Rolling Obituary Thread: 2018

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I won't speak ill of the dead

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 November 2018 12:29 (seven years ago)

speaking ill of the dead are usually the best posts on here!

calzino, Friday, 30 November 2018 12:41 (seven years ago)

Gloria Katz

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gloria-katz-dead-american-graffiti-writer-star-wars-script-doctor-was-76-1164737

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 November 2018 17:56 (seven years ago)

I won't speak ill of the dead

yeah, stay in your lane!

Οὖτις, Friday, 30 November 2018 17:59 (seven years ago)

Think there might be a whole thread about Bleecker Bob’s behavior, or at least a good part of one.

My Ital Rival (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 November 2018 18:18 (seven years ago)

my friend apparently heard him say racist stuff and wd only shoplift after that

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 November 2018 18:26 (seven years ago)

V principled

I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 30 November 2018 18:27 (seven years ago)

Robert Morris. Minimalist artist

https://www.artforum.com/news/robert-morris-1931-2018-77802

( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 30 November 2018 18:31 (seven years ago)

George H.W. Bush, 94

flappy bird, Saturday, 1 December 2018 05:01 (seven years ago)

Alone and unloved we can only hope

I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Saturday, 1 December 2018 05:29 (seven years ago)

Steered Nation Through Turbulent Era

mookieproof, Saturday, 1 December 2018 06:19 (seven years ago)

41 PASSES AT 94...
'Kinder, Gentler Nation'...
World events shaped presidency...
War, oil, politics...
Man with golden resume...
THE POLITICAL DYNASTY...
LIFE IN PHOTOS...

flappy bird, Saturday, 1 December 2018 06:27 (seven years ago)

Was he the pretzel guy or what that his son?

Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Saturday, 1 December 2018 10:12 (seven years ago)

the one that already looked like an embalmed corpse for the last 3 decades.

calzino, Saturday, 1 December 2018 10:32 (seven years ago)

Threw up on a Japanese Prime Minister, got you now.

Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Saturday, 1 December 2018 10:52 (seven years ago)

rest in piece georgia bush, u will be mist

https://media.giphy.com/media/l3vRm5in3u3MJhgE8/giphy.gif

all lite up and very romatic (Old Lunch), Saturday, 1 December 2018 14:38 (seven years ago)

Ken Berry

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ken-berry-dead-f-troop-mamas-family-star-was-85-999739

The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 December 2018 06:04 (seven years ago)

who remains of the song-and-dance-men

mookieproof, Sunday, 2 December 2018 06:08 (seven years ago)

Seeing on Facebook--Memphis Jazz and r'n'b guitarist Calvin Newborn passed away today.

curmudgeon, Sunday, 2 December 2018 06:10 (seven years ago)

As is becoming my routine on this thread, here's Gilbert Gottfried's recent-ish (2015) interview with Berry:

https://www.gilbertpodcast.com/ken-berry/

Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Sunday, 2 December 2018 06:25 (seven years ago)

RIP. Do his appearances on The Carol Burnett Show get a mention in the obits?

My Ital Rival (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 December 2018 11:53 (seven years ago)

And RIP Calvin Newborn as well

My Ital Rival (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 December 2018 11:56 (seven years ago)

Sorry, don’t think I watched too many of the 130 episodes of Mama’s Family, maybe none to completion. Impressed with the long list of guest star appearances on myriad non-Carol Burnett related shows.

My Ital Rival (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 December 2018 12:05 (seven years ago)

Could just about barely take Mama & Co. at non-lethal sketch length.

My Ital Rival (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 December 2018 12:10 (seven years ago)

So it’s mentioned that Mayberry R.F.D. was cancelled by CBS as part of the “rural purge.” I wonder how often Ken Berry and Roy Clark crossed paths.

My Ital Rival (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 December 2018 12:17 (seven years ago)

This article is full of interesting detail: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge?wprov=sfti1

My Ital Rival (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 December 2018 12:20 (seven years ago)

this is an interesting contrast to the moonves-led regular bro and hot corpse uprising of the 90s

maura, Sunday, 2 December 2018 13:59 (seven years ago)

Kevin Grisham's The Rural Perjuror.

The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 December 2018 14:59 (seven years ago)

Rural juror?

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 2 December 2018 15:38 (seven years ago)

oh wait I see

Funny, I never really thought about any sort of rural purge, but yeah, I remember all those hillbilly shows. Dukes of Hazzard, too, I suppose.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 2 December 2018 15:40 (seven years ago)

Right made that Rural Juror joke myself.

Think Dukes of Hazzard was later, when those shows started coming back, The New Wave of Rural Ruckus

My Ital Rival (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 December 2018 15:50 (seven years ago)

Yeah, Dukes was post-Smokey, pure Carter Country.

The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 December 2018 15:54 (seven years ago)

Dukes might have been part of the Prime Time Stunt Man Pension Plan, along with A-Team and The Fall Guy.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 2 December 2018 15:55 (seven years ago)

Larry Storch lives

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 December 2018 16:34 (seven years ago)

Exactly

My Ital Rival (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 December 2018 16:44 (seven years ago)

DJ Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson.

suzy, Sunday, 2 December 2018 17:04 (seven years ago)

Cycling commentator and former pro rider Paul Sherwen, aged 62

my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Sunday, 2 December 2018 22:46 (seven years ago)

no way. link?

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 December 2018 00:58 (seven years ago)

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/02/paul-sherwen-broadcaster-cyclist-dies-aged-62"> https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/02/paul-sherwen-broadcaster-cyclist-dies-aged-62

33 years covering the Tour and 7 riding. Has always felt like he and Liggett would go forever.

by the light of the burning Citroën, Monday, 3 December 2018 01:43 (seven years ago)

yeah 33 years of commentary is nothing to sneeze at. He drove me bananas but I will miss him :(

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 December 2018 03:16 (seven years ago)

NZ film director Geoff Murphy (Goodbye Pork Pie, The Quiet Earth)
https://variety.com/2018/film/obituaries-people-news/obituary-geoff-murphy-dies-dead-new-zealand-1203079148/

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:18 (seven years ago)

Hearing unconfirmed reports via a usually reliable friend that Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks has passed away.

ailsa, Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:51 (seven years ago)

Yep http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46476369

Alba, Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:57 (seven years ago)

Damn, RIP.

The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:08 (seven years ago)

RIP Pete. What a brilliant, brilliant artist.

Bênoit Balls (stevie), Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:20 (seven years ago)

And a really friendly guy, the couple of times I spoke to him.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:24 (seven years ago)

RIP, one of the greats

Οὖτις, Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:38 (seven years ago)

fuck, rip pete :(

We're in 2009—it's time to take risks, (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:39 (seven years ago)

David Mossman, ex taxi driver and Vortex Club founder passed away on Friday night.

calzino, Sunday, 9 December 2018 09:28 (seven years ago)

Chicago blues guitarist Jody Williams RIP at 83 . He played on famed sides like Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" and "I’m Bad," Howlin’ Wolf’s "Evil" and "Forty Four" and Sonny Boy Williamson’s "Don’t Start Me Talking."...
He began performing at clubs at the age of 17, and within a few years became the house guitarist at Chess Records, a role he served in until he was called into the army in 1958.

Though he had backed a varied list of artists including Jimmy Witherspoon, Floyd Dixon, Dale Hawkins and Bobby Charles during his time at Chess, Williams left the music industry after returning to Chicago in 1960. He would only return in 2000

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jody-williams-famed-chicago-blues-guitarist-dead-at-83

curmudgeon, Monday, 10 December 2018 20:20 (seven years ago)


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