Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

:(

Fats was the god, RIP

RIP Fats, a musical saint

Walter Lassally, cinematographer of early Tony Richardson films, Merchant-Ivory, Zorba the Greek

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walter-lassally-dead-oscar-winning-cinematographer-zorba-greek-was-90-1051421

What an absolute downer:( Going to blast out some Fats later.

Brent Briscoe, character actor of Mulholland Dr., "Parks and Recreation" and Twin Peaks 2.0 (Detective Macklay)

https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-brent-briscoe-from-twin-peaks-and-parks-and-recr-1819754694

Barry Z, NYC public access TV host. Michael Musto calls him "the original Jiminy Glick"

Ian McKellen
http://mailonline-tv.com/breaking-english-actor-ian-mckellen-dies-aged-78/

Hoax.

https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/ian-mckellen-alive-death-hoax-sends-internet-meltdown/

oh sorry

Better if he had just shown up in public in a white robe

Landmark feminist art historian, Linda Nochlin. RIP

Keith Wilder, founder of the band Heatwave, has passed away. 🙏🏾 #RIPKeithWilder https://t.co/UgjvUEg1s2 pic.twitter.com/70zs8BrWZU

— Okayplayer (@okayplayer) October 30, 2017

That fucking jumper.

Is so awesome. RIP Keith.

Dennis Banks

https://apnews.com/1c04cc7faef345d8855f62f7eeb7ade1

Jack Bannon of "Lou Grant"

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jack-bannon-20171027-story.html

Muhal Richard Abrams
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/obituaries/muhal-richard-abrams-dead-idiosyncratic-pianist-and-composer.html

mike hudson of the pagans
http://www.laweekly.com/music/mike-hudson-of-cleveland-punks-the-pagans-dead-at-61-8807350

Paddy Russell, the first woman to direct Doctor Who (The Massacre, Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Pyramids of Mars and Fang Rock) and with sterling work on many other enterprises of the time such as Compact, Out of the Unknown (the amazing Come Buttercup, Come Daisy with Milo O'Shea), Z Cars and Within These Walls. Also did nearly a full year on Emmerdale and the first two years of 3-2-1.

https://scifibulletin.com/2017/11/03/rip-director-paddy-russell/

muhal richard abrams and mike hudson? fuck it, those are sad losses

Aww man, that sucks about Mike Hudson. I used to have a really cool rekkid by Hudson/Styrene, wherein he recited these seedy stories of the Amerikan underbelly, accompanied by the artsy and evocative music of Clevo legends The Styrenes. It's a wonderful piece of music, side 2 takes a whole to itself, that I highly recommend if you should see it around. And, of course, The Pagans were one of the seminal U.S. punk bands of their day/all time. I didn't know about the journalism stuff, maybe we'll get lucky and someone will compile and publish some/all of it. In any case, RIP Mike.

I was hoping to see the Pagans as they were playing the echo or echoplex, can't remember which, in LA the night after I was due to arrive there. I probably wouldn't have been able to get a lift anyway but Mike Hudson was in a car crash and the gig was cancelled. RIP dude

John Mollo, Oscar-winning costume designer for Star Wars and historical consultant on Barry Lyndon

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/01/john-mollo-obituary

Dudley Simpson, maybe the greatest composer in 70s British television.

http://m.doctorwhonews.net/2017/11/dudley-simpson-1922-2017.html

Katie Lee, of "Songs of Couch and Consultation"

http://azdailysun.com/news/local/singer-arizona-activist-katie-lee-dies-at/article_450d9a19-6b5f-5f5d-bd13-868fad8b597d.html

Nancy Friday
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/obituaries/nancy-friday-84-best-selling-student-of-gender-politics-dies.html

Gemini and Apollo astronaut Dick Gordon
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/07/517135258/nasa-astronaut-dick-gordon-has-died-at-age-88

Roy Halladay, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher in Toronto and Philadelphia

https://deadspin.com/roy-halladay-killed-in-plane-crash-1820229860

140 character limit on Twitter, 2006 - 2017

Wow. That's going to all of a sudden lead to a bunch of undisciplined tweets from important and powerful people.

