Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

Bernard Tapie, dubious French businessman, and even more dubious owner of Olympique de Marseille, aged 78.

Controversial French tycoon and former minister Bernard Tapie dies at 78 https://t.co/fb9IUxwQ03 pic.twitter.com/KXMxHEcY3T

— FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) October 3, 2021

Todd Akin, the “legitimate rape” guy

rest in piss

Alan Kalter, ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ Announcer, Dead at 78

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/alan-kalter-letterman-announcer-dead-obit-1237037/

Aww, he (Alan Kalter) was great.

It’s with great sadness that I have to tell you that my dear friend for 40 years, Pat Fish (aka The Jazz Butcher) passed away yesterday evening at his home in Northampton. God bless you old sport. @glassmodern2 @davidjhaskins @kevinmhaskins @unlostforever pic.twitter.com/1y1ZlZNwno

— Glass Modern (@glassmodern1) October 6, 2021

Wow, what a shock, I saw him playing at the end of August. RIP.

Lizzie Bravo, who--aside with Gayleen Pease--sang on the 'Wildlife' version of "Across The Universe".

https://bestclassicbands.com/lizzie-bravo-beatles-obituary-teenager-10-5-21/

The article goes on to mention that Pease died earlier this year.

Koichi Sugiyama, composer most famous for the music in Dragon Quest. Also infamously a war crimes denialist and all round right wing nutter.
https://www.dragonquest.jp/news/detail/3546/

RIP Anthony O’Shaughnessey, who became the focal image of the first Dexys Midnight Runners LP. Here is the back story to the iconic picture. Featured on the @dig_with_it blog. Extracted from the book, @TroubleSongs. https://t.co/fp1BrVyHQI

— Stuart Bailie (@stu_bailie) October 7, 2021

Gayleen Pease

I only do this when I'm at the Eagle.

useless tory minister James Brokenshire

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58844606

I'm beside myself with grief obv.. crying a fucking river here

Reputation burnished by the eye skipping ahead to Karen Bradley.

tbf on him he always knew that there was no such county in Ireland as Londonkerry

What a loss to the scum community

State funeral anyone?

Just your standard-issue British ghoul, complaining about "imbalance" that has led to a "disproportionate" focus on criminal inquiries involving former soldiers, on the 45h anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

just a Tory mediocrity, but still evil enough to warrant a bit of glee in his passing.

Mr Brokenshire in charge of the six counties is all-time great nominative determinism.

I'm very sad to report that Rick Jones, aka Yoffy from Fingerbobs has passed away aged 84. I initially interviewed him for my book many years ago and we stayed in touch. He was a huge creative spirit, a talented musician and a lover of life. I shall miss him greatly pic.twitter.com/6RHV4ebyW8

— Garry Vaux Illustrator (@GarryVaux) October 8, 2021

"Yoffy from Fingerbobs" is perhaps the most British thing I've read in my entire life.

He was Canadian!

RIP. 5 yr old me loved you deeply and always wanted more fingerbobs.

Also lol

Heading for dinner break doing Playschool, Humpty under my arm, I ran for a closing lift door, and inside was a terrified Danny Cohn-Bendit. He thought I was there for the hit.

— Rick Jones (@MrFingerbobs) June 22, 2020

He was good in superman

A fondly remembered figure from my childhood; on Play School, I had him down as one of the cool ones.

Damn, no way The Beat would have sounded so urgent without our his contribution on the drums.

We are deeply sad to announce we have lost another friend & brother today, Everett Morton. Everett was a humble & gentle man in life, but a dynamo on the drums. He was the beat of The Beat. We feel his loss tremendously. Our deepest condolence to his family. #RIPEverettMorton🕊️💔 pic.twitter.com/d99Y8NlfSM

— The English Beat (@TheEnglishBeat) October 8, 2021

Aw shit. That's Everett, Saxa and Ranking Roger all gone in the last few years :(

Wow. One of the greatest, most underrated bands of its era (and beyond), imo.

Fantastic drummer.

Yeah just listen to the start of Mirror In The Bathroom

I never even thought about him but those records sound so good so will be paying closer attention from now on. RIP.

Have seen in the past couple days that Drew Steele of the Surf Punks, and Dee Pop of the Bush Tetras (and more) have passed.

Also Jim Pembroke of 70s prog band Wigwam.

Dee Pop passed in his sleep last night. We’re Facebook friends and lots of NY folk and the no wave Facebook group are posting about. Very sad. He was really upset at the passing of Charlie Watts who was a hero and seemed like some kind of mentor or something.

The mighty Deon Estus

It is with real sadness I post that Deon Estus passed away This Morning. Deon was mostly known as the third member of Wham! Deon was passionate about music and loved interacting with his loyal fans.#onlyloveisreal @billboard @RollingStone @BBCBreaking pic.twitter.com/uGje66JDTa

— Deon Estus (@DeonEstus) October 11, 2021

He was ridiculously talented.

Paddy Moloney, who founded The Chieftains in the early 60s

:(

...and who was sworn at by Van Morrison onstage in the late 80s.

I love his work on a few of Mike Oldfield's records, and the Barry Lyndon soundtrack.

...and who was sworn at by Van Morrison onstage in the late 80s.

And Van normally so mild mannered and even tempered too.

Goodbye Alan Hawkshaw. He wrote The Champ. He played on Melody Nelson. He was in the Shadows. He wrote the themes for Grange Hill, and Countdown, and Channel 4 News. Can’t be many days in my life where I haven’t heard at least one of them. Oh, and this https://t.co/f39gBuXydE

— bob stanley (@rocking_bob) October 16, 2021

oh damn

_...and who was sworn at by Van Morrison onstage in the late 80s._

And Van normally so mild mannered and even tempered too.

And whose daughter Kirsty sang the vocal on It’s A Fine Day.

one of the greats tbh

wait, is there really no hawkshaw thread on ilm?

RIP Alan, had some serious bangers under his belt

His Great Mysteries Of The World library record is my big fave
RIP

v sad about Paddy :(