Rolling Obituary Thread: 2018

Patrick Mathé founder of New Rose Records.

British comics artist Mike Noble:

https://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/tv21-comic-artist-mike-noble-has-died/

British folk singer Bill Caddick

Cyril Pahinui, Hawaiian slack key guitar great, dies at 68.

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/20/669530870/cyril-pahinui-crown-prince-of-hawaiian-slack-key-guitar-dies-at-68?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2049&fbclid=IwAR27ineq0F0eyFBtSqU79aVfLn-7GX5k0m23sp3m-1nunstaTjHS2a6N2s8

Nicolas Roeg

:(

I always forget that he did the 1990 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches, which would make it the first Roeg film I ever saw. Need to revisit that one someday soon.

It’s good!

It’s good!

Saw his thread revived and wondered :(

His best films are great

George A Cooper, British character actor playing old men since the mid-60s, at 93.

Probably best known as Mr Griffiths, the caretaker in Grange Hill for the first seven years

Oh wow, I remember him!

Played Billy's dad in "Billy Liar" when he was only 12 years older than Tom Courtenay.

... no, hold on, no he didn't that was Wilfred Pickles, he played him on TV.

RIP
Last time I watched Billy Liar, the film, I noticed Tom Courtenay seemed to be doing a brief Brando imitation at the breakfast table.

At the breakfast table with Wilfred Pickles, not with George A. Cooper, mea culpa.

Ricky Jay...

An amazing performer; one of my few real heroes. I was lucky enough to see a revival of Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants years ago in NYC. His books are great, too. I have a couple of them.

no! he was remarkable, as a magician and historian and all around intellectual.

awesome in Deadwood as well.

is he getting paid on commission now?
https://historyofourworld.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/ingmar-bergman-the-seventh-seal-1957.jpg

I got to interview him once, years ago. One of a kind.

Ricky Jay totally could have beat the grim reaper at chess.

Wow, I'm genuinely envious. I always wanted to talk to him. I really admired him for having what looked from the outside like exactly the life he wanted. And at the same time exemplifying how you could make a niche for yourself in the world by working really, really fucking hard at something (because imagine how much practice it takes to be a master of cards the way he was, and then to also learn as much as he did about the history of magic, gambling, obscure vaudeville performers, and cons).

I want to say there was a really good if predictably cagey documentary about him? There certainly was a great New Yorker profile from about 25 years ago.

RIP. I got a copy of Cards As Weapons in '78 or so, ruined a bunch of decks of cards practicing.

From my interview:

Have you ever used your magic powers for evil?

RJ: Can't think of a day when I haven't. (Laughs.)

Ricky Jay - I heard this story from more than one person who was there and I just want it to be true.
Ricky Jay was invited to a fancy party in Long Island. The hostess had these fancy bottles of wine, that she was bragging about.
She did not know Ricky Jay but insisted

— John Lurie (@lurie_john) November 25, 2018

Ray Hill, Legendary Houston-area Activist & Radio Personality

https://m.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Ray-Hill-a-Houston-icon-and-civil-rights-13418968.php

Ricky Jay's book Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women is one of my favorites.

Hah I was about to post the link that Josh mentioned, and is in the John Lurie tweet - but what the hell, here it is anyway, from 25 years ago:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/04/05/secrets-of-the-magus

that was great, thanks for sharing

Malcom Young of AC/DC.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/malcolm-young-ac-dc-guitarist-and-co-founder-dead-at-64-123387/?fbclid=IwAR1wMqLnNIM8gn7Salfb3i5MBx-L3UhbaMVng5QcTYyWMHnIROyqY2-wGoE

He died a year ago.

Dammit, I checked the date on the article but not closely enough. Was surprised it hadn't been reported here yet (which should have made me check it again).

Still, RIP Malcolm nonetheless.

Bernardo Bertolucci

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/26/bernardo-bertolucci-last-tango-in-paris-director-dies-aged-77

Crikey, RIP BB.

Him and Roeg, I guess I forgot they were still around.

BB made some amazing films, and also 1900.

have only seen The Conformist and Last Tango, great films, RIP!

I've only seen 1900 it sucked RIP!

lol

Credit where it's due: although many have tried, only Bertolucci was able to capture on film an instance of Gerard Depardieu touching Robert De Niro's dinkus.

1900 sucked yeah

it has like a total of maybe 30 to 40 minutes of good scenes but it's like 4-5 hours long

dreamers was lol

he's generally silly euro gar-baaash

I think I was 10 when The Dreamers came out and really wanting to see it because it was NC-17. Was that the last major NC-17 release? I actually think Steve McQueen's Shame was NC-17, seems rare still.

Dude is great based on The Conformist and Last Tango alone

Brando is amazing in LT (lotta improv), what surrounds him not so hot.

The way I remember 1900 is Stefania Sandrelli (?) holding the deNiro and Depardieu members simultaneously. And of course Sutherland bashing the kitty's brains in.

I'm not a huge Last Tango fan but Il Conformista is a masterpiece, and I'm pretty sure Spider's Stratagem is very good.

i can't really get past the homophobia in Conformist

berto still had that mussolini vibe running through his veins