Rolling Obituary Thread: 2019

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xp. the arabs also beat barcelona home and away that season

findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 22:54 (seven years ago)

Boon Gould, founding guitarist w/Level 42

Tiltin' My Lens Photography (stevie), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:29 (seven years ago)

Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca himself:

https://www.facebook.com/thewookieeroars/posts/2375211675851881

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 May 2019 22:35 (seven years ago)

ahhrrrrrrr i p

deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 May 2019 22:53 (seven years ago)

"Uncle" Russ Gibb

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8509569/russ-gibb-detroit-grande-paul-is-dead

a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 May 2019 22:59 (seven years ago)

Jah Stitch, the 'original ragamuffin'

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/02/original-raggamuffin-jah-stitch-pioneering-reggae-vocalist-dies-aged-69

Portsmouth Bubblejet, Friday, 3 May 2019 05:47 (seven years ago)

:(

Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Friday, 3 May 2019 06:46 (seven years ago)

a bit amazed at the attention paid to peter mayhew, an actor whom few could pick out of a lineup

mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2019 17:29 (seven years ago)

but the way he stood there

d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:30 (seven years ago)

When you play a character that well known over the course of 40 years nobody really cares what the actor looks like. That's not what he got paid for.

(Also "few" is doing a lot of work there. SW fandom is not some tiny niche of people.)

Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:35 (seven years ago)

he appeared at a lot of fan conventions & was very fan-friendly, even as his physical health waned - i think that probably accounts for the recognizability factor too

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:36 (seven years ago)

I didn't realize just how tall he was--7'3''!

a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:36 (seven years ago)

all my words do a lot of work

mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2019 17:42 (seven years ago)

Hey man, you never know how that beard's gonna look until you let it grow all the way in.

Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Friday, 3 May 2019 18:26 (seven years ago)

xpost -- See here.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2019 18:28 (seven years ago)

Where? We can't see it Ned

Mark G, Friday, 3 May 2019 18:44 (seven years ago)

So sad.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2019 18:48 (seven years ago)

a bit amazed at the attention paid to peter mayhew, an actor whom few could pick out of a lineup

― mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2019 17:29 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he played a big role in our childhoods

deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Friday, 3 May 2019 19:56 (seven years ago)

Freddie Starr

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-freddie-starr-dead-comedian-15022018

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 9 May 2019 21:32 (seven years ago)

Jim Fowler, Host of 'Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom,' Dies at 89

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-fowler-dead-mutual-omahas-wild-kingdom-host-was-89-1209218?fbclid=IwAR0zfoE-42bJ3PGC-USB4ieQfxqNFVCnAwKG1Jvn0gQMsIytm1Wu82j002o

nickn, Friday, 10 May 2019 00:04 (seven years ago)

will always think of Fowler as the guy who showed up w/ animals who pissed on Johnny Carson

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 14:22 (seven years ago)

“I’ll be sitting here in the tent with a banana daiquiri while Jim artificially inseminates an angry yak...”

suzy, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:00 (seven years ago)

Jerome Ackerman, who stood at the heart of L.A.'s Midcentury Modernism movement, dies at 99

https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jerome-ackerman-designer-craftsman-dead-20190509-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1RIo55bGwRi6NwLu1-26McN3kbjiOJFfbO960lqJ5WAKuq-SGMiu4uOa8

nickn, Friday, 10 May 2019 20:22 (seven years ago)

Peggy Lipton:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-peggy-lipton-dead-20190511-story.html

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 May 2019 01:47 (seven years ago)

Damn RIP

findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 12 May 2019 01:53 (seven years ago)

Bummer

flappy bird, Sunday, 12 May 2019 05:02 (seven years ago)

Alvin Sargent, screenwriter of Straight Time, Paper Moon, Ordinary People et al

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48238573

... (Eazy), Sunday, 12 May 2019 06:13 (seven years ago)

This is horrible and sad...

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/may/12/silver-king-wrestler-and-nacho-libre-star-dies-at-london-show

Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:22 (seven years ago)

RIP. Is that Janeane Garofalo standing behind him in that Jack Black Instagram?

Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 May 2019 11:40 (seven years ago)

Brian Walden

calzino, Sunday, 12 May 2019 15:16 (seven years ago)

... people you thought...

Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 May 2019 16:01 (seven years ago)

My rotting brain has a memory of Walden asking John Smith (who is 25 years dead today) if that was his real name. Naturally I can't find any corroboration of this on the internet.

Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 May 2019 07:53 (seven years ago)

"I put it to.." *pointing at pol* was his frequent style of questioning, I think. I vaguely remember him calling someone "a weasel" once. It was a long time ago.

calzino, Monday, 13 May 2019 07:57 (seven years ago)

Apparently Brian Walden was a brexiteer, which certainly proves... something.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 13 May 2019 08:01 (seven years ago)

Seems as good a time as any to post some Mountain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7Ab8tX590

Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Monday, 13 May 2019 08:38 (seven years ago)

fuck me i thought he died 20 years ago

Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 May 2019 09:21 (seven years ago)

The other surprising thing, I put it to you, being he was only his mid-40s to early-50s when he was presenting Weekend World.

Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:04 (seven years ago)

Too much slow living...

calzino, Monday, 13 May 2019 11:12 (seven years ago)

The oldest of Old Labour basically

Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:14 (seven years ago)

Doris Day!

Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:05 (seven years ago)

She couldn't last for ever I guess.

Alba, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:06 (seven years ago)

Kirk Douglas, watch your back.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:07 (seven years ago)

RIP Doris, does she not have her own thread?

Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:03 (seven years ago)

Peggy Lipton of Mod Squad fame

d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 13 May 2019 19:07 (seven years ago)

Machiko Kyo

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:09 (seven years ago)

8(

(didn't know she was still alive tbh)

koogs, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:12 (seven years ago)

https://people.com/tv/tim-conway-dies/

zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:33 (seven years ago)

good night funnyman

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:46 (seven years ago)


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