37 (nine years ago)

Paul Berlin, legendary Houston radio personality

http://m.chron.com/entertainment/article/Longtime-Houston-DJ-Paul-Berlin-dies-at-86-11243175.php#photo-13140836

― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 23 June 2017 23:12 (nine years ago)

Pianist - composer Geri Allen:
http://wbgo.org/post/geri-allen-brilliantly-expressive-pianist-composer-and-educator-dies-60#stream/0

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:33 (eight years ago)

RIP :(

― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:35 (eight years ago)

I had only just read she was gravely ill earlier, RIP.

― calzino, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:44 (eight years ago)

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