Rolling Obituary Thread: 2019

Ted McKenna, drummer with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band et al ;_;

https://www.loudersound.com/news/ted-mckenna-drummer-with-rory-gallagher-sahb-michael-schenker-dead-at-68

RIP. Would it be an exaggeration to say that you the biggest SAHB fan on the borad?

I'm sure there's others.

Internet sensation Boo the Dog:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/americas/boo-cutest-dog-dies-scli-intl/index.html

Wow, RIP. Didn’t know this was an actual dog.

We still have Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub.

What about Bubb Rubb? We still have him?

Since we're doing animals, I meant to post about Roger, the buff kangaroo, who passed Dec 10.

https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.vrh1_WfwD4rW33F5KN_GXwHaFj&pid=15.1&P=0&w=209&h=158

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/10/675282745/roger-the-buff-kangaroo-beloved-online-dies-at-age-12

steroids are a helluva drug

rip big man, too swole to live

RIPped

" 'He's a big boy, and very aggressive,' says Chris, lifting his shirt to show off some war wounds.

" 'That's Roger,' he says pointing at one scar. 'That's Roger too. There are another six stitches on my groin. They're Roger.'

'Basically he's just a fighter,' says Chris. 'It's natural for an alpha male. He likes to see the threat go, so will always come out to confront you. If he grabs you, he doesn't let go. You can't get out easily. It's a chokehold. As for a well-placed kick, it can disembowel you.' "

he was such a gentle soul :p

Toxic marsupiality >:(

actress-singer-comedian Kaye Ballard

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2019/01/22/kaye-ballard-dies-at-93-rancho-mirage/2620474002/

Kaye Ballard

xp!

Edwin Birdsong

My family and I are asking for your prayers. My cousin and a music legend, the late Edwin Birdsong made his transition to be with the Lord. His music and legacy will continue to live on. Be blessed!!! #RIPEdwinBirdsong #MyGrammyAwardWinningCousin #ColaBottleBaby pic.twitter.com/3VqosL03ol

— James C. Birdsong, Jr. (@TheRealJBOnline) January 22, 2019

Harris Wofford

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/harris-wofford-civil-rights-activist-who-helped-kennedy-win-the-white-house-dies-at-92/2019/01/22/026fe870-1e09-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html

Kay Ballard & The Seeds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzbaKPBKwl0

Russell Baker, Pulitzer-Winning Times Columnist and Humorist, Dies at 93

columnists you thought were already dead

No, not Edwin Birdsong!

Jonas Mekas

RIP Jonas

I guess this will renew debate on his relationship to fascism, per J Hoberman

A remarkably well-timed death, then.

I saw JM around Anthology Film Archives (which he co-founded about 60 years ago) a lot in the '90s and 00s. I'd come looking for the new calendar and he'd smile, "Not yet, not yet."

http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/23/jonas-mekas-key-experimental-filmmaker-dies-96/

These seems to be the only mention in the Desert Sun article on Kaye Ballard about the 'complex personal life' in the title?

Ballard never married or had children. She wrote in her memoir, “I found an emotional connection with women like Liz (Smith, the admittedly bisexual syndicated columnist who was Ballard’s road manager in the 1950s) that I could never find with a man. I don’t know why or how it happened, but I do know it has kept me single my entire life.”

(also holy fuck at 'admittedly' in 2019)

RIP JM

With JM's passing the little French bistro Lucien at 1st Ave & 1st St. loses another regular. It used to be him, Taylor Mead, and Gerard Malanga there all the time and now only Gerard's left.

Diana Athill, author and editor, 101.

Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe's Afro-jazz legend

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46976005

name'll be familiar if you listened to peel in the 80s

people who were born in the '20s still use 'admittedly', AF

Sure, but that's not part of the quote, right?

Hugh McIlvanney, Scottish sports writer for Guardian and Sunday Times, aged 84

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/25/hugh-mcilvanney-veteran-sports-reporter-dies-aged-84

James Frawley

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-frawley-dead-monkees-muppet-movie-director-was-82-1178797

(xp) RIP Hugh. Another case of people you thought were dead, though his brother is a case of people you thought were alive.

(xp) RIP James.

Dušan Makavejev, 86

Worried the rule of three is going to come into play with a-g filmmakers.

RIP. I should watch something of his beyond WR.

Hugh McIlvanney, Scottish sports writer for Guardian and Sunday Times, aged 84

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/25/hugh-mcilvanney-veteran-sports-reporter-dies-aged-84

― Dan Worsley, Thursday, January 24, 2019 10:17 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

one of the greatest sportswriters to come out of the uk. i don't care for the gee-gees, one of his areas of expertise, but he was magnificent on football and boxing

iconic voice as well. a friend and i would send each other messages reading things like the lyrics to poker face in mcilvanney voice

RIP. I should watch something of his beyond WR.

― jmm, Friday, January 25, 2019 12:45 PM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

his eclipse boxset is pretty good, I really liked the case of the missing switchboard operator

I saw him introduce Switchboard Operator some years ago and he had a good sense of humor

Michel Legrand

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47013214

RIP. Great composer. Truth be told I went to see him play piano once and it was not my cup of tea as they say.

Been a healthy crop of notable deaths so far this year, and it's not even February.

I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir. He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity. I am blessed to have been so close. We will forever speak his name.❤️ pic.twitter.com/TDJfpbbJWa

— Debbie Allen (@msdebbieallen) January 29, 2019

I guess his best wasn't good enough.

oof