Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jean-kennedy-smith-kennedy-sister-and-architect-of-peace-in-northern-ireland-dies-at-92/2020/06/18/a236b0b0-b15a-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html

Jean Kennedy Smith, 92

in the States we only know Vera Lynn cuz of Kubrick

First British act to have a US number one single, back in 1954, obviously before your time.

(xp) I assume that's why the Byrds covered "We'll Meet Again" on their first album.

Xpost Correction, 1952.

well yeah, only the olds know her from then

the mushroom cloud gave her immortality

in the States we only know Vera Lynn cuz of Kubrick

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, June 18, 2020 6:32 AM (seventeen minutes ago)

Pink Floyd's The Wall 2xLP sold almost 12 million copies in the USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl20jlVnvYs

(...which makes it the #7 most sold record in USA history)

she also gets referenced in ebeneezer goode by the shamen

how many (living) Pink Floyd fans can name her...

https://dcist.com/story/20/06/17/maiesha-rashad-the-first-lady-of-go-go-dies-of-stomach-cancer-complications/

Maiesha Rashad, of Maiesha and the Hip Huggers

Pink Floyd's The Wall 2xLP sold almost 12 million copies in the USA

FTR, for purposes of music industry accounting fuckery, double albums count as 2 sales to the RIAA, so 6 million actual physical objects.

Actually 12 mil is about right, as it was awarded 23X Platinum in 1999 (so 12 1/2 mil physical copies then, and a bunch more since).

11 1/2 mil, my bad.

In After the Ball, by the recently deceased Ian Whitcomb, there's a funny account of him meeting the Byrds on a TV show and asking them about We'll Meet Again:

They sang Mr Tambourine Man to the accompaniment of drums, and electric guitars (notably a twelve-string affair that sounded Elizabethan). Afterwards I went up to their rostrum and, flashing a smile, asked them who wrote the song (just for polite conversation). The twelve-string guitarist, wearing National Health type glasses and a wry look said softly so I could hardly hear: 'Dylan, man, like don't you know?' I said no but I do know the other song you sang, We'll Meet Again, originally made famous by Vera Lynn, the Forces Sweetheart. 'We think it's kinda funny and old,' said their spokesman. I said that the song meant an awful lot to those who had fought in the Second World War. 'I trust everything will turn out right,' replied the spokesman mysteriously.

Malayalam filmmaker Sachidanandan "Sachy"

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malayalam-filmmaker-sachidanandan-passes-away-he-was-48-126855

Author Carlos Ruiz Zafón, aged 55

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/19/carlos-ruiz-zafon-author-of-the-shadow-of-the-wind-dies-aged-55

Ian Holm, 88:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/19/ian-holm-dies-alien-chariots-of-fire-bilbo-baggins

aw man!

... people you thought...

RIP though. Good actor.

The last thing I saw him in was the framing device of The Hobbit, I should rectify that.

RIP, and what a shame nerdmovies dominate the obits

outstanding in The Sweet Hereafter, Dreamchild (as Lewis Carroll), Big Night, etc.

what a shame nerdmovies dominate the obits

As ever. Just be glad he was never in a Harry Potter film.

I don't remember his Cronenberg period at all...

With my daughter, just been watching him in The Borrowers. Great actor.

RIP. Think I liked him in that one with Gandolfini too, let's see, Sidney Lumet, Night Falls on Manhattan.

Allen Baekeland's old radio station is having a tribute to him Thursday night.

cjsw.com

http://www.facebook.com/CJSWRadio/photos/a.184964652829/10157667984587830/?type=3&theater

― clemenza, Saturday, June 13, 2020 9:45 PM (six days ago)

RIP Ian Holm. He's terrific in the film version of Pinter's The Homecoming, which you can watch in full here:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2vkk0a

loved him.

https://i.redd.it/fvlqdmz8gjgz.jpg

Great in Brazil as head of the contact tracers:

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

More Holm doing Pinter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Xw0QwbTVc

> just been watching him in The Borrowers.

my first thought was "Pod Clock!"

He was fantastic in Naked Lunch. "If you look carefully at my lips, you'll realize that I'm actually saying something else."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NhNeniXCM4

https://www.soultracks.com/story-larome-powers-dies

Larome Powers

He became a Southern Soul star late in life, but music was part of his existence forever. Today we say a sad goodbye to singer, songwriter and musician Larome Powers. He was 67.

Powers first made his mark as part of the Detroit soul music scene in the 70s, often working with legendary producer Don Davis. He continued his ascent working with artists such as Joe Tex and Millie Jackson, and became known as both a top notch soul music writer and musician.

Powers moved to the front as a performer in the new millennium, issuing three albums between 2003 and 2014

Zeev Sternhell, Israeli historian, 95. RIP.

So they posted a recording of the tribute to our departed friend: https://cjsw.com/program/a-tribute-to-allen-baekeland/episode/20200618/

joel schumacher, 80

Holy shit, and holy shit, I had no idea he was so old!

Nor I

this sucks

Well, he got his start in the '70s, didn't he? Doing stuff for Woody Allen and writing screenplays for "Car Wash" and "The Wiz?" He was making stuff like "D.C. Cab" in, like, the "Doctor Detroit" era.

Of all the films to go with, Variety apparently think his most notable is Batman & Robin.

Actually curious which of his movies people think of as good. I've seen about a dozen of Schumacher's movies and there's not one I'd willingly watch again. Tony Scott, on the other hand...

Some people who are not me rate The Lost Boys and Falling Down.

Loved Car Wash, though I probably haven't seen it in a couple of decades

i only saw the lost boys for the first time about a year ago and it is so so so so awesome

I like Falling Down and Phone Booth a lot. Haven't seen anything else

the lost boys, falling down, tigerland would be my picks. definitely a filmography with plenty of stinkers though.