Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

he was instrumental in founding first the Gay Men's Health Crisis and then ACT-UP, he is our saint

RIP Larry, so fucking sad to lose this real one

“In American medicine, there are two eras,’’ Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, of the National Institutes of Health, told me. “Before Larry and after Larry.’ There is no question in my mind that Larry helped change medicine in this country.” https://t.co/VHHcTk7j2q

— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) May 27, 2020

rip larry kramer, a tenacious and principled man.

from the start of the aids epidemic, he wouldn’t settle for anything less than serious action at the federal level and a real push for a cure. he wouldn’t accept it being treated as a “niche” issue. this at least is what i took away from my reading of this period—always admired him

watching the nyt larry kramer subhead 'corrections' play out in real time was wild. and they still couldn't fix the real problem because that newspaper is a pile of shit to its core.

Larry Kramer is proof that if you refuse to lie to people, you will be looked upon with hatred and suspicion in your lifetime but canonized after your death by the very same social conformists who treated you like a pariah

— Anna Khachiyan (@annakhachiyan) May 27, 2020

is Anna Khachiyan a good person from a good podcast or a bad person from a bad podcast, I know it's one of those

I feel like I heard someone say she's bad

Otm. That’s why integrity is all that matters.

either way, the statement stands

xp

why didn't you say it instead then

Haha she said it first!

idk just post your own feelings is all imo

...there are quite a few Tweets in this thread silby

iirc Silby is not reading tweets, not reading articles, not watching videos, just kind of warging what’s going on in the world w his eyes rolled back in his head

it actually sounds v restful

xxp I do think that because he refused to lie he was looked upon with hatred and suspicion

iirc Silby is not reading tweets, not reading articles, not watching videos, just kind of warging what’s going on in the world w his eyes rolled back in his head

― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, May 27, 2020 8:54 PM (one hour ago)

I read a lot of tweets but they're very nearly all from my friends not Content Creators or Media Figures

except for when they're embedded on ILX

...there are quite a few Tweets in this thread silby

― flappy bird, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 8:47 PM (one hour ago)

it's not personal I just am having acute embedded-other-people's-opinions fatigue

iirc Silby is not reading tweets, not reading articles, not watching videos...
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, May 28, 2020 3:54 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

ppl who have figured out how to live

excuse me i believe it said silby has figured out how to warg

projecting my consciousness into the carnivorous plants that live on the deck

that's numberwarg

Irm Hermann, 77

💔

Anthony James, the creepy guy--one of the creepy guys--in In the Heat of the Night.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anthony-james-dead-actor-unforgiven-heat-night-was-77-1296310

Creep guy in a lot of movies! RIP.

Oh shit! Was he the guy who played the assassin in that Naked Gun movie where he attacked Drebin in the shower singing Memories?

(Some of the facts in the previous post may be jumbled)

Peter Alexander, who created ethereal worlds out of resin, dies at 81

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-05-28/peter-alexander-obit-light-and-space-artist-dies-at-81

“Jack was the greatest ichthyologist in history. Period.” https://t.co/vu4B8cuYyK

— NYT Science (@NYTScience) May 30, 2020

Michael Angelis has died at the age of 68. Most people would remember him for his roles in Boys from the Blackstuff, GBH and The Liver Birds, but...

BREAKING Thomas the Tank Engine narrator Michael Angelis dies at 76 https://t.co/ZXTjRhzVmn pic.twitter.com/BGAJcDGwl8

— Mirror Breaking News (@MirrorBreaking_) May 30, 2020

Michael Angelis, weirdly probably best known for being Not Ringo Starr in Thomas The Tank Engine but reliable Scouse character actor with a central role in Boys From The Blackstuff.

Haha complete xpost

And did you know his brother, Paul Angelis, did the voice of Ringo in "Yellow Submarine"? RIP Michael.

(His brother who is 76, Michael was indeed 68).

(Was married to Gail from Coronation Street!)

RIP; I thought he was a good way into his 70s tbh

just read this, he was a great actor who improved whatever he appeared in, RIP

I always remember his funny line from Boys From The Blackstuff when some DSS snooper is threatening to pay him a home visit and he replies: I'll bake a cake.

he was in GBH as well I think, he was good. RIP

I saw GBH open for the Ramones in like 1990 - which one was he?

lol no, the early 90's Alan Bleasdale written tv series GBH

(xp) the one who sounded like Ringo.

Christo passed away today, on May 31, 2020, at his home in New York City. Christo and Jeanne-Claude have always made clear that their artworks in progress be continued after their deaths. L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped (Project for Paris) is still on track for Sept. 18–Oct. 3, 2021. pic.twitter.com/xHPURw60w2

— Christo and Jeanne-Claude (@ChristoandJC) May 31, 2020

His burial shroud will be 6,000 miles long.

#neverforget, I was there the day before, fucking shitshow:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/11/01/second-death-from-christos-umbrellas/689ec69b-c8cb-4225-bc2b-c897a39738ed/

i did the central park show; it was undeniably engaging, if sorta corny.
ironic that a guy so devoted to having lots of people get together died during a period of social distancing

RIP Christo.

Harold Brathwaite, an important Canadian--he was Director of Education for my board the year I started.

http://www.ronfanfair.com/home/2020/5/31/gmffwnnyw0tydua6xul3sqnnfn2eas

His burial shroud will be 6,000 miles long.

― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, May 31, 2020 3:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i laughed