Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

XP Schecky Greene better check in with a health professional asap.

Mort Sahl too

Cool trivia on Richard Anderson is that he once was in the cast of two different primetime shows that ran simultaneously (different time slots) on two competing networks. Because one bionic show was on ABC and the other on NBC in 1977-78. He and his cast-mate Martin E. Brooks may be the only actors who have pulled this off. (Imdb mentions other actors with two shows, but they don't address the two different networks part).

Pears' Cyclopaedia :(

Ann Jellicoe, playwright who wrote the Knack, and also directed my mother in Woking's community play.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/sep/01/ann-jellicoe-obituary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Apparently Walter Becker?

https://walterbecker.com

Fagen had said a couple of months back that Becker was recovering from a procedure but gave no further details.

wait that goes to a weird federalist site. try

http://www.walterbecker.com/

oh no no no. met him once without having any idea who he was despite SD being one of the most important bands for me ever -- I will write more on their thread I guess.

aw shit :(

RIP, one of the COAT

That was GOAT and I hate my phone and thumbs

Coolest, tbf

real punch in the gut if this is the case

Noooo ...

it's legit, I am legit sad.

Colossal bummer

No!!!!!!!!!!!

And now word of John Ashbery having passed as well.

We are very sorry to hear of the loss of our admired and beloved contributor John Ashbery. https://t.co/r81Kz7cMRB

— The Paris Review (@parisreview) September 3, 2017

Two of Bard's best.

Was just thinking that

Murray Lerner

http://variety.com/2017/music/news/documentary-filmmaker-murray-lerner-60s-70s-music-dead-new-york-1202546989/

Holger Czukay

Rick Stevens, former Tower of Power singer and triple murderer.

Oof, isn't that two Can members this year?

Jesus, losing the CAN rhythm section is like one of the laws of physics being rescinded. Vale Holger.

things are moving so fast they can't even keep the dead musicians straight

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/former-tower-of-power-lead-singer-rick-stevens-dead-at-77/ar-AArmal2?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

Kate Millett, author of Sexual Politics, at 82.

Troy Gentry of Country Dudes Montgomery Gentry, in a helicopter crash

http://www.wideopencountry.com/montgomery-gentry/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=partner&utm_term=authtx&utm_campaign=authtx

Don Williams

http://m.chron.com/life/article/Don-Williams-country-music-s-Gentle-Giant-has-12183755.php

Don Williams had such a smooth voice, him and Whispering Bill Anderson was a couple of my mom's favorite country singers. From what I always understood, Don Williams was really popular in west Africa.

sci-fi writer Jerry Pournelle

Earlnash, have you read that book Hidden in the Mix, by Diane Pecknold?

Don Williams had such a smooth voice, him and Whispering Bill Anderson was a couple of my mom's favorite country singers. From what I always understood, Don Williams was really popular in west Africa.

Massively popular in Zimbabwe as well, it turns out. Pretty cool!

Meantime, just learned that Celia Mancini of King Loser passed -- real shame.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/201857627/king-loser-s-celia-mancini-has-died

!! Genuinely gutted....

Michael Friedman, writer of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON

http://www.playbill.com/article/michael-friedman-composer-of-bloody-bloody-andrew-jackson-dies-at-41

Oof. That's a great show. Hearing lots of stories about his generosity and talent this morning from theater friends.

Blunt reminder too that we can control HIV but it's not curable yet.

Len Wein, truly one of THE figures of comics:

https://io9.gizmodo.com/len-wein-co-creator-of-wolverine-and-editor-of-watchme-1803098383

Oh man RIP

Within 6 months of Bernie too.

I wouldn't still read comics if it wasn't for Len. Swamp Thing is the single character that pulled me back in as an adult and House of Secrets #92 is still a favourite.

RIP Len Wein. I met him once in a hotel bar after a comic convention in central London - he was extremely affable and approachable, and wore his 'big name pro' status very lightly.

Oh shit len wein

I haven't bought a new comic-book in years and only rarely read my old comic books, but a name like that strikes deep within my memories

I know he's a bad bad man but I will weep tears when Stan goes

Don Ohlmeyer, TV sports/programming exec/producer

Wiki:

Shortly after (Norm) Macdonald was taken off the Weekend Update desk, David Letterman, during a taping of his CBS network television program the Late Show, called Don an "idiot" and referred to Ohlmeyer as "Happy Hour Don" (a reference to Ohlmeyer's problems with alcohol). After the taping, Letterman decided that his comment was inappropriate and had the reference edited out of the broadcast, but the comment (which was heard by the entire live studio audience) was publicized shortly thereafter in a report in the New York Post.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/don-ohlmeyer-dead-at-72-nbc-must-see-tv-1202553810/

Steve Howe's son Virgil, a drummer who played on some of Steve's albums.

Due to the tragic, unexpected death of guitarist Steve Howe’s beloved younger son Virgil, the remaining #YESTIVAL dates have been cancelled. pic.twitter.com/u1934a93Ng

— YESofficial (@yesofficial) September 11, 2017

Oh man. So sad. Poor Steve...

wtf? Wasn't he touring with them? Shocker.

No, that's the other son, Dylan.

Sir Peter Hall, 86.