Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

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

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 August 2021 12:29 (four years ago)

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.

― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 23 August 2021 12:31 (four years ago)

Truth. It’s a very sad loss.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 August 2021 12:52 (four years ago)

Brian Travers of UB40, not sure which one.

― Dan Worsley, Monday, 23 August 2021 15:33 (four years ago)

Think he's Continuity UB40

― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 23 August 2021 16:55 (four years ago)

UB40 UK?

― Hitsville Ukase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 23 August 2021 17:51 (four years ago)

Oh sorry, just looked it up

― Hitsville Ukase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 23 August 2021 17:51 (four years ago)

PUB-40

― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Monday, 23 August 2021 23:27 (four years ago)

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/

― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:56 (four years ago)

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.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 02:04 (four years ago)

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.

― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 07:59 (four years ago)

RIP Jean-Luc Nancy

Gutted.

― pomenitul, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 11:59 (four years ago)

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

― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 16:37 (four years ago)

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

Oh fuck.

― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 16:50 (four years ago)

welp

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 17:28 (four years ago)

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

― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 18:16 (four years ago)

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

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 18:27 (four years ago)

that was 35 years ago

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 18:27 (four 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

― peace, man, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:17 (four years ago)

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

― Alba, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 21:04 (four years ago)

Scottish painter Elizabeth Blackadder, known for her still lives of flowers. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/aug/25/dame-elizabeth-blackadder-obituary

― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 20:23 (four years ago)

not really my thing but I could add that ultimate insult that she had a "charming style"

― calzino, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 20:36 (four years ago)

Actor Michael Nader, who played Joan Collins's (Alexis Carrington Colby whatever) passionately devoted lover Dex Dexter on Dynasty; was also a regular on All My Children for 10 years (76).

― Josefa, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 21:49 (four years ago)

Ted Dexter, ex-England captain and all-round smoothie. I had no idea he was still alive tbh!

― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 August 2021 07:18 (four years ago)

A few weeks ago now, but crime writer Mo Hayder, aka Candy Davis, aka Clare Bastin, passed away aged 59. Prompted by seeing her cavorting with Ade Edmondson and Daniel Peacock in Comic Strip’s 1983 misfire Five Go Mad On Mescalin, screened last night on niche Freeview channel London Live.

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 26 August 2021 08:29 (four years ago)

Her life before crime novels was catnip for some of the newspaper obituaries I saw.

― Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 26 August 2021 10:05 (four years ago)

Dave Harper, drummer in Sunderland band Frankie & The Heartstrings

We are desperately sad to announce that our dearest friend and drummer Dave Harper passed away in hospital last night. Where do we even start to describe what kind of person he was and what he meant to so many. This legend was unforgettable and we’re heartbroken over this loss pic.twitter.com/7gB7BwSqMD
— Frankie Heartstrings (@FrankieStrings) August 26, 2021

― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 26 August 2021 12:48 (four years ago)

damn it .. Lee Scratch Perry :(

― calzino, Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:37 (four years ago)

https://nationwideradiojm.com/reggae-great-lee-scratch-perry-dies/

― calzino, Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:38 (four years ago)

Damn

― Mark G, Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:41 (four years ago)

Oh fuck

― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:43 (four years ago)

🙁

― siffleur’s mom (wins), Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:47 (four years ago)

Not seeing this reported anywhere else...

― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:52 (four years ago)

... the forlorn cry

― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:53 (four years ago)

Yeah, like every early report..

― Mark G, Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:54 (four years ago)

Indeed.

― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:55 (four years ago)

Wikip has 'was'

― Mark G, Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:56 (four years ago)

Not having any idea of what sources in Jamaica are reliable and what ones aren't, there's at least a second article now: https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Lee_Scratch_Perry_is_dead

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:57 (four years ago)

;_;

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 29 August 2021 15:15 (four years ago)

― Hitsville Ukase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 August 2021 15:17 (four years ago)

former IOC chief Jacques Rogge : https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/58379149

― StanM, Sunday, 29 August 2021 17:02 (four years ago)

Ed Asner too, reportedly.

― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 29 August 2021 17:34 (four years ago)

Pour one out for a total comrade! 91, a good innings.

― the thin blue lying (suzy), Sunday, 29 August 2021 17:35 (four years ago)

https://tvline.com/2021/08/29/ed-asner-dead-mary-tyler-moore-show-lou-grant/

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 29 August 2021 17:38 (four years ago)

On no, I thought he was indestructible

― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Sunday, 29 August 2021 18:00 (four years ago)

ah fuck :(

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 29 August 2021 18:01 (four years ago)

RIP

― Hitsville Ukase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 August 2021 18:02 (four years ago)

Also RIP Lee Perry, caught him here in Austin nearly 20 years ago, wild show, only concert I've been to where the performer smoked massive joints, one after another, the entire show.

― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Sunday, 29 August 2021 18:05 (four years ago)

Between Scratch and Willie, we have strong anecdotal evidence of the longevity-enhancing properties of weed.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 29 August 2021 18:08 (four years ago)

... and tape head cleaning fluid in Scratch's case... according to Robert Palmer.

― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 August 2021 18:47 (four years ago)

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