Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

Man, seeing Bo Hopkins' name in the opening credits almost always promised a good time.

^^^ OTM ^^^

Bo was the coolest, loved him

Lester Piggott! Yes, I had forgotten he was still alive

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/29/lester-piggott-outstanding-jockey-of-post-war-era-dies

Yeah, I remember posting him in the "people you were surprised to find were still alive" thread years ago.

I expected him to be much older than 86, he never seemed young in my memory.

He only retired from racing in 1995!

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCPZ1GRclVRsrl_oC_AS56-aOUEeVnGVKDnQ&usqp=CAU

yeah he resumed his racing career after getting released from prison. He inspired some hilarious "limited edition prints" in his time. I once got into trouble for drawing some nobs on one in a bookies.

"Lester Piggott's Nightmare"

Are those all the horses he killed meeting him in hell?

yep, they are the jury!

when I used to work as a relief betting shop manager one of the regular manager's had a lot of their own horseracing art on the wall behind the counter. Really hilariously lame stuff with titles like "The Bend at Tattenham Corner" and they had a Piggot one titled "The King of Epsom" lol!

RIP. Believe he was the hero of Tony in the Up documentaries.

Patricia Brake, versatile British actress probably best known for playing Fletch's daughter in Porridge or as Eth opposite Ian Lavender and Jimmy Edwards in the TV revival of The Glums.

"Fletch's daughter in Porridge" are you fucking kidding me right now

I mean RIP, but there was a show called PORRIDGE?

A sitcom about life in jail, "doing porridge" is slang for spending time inside.

sorry if our native poetry is too powerful for you

https://anotherimg-dazedgroup.netdna-ssl.com/2002/azure/another-prod/390/7/397917.jpg

sorry if our native poetry is too powerful for you

Yeah Porridge is probably top 10 British sitcoms of all time. I get it seems weird to the rest of the world though.

Honorary Canadian, Ronnie Hawkins.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ronnie-hawkins-obituary-1.6470162

His first single, his "Bo Diddley" cover, was 1958; he's not quite in that founding-fathers group, but pretty damn close.

porridge was great, can confirm

Not one ‘duff’ episode.

There was a US version of Porridge btw.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Rocks_(American_TV_series)

lmao .. starring Cletus from Dukes of Hazzard

somewhere there's a tweet about how britishes tv shows are either 20 episodes spread out over a decade or every single day for 50 years

tbf it seems that porridge had *21* episodes

Meanwhile the Simpsons thread has just been people complaining that the show should have ended at Season 8 for the last 20 years.

rip ronnie hawkins, always seemed like a gregarious character

Damn, RIP Ronnie. Never not a good time to play this loud:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK5mxNKI9rM

Steve Broughton of the Edgar Broughton Band (and Tubular Bells, Roy Harper, Psychic TV, the Radio Actors, Mother Gong, etc.):

https://www.loudersound.com/news/steve-broughton-of-the-edgar-broughton-band-dead-at-72

Marion Barber, Cowboys runningback

Marion Barber was the definition of a tenacious runner. He always made something out of nothing.

This was the most incredible 2-yard run ever.

RIP. pic.twitter.com/NwFlgWLtxQ

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) June 1, 2022

Synth pioneer Dave Smith of Sequential Circuits. Created many iconic synths, namely the Prophet 5, and drove the creation of MIDI. That alone was world changing.

damn, a legend

RIP

Love my Sequential machines. Rest In Peace, Dave Smith.

RIP, Tin Drum wouldn't have sounded the same without him. Speaking of which, Tom Oberheim is still with us at 85!

The 1980s wouldn't have sounded the same without him! As was once noted, it's quicker to list the artists from the era who *didn't* use the Prophet-5, than those who did. RIP.

The Queen, December 2021

I had a drum tracks but traded it for someone’s second 707, as I already had a DMX. I have a prophet 600 which was always great but I got the gigli upgrade and now it’s even better. When I was in high school I wanted an analog synth at a time when they weren’t so collectible and almost bought a pro one, I think it was like 300 bucks! Big mistake. Also almost bought a Prophet 3000 sampler from Wine Country. Did own a Yamaha TG33 which owed some degree of influence as Smith brought the vector tech to Korg and Yamaha post sequential.

Howard Johnson's restaurants. Although the last one, in Lake George, NY, was really an ex-HoJo gone independent that reverted to the name without having any connection to the original company.

RIP, Mess O' Smelt.

HJ had so much nostalgia power for a certain generation I'm surprised no one successfully exploited the trademark.

i was in lake george last fall and was very perplexed to see that howard johnson's lol

Grachan Moncur III
https://www.npr.org › 2022/06/03 › grachan-moncur-iii-t...

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/03/1103013844/grachan-moncur-iii-trailblazing-blue-note-trombonist-dies-at-85

off to join grachans moncur i & ii :(

Grachan Moncur II was a bassist who played on (among other things) several Billie Holiday records.

There would appear to be a part 4 too!
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/grachan-moncur-iv

'New Africa' is all-time, RIP to #3

Ex-Bon Jovi bassist Alec John Such