Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

anyone want to explain to the Americans who the fuck Roger scrotun was

He was the man who was successfully sued for libel by the Pet Shop Boys:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/573718.stm

hah I did not know that, amazing!

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/15/tony-garnett-email-bbc-drama?CMP=share_btn_tw

blisteringly good e-mail from Tony Garnett from 2009 - putting the boot into soulless new labour managerialism and the fucking bbc!

"Sometimes, as with the Spice Girls or the Pet Shop Boys, serious doubts arise as to whether the performers made more than a minimal contribution to the recording, which owes its trade mark to subsequent sound engineering, designed precisely to make it unrepeatable."

lol the guy got sued and had to pay up for that??? libel laws are so stupid.

Typical scrotum move to do the absolute minimum research and pass off his ill-informed, in this case libellous, opinion as if it had been handed down to him on mount sinai

yep! And for decades all his fawning acolytes are like : he's a true genius of our age, what a brave and incisive mind he has...

the Spice Girls are great

Scruton embraced conservatism after witnessing the May 1968 student protests in France.

Ahead of his time, truly

Lmfao

Julie Strain, Statuesque Star of B-Movies, Dies at 57.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/julie-strain-dead-statuesque-star-b-movies-was-57-1168492

link has been updated to NOT dead fyi

this via twitter

🥰🖤🖤🖤🖤 pic.twitter.com/nZ0IRddafy

— Diana “Darcy the Mail Girl” Prince 🤠🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🖤 (@kinky_horror) January 14, 2020

Double oops, then.

Sundazed is reporting on FB that Steve Martin Caro from the Left Banke has passed.

Former Scotland goalkeeper and manager, Bobby Brown, only 96!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51128915

I recently saw a documentary on people in their 80s and 90s and he was on it and he had me blubbing talking about his wife, who was dead, and he seemed such a sweet and lovely man. The documentary was, like, 5 years old so I assumed he'd probably died since it was made.

Rocky Johnson, pro wrestler and father of The Rock

https://comicbook.com/wwe/2020/01/15/rocky-johnson-dead-75-dwayne-johnson-father-wwe-legend-the-rock/

christopher tolkien, 95

Damn. RIP.

Hell of a run.

sad news. always found something very moving about his dedication to his dad's work, and the seriousness w/ which he took his task.

r.i.i.p.

sad lol

Look away now, Morbz. Derek Fowlds, actor, 82.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-51147182

Basil Brush himself said he is "so desperately sad" at the news, describing the late star as "my best friend forever".

i tried finding a sad BB jpg or gif but apparently no such thing exists :(

hes as good as you could hope for as bernard

I don’t know what to say, I’m so desperately sad. 😢😢🦊such times we had, rest in peace Mr Derek, my best friend forever #DerekFowlds #BasilBrushshow pic.twitter.com/iQqI8v1Plm

— Basil Brush (@realbasilbrush) January 17, 2020

;_;

Mr Derek and Mr Roy are my era. It's weird that despite all his other acting achievements my first thought of him was of being Mr Derek.

It's a strange feeling, watching your childhood disappear piece by piece. RIP.

Gary Starkweather, inventor of the laser printer

Had no idea Bernard the civil servant was a children's TV icon. RIP.

Also married to Lesley Judd, whoa.

This led to my partner and I discovering that we both fancied "Mr Derek" in his Basil Brush days. The things you learn.

Chris Darrow of Kaleidoscope:

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/chris-darrow-dead/

I won't lie--until five minutes ago, I couldn't have named anyone in the band except David Lindley. Anyway, one of '67's greatest and weirdest songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBqP33iEaWw

televangelist jack van impe, 88

Aww, Chris Darrow made some really great solo albums, too, and iirc played with Fahey for a minute. Solid musician. RIP

RIP Chris Darrow, love that band.

oh shit, US kaleidoscope were the best

David Lowry once told me that Kaleidoscope was the semi-secret top influence of Camper Van Beethoven.

(Lowery)

now that makes a lot of sense

Not that much of a secret, tbh.

Saxophonist - composer Jimmy Heath, at age 93.

Ugh:( RIP

don’t see anything else about it though, except maybe a Youtube Playlist

usually see something on social media

Peaceful Journey Jimmy We Love You @milesdavis @milesdavisfilm pic.twitter.com/clpafYf8g9

— Vince Wilburn Jr. (@NefofMiles) January 19, 2020

Wilburn also posted about it on fb, having receiving a call from Mtume.

I believe you, still wondering why I don't see anything else on fb. In any case, here is the RIP Playlist
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXD37gO07c3g0pSKNW2XRSSQ3UbnXAdWs

David Lowry once told me that Kaleidoscope was the semi-secret top influence of Camper Van Beethoven.

Yup. One of the Kaleidoscope guys (maybe even Darrow himself) said in Unterberger's Wayfaring Strangers that they felt CVB best carried their influence.

Okay, it’s official. Just got a text from my kid’s piano teacher about Jimmy Heath.