Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

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The great and somehow still undervalued Alan Grant :(

― Chuck_Tatum,

not here.
any comic which had his name on it was always of interest.
i absolutely soaked up his spin on Lobo, and the stuff he did for Batman/Detective Comics with Norm Breyfogle (i loved his angular stylised art).
may have to go a digging in the attic over the weekend and revisit ..

― mark e, Thursday, 21 July 2022 16:56 (three years ago)

Yeah him and John Wagner wrote a lot of my childhood - like a lot of writing partnerships it's hard to tell what's from where. They eventually split up after arguing whether Dredd should kill Chopper - given his later anarchist beliefs I wonder which way they split.

― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 21 July 2022 17:50 (three years ago)

re alan grant :

https://2000ad.com/news/alan-grant-1949-2022/

― mark e, Thursday, 21 July 2022 18:04 (three years ago)

French singer & actress Dani

https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/la-chanteuse-dani-est-morte-a-lage-de-77-ans-19-07-2022-U7RE4YZMPNHNBBC3GAVIENQWUE.php

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 July 2022 04:17 (three years ago)

‘Elvis’ Actress and Singer Shonka Dukureh Dead at 44.
Charlotte native played ‘Big Mama’ Thornton in Baz Luhrmann’s recent biopic.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/shonka-dukureh-obituary-1386713/

― nickn, Friday, 22 July 2022 20:47 (three years ago)

Taurean Blacque, aka Detective Neal Washington from Hill Street Blues, 82

https://www.thewrap.com/taurean-blacque-hill-street-blues-actor-dies-at-82/

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Taurean_Blacque.jpg

― ~insert pun here~ (Matt #2), Sunday, 24 July 2022 17:46 (three years ago)

One of THE great names from cast lists at the end of 80s US TV shows.

― Tom D: panel beater, bouncer and tree surgeon (Tom D.), Sunday, 24 July 2022 17:54 (three years ago)

Born Herbert Middleton Jr. in Newark, New Jersey, on May 10, 1940, Blacque later changed his name to reflect his astrological sign (Taurus) and the fact he was Black.

One cool MF to be sure. RIP

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 July 2022 18:25 (three years ago)

WCBS-FM DJ Don K. Reed.

― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 July 2022 18:33 (three years ago)

noooooo :(

RIP king, Detective Neal Washington was the coolest mfer

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 July 2022 19:23 (three years ago)

Bob Rafelson, 89

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bob-rafelson-dead-five-easy-pieces-monkees-1235185462/

― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Sunday, 24 July 2022 19:48 (three years ago)

RIP.

― Tom D: panel beater, bouncer and tree surgeon (Tom D.), Sunday, 24 July 2022 19:50 (three years ago)

I was hoping someone might have put the opening shot from The King of Marvin Gardens online, but here's the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irEM1lOBXHs

― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 24 July 2022 20:32 (three years ago)

RIP. Saw him once at the Cinematic in Barcelona at a screening of the The Postman Always Rings Twice along with some thing he was promoting he had shot for cable tv called Wet.

― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 July 2022 20:36 (three years ago)

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

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 July 2022 20:40 (three years ago)

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

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 July 2022 20:40 (three years ago)

New phone, new browser, sorry for double posting his cameo in Head

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 July 2022 20:41 (three years ago)

Never mind the furthermore
The plea is self defense

― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 July 2022 06:50 (three years ago)

David Warner

― Michael Jones, Monday, 25 July 2022 12:06 (three years ago)

Oh no!

― Tom D: panel beater, bouncer and tree surgeon (Tom D.), Monday, 25 July 2022 12:21 (three years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HJXgzYd1AI

― Tom D: panel beater, bouncer and tree surgeon (Tom D.), Monday, 25 July 2022 12:34 (three years ago)

^classic. RIP

― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 July 2022 13:52 (three years ago)

I even like him in Straw Dogs, although the movie itself is kind of crepey.

― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 July 2022 13:53 (three years ago)

David Warner was so great

― seo layer (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 July 2022 13:56 (three years ago)

See lots of his obits are mentioning The Omen and tbf that is def one of the all-time great screen deaths. RIP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_dxdwmX9yI

― Ward Fowler, Monday, 25 July 2022 13:59 (three years ago)

in the old forbidden planet on new oxford street there was a meticulous scale model on sale of ^^^this death scene, it seemed like for years

― mark s, Monday, 25 July 2022 14:15 (three years ago)

anyway rip david warner, someone owns the scale model of one of yr great moments

― mark s, Monday, 25 July 2022 14:16 (three years ago)

"He was in 'The Omen' with Gregory Peck,
He got killed, what the heck,
I-I-I-I-I love David Warner, he's a darling"

― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 25 July 2022 15:34 (three years ago)

Paul Sorvino :(

― seo layer (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 July 2022 19:03 (three years ago)

David Trimble

Obituary: David Trimble's political career took him from a young hardliner to a Nobel Peace Prize winnerhttps://t.co/5zdWXGN3uk
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) July 25, 2022

― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 25 July 2022 19:06 (three years ago)

RIP Paul Sorvino, dead at 83.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 25 July 2022 19:15 (three years ago)

Bad few months for the Goodfellas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXKy71JWpVU

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 July 2022 19:36 (three years ago)

I remember at some time in the 90's watching Romy and Michele's High School Reunion high on drugs and it clicking in a pre-imdb manner that her dad was the legendary "Vinnie, don't put too many onions in the sauce" guy in Goodfellas. RIP

― calzino, Monday, 25 July 2022 19:45 (three years ago)

Bad run for fictional gangsters period: Liotta, Caan, Tony Sirico (Paulie on The Sopranos), now Sorvino. Something I learned form the Sopranos book I'm reading: Sorvino refused to appear on the show because of its portrayal of Italian-Americans...which is weird. (He had his own sitcom on the air at the time, with a wholesome Italian-American family.)

― clemenza, Monday, 25 July 2022 19:56 (three years ago)

(After he turned them down, I hope he finished with "Now I gotta turn my back.")

― clemenza, Monday, 25 July 2022 20:01 (three years ago)

"Sorvino refused to appear on the show because of its portrayal of Italian-Americans"

he was possibly too much of a real Sopranos character for his own good!

― calzino, Monday, 25 July 2022 20:10 (three years ago)

https://tenor.com/bHNXl.gif

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 25 July 2022 20:12 (three years ago)

https://media.giphy.com/media/6WEcw40DHvJyU/giphy.gif

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 25 July 2022 20:15 (three years ago)

so few mentions of his run on Law and Order.

― dan selzer, Monday, 25 July 2022 20:23 (three years ago)

As well as his acting work, we should salute Paul Sorvino for starting a dog adoption organisation with his daughter Amanda in 2002 that they called - yes - DogFellas. pic.twitter.com/g3almKmg1E
— Nick de Semlyen (@NickdeSemlyen) July 25, 2022

― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Monday, 25 July 2022 21:39 (three years ago)

*foolishly programs superintelligent AI to produce as many paperclips as possible*
*AI breaks my finger*

― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 25 July 2022 21:57 (three years ago)

Tony Dow - Wally Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/r-p-tony-dow-played-174551505.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

― nickn, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 18:02 (three years ago)

Oh shit! the cool older brother we all wish we had

― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 18:04 (three years ago)

That is such a bummer.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 18:51 (three years ago)

So wait.. maybe Tony Dow is still with us?

His wikipedia page shows him very much alive

― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 21:00 (three years ago)

https://www.avclub.com/leave-it-to-beaver-star-tony-dow-still-alive-1849334457

― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 21:01 (three years ago)

It was Tony Plow that died.

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 21:41 (three years ago)

This is like when Jerry Mathers came back to life after being killed in Vietnam

― Josefa, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:01 (three years ago)

xp
What's the name?

― nickn, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:34 (three years ago)

That name again is Tony Plow

― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 23:47 (three years ago)

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