Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

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so... Jack Sheldon of "Schoolhouse Rock" fame

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/01/entertainment/jack-sheldon-dead/index.html

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 00:37 (six years ago)

theatre and film director/producer Jack Garfein (The Strange One, Something Wild (1961, with his wife Carroll Baker))

http://www.playbill.com/article/jack-garfein-acclaimed-director-and-producer-dies-at-89

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 00:43 (six years ago)

Holy shit Carroll Baker is still alive

― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 02:20 (six years ago)

I saw her do a Q&A in the last couple years, after Something Wild

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 02:25 (six years ago)

Never saw that, know her from The Carpetbaggers and Harlow and Sylvia and the '50s things she was in

― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 02:34 (six years ago)

Thought she just passed. Oh wait that was Sue Lyons. Guess I should post them on Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 02:42 (six years ago)

sorry Sue Lyon, no final ‘s’

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 02:44 (six years ago)

Bosley Crowther thought the same

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 02:47 (six years ago)

new year, similar UK unknowns dominating the rolls

'noted cincinnati bengals coach sam wyche, 74' et al being household names outside the US, of course

― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 07:33 (six years ago)

Make America dead again

― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 07:35 (six years ago)

I didn't hear about Larry Gogan - between him and Marian Finucane we could have a takeover.

― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 08:04 (six years ago)

Buck Henry

https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry-dead-saturday-night-live-the-graduate-get-smart-1202825337/

― Alba, Thursday, 9 January 2020 03:02 (six years ago)

aw man

― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 9 January 2020 03:13 (six years ago)

Aw RIP Buck

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 January 2020 03:14 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeE-Hkno9Ao

"Anything wrong, sir?"

― clemenza, Thursday, 9 January 2020 04:23 (six years ago)

"It's just not a lemon party without old Dick!"

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 January 2020 04:38 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biaTRgFKJ3I

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 January 2020 06:09 (six years ago)

"funny and with a stroke"

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 January 2020 12:02 (six years ago)

Science fiction author and editor Mike Resnick.

― it's after the end of the world (Matt #2), Thursday, 9 January 2020 15:30 (six years ago)

That guy did some good work. Surprised Malzberg outlived him tbh

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 January 2020 15:53 (six years ago)

RIP. Didn’t he write some multivolume tome about the history of sf magazines?

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 January 2020 16:22 (six years ago)

no, that was Mike Ashley, sorry

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 January 2020 16:36 (six years ago)

I know Resnick because he edited/wrote the intro for this: https://www.nesfa.org/book/the-passage-of-the-light/ which is great

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 January 2020 16:41 (six years ago)

I wrote an obituary for a woman who died in Buffalo, and the fact that she lived to 111 isn't close to being the most impressive thing about her. Please read: "Mamie Kirkland, Witness to an Era of Racial Terror, Dies at 111" https://t.co/vK6vsCUeGf
— Dan Barry (@DanBarryNYT) January 9, 2020

― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 January 2020 22:57 (six years ago)

Edd "Kookie" Burns

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/edd-kookie-byrnes-dead-87-grease-77-sunset-strip-1203462364/

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 January 2020 23:01 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpLpmt7LydI

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 January 2020 23:08 (six years ago)

"Byrnes", even

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 January 2020 23:09 (six years ago)

That Buck Henry Player clip is brilliant. "A malady of some sort."

― clemenza, Thursday, 9 January 2020 23:14 (six years ago)

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/article_534c48a6-3334-11ea-a1c7-978eb892e515.html

New Orleans bounce rapper 5th Ward Weebie at 42 after surgery for a ruptured artery

― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 January 2020 05:14 (six years ago)

Film Director Ivan Passer

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/ivan-passer-dead-dies-cutters-way-1203462725/

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 January 2020 16:32 (six years ago)

Haven't seen it for ages, but Born to Win was pretty good, I think.

― clemenza, Friday, 10 January 2020 17:54 (six years ago)

It was.

