Rolling Obituary Thread: 2018

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RIP the original Liz Frazer.

Scottish Country Tweerking (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:45 (seven years ago)

burt reynolds

mookieproof, Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:56 (seven years ago)

damn...I'm not surprised, he's looked pretty frail for a few years now.

I think he was pretty damn underrated, back in the early days when he was committed to being more "serious" onscreen he really seemed like a major star presence, and I think his more lightweight mustache era work kind of undermined his legacy a bit. But he was good.

omar little, Thursday, 6 September 2018 19:03 (seven years ago)

aw man

i loved Burt :(

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 September 2018 19:33 (seven years ago)

Not the Liz Fraser I care about

Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Thursday, 6 September 2018 19:35 (seven years ago)

Thank you for that contribution. RIP Burt.

Scottish Country Tweerking (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:11 (seven years ago)

I had a big cardboard cutout of Burt Reynolds (taken from spec savers, I think?) from the end of school through university. Not entirely sure why...

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:16 (seven years ago)

The Man Who Loved Women will forever resonate int me soul

Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Friday, 7 September 2018 17:57 (seven years ago)

The NY library actually has a copy of that on *VHS*. The idea of a Blake Edwards remake of a Truffaut film is still bizarre.

Burt voted for Trump, so no wonder he was dumb enough to turn down the Nicholson role in Terms of Endearment.

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:07 (seven years ago)

Mac Miller

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 7 September 2018 20:50 (seven years ago)

http://www.tmz.com/2018/09/07/mac-miller-dead-dies/

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 7 September 2018 20:50 (seven years ago)

Jesus

wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 20:52 (seven years ago)

Damn!

flappy bird, Friday, 7 September 2018 21:06 (seven years ago)

Bill Daily

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bill-daily-major-healey-dream-025534854.html

Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 8 September 2018 06:18 (seven years ago)

RIP Howard Borden

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 September 2018 09:43 (seven years ago)

seriously, wtf is wrong with showbiz obit writers these days? who the motherfuck values Jeannie over Bob Newhart?

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 September 2018 09:45 (seven years ago)

RIP. Loved that guy. Can’t quite remember his appearance on MTM.

Cruel Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 September 2018 10:49 (seven years ago)

Ah, seemed it was a proposed spinoff for Jim

Cruel Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 September 2018 10:51 (seven years ago)

Joseph Schindelman - original illustrator for the Charlie & The Chocolate Factory books
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=190145327
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/i-still-enjoy-what-a-line-can-do

Elvis Telecom, Monday, 10 September 2018 18:05 (seven years ago)

Adam Clymer, NY Times correspondent 1977-2003; (called "major-league asshole" by GWB)

Josefa, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 13:08 (seven years ago)

Gary John Bassett aka Johnny Strike of Crime.

Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:44 (seven years ago)

Fenella Fielding

Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:56 (seven years ago)

I loved Fenella Fielding, such a unique character, I feel like she never found a vehicle big enough for her.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 19:25 (seven years ago)

Gary John Bassett aka Johnny Strike of Crime

Ah man. Now there's a band.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 19:38 (seven years ago)

Is that the Crime who did Murder By Guitar?

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 19:43 (seven years ago)

yes

Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:17 (seven years ago)

Piss On Your Dog is sort of classic!

calzino, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:20 (seven years ago)

I mean the gutter-punk song by Crime, of course.

calzino, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:22 (seven years ago)

As opposed to no you don't understand its the name of, urrr

Mark G, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:37 (seven years ago)

apparently the song was originally called Prisoner Dog but they changed it because someone misheard the lyrics and they liked the misheard version better

Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 22:01 (seven years ago)

RIP Fenella

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6e/ce/33/6ece33078efd9ca8739535f9e49bfdbf.jpg

Scottish Country Tweerking (Tom D.), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 22:31 (seven years ago)

Rachid Taha.

mike t-diva, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 12:58 (seven years ago)

What?! Aw, man.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 13:00 (seven years ago)

Only 59. https://m.france24.com/en/20180912-french-based-algerian-singer-rachid-taha-dies-59

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:51 (seven years ago)

Beloved theatre veteran and three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie has passed away at 57 https://t.co/kCKouXuy0W pic.twitter.com/p3HwwzPmbo

— Playbill (@playbill) September 13, 2018

mookieproof, Thursday, 13 September 2018 19:25 (seven years ago)

I saw Marin Mazzie in Kiss Me, Kate in '99; an immense talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yiKD64iqh8

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 September 2018 23:56 (seven years ago)

Dudley Sutton (actor who appeared in The Leather Boys, The Devils and lots of other stuff)

soref, Saturday, 15 September 2018 16:22 (seven years ago)

absolute classic character actor

every day there's a whining choad (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 15 September 2018 18:16 (seven years ago)

;_; RIP Dudley

Zach Same (Tom D.), Saturday, 15 September 2018 18:18 (seven years ago)

He was brilliant in The Beiderbecke Affair, so many lines I repeat to this day. I made soup in a cooking contest in China and told a local journalist it was "lurking vegetable soup" and she actually printed it in the paper. RIP Dudley.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 15 September 2018 18:31 (seven years ago)

NOOOOOO I have been on a huge Space: 1999 jag lately and she is my favourite! 72 is far too young, how unfair.

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 15 September 2018 21:55 (seven years ago)

RIP Dudley

Visibly Over 25 (snoball), Sunday, 16 September 2018 07:31 (seven years ago)

Wrecking Crew bassist Max Bennett, at 90. Accompanied Peggy Lee, Joni Mitchell and countless others:
https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/330291-rip-max-bennett/
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/another-bass-giant-has-passed-rip-max-bennett.1363977/
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/farewell-max-bennett.1363947/
https://observer.com/2016/04/the-unbelievable-true-story-of-the-wrecking-crews-max-bennett/

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 September 2018 19:49 (seven years ago)

According to Ted Gioia on Twitter, saxophonist Big Jay McNeely has died at 91. I had no idea he was still alive. You can figure out everything you need to know about his style from this immortal photo:

https://marmosetmusic-com.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/artist/photo/1050/homepage_large_a65d9fe5-2bd0-4e86-9e0e-3fad2be96326.jpg

grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 16 September 2018 23:31 (seven years ago)

Damn. RIP

flappy bird, Monday, 17 September 2018 01:37 (seven years ago)

RIP Dudley Sutton, I love you forever as Tinker from Lovejoy (which Zienia Merton was also in an episode of, so double RIP)

com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 17 September 2018 02:23 (seven years ago)

We saw Big Jay at Viva Cantina in 2013 - what a show! He was 85 but one of those pure charisma folks who lived to play. RIP

Elvis Telecom, Monday, 17 September 2018 07:30 (seven years ago)

Almost a week late with this but RIP Fenella Fielding, you scared the shit out of young me as Voice of the House in Dougal & The Blue Cat.

Category: Animist Rock (Matt #2), Monday, 17 September 2018 08:49 (seven years ago)


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