Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

Romanian pianist Radu Lupu, 76. Wish Pomenitul were here. Maybe he saw one of Lupu’s rare live concerts.

Lupu’s Brahms and Schumann recital discs and his disc of Schubert’s D894 sonata are essential and obligatory IMO

cosign

Robert Morse was so good in Mad Men. My favourite moment was just before he died on the show, watching the moon landing: "Bra-vo." (Just past two minutes in the clip.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZidLxbMa54

Vintage Bluesman Guitar Shorty

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitar-shorty-obit

Never made it through a full episode of Mad Men but Robert Morse was great in The Loved One, which I rewatched recently on the big screen introduced by Fred Schneider and which holds up as one of the twisted dark comedies of the ‘60s that actually works.

A double bill of that and Lord Love-a-Duck would be a hell of a thing.

Not with Burt, but about him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umSL5d91qPw

RIP Eric Chappell, writer of one of THE great sitcoms, Rising Damp. The four main characters were each fleshed out with laser insight into human minds, and intense understanding of the inherent drama and comedy of conversational language. Thank you, Eric, thank you so much. pic.twitter.com/rmg19ACueh

— Danny Kelly (@dannykellywords) April 23, 2022

RIP Eric ;_;

ok but "laser insight"

It's Danny Kelly, what do you expect?

words

Arno Hintjens, TC Matic singer (very big in Belgium)

Orrin Hatch, 88

inspiration for hatchie (which is what bob dole called him)

Sen. Orrin Hatch said the woman’s story accusing the Supreme Court nominee of sexual misconduct was “too contrived.” He believed she was lying after being coaxed by liberal special interests to derail the confirmation and was yearning for the spotlight.

“For all the expressions of wanting not to have publicity and to avoid publicity, I personally felt that she looked as though she enjoyed having the publicity today,” Hatch said on the Senate floor. “But, be that as it may, her story just does not add up.”

Re Styles, aka Shirley MacLeod, who first styled and then also became a vocalist for The Tubes in the 1970s. Also appeared in some notable films such as Xanadu.

https://deadline.com/2022/04/re-styles-dead-actress-costume-designer-stage-singer-with-tubes-was-72-obituary-1235008584/

Bert's encore, song & dance, word to Don:

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

Super Sky Point to Daryle Lamonica, the Raiders’ “Mad Bomber” who started 88 games in his career and lost just 16 of them despite retiring with a 49.5% career completion percentage. It was a different game then. A better game. #RIP pic.twitter.com/E7tkW1GDIX

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) April 21, 2022

Re Styles, backing vocalist for The Tubes. Seeing them in 1976 is still the most sensory overload I have ever experienced.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-tubes-re-styles-dead/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwAR3nwI5oiqUbVDkKRmB6rfl7wXKMvBjAI445HxjEv9W3JSfw7lugD_sSQmE

James Bama, American realist illustrator mainly working in scenes from the American West in later years but one time pulp illustrator of Argosy, amongst others and pulp novels including Doc Savage. Yet probably most famous for the box covers for Aurora horror model kits.

Dutch musician Henny Vrienten, 73.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/04/dutch-1980s-heart-throb-henny-vrienten-of-doe-maar-dies-aged-73/

Those Doc Savage covers really pulled me in (Bantam editions?) as a kid, even if the books aren't all that good. Like Tintin, Doc's sidekicks are generally more interesting than Doc himself.

last week: https://www.spin.com/2022/04/cynthia-plaster-caster-obit/

Andrew Woolfolk, Earth, Wind, and Fire’s Classic-Era Saxophonist, Dead at 71

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/andrew-woolfolk-earth-wind-and-fire-saxophone-player-dead-obituary-1342968/

Synth legend Klaus Schulze.

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/elektronik-pionier-klaus-schulze-ist-tot-a-f057fe14-2791-4e7c-be85-3c24e8191112

"after a long illness, but still unexpected"

ah dang
rip

ahh fuck

Comics artists and illustrator Neal Adams

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/neal-adams-dead-dies-comic-book-artist-1235254617/

Big one. Surely it's time to reprint all his crazy indepedant stuff?

Wait, what? Neal Adams? God damn it.

Yeah that hurts a lot. RIP dude

Longer obit on Adams.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/neal-adams-dead-batman-comics-artist-1235138106/

Rest In Peace to Neal Adams. As a kid wanting to draw comics his work was daunting, the upper echelon of draftsmanship you could never attain. I've changed my opinion on that since then lol but wow was his work powerful when he was on.

Terrible news. Football agent Mino Raiola has passed away after illness, he’s been sick for months, he was 54.

Raiola was the agent of many football stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Erling Haaland, Pavel Nedved and many others.

🙏🏻🕊

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 30, 2022

for real this time? Because he was declared dead and denied it earlier in the week

(ok, apparently this time it's true)

bizzare story.

Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate.

— Mino Raiola (@MinoRaiola) April 28, 2022

pic.twitter.com/xuZWBNA62N

— Mino Raiola (@MinoRaiola) April 30, 2022

Naomi Judd

https://theboot.com/the-judds-naomi-judd-dead-dies/

From the Ken Burns' Country thread:

that record exec recalling the Judds - “Wynnona had braces & Naomi looked fantastic as always”

:/

― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, September 25, 2019 11:01 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

RIP

Aw, man, that sucks.

Wynonna and Ashley's statement makes it sound grim. R.I.P.

well, shit

RIP

Nobody mentioned Judy Henske yet? RIP Judy.

https://bestclassicbands.com/judy-henske-obituary-4-29-22/

Oh man, hadn't seen that at all.

Hadn't heard about that yet. RIP Judy. Her track annotations on that Rhino Big Judy set are a treat.

RIP Naomi. Not a country fan by any means, but the Judds have been on my radar. Gorgeous voices and harmonies. “Why Not Me” is a gem.

RIP Judy, great voice and an underrated songwriter