― oder doch?, Friday, 10 January 2020 17:56 (six years ago)

Intimate Lighting, Cutter's Way even better

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:18 (six years ago)

Haven't seen Intimate Lightning--always wanted to--but I remember being a little disappointed in Cutter's Way when I finally saw it. Also quite a while ago, though.

― clemenza, Friday, 10 January 2020 18:20 (six years ago)

one of the great endings of the last 50 years

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:43 (six years ago)

DAMN.

Canadian rock drummer Neil Peart dead at 67. Peart, primary lyricist for Rush, was known for his technical proficiency, and for weaving jazz and big band patterns with a hard rock style. Publicist says Peart died in California January 7. Background: https://t.co/r0QKiYdpdu
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) January 10, 2020

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 January 2020 20:59 (six years ago)

fuck

― mookieproof, Friday, 10 January 2020 20:59 (six years ago)

whoah

― Οὖτις, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:02 (six years ago)

Apparently (there's a Rolling Stone obit up) he'd had brain cancer for three years.

― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:10 (six years ago)

For real? Fuck.

― pomenitul, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:11 (six years ago)

Wow

― flappy bird, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:20 (six years ago)

Neil Peart September 12, 1952 - January 7, 2020 pic.twitter.com/NivX2RhiB8
— Rush (@rushtheband) January 10, 2020

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:48 (six years ago)

Tough one.

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 10 January 2020 22:22 (six years ago)

Pretty sure I waited on him at the record store I worked at many years back (he was buying a Van Halen DVD).

― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 January 2020 22:26 (six years ago)

new year, similar UK unknowns dominating the rolls

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 8, 2020 12:26 AM

I'd be quite happy to read about obscure celebrities from everywhere. But if you're serious about not wanting to hear about obscure UK celebrities, can all the americans here please pretend that Letterman, Jay Leno, Rip Taylor and Johnny Carson are just fictional characters who appear in American films, tv shows, Beach Boys songs and comics on occasion?

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 10 January 2020 22:28 (six years ago)

I wouldn't worry, it's only Morbz morbzin'

― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Friday, 10 January 2020 22:40 (six years ago)

just havin a lil fun

after all i know who Frankie Howerd and Norman Wisdom were (kinda)

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 January 2020 23:30 (six years ago)

Was his illness public? Didn't they do a pretty extensive tour within the last 5 years?

― flappy bird, Saturday, 11 January 2020 00:21 (six years ago)

Qaboos bin Said al Said of Oman has died after fifty years in power.

― ShariVari, Saturday, 11 January 2020 00:29 (six years ago)

xpost It was not. He'd mentioned general health concerns and had indicated during the last tour, in 2015, that this was making him want to stop -- he framed in a strict sense of simply not having the energy and precision to perform up to his particular standards on a regular basis. This specific diagnosis was not, AFAIK, even rumored, and the mention of 3 1/2 years indicates to me that an exact diagnosis happened after the tour.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 11 January 2020 00:30 (six years ago)

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Oh, wow. Too young... this is terrible. RIP.

― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:18 (five years ago)

MF :’-(

― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:18 (five years ago)

Phyllis McGuire (Feb 14, 1931 – 29 Dec 2020) The youngest of the harmonizing ‘The McGuire Sisters’ died at her estate in Las Vegas at age 89.

― nickn, Friday, 1 January 2021 07:09 (five years ago)

McGuires' version of "Sincerely" is all time

― Josefa, Friday, 1 January 2021 07:27 (five years ago)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55508606

Mark Eden; British actor most widely known from a long role in Coronation Street but also Marco Polo in the oldest missing Doctor Who story.

― pedantly admonishment (aldo), Friday, 1 January 2021 14:23 (five years ago)

This year...

― Mark G, Friday, 1 January 2021 14:33 (five years ago)

I think I posted him in the People You Were Surprised to See Were Still Alive thread last year, he was 92!

― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Friday, 1 January 2021 14:41 (five years ago)

Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 1 January 2021 14:49 (five years ago)

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