Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

Mystic Meg!

https://news.sky.com/story/mystic-meg-one-of-britains-most-famous-astrologers-dies-aged-80-12829359

An icon who lived several lives

She also wrote erotic stories and worked as a journalist at the now-defunct News of the World magazine.
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Her horoscopes and clairvoyant messages captured the imagination of the public and she received huge amounts of correspondence - particularly from angry Manchester United fans who were angry Mystic Meg predicted their team would lose to Everton in the FA Cup final in 1995.

as posted elsewhere "the s*n's most honest journalist"

chaim topol, 87. rip tevye

one of the greats

kinda boggles my mind that he was only 36 in Fiddler - he def seemed much older but also styled that way so a+ acting lol

RIP. Wasn't he in TORN CURTAIN as well?

the scene in Flash Gordon where Dr. Zarkov's memories are erased really disturbed me as a kid

Robert Blake Dies: Actor In ‘Baretta’ And ‘In Cold Blood’ Was 89, Beat Real-Life Murder Rap

https://deadline.com/2023/03/robert-blake-dead-actor-in-baretta-in-cold-blood-was-89-beat-real-life-murder-rap-1235284339/

People you thought were already...

He’s in the grave RIGHT NOW

He was in Our Gang??

~mind blown~

He was in Treasure of the Sierra Madre??

WTF

He's the kid that sells Bogart the lottery ticket.

People you thought were already...

^^^^ on this. Thought he died a couple years ago

yeah me too

wondering if he's really dead, or if he's in my house right now

Robin Lumley of Brand X.

https://officialbrandx.com/

Jerry Samuels aka Napoleon XIV

https://bestclassicbands.com/jerry-samuels-obituary-napoleon-xiv-3-10-23/

They took him away.

Lewis Largent, Influential MTV ‘120 Minutes’ VJ and KROQ DJ, Dies at 58.

Happened Feb 20, but I haven't seen it until now.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/lewis-largent-mtv-120-minutes-kroq-dead-dies-1235549497/

many xposts can i just say i hate that headline re Blake “beat a real-life murder rap”

RIP Bonnie who he totally didnt murder bc he “left his gun in the restaurant”
(hold for laughs)

many such Roberts out there murdering

longtime minnesota vikings coach bud grant, 95

🫡

The best. RIP Bud.

RIP Jason Kaye of Top Buzz. After Top Buzz he went on to run Social Circles, putting out some top notch UK Garage.

Also RIP MC Fats, vocalist on some classic Ganja Kru / Calibre / Break D&B tunes over the last 3 decades.

Keith Johnstone, pioneer of improvisational theatre.

Bill Tidy, cartoonist

Aw, I used to have a letter from Bill Tidy. My auntie sent him some of my (completely unremarkable, non-precocious) sketches - football! space! - and he was sweet enough to send an encouraging note back. I think I was a bit embarrassed we’d wasted Mr Tidy’s valuable time.

Nobel-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, a leading liberal voice who defended the disenfranchised and challenged the conformity of modern society, has died aged 88https://t.co/mKxGuEKFzY pic.twitter.com/v9LecqmiG3

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 13, 2023

:-(

RIP Oe, your books were beautifully written and depressing as hell

with which Oe novel should I start?

A Personal Matter or The Silent Cry.

thkx

Silent Cry still guiltily lurking on my Kindle in endless limbo

Turner Prize winner Phyllida Barlow, 78.

Disney legend Rolly Crump. Disneyland wouldn't look like it does without him.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-03-13/rolly-crump-dead-disneyland-designer

Dick Fosbury, he of the flop

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/64945985

^^ i think he fits basically any definition of the word "genius"

Seriously. I love how there is pretty much no ceiling in sports, how every few years someone manages to bust an old seemingly unbreakable record through talent or ingenuity. I wonder what the longest standing sports record is?

Joe Pepitone

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/joe-pepitone-yankees-all-star-and-gold-glover-in-the-1960s-dies-at-82/

14,475 days, or 39 years and 7 months, is how long the Women's 800 Metres world record has remained unbroken. It's the longest standing world record, belonging to Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH), whose mark of 1:53.28 has stood since 26 July 1983.

Bert I. Gordon, 100!

Seriously. I love how there is pretty much no ceiling in sports, how every few years someone manages to bust an old seemingly unbreakable record through talent or ingenuity. I wonder what the longest standing sports record is?

In terms of stats, as opposed to records, no-one has ever come close in cricket to Don Bradman and I very much doubt anyone ever will.

Word going around that guitarist Dix Denney, originally of LA punk legends the Weirdos and various other acts besides, has passed on.

Cool interview with Dix here: https://theloniousmonster.com/dix-denney/
(totally forgot that John & Dix's mom played Mrs. Teevee in Willy Wonka)

Former congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a megaphone for the women’s movement, the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee and a liberal Democrat known for her barbed wit, has died at 82. https://t.co/VViFOg5FM1

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 14, 2023

OG Iron Chef badass Chen Kenichi

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20230314-97127/

What a legend, I think of him every time I reach for the toban djan. Pretty much unbeatable but always bemused and happy when he lost

Aw, damn, I remember Pat Schroeder. She was a fixture of Colorado politics and a trailblazer.

RIP falsetto gospel singer Paul Beasley who was in Mighty Clouds of Joy and other groups