Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

astrid kirchherr, 81

The 60s is taking a kicking today.

Lol, RIP

Lol, RIP-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7oD_oX-Gio

Sorry, a little, um, gallows humor. Wish Astrid could come and cut my hair.

never understood why or how that woman was walking down the street eating peanut butter out of an open container

with her fingers yet!

picture the fingers

Moon Martin and Jorge Santana.

http://oklahoman.com/article/5662447/rip-oklahoma-power-pop-songwriter-moon-martin-who-wrote-robert-palmer-hit-bad-case-of-loving-you

http://bestclassicbands.com/jorge-santana-dead-musician-carlos-santana-5-15-20/?fbclid=IwAR1Hb0ok-_yn1b1vnlt6wFIdzpmWKYC8jL--DxcRWGH3QHVD5fKBe8sXzFw

I love Malo's "Suavecito"--more than any Santana song, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPyuGD3kDNQ

I just might agree with you there.

In other news, I learned the error of my ways and when a friend posted about Astrid Kirchherr on social media I responded with a sad emoji and left it at that.

Oh wait, I also said something about Klaus Voormann. I guess more work is needed.

Jorge Santana backing Cheo Feliciano on “El Ratón” with the Fania All-Stars is a fucking amazing salsa-blues-rock jam. And yeah, Malo deserved way more love than they got.

I hope you didn't think I was tutting at you. The lol RIP made me laugh.

Sorry, wasn’t sure. Didn’t really think so, but old habits of defensiveness die hard.

i also lolled but ruefully

Ruflmao

Also, thought you me be protecting your turf because you might have noticed me visiting https://www.bbc.com/alba

Jamie Lee Curtis announced on Twitter that Fred Willard has passed away.

god i loved him anywhere, in anything

At 86

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/fred-willard-best-in-show-actor-dead-obit-1000942/

Damn, he improved everything he was in. What a comic presence he had.

absolute legend

Lynn Shelton, 54

Fred Willard an utter original, RIP

If anyone deserved a LOL RIP, it’s Fred Willard.

Damn, Willard was still doing bits on Kimmel earlier this year...

xp was gonna say, you hit it too soon

Fuck. Lynn Shelton?? Wow. That is shocking.
Love her work.

My Fred Willard story as such: so I'm at the theater seeing A Mighty Wind on its run, a few days after release. Full crowd, we're all enjoying ourselves, it's great, plenty of laughs. Then Fred Willard's amazing mug appears on the screen for the first time -- nobody knows anything about his character or what the heck he'll end up doing nearly stealing the whole damn film away from everyone else -- and *immediately* the entire place amps up from an already high level, we're laughing before his character gets even a word out, practically. What a comic genius.

Ah man I thought Fred Willard was a lot younger than 86, and yeah, amazing in everything

seen him as 80 on wiki so...?

Huh, his daughter tweeted that he was 86.

It is with a heavy heart that I share the news my father passed away very peacefully last night at the fantastic age of 86 years old. He kept moving, working and making us happy until the very end.We loved him so very much!
We will miss him forever.

— Hope Willard (@Mulbytime7) May 16, 2020

But in this clip he says he was born in 1939: https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/fred-willard?clip=72743#interview-clips

Must have been that age-reduction surgery...

Yes, people lie about their age.

Regardless, RIP Fred Willard. Next time you watch Best In Show, count the amount of times he makes his co-star Jim Piddock nearly (or fully a couple times) break character.

It’s like. Every single thing he says.

Yeah, he must've shaved off a few years. I just found him in the 1940 census as a 6-year-old.

My Fred Willard story as such: so I'm at the theater seeing A Mighty Wind on its run, a few days after release. Full crowd, we're all enjoying ourselves, it's great, plenty of laughs. Then Fred Willard's amazing mug appears on the screen for the first time -- nobody knows anything about his character or what the heck he'll end up doing nearly stealing the whole damn film away from everyone else -- and *immediately* the entire place amps up from an already high level, we're laughing before his character gets even a word out, practically. What a comic genius.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, May 16, 2020 4:19 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Exactly my experience (in NYC at the Angelika). The five minutes that followed FW's scene were completely lost. Atomic laughter. My dad and I saw it only once but "WHA HAPPENED?" became integrated into our family slang overnight, as if it always existed, passed down through generations. In lieu of going to theaters lately, we've been watching movies together. A couple weeks ago I picked A Mighty Wind since it was short and none of us had seen it since 2003. That scene, unbelievable. I jumped up and slapped the floor.

So to this news I say.... I DON'T THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta re-watch Waiting For Guffman now

One thing I learned (or was reminded of) when looking for a Fernwood 2 Night clip to post on Facebook: the scope of acceptable parody was broader for some things then than now. Couldn't find a clip I felt comfortable posting.

His penis reduction surgery routine in Guffman is all-time.

Same, clemenza.

Lynn Shelton, 54

oh, already noted ....

Phyllis George.

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/arts/television/phyllis-george-dead.html

Pioneer, and, of course, a major teenage crush.

https://i.imgur.com/IozKPoL.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/uiZMwpI.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2A8HI3w.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qDycsCv.jpg

FUCK 🤣🤣🤣

One thing I learned (or was reminded of) when looking for a Fernwood 2 Night clip to post on Facebook: the scope of acceptable parody was broader for some things then than now. Couldn't find a clip I felt comfortable posting.

― clemenza, Saturday, May 16, 2020 6:39 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Same, clemenza.

― Louder Than Bach's Bottom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, May 16, 2020 6:49 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Like what

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdx4EBgtA2I

I met Fred Willard backstage at a TV show. He said to me, "Dan let me teach you something I learned in showbiz. I'm gonna throw my shoe at you and if you catch it in time you can keep it. Not now, when you least expect it. Be ready." Then he walked away and I never saw him again.

— Dan Telfer (@dantelfer) May 16, 2020