Chris Barker Creates New Beatles Memorial Album Cover for Deceased Celebrities in 2017

https://comicsands.com/news/chris-barker-beatles-dead-celebrities-climate-change/?utm_content=inf_10_3759_2&utm_source=csands&tse_id=INF_d198a5f0c3f711e7b926579f881108d6

A meme that'll surely go unmourned

Who is Carly Simon-esque lady in lower right?

Haha this tweet in that story, I can only assume the ellipsis is signalling an excellent self-burn.

christhebarker @christhebarker

Someone on facebook has just said they look forward to this more than the @johnlewis Christmas ad...

Paddington Bear. (xp)

Carly Simon lady is Joni Sledge I think

Haha this tweet in that story, I can only assume the ellipsis is signalling an excellent self-burn.

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christhebarker @christhebarker

Someone on facebook has just said they look forward to this more than the @johnlewis Christmas ad...
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Antonio Carluccio, tv chef and Italian restaurant franchiser.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41920229

(Assuming this page will be updated, is only breaking news at present)

Reportedly, composer/arranger Paul Buckmaster.

Karin Dor, German film actress of You Only Live Twice and Hitchcock's Topaz

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/karin-dor-dead-bond-girl-you-live-twice-was-79-1056194

Antonio Carluccio, tv chef and Italian restaurant franchiser.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41920229

(Assuming this page will be updated, is only breaking news at present)

― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Wednesday, November 8, 2017 7:50 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nooooooooooo antonio

He really didn't like any herbs or garlic in his bolognese, next time I do one I'll try that as a tribute.

i would always put garlic in but never herbs. maybe a spot of nutmeg.

he also insisted on tagliatelle rather than spag. I tend put some oregano or basil, fresh or otherwise. But I probably learned this from Brit recipes. I notice one of his recipes advised butter rather than olive oil, I'm all up for that.

i used to do the elizabeth david recipe (which doesn't specify the pasta you should use). n.b. i preferred it without the chicken liver

This is the true name of the Bolognese sauce which, in one form or another, has travelled round the world. In Bologna it is served mainly with lasagne verdi, but it can go with many other kinds of pasta. The ingredients to make enough sauce for six generous helpings are 8oz [225g] lean minced beef, 4oz [115g] of chicken livers, 3oz [85g] of uncooked ham, both fat and lean, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 1 small piece of celery, 3 tablespoonfuls of concentrated tomato purée, 1 wineglassful of white wine, 2 wineglassfuls of stock or water, butter, salt and pepper, nutmeg.

Cut the bacon or ham into very small pieces and brown them gently in a small saucepan in about ½oz [15g] of butter. Add the onion, the carrot, and the celery, all finely chopped. When they have browned, put in the raw minced beef, and then turn it over and over so that it all browns evenly. Now add the chopped chicken livers, and after 2 or 3 minutes the tomato purée, and then the white wine. Season with salt (having regard to the saltiness of the ham or bacon), pepper, and a scraping of nutmeg, and add the meat stock or water. Cover the pan and simmer the sauce very gently for 30-40 minutes. Some Bolognese cooks add at the last 1 cupful of cream or milk to the sauce, which makes it smoother.

When the ragu is to be served with spaghetti or tagliatelle, mix it with the hot pasta in a heated dish so that the pasta is thoroughly impregnated with the sauce, and add a good piece of butter before serving. Hand the grated cheese separately.

This is the recipe given me by Zia Nerina, a splendid woman, titanic of proportion but angelic of face and manner, who in the 1950s owned and ran the Trattoria Nerina in Bologna.

Obits now rolling in on Paul Buckmaster

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-buckmaster-dead/

"Tiny Dancer," right?

he also insisted on tagliatelle rather than spag

I'm not bothered about authenticity when it comes to bolognese, but this is absolutely croosh

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/john-hillerman-higgins-magnum-p-dies-84-230644411.html

John Hillerman ;_;

https://mysentimentsnotexactly.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/higgins.gif?w=656