Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

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mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 11 January 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link

let's get together and feel alright

Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 January 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link

Multi-instrumentalist - composer Howard Johnson. He made his recording debut with Bill Dixon, enjoyed a long association with the Band and Levon Helm, and also collaborated with Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, and many, many others.

Loved this guy, never managed to see him. There’s a great interview with him I have reposted here a couple of times.
Multi-instrumentalist - composer Howard Johnson. He made his recording debut with Bill Dixon, enjoyed a long association with the Band and Levon Helm, and also collaborated with Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, and many, many others.

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 January 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link

That must have been some PGA decision.

jmm, Monday, 11 January 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link

No, Mr Trump, I expect you to die

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

Alba, Monday, 11 January 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link

I feel bad not having a clue who Howard Johnson is despite him playing loads of classics like Liberation Music Orch and Mama Too Tight. RIP

calzino, Monday, 11 January 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link

Eve Branson, Richard’s mother - COVID.

scampopo (suzy), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link

Celia Humphris of UK folk-rock band Trees, also the voice artist for London Underground station announcements in a later, startling career move.

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/celia-humphris-trees-rip.1046874/

fish quits shock (Matt #2), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2GHHCLFTM

fish quits shock (Matt #2), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:19 (three years ago) link

oh ffs

kites aren't fun (NickB), Monday, 11 January 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link

RIP

Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 11 January 2021 22:52 (three years ago) link

I feel bad not having a clue who Howard Johnson is despite him playing loads of classics like Liberation Music Orch and Mama Too Tight. RIP


He was one of those ubiquitous session musicians who nonetheless managed to carve out a singular approach. And he was apparently well-known enough in the ‘80s to appear in this ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq-llysqjzw

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 11 January 2021 23:56 (three years ago) link

I have a ton of records Howard Johnson plays on (Mingus, Dixon, Hill, Rivers etc.) but honestly when I heard the news I immediately jumped to see if he was the tuba player who'd worked with Arthur Blythe on so many records. He was not; that was Bob Stewart, who's still alive.

but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link

Did you ever see him live?

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link

Don't think so.

but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 00:03 (three years ago) link

Here's a link to a post where an interview with him is linked: The dog trots freely thru the Rolling Jazz Canto Thread 2016

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link

He had such a great attitude from everything I read.

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link

Sheldon adelson

Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:10 (three years ago) link

Oh boy.

scampish inquisition (gyac), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:12 (three years ago) link

his only regret is that he didn’t make the world even worse

boz conspiracy by toby hus (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link

it sez he was a casino magnet, cheating fucker!

calzino, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link

The world is a better place today.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link

Cellist David Darling. His recordings on ECM are all time beauties.
https://www.daviddarling.com/

SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link

Gay porn auteur Jerry Douglas: https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2021/01/jerry-douglas/

Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link

Lol calzino

Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link

David Barclay, one half of the Barclay brothers

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/12/sir-david-barclay-telegraph-owner-twin-frederick-built-vast/

Alba, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link

Bit of a checkout day for rich right-wing arseholes!

scampopo (suzy), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 05:54 (three years ago) link

Was going to say. Awful tribute here

Farewell with respect and admiration to Sir David Barclay who rescued a great newspaper, created many thousands of jobs across the UK and who believed passionately in the independence of this country and what it could achieve.

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 13, 2021



How “unexpected” is an 86 year old dying, though, really?

scampish inquisition (gyac), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 09:38 (three years ago) link

As I saw someone write on Twitter this morning, Barclay didn't believe in the UK enough to actually pay tax here

Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 10:12 (three years ago) link

Hopefully these things come in threes, there are plenty of candidates.

scampish inquisition (gyac), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 10:13 (three years ago) link

Jessica Campbell, Tuba Girl from Freaks & Geeks and attempted spoiler candidate Tammy from Election.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/jessica-campbell-election-star-dies-at-38?

"what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link

Wow...She's great in both (her F&G character was so ahead of its time).

clemenza, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link

RIP, two iconic roles

na (NA), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link

Awwwwww that sucks. I had a huge crush on her in my youth. RIP

Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link

That's awful, she was brilliant in Election, and so young!

٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link

oh fuck! RIP.

stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link

three-time olympic rowing gold medalist (for canada) kathleen heddle, 55

mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link

C. Grissom dug this up--love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Hnm8Z_E8k

clemenza, Thursday, 14 January 2021 01:59 (three years ago) link

Thud Rock Bassist Extraordinare Tim Bogert

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tim-bogert-dead/

"what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 14 January 2021 04:28 (three years ago) link

He was definitely on my “thought he died years ago” list. I like Cactus while simultaneously wishing they were half as good as they could have been.

but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 14 January 2021 04:37 (three years ago) link

Nonsense. His physical strength and stamina are extraordinary. If exhumed, Mr. Bornstein, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever resurrected.

٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 14 January 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link

When he's out of office Trump has two choices: never go to the doctor again, or find some other yes-man hack that is not legally (if secretly) obligated to make sure he stays alive because he's the President. He's going to go straight from getting medicine snuck into his breakfast cereal to getting prescribed huge doses of opioids from some pill mill.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 January 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link

is this like where the head vampire dies so all of the other vampires also die

Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 January 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link

Margo St James: feminist, sex worker activist - and private investigator.

Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 14 January 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link

Bad day for showmen:

Siegfried Fischbacher, half of large-animal magic team Siegfried & Roy, dies at 81
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/siegfried-fischbacher-dies/2021/01/14/24d513f4-54e9-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html

Gerry Cottle, circus showman and Wookey Hole Caves owner, dies of Covid aged 75
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/jan/14/gerry-cottle-circus-showman-and-wookey-hole-caves-owner-dies-of-covid-aged-75

Alba, Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link

I do know who Margo St. James was after following the link, but when I saw Margo and sex in the same sentence, I thought at first it was Wade Boggs' paramour.

clemenza, Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link

"large-animal magic team" was this written by a robot?

٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link

carnivorous feline conjuring partnership

kieth chagrin (NickB), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link

biting-beast trick friends

Looks like I'm gonna be the filling in a missile sandwich! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link


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