Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

jesus

Kang Kek Iew aka Duch, Khmer Rouge torturer, murderer and war criminal who later converted to Christianity in hopes of atoning for his 'sins'. He was 77.

(Speaking of Jesus.)

Legendary Baseball Pitcher Tom Seaver

Been out all day, just heard this. I became a fan during the 1970 WS, so I missed his glory season by a year. At least until Clemens/Maddux/Martinez/Johnson (and more recently Kershaw), the greatest pitcher of my lifetime as a fan.

david graeber :(

Yesterday the best person in a world, my husband and my friend .@davidgraeber died in a hospital in Venice.

— Nika Dubrovsky (@nikadubrovsky) September 3, 2020

what? and how? and why?

RIP :(

fuck!!!!!!

"Bullshit jobs", as a concept, has been very very handy to me in terms of broaching labor politics and all kinds of other subjects with co-workers and acquaintances whose political orientation (or much more often lack thereof) I have no knowledge of. So thanks for that DG

oh no, RIP :(

(appreciating any book/article recs as I'd been meaning to read more of his work)

I always appreciated that, despite his academic background, his books (the two I've read anyway, Debt and BS Jobs) are low on jargon and accessible without being (or feeling) dumbed down. That's a rare gift.

Jesus CHRIST 2020 can you STOP

I’m barely halfway through bs jobs aarrggh

I often saw him pottering about the SCR at LSE, reading the Telegraph in what I can only assume was a "know your enemy" kind of way. He will be sorely missed.

he was posting on twitter wednesday lunchtime, then he's gone. A sudden unexpected death like that is always a bit of a shock.

Bassist-composer Gary Peacock; collaborated with, among others, Albert Ayler, Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, many ECM artists.

Ah fuck, one of the ECM greats. I loved the synergy between him and Paul Bley above all. RIP.

yep he was a class player and some of them Bley albums he's on are among my alltime ECM faves. RIP

RIP Gary Peacock.

RIP

Damn

Oh shit

Now it appears the reports on Gary's death may be a hoax, which indeed would be good news!

— Annette Peacock (@_AnnettePeacock) September 5, 2020

???

Somebody better tell Jack DeJohnette.

I hope it’s a false rumor.

https://variety.com/2020/film/global/jiri-menzel-dies-czech-director-oscar-1234761137/

Director/actor Jiri Menzel, 82. Closely Watched Trains is probably his biggest title, but don't miss Larks on a String.

Poker player/announcer Mike Sexton

Former MLB Stole Base King Lou Brock

Looks like it's been confirmed.

Sadly, the news of the great bassist Gary Peacock's death has been confirmed by his family, so I've expanded and reposted my Blue Moment tribute: https://t.co/KhlaElsOCA

— Richard Williams (@rwilliams1947) September 7, 2020

Kind of figured Jack DeJohnette knew what was up.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/obituaries/aldir-blanc-mendes-dead.htm

Aldir Blanc samba lyricist RIP from Covid at 73 . with a guitarist named João Bosco who wrote the music, he wrote the lyrics for “O Bêbado e a Equilibrista” (“The Drunk and the Tightrope Walker”), written in 1978, was ostensibly about a Charlie Chaplin film."....subtly criticized Brazil’s government and called for the peaceful return of political refugees. Sung soulfully by Elis Regina, it became a kind of amnesty anthem and a popular call for the reinstitution of democracy.....his songs reflecting the hardscrabble lives and language of the working-class neighborhoods where he lived, according to Hugo Sukman, the author of “Parallel Stories — 50 Years of Brazilian Music” (2011).

Simeon Coxe from Silver Apples.

https://obits.al.com/obituaries/mobile/obituary.aspx?n=simeon-coxe&pid=196760627&fhid=18119

Damn, RIP

Ronald Bell from Kool & The Gang

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ronald-bell-kool-gang-dead-1057338/

I just saw them two years ago :(.

dammit.

aw shit. kool & the gang were great.

There was some internet thing going around asking "most underrated act?" and Jason Isbell responded pretty quickly with "Los Lobos" (which is fair, imo). I'd not really thought about it that much, but when I did I kinda thought "Kool & the Gang."

Diana Rigg!

The very best.

I had some experiences with the Bells. They lived in my town and Kool's sone went to my high school, first guy I knew with a beeper. After I got into music production I learned there was a famous recording studio hidden away directly across the street from my house more or less so I went by and got myself a summer internship. It was called the House Of Music. Bat Out of Hell, Synergy, Patti Smith, Dr. Buzzard and many other big names recorded there. It was attached to/associated with another studio run by the Bells who's name I can't remember but I used to make them coffee and stuff.

oh god the most beautiful woman who ever lived lived long enough to be tagged "Game of Thrones Star" in her obituary :(

Shit news. RIP

(itv4 currently repeating avengers series 5 fwiw. would be on this very second but for tour de france highlights)

oh man rip

Best Bond girl ever.

The Assassination Bureau (w/Rigg, Ollie Reed & Telly Savalas) is one of the most wacky & fun action films nobody's seen.

;_;

This is no good, very bad news. RIP.

RIP Alan Minter, a boxer who was also mentioned in The Fall's 'Fit and Working Again'

Everyone at Sky Sports is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of British boxing great, Alan Minter, aged 69.

Alan was an Olympian and unified middleweight champion who shared the ring with some of the very best our sport has ever seen. He'll be thoroughly missed. pic.twitter.com/DuhLJ7a1Zv

— Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) September 10, 2020

Shere Hite, author of the Hite Report and loathed by lotharios everywhere:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/10/she-began-the-real-sexual-revolution-for-women-shere-hite-dies-aged-77