RIP Stanley.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 February 2019 13:54 (five years ago) link
Wow.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 February 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
More of local note but it's a big one -- San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Since I only relatively recently moved here others should say more but my sense is that he and his team really have held their own in holding the feet of the police to the fire in terms of real and potential abuses, and did so over the course of most of two decades; as such, a role model for the nation, if lucky enough to take advantage of being an elected rather than an appointed official. He was only just recently reelected -- unopposed at that -- and so that's another long term with his direct action now robbed, though hopefully his successors will carry on the legacy.
https://m.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Public-Defender-Jeff-Adachi-dies-13638785.php
Also of note -- he was a filmmaker as well, and directed two documentaries on Asian Americans and acting -- The Slanted Screen and You Don't Know Jack (re Jack Soo) -- as well as codirecting a more recent film on criminal justice, Defender.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 February 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
A deep appreciation:
https://missionlocal.org/2019/02/a-valediction-for-jeff-adachi-who-defended-the-public/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 February 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
Coverage of the San Francisco Police Department’s “Textgate” scandal — a cadre of officers nabbed exchanging horrifically racist messages — often overlook that these messages were only unearthed because of successful federal corruption probe of the police department. And that probe only came to pass because Adachi posted videos onto YouTube of cops barging into residential hotels sans warrants or consent like some manner of Stasi.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 February 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
I'm hearing reports of the death of jazz writer Ira Gitler. https://t.co/iwlNqSqbjx Ira has been a great inspiration to me (and many others)—I've been turning to these works for ages, and they still are my go-to guides. A terrible loss for the jazz community. pic.twitter.com/qPFxBuRzyj— Ted Gioia (@tedgioia) February 24, 2019
― mookieproof, Sunday, 24 February 2019 07:55 (five years ago) link
Very sorry to hear the news that #MarkHollis of #TalkTalk has died. He was behind some of the finest albums of the 1980s / early 1990s. R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/IoTuAkGCUf— THE THE (@thethe) February 25, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
Oh, no. RIP.
― suzy, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
Fuck. This is heart breaking. 😭
― nathom, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:19 (five years ago) link
Beverly Owen, best known for playing "normal" daughter Marilyn Munster on "The Munsters," age 81. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/munsters-star-beverley-owen-dies-81-172137504.html
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
she was the Munsters' niece; never really made clear why her parents were related to ghouls
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
aw RIPand Morbs makes a good point, I always wondered about that backstory. did her parents die maybe?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
Andy Anderson, drummer for The Cure
https://pitchfork.com/news/the-cure-drummer-andy-anderson-dead-at-68/
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 15:07 (five years ago) link
Gaffer Tape inventor Ross Lowell at 92. I suppose responsible for many gigs going to plan.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ross-lowell-dead-oscar-recipient-inventor-gaffer-tape-was-92-1190871
Also received a Technical Achievement Oscar in 1979 for "the development of compact lighting equipment for motion picture technology"and photographed various documentaries for directors John Boorman and Robert Aldrich.
― Hey hey, the tipple’s weak sherry (fionnland), Thursday, 28 February 2019 07:36 (five years ago) link
Oops double post - apologies it's early
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/obituaries/dorothy-masuka-dead.htmlRIP to one of the greatshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytZayivmedU
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
andre previn
― god knows i want to fp (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
Argh, RIP. Highly recommend his memoir, No Minor Chords.
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
yep, and easily predicted that he would write and relate so well
― god knows i want to fp (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
Here is a relevant link: Major vs. Minor
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
mike willesee
― seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 1 March 2019 05:37 (five years ago) link
actress katherine helmond of 'soap', 'who's the boss', time bandits,brazil and more, 89
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 March 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
noooooooooo ;_;
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 1 March 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link
she was so wonderful in Soap
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 1 March 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
Aww. She was always great, even in something as mediocre as Who’s the Boss?
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Friday, 1 March 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
Keith Flint of The Prodigy, 49 (!)
― suzy, Monday, 4 March 2019 11:30 (five years ago) link
wtf
― invited to an unexpected ninja presentation (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 4 March 2019 11:32 (five years ago) link
Just saw this. Wtf was my exact reaction as well.
RIP
― pomenitul, Monday, 4 March 2019 11:33 (five years ago) link
Fuck, really?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 March 2019 11:34 (five years ago) link
Found him at home, apparently.
― suzy, Monday, 4 March 2019 11:36 (five years ago) link
Holy shit.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 4 March 2019 11:37 (five years ago) link
Police said they were "called to concerns for the welfare of a man" just after 08:00 GMT. "Sadly, a 49-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene."The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner."
"The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner."
― Mark G, Monday, 4 March 2019 11:39 (five years ago) link
Wow, shocker.
― The Vangelis of Dating (Tom D.), Monday, 4 March 2019 12:07 (five years ago) link
Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe's linemate:
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2019/03/04/ted-lindsay-dies-detroit-red-wings/579477002/
― clemenza, Monday, 4 March 2019 12:17 (five years ago) link
Yeah keith flint. A definite shock. :-(
― nathom, Monday, 4 March 2019 12:29 (five years ago) link
the prodigy instagram account says "our brother Keith took his own life over the weekend"
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 March 2019 12:31 (five years ago) link
:(
― pomenitul, Monday, 4 March 2019 12:32 (five years ago) link
This is so incredibly sad.
― suzy, Monday, 4 March 2019 12:33 (five years ago) link
luke perry, 52
― mookieproof, Monday, 4 March 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
oof...that is insane to me
― omar little, Monday, 4 March 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
He had a massive stroke three days ago, so I'm less shocked by that one.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 4 March 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
yeah the stroke ok but...wow
― god knows i want to fp (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
damn
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 4 March 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
It's still pretty terrible, don't get me wrong.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 4 March 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
https://frinkiac.com/video/S04E22/0Pka44ZkOT1y7PjeAx-QPmhqEYM=.gif
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 March 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
Oof, RIP X 2. Please take care of yourselves today, people who came to fame in the '90s.
― Gary Ornmigh, Heywood's son (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 March 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
farewell, Byron-quoting rebel without a pause Dylan McKay.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 March 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
Jfc this one def hurts. I was so happy to see him in Riverdale. Teen me is crying.
― nathom, Monday, 4 March 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
so sad ;_; He was the best parent on Riverdale (the bar is v low given everyone is a murderer but still, love u Fred)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 March 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
ah jeez, that’s rough
― invited to an unexpected ninja presentation (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 4 March 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link