Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

he was no Roscoe Mitchell, that is for sure!

RIP Sonny Chiba

https://www.thesefistsbreakbricks.com/nowplaying/viva-chiba

The artist Chuck Close, who rose on the acclaim from his Photorealism portraits and fell from grace among sex harrassment allegations, has died. Our obit posting shortly from @nytimes #chuckclose @PaceGallery #artists

— Robin Pogrebin (@rpogrebin) August 19, 2021

belated RIP to legendary surf rock guitarist Takeshi Terauchi

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guitar/comments/o4wf8f/news_takeshi_terauchi_known_as_the_god_of/
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210619/k10013093571000.html

Damn. I just got into the Rashomon album this year!

Jill Murphy, author of the Worst Witch, from cancer, 72.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58283965

Peter Corby, of Corby Trouser Press fame

Peter Corby, inventor of the Corby trouser press, has died. Remarkable businessman who managed to keep selling a product (mainly to hotels) despite the fact that most guests never used it. pic.twitter.com/1jxvaqgDHL

— Martin Knight (@MartinKnight_) August 20, 2021

RIP, guy I never knew existed, even though I was a big fan of the song and especially the magazine.

Salsa star Larry Harlow, 82

I got to see Harlow sit in with the Mars Volta in 2005:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86qMBnXpxgE

The great Tom T. Hall

https://blog.siriusxm.com/siriusxm-remembers-tom-t-hall-dead-at-85/

I seriously thought he'd passed already.

Loved his Nashville wiseguy schtick in the Ken Burns' doc.

wow, I could have sworn he died 2 years ago.

james loewen, author of "lies my teacher told me":

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/books/james-w-loewen-dead.html

pretty sad about this one, that book was an incredible eye-opener when i was 17 and still holds up well

Wow yeah... I read it early on in college and had one of those before and after reading moments.

Damn RIP Larry Harlow

“History is by far our worst-taught subject in high school,” Dr. Loewen told The Atlantic in 2018. “I think we’re stupider in thinking about the past than we are, say, in thinking about Shakespeare, or algebra, or other subjects.”

this feels pretty right

Lies Across America, his book about misleading historical monuments is also really good.

Peter Corby
One two three kicked

Don Everly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers

Don Everly, apparently.

Nothing confirmed by media yet, but it seems to be going around Nashville.

Reissue Maven Andrew Sandoval confirms on FB:

It is with deep sadness that I acknowledge the passing of Don Everly. The preservation and documentation of his music with Phil has been a great source of joy and pride for me. Among the many artists I have had the good fortune to work with, the Everlys are without a doubt my favorites. Paul McCartney said it best in his liner note for Heartaches & Harmonies: their music echoes through my mind. Such an inspiration and so much to learn from. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

:-(

RIP :(

"Sweet Sweet Connie" Hamzy, of "We're An American Band" fame.

https://bestclassicbands.com/sweet-sweet-connie-obituary-groupie-hamzy-grand-funk-8-22-21/

Survived by all four members of Grand Funk.

...and Neil Diamond.

Aww just seeing now from upthread that Fania pianist Larry Harlow died. Here’s an obit

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/20/1029760076/larry-harlow-salsa-music-icon-dead

Eric Wagner, vocalist for Trouble and The Skull.

https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2021/08/23/rest-in-peace-eric-wagner-of-trouble-and-the-skull-1959-2021

Well the details there sure make Wino seem even more like a tool in comparison.

You know, in a normal year I would have been excited as hell to see that tour. I wasn't a Trouble fan until a few years ago, but I've really been diving into their catalog lately. They were an incredible band.

Truth. It’s a very sad loss.

Brian Travers of UB40, not sure which one.

Think he's Continuity UB40

UB40 UK?

Oh sorry, just looked it up

PUB-40

Powell St. John, performer w/Mother Earth & songwriter to Big Brother and The Holding Co. ("Bye-Bye Baby") and the 13th Floor Elevators ("The Kingdom of Heaven (Is Within You)", "Slide Machine", "You Don't Know").

https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2021-08-23/powell-st-john-brought-us-the-message-1940-2021/

Per Facebook, looks like he was just interviewed a week or two back by Paul Drummond for what is apparently a new edition of Eye Mind. Sad timing but happy that happened.

https://deadline.com/2021/08/marilyn-eastman-dead-night-of-the-living-dead-actress-1234820501/

Marilyn Eastman, known pretty much only for Night of the Living Dead and a couple of genre flicks.

RIP Jean-Luc Nancy

Gutted.

Charlie Watts. No details yet beyond the announcement. Fuck.

https://wtop.com/music/2021/08/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-dies-at-age-80/

Oh fuck.

welp

come on, the stones are ancient. they'll all be dead within 10 years.

i remember when i was like… 10? looking at one of my mom’s rolling stones albums and her telling me, yeah they’re actually still a band! it’s very unusual for a band to stay together that long

that was 35 years ago

Brick Bronsky, wrestler and Troma actor

#toxieweeps RIP BRICK BRONSKY TROMA STAR AND WONDERFUL HUMAN!! #toxies pic of the day . pic.twitter.com/1ovUGGapYz

— Lloyd Kaufman (@lloydkaufman) August 24, 2021

https://i.imgur.com/YfPylIF.png