Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/15/bobby-caldwell-dead-dies-what-you-wont-do-for-love/

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Congolese guitarist Lokassa ya Mbongo was in Tabu Ley Rochereau’s then African Fiesta Nationale, he later teamed up with singer Sam Mangwana & then Soukous Stars . RIP

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be gentle, sic

Drummer/murderer Jim Gordon.

Another Domino falls...

Jim Gordon played on a whole lotta tunes

yeah he's on a lot of the best Gordon Lightfoot stuff which is how I heard of him. hard to feel any sympathy for a murderer but the dude was definitely going through something pretty bad mentally at the time.

we used to dream about getting him out on a day pass to come drum on stuff (he was at Napa State Hospital) but now it looks like that's never gonna happen

don't stop dreamin Andy, could still happen

Great drummer, listen to his playing on the Traffic albums he was on. He literally went insane.

we used to dream about getting him out on a day pass to come drum on stuff (he was at Napa State Hospital) but now it looks like that's never gonna happen

― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 16 March 2023 16:50 (six minutes ago) link

Should be a heartwarming movie script, call it “Springing Out Jim”

A Day Pass From Hell.

Saw on fb that Eric Lloyd Wright has died at 93, but not confirmed on wiki or his web site.

RIP. Maybe his best or most famous performance out of many was on “You’re So Vain.”
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Check out the long quote from Andy Newmark here: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/youre-so-vain-50-years-on.1159457/

And Andy Newmark is no slouch, either.

Anyway, Jim Gordon: played in Derek & the Dominos, played on "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," played on "Apache," played on "All Things Must Pass," played on "Randy Newman" and "12 Songs," played on "Different Drum," Tom Waits' "The Heart of Saturday Night" ...

cool quote though idk about "someone let him out", he is a murderer after all

Apache break and Nilsson Jump Into the Fire. That's insane.

This apparently happened in February and family announced it this month, but R.I.P. Mr. Muscle Beach Ed Fury.

https://deadline.com/2023/03/ed-fury-dead-bodybuilder-actor-ursus-sword-sandal-movies-1235281772/

Jim Gordon refused any parole and didn't turn up to his parole hearings.

Andy Newmark seems to suggest getting him out of jail because he used to be an awesome drummer. I mean, c'mon!

Considering no one should be in prison, particularly someone who committed a crime during a psychotic break cause by an undiagnosed mental illness, I don’t really see what’s so controversial there, but ymmv.

That much has validity - but the writeup was a lot of his amazing list of stuff he's done, and a plea for release. Missing, is the paragraph saying what you said.

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Murderers are among those who should be confined for a while, at least, if only for public safety, but hopefully for rehabilitation as well. Gordon, according to Rolling Stone at the time, strangled his mother, was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic, refused to take his meds, incl. years later in prison, and was still brushing off the murder. I suppose if he were still interested in and demonstrably capable of drumming (up to his old standard), he could be brought into a studio minus the opp to strangle, with session fees paid to California victims fund, like Manson record royalties etc.

(up to his old standard) or whatever level made the daypass seem justifiable.

Lance Reddick! wtf?

Insane to hear this.

ugh. amazing in the wire and bosch obv but also very funny in corporate essentially mocking his authoritarian presence from the wire and bosch

Oh goddamn it

wtf?!? awful news

RIP. His appearance in The Guest helps kick that movie onto another level.

he posted a video on twitter 2 days ago looking great

it's hard to see "age 60" and "appears to be natural", way too young

R.I.P. I mostly know him from The Wire but he was great.

Reddick was such an amazing onscreen presence, will be sorely missed

TIL Lance Reddick got married at Loring Park in Minneapolis

just discovering he is well known in the gaming world for his voice acting

Lovely quick post from Keith Calder.

TIL Lance Reddick got married at Loring Park in Minneapolis

― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, March 17, 2023 2:36 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

local angle!!

Wow. The Wire, John Wick, a couple of big video games ....

also Fringe

Yeah, that might be an enormous problem for the third Horizon game, depending on how far into production they are (not very, is my impression). RIP

Destiny 1 and 2 have undergone many, many voice recastings over the years. It has also not been uncommon for voice actors in Destiny to disappear for very long periods of time, busy with other work so they were written around.

Not Lance Reddick, and not Commander Zavala. His role has never been recast since his debut in 2014, and he has shown up for new voicework almost every single year without fail, often appearing in multiple seasons or expansions in a given year. His tragic, early death is a heartbreaking moment for millions of Guardians. It was always assumed he’d play the role indefinitely, and as Destiny begins to venture into animated or live-action projects, the thought was that they could cast whoever they wanted in various roles, except Lance Reddick would always be Zavala. He still will be.

As for what this means for Destiny, I cannot imagine a scenario in which he’s recast, and Zavala may indeed be written out of the story. I would absolutely imagine the game will have eventually have some sort of tribute to Zavala and Reddick in the future. It’s unclear what additional, unreleased work Reddick may have already recorded for the game.

The #Destiny2 community paying respects to the late Lance Reddick's Commander Zavala in-game. 😭 pic.twitter.com/M5Q9m153L2

— Destiny Bulletin (@DestinyBulletn) March 17, 2023

loved him in both the wire and fringe. rip.

Jesus H. how the hell are they going to recast this one?

lance reddick is gone before one of his final performances comes out where we see him play king of the gods, as zeus, and it’s going to take on a whole new meaning now.

rest in peace to a an immensely talented man.

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— M. (@houseofphoton) March 17, 2023

a moment of low key deadpan hilarity in Fringe that Lance was so good at: boss observer pulls out a hip flask and asks Broyles if he will share a drink with him. He declines and says it's just water, water doesn't do anything for me. But water hydrates you sez observer. That is true replies Broyles. Anyway RIP at least all 3 versions of Agent Broyles in Fringe.

Would this be a case where doing a deepfake with his voice would be the best thing to do? With family approval, of course.