Rolling Obituary Thread: 2019

I'm one of the humourless fuckers that thinks those memes are bad and massively unfunny.

Ich disagree

I think they're mostly bad these days (IE probably about 24 hours after the first one) but any good that's in them in largely due to Bruno Ganz.

lady falkender aka marcia williams, harold wilson's enforcer

https://editorial01.shutterstock.com/wm-preview-1500/1934035a/40e68f29/mike-yarwood-impressionist-lady-falkender-formerly-marcia-williams-eric-morecambe-comedian-shutterstock-editorial-1934035a.jpg

(she's the one in the middle)

what get's me with the meme game is white people who seem to exclusively post memes of black people pulling incredulous faces or whatever, if I was black I'd be saying: what's yr game, arsehole?

Harold Wilson's REDACTED. Thought she'd died years ago tbh. RIP Bruno btw.

Call, the use of black person reaction .gifs by whites has been called ‘digital blackface’ for some time now.

RIP Bruno Ganz, lots of Wings of Desire sad-angel grabs doing the rounds.

Crushed about Bruno Ganz. He really had one of the "warmest" faces of world cinema. And yes, I had a black woolen coat, grey scarf, and ponytail when I lived in a colder climate. No one got the reference.

http://www.criterionforum.org/caps/wingsofdesireblu00007.jpg

Hitler meme decrying his own death incoming in hours.

Saw Wings of Desire for the first time in a massive theater just a few weeks ago, loved it & him in it. RIP

Ken Nordine

(only one source for this though - https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/word-jazz-creator-and-host-ken-nordine-dies/71c82188-3b11-432b-93da-91d83affdaad )

Looks like we missed noting that former Disney CEO/son-in-law Ron Miller died earlier this week.

Lee Radziwill, 85.

never occurred to me that ken nordine was still alive; rip

Nordine's last public appearances (as far as I can tell) were spoken word duets via Skype during Laurie Anderson's 2015-16 tour. So he was cogent at age 95 (born in 1920). We should all be so lucky to have a long, impactful life.

I have everything that released on CD (through 2001). I think tonight I'll watch Der Himmel über Berlin for Ganz (way better than the English title), Sunday will be a Nordine marathon.

Pat Caddell, pollster/adviser to Jimmy Carter gone MAGA

https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-patrick-caddell-20190217-story.html

Paul Flynn, Labour MP, 84.

Xp. A damn wonk who worked on the west wing and supporter Trump. What a combo

Lee Radziwill, 85.

The ecstatic sailor shown in an iconic photo kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. https://t.co/wzSfgLxW2X pic.twitter.com/skRgcYGp7O

— ABC News (@ABC) February 18, 2019

Didn't he just grab a random woman and shove his tongue down her throat

I remember reading that, or hearing that, somewhere

I haven't read the article

"It wasn't my choice to be kissed," Friedman stated in a 2005 interview with the Library of Congress.[3] "The guy just came over and grabbed!" she said, adding, "That man was very strong. I wasn't kissing him. He was kissing me."[3][10]

Yeah

It looks like that in the photo

Karl Largerfeld

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-karl-lagerfeld-dead-85-14019724

Lagerfeld, sorry!

Wtf. Rip karl. :-(

Ooh, big day at the office. What an innings. RIP.

Just so long as they keep his library intact.

My condolences to Choupette.

Had that particularly nasty breed of fatphobia that only certain formerly obese folks have. I hope he enjoyed the steroid bloat at the end.

^^^

There was a lot of Lagerfeld in that recent documentary about fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez (Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco). Kind of interesting to see Lagerfeld young and dark-haired, doing regular things like hanging out at the beach. His look always suggested a certain heaviness of spirit though.

Charo’s husband Kjell Rasten.

Consumer advocate David Horowitz (Fight Back! with David Horowitz)

Skip Groff, Yesterday and Today Records, a major force in the DC area music scene.

https://www.theonion.com/karl-lagerfeld-horrified-by-uninspired-garish-tunnel-o-1832730087

Skip Groff, Yesterday and Today Records, a major force in the DC area music scene.

No!

the Sailor Kissing statue got tagged with #metoo

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/20/metoo-kissing-sailor-statue-day-after-george-mendonsa-death?CMP=fb_gu&fbclid=IwAR0ooojYVzzIghL9kX577T2VqS-5ij1rVKo-V4xiaZ6spAElHi3EjwIscZo

statue was called Unconditional Surrender...

RIP Marie-Claire Bancquart (1932-2019), French poet.

peter tork of the monkees, 77

Shit :(

oh fuck you death

Oh shit. RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr5dnte9JgU

;_;

He sounded very very bad on their recent Christmas album. RIP.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8499382/lewis-kahn-dies

RIP Lewis Kahn, salsa trombonist & violinist with the Fania Allstars and Larry Harlow’s Band

RIP

Swiss director Claude Goretta died a couple of days ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/21/claude-goretta-obituary

'La Dentellière (The Lacemaker)' was a very good character study, with Isabelle Huppert outstanding in an early role, and I've a lot of time for 'La Mort de Mario Ricci' too.

Jackie Shane, May 15, 1940 - February 22, 2019.
Memoriam to follow.
Rest In Power, Ms. Shane. pic.twitter.com/RLLZDoUQGP

— ɴᴜᴍᴇʀᴏ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ (@numerogroup) February 22, 2019

aw, sad to hear that; she had a solid last act

i mean i don't have an emotional investment really but i do use his useful invention quite often

Ross Lowell, founder of Lowel-Light and the creator of gaffer tape, dead at 92https://t.co/vFN9ugZoWq pic.twitter.com/rRlsaSS12q

— DPReview (@dpreview) February 21, 2019