Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

Man this sucks

It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear brother Timothy J Parker aka The Gift of Gab,” announces his crew Quannum. “Tim departed this earth to be with our ancestors on Friday, June 18, 2021.

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— Lateef (@TruthspeakerHQ) June 25, 2021

Fuuuck. RIP :(

Does everyone know that Mumford is the name of the main guy in Mumford & Sons? Who I just found out today is married to Carey Mulligan!

Oops, wrong thread. Mumford lives.

...for now.

Peter Zinovieff, composer of electronic music and co-founder of the instrument manufacturer Electronic Music Studios Limited. In the late '60s he co-designed the VCS 3, the first British synthesiser. The VCS 3 and its successor, the Synthi AKS, have been in nearly continuous production for over fifty years. They have been used by (among others) Pink Floyd (most notably in "On the Run"), Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Hawkwind, Jean-Michel Jarre, Spectrum and Aphex Twin.

RIP. His libretto for Harrison Birtwistle's The Mask of Orpheus is also a remarkable achievement in its own right.

RIP :(

And he did some electronic music with Birtwistle in the 70s. Had no idea he did the libretto to Mask of Orpheus as well, and I even own the CD. RIP.

BBC Radiophonic Workshop also all over the EMS synths. he was also part on Unit Delta Plus with Delia and Brian Hodgson

Cameroonian singer Wes (Madiko):

https://then24.com/2021/06/26/singer-wes-madiko-author-of-the-hit-alane-died-at-the-age-of-57/

Per a statement from his family, Jon Hassell

aw, damn. glad I was lucky enough to see him play live once

Losing Jon Hassell, Frederic Rzewski, and Peter Zinovieff in the course of a single day is a rough ride for all the gentle nerds — stay plugged in

— Sasha Frere-Jones (@zombiesfj) June 26, 2021

RIP Jon :(

mike gravel, 91

BREAKING: Former U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska, who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record in 1971 and decades later ran for the Democratic presidential nomination as a critic of the Iraq war, has died at age 91. https://t.co/5wqxNsR83u

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 27, 2021

his twitter account might not have really been him, but he was a real one

pianist-composer Burton Greene, a collaborator with/contemporary of Marion Brown, Alan Silva, Sunny Murray, and many others.

Aw, man. RIP. He was Patty Waters' pianist, and his first album (on ESP-Disk, of course) had Marion Brown on alto and Henry Grimes on bass.

‘Cops’ Creator John Langley Dead at 78
Reality television pioneer suffers fatal heart attack while racing in Baja, Mexico

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/cops-creator-john-langley-dead-obit-1189920/

Cool, fuck that guy.

Rest In Tasers

Lauren Berlant.

I've cited Berlant frequently in my academic writing. RIP.

Manfred Fricke of MFB, designer of a huge number of great drum machines.

https://cdm.link/2021/06/rip-berlin-synth-drum-machine-legend-manfred-frickes-of-mfb/

David Gamble, drummer for the Method Actors

A statement from the family of Donald Rumsfeld: pic.twitter.com/AlKYxVvqgF

— Donald Rumsfeld (@RumsfeldOffice) June 30, 2021

Wow, Rumsfeld... some grave dancing is in order. History may remember him for a lot of things.

Wish Morbs were here to get a few kicks in.

hope whatever killed him was painful and drawn-out

Whenever God closes a door (Cosby released on a technicality), He opens a window (rest in shit, Rumsfeld)

jesus, I thought that piece of shit was already dead. At least now the cunt really knows the unknowns

earlier today on ILX:

i had a vivid feeling of the W years being well & truly over

― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), woensdag 30 juni 2021 14:39

He was doing a book tour not all that long ago

RIP Donald Rumsfeld, you taught me it was okay to be wired to a car battery

— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) June 30, 2021

He was surrounded by family, now he's surrounded by cackling demons

The obituary Rumsfeld deserves. It's not Hunter Thompson on Nixon; it's colder than that, a tallying of the bodies (to the degree that's possible).

be gone, creep

lol calzino

good obit imo.

louis andriessen, 82. composers dropping like flies these days

https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2021/07/01/960923935/louis-andriessen-influential-iconoclastic-dutch-composer-dies-at-age-82

RIP

Rick Laird, original Mahavishnu Orchestra bassist.

RIP to the guy that held the whole thing in check.

italian tv and music personality Raffaella Carrà

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/italian-tv-icon-raffaella-carra-dead-aged-78.884494

NOOOOOOOOOOO

RIP Raffaella Carrà, after a 70-year career where she crossed paths and bared navels with Frank Sinatra and the Pope (and that’s just the sixties), but she would have been a legend for this one song alone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5y1-Ru3Jpc

guess she’ll have to present next year’s Eurovision from heaven then...

His age and manner of death are startling--and in the middle of the Stanley Cup Finals.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/sport/matiss-kivlenieks-death-spt-intl/index.html

https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/

Director Richard Donner, 91

RIP. The first Superman still holds up beautifully (I last watched it when Margot Kidder passed), and there's a lot about Scrooged that still works. Haven't watched any of Lethal Weapon movies in forever, but I remember the first two fondly. For whatever reason, despite being what I imagine was exact target audience for The Goonies, it never really appealed to me.