Rolling Obituary Thread: 2019

Is that post fantastic? Better than that, friend: it's sensational.

The guy who sang "Little Girl" for the Syndicate of Sound--one of the greatest garage hits ever--died a few days ago.

http://bestclassicbands.com/don-baskin-obituary-10-24-19/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8tUUrSTIw

John Witherspoon

https://www.vibe.com/2019/10/beloved-friday-actor-john-witherspoon-passes-away-at-age-77

Just saw that. RIP. Loved him in Hollywood Shuffle

The guy who sang "Little Girl" for the Syndicate of Sound--one of the greatest garage hits ever--died a few days ago.

Love this song.

Two months old, but Richard Gregson, ex-husband of Natalie Wood, father of Natasha Gregson-Warner, Brother of Michael Craig (and actor & agent in his own right):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/10/28/richard-gregson-film-producer-oscar-nominated-screenwriter-agent/

*Natasha Gregson Wagner

John Witherspoon

https://www.vibe.com/2019/10/beloved-friday-actor-john-witherspoon-passes-away-at-age-77

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, October 29, 2019 10:53 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

"you better put some water on that damn shit"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50232957

Julian Keane, BBC WS reporter. Could recognise his voice but not his face.

RIP Yahoo Groups

Bernard Slade, creator of "The Partridge Family" and author of Broadway warhorse Same Time, Next Year

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bernard-slade-dead-partridge-family-creator-was-89-1251174

Gerry Teekens, owner of the Dutch jazz label Criss Cross. Tons of great records on this label over the years, but they always had a low profile in the US thanks to a basically nonexistent promo budget.

Marie Laforêt
https://youtu.be/VcOd-sfsYcY

Yvette Lundy

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/04/yvette-lundy-french-resistance-heroine-dies-aged-103

Gay Byrne

The death has been announced of RTÉ broadcaster Gay Byrne. He was 85 and had been ill for some time. | https://t.co/fWGZqrGHqR https://t.co/kTRuH0QUDd

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 4, 2019

He's looking well there!

Just caught a small fish though

weird, I saw gerry adams in that pic the first time!

That's who it was!

There'll be something good written about the limits of state broadcasters to actually push stuff leftwards, and how they get all the credit for the (poorer, usually female) people actually doing the hard graft, and how he made a decent fist of it all the same - but there will also be a lot of valedictory shite.

I remember as a kid seeing two punk types in the audience sniggering and absolutely taking the piss out of some emotional trad Irish song type dirge someone was singing on the late late show while the credits were rolling and some of the old bastards were wiping a tear of the corner of their eye. It was quite funny at the time and was sort of what passed for rebellious counter-culture back then!

The problem with Gay Byrne, in a way, is that he made his style of broadcasting look so easy that everyone thinks they can do it, especially when it comes to taking calls from members of the public.

The musical policy was fairly decent, but I assume that had nothing to do with him. I like the fact that he was over in the UK working for Granada when he became the first person to introduce the Beatles on TV.

RIP Gay.

not my cuppa but wouldnt want anything taken away from him, was installed at rte along with the cabling and floors

rip

longtime ECM engineer jan erik kongshaug

https://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/musikk/jan-erik-kongshaug-er-dod-1.1613025

White Ring’s Kendra Malia Dead at 37.

https://pitchfork.com/news/white-rings-kendra-malia-dead-at-37/

Rest In Peace Christopher Dennis. Hollywood Superman. pic.twitter.com/u3ClbLBVsV

— Shadi Petosky (@shadipetosky) November 7, 2019

Robert Freeman, photographer who shot five of The Beatles' album covers

Bob Norris, the original "Marlboro Man" from cigarette ads, at 90. Was not a smoker.

*one of the original Marlboro Men, evidently

Sad news for Twin Cities punk rock aficionados, Terry Katzman has left us.

devastating. Terry was the best.

Jackie Moore, soul singer.

aww no! this tune is classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7wgSguvOcE

"Precious Precious" is one of my alltime favorite songs.

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

I played "Both Ends Against The Middle" out a couple of months ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK8KyAmEtr4

Frank Dobson, former Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras, Health Secretary and London Mayoral candidate, 79. Lived just around the corner from me, as it happens.

RIP Frank, never cared for you as Uncle Albert in "Only Fools and Horses" though.

Low on the beeb - an ignominious death.

He can have a chat with Uncle Albert in heaven about how PFI's reinvigorated the NHS and how little anybody cares about the deaths of plodding professional pols.

Ted Cullinan, architect, 88.

If you were a fan of the Too Pure label, his son Tom was in Th’ Faith Healers.

Comics journalist Tom Spurgeon

Terry O'Neill

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/17/photographer-of-swinging-60s-terry-oneill-dies-aged-81

... married to Faye Dunaway at one point, that I didn't know.

That’s when I first heard of him!

Tom Lyle, comic artist. Judging by the reaction on Twitter, he seems to be best remembered as a Spider-Man artist, though I knew him from the early Tim Drake Robin stories. RIP.

Michael J. Pollard

https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3595146/r-p-house-1000-corpses-actor-michael-j-pollard-passed-away/

Gahan Wilson

RIP CW

lol horror guys xp

damn, i met Wilson at a college publication event when i was in school. worthy of Charles Addams' company.

this was a couple of weeks back but: https://www.courthousenews.com/widow-of-french-novelist-celine-dies-aged-107/