Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

"... but the clouds..." and "Ghost Trio", to be exact.

https://tristrampowell.com/images/Beckett-ghosttrio.jpg

Ah yes, I remember now. RIP.

Fred Segal, Icon of Los Angeles Fashion and Retail, Dies at 87https://t.co/7jWO6eVXvu

— Beatgrrrl🌹🦴 (@Beatgrrrl) February 28, 2021

Johnny Briggs, actor.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronation-street-actor-johnny-briggs-who-played-mike-baldwin-dies-after-long-illness-12231526

"which he appeared from 1976 to 2006 and again in 2012 in the Text Santa special as a ghost"

lol I missed that ghostly rovers return. He is so Mike Baldwin I thought he really had died.

he could be very funny sometimes. Like I remember when Ken Barlow was doing a market stall he quipped "ken, you are supposed to work your way up from being a barrow boy".

I am shaken. I was only speaking to Angel Moraes a few weeks back. Stunned to hear that he has passed away. Rest In Peace brother 😢

— Simon Dunmore (@SimonDunmore) February 28, 2021

Glenn Roeder, aged 65, from a brain tumour.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56233217

I've read two books that chronicle the history of Rolling Stone, so I should recognize the name, but I don't.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/john-burks-rolling-stone-first-managing-editor-dead-obit-1134470/

Derek Khan:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/fashion/derek-khan-dead.html

Jazz drummer Ralph Peterson Jr., who had been battling cancer for six years. I've heard him on countless records, but only saw him live once, in January 2020, subbing for Billy Hart with the Cookers. It sounded like an avalanche. He was very much of the Art Blakey/Elvin Jones school of jazz drumming; if you were the bassist who had to stand next to him, you might as well just mime your part, because no one was going to hear you.

aw unperson you've surely forgotten more jazz than i'll ever know but that feels a little unfair to Elvin Jones ime

When I saw Elvin Jones his bass player was this guy, draw your own conclusions.
https://cdn2.kennedy-center.org/images/assets/138_175/MIJCL_ChipJackson_138.jpg

Ian North of Milk 'n' Cookies, 68.

https://pitchfork.com/news/ian-north-guitarist-of-power-pop-band-milk-n-cookies-dies-at-68/

More evidence for the health benefits of a vegan diet.

Vegan diets exclude hearts so you're off to a flyer.

Tuner Car Pioneer "Mr. Norm" Kraus

https://www.hotcars.com/high-performance-king-of-mopars-mr-norm-kraus-dies-aged-87/

Liverpool footballer Ian St John, 82.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56250355

I always preferred him to Greavsie when I was a kid. RIP

RIP.

Claudio Coccoluto :(

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

Can't quite believe Greavsie outlived him! (Saint not Claudio)

Coccoluto and Greavsie was of course cancelled after a single very confusing series covering highlights of Seria B on Channel 5.

did Greavsie have any alcoholic relapses since the 70's? A friend of mine had lots of tacky charity shop books and amongst them was a dog eared late 70's Greavsie autobiography entitled My Name is Jimmy Greaves and I am ...

greavsie was on itv4 saturday morning repeat of 1990 england cameroon the other day

Sad to report Vernon Jordan has passed away. One of the great civil rights leaders of our time. Adviser to @BillClinton and many other leaders.

— Andrew Ross Sorkin (@andrewrsorkin) March 2, 2021

Bunny Wailer

Legendary reggae singer Bunny Wailer died in the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston this morning. He was 73. https://t.co/dD8ABgDvnO

— Jamaica Observer (@JamaicaObserver) March 2, 2021

:(

;_;

Oh no!

Oh no. Also didn’t realize he had a couple of strokes in recent years and had been rehabilitating from them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jfoScCnjRY

RIP. Some great productions on other artists too, this is one of my favourite Gregory cuts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfXBSn-hcCg

https://www.gq.com/story/bunny-wailer-john-jeremiah-sullivan

(longish piece from 2011, v. worth your time)

Oh yeah, believe I read it in his book.

Barbara Ess - photographer (& professor-of @ Bard), No Wave musician (The Static, Disband, Y Pants, Branca et. al.) and editor of Another Asshole, the legendary No Wave zine.

Nicola Pagett, star of BBC dramas of the 70s/80s. Quirky detail from her Guardian obituary: "Her behaviour became increasingly erratic and she developed an obsession with Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s spokesperson, whom she bombarded with love letters".

wow that is a very bizarre and unexpected detail

A friend of mine was mourning Barbara Ess, wrote that she was one of the best teachers he's ever had

(xp) I remember reading about that, bizarre but sad story. RIP Nicola, my goodness she was gorge in her heyday.

I think I'm going to invest in some bagpipes! But joking aside I suppose it is quite sad really, she obviously had some kind of breakdown.

'Jazz Giant' Chris Barber:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56270163

walter gretzky, father of wayne. i thought walter had passed years ago

> Nicola Pagett, star of BBC dramas of the 70s/80s.

watching random old avengers episode from 2 weeks ago, Have Guns Will Haggle, and look up the cast list on imdb because i think i recognise someone from somewhere else (Mr Benn was in the the other day!) and it's Nicola Pagett...

Tony Hendra, who acted in the Cambridge Footlights, wrote early Spitting Image episodes and played the manager in Spinal Tap.

Oh damn and blast, RIP.

Also big mover behind National Lampoon

i really enjoyed this book of his btw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Too_Far

RIP but thats a charmless cv tbh