Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

otm he was fantastic in Rome, loved him as Titus

also he was quite good in Kill The Irishman, the 2006 movie about Danny Greene/Cleveland mob

I kind of want to suggest that we rewatch Rome, at least those of us who are so inclined. I had already been thinking about it. I hope it holds up, assuming it will.

Maybe I should watch Kill the Irishman first.

Rewatched Rome a few months ago - third or fourth rewatch - and it was just as great as ever. Possibly my most rewatched series.

Nice. Saw James Purefoy in something else recently, can’t remember what. Oh, High-Rise.

My strongest memory of Punisher: War Zone was that the casting director seemed to have stacked the rest of the cast with people of below average height so that Stevenson, who was 6'3", looked about seven feet tall.

Linda Cardellini is in KILLING THE IRISHMAN too?

KILL THE IRISHMAN

I remember a really early episode of "How Did This Get Made," where they had the director of "Punisher: War Zone" on, and one of the things the hosts talk/joke about is how Stevenson, padded up with vests and weapons, actually seems to get winded during action sequences, which is an oddly realistic detail in a ridiculous movie.

Kill the Irishman is not exactly good but it is entertaining if that makes any sense

. I did appreciate how casting assholes of the Raj meant going for Irish actors.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 May 2023 17:58 (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

rip to this guy and not to be that guy but if you allow for the fact that his irishness is the "born in northern ireland on an army base" flavour the i think you'll find it not at all peculiar tbh

Haven't seen it, but I should think that Linda Cardellini would also make him look about seven feet tall.

she all time

RIP writer John Nova Lomax at 53 who wrote about Houston , Texas culture including music like zydeco, hiphop and more

"Whether covering crime or culture, streets or songs, Lomax overturned all stones."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/john-nova-lomax-writer-houston-texas-dies-18088579.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vbGlmZXN0eWxlL2FydGljbGUvam9obi1ub3ZhLWxvbWF4LXdyaXRlci1ob3VzdG9uLXRleGFzLWRpZXMtMTgwODg1NzkucGhw&time=MTY4NDc4ODIwOTczNw==&rid=YzVkMmE5M2QtNGU1Yy00ZmI4LWI0YzEtMjBjMjFjZGUyMTNm&sharecount=MQ==

Ferrari 250 GTO and Lamborghini Miura chief engineer Giotto Bizzarini, 96.
https://jalopnik.com/engineering-legend-giotto-bizzarini-dead-at-96-1850438909

Rolf Harris, 93

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60393842

Oops.

not exactly a huge fan of Sky News lol but this is exactly how this kind of thing should be reported imo pic.twitter.com/6UctNkiHwS

— HoxtonHill (@HoxtonHill) May 23, 2023

I think he was the first big 'catch' of Operation Yewtree - Glitter was already known as a paedophile, DLT got very little in the end, and you had to know who Max Clifford was to care - but this was Rolf Harris! So not surprised there's a full lineup of papers giving him a kicking. The ITV documentary last week probably seals the deal.

Who's DLT?

Dave Lee Travis.

The Hairy Cornflake, in fact

Kenneth Anger (1927 — 2023) pic.twitter.com/phD7ufES8c

— MUBI (@mubi) May 24, 2023

oh damn, I was just watching his film collection a few days ago

Ian McEwan on martin amis reminded me of some upthread posts

"A friend may ripen over the years into a sibling, and after forty-nine years I’ve lost a brother. Martin Amis’s reputation in the press—as coruscating wit, intellectual cool dude, controversialist—hardly touched the surface. Close up, he was tender, generous, warm, and heroically funny."

Anger rest in peace

Rip

Tina Turner, 83

!

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bill-lee-jazz-bassist-father-spike-lee-dead-obit-1234741152/

Bill Lee, Spike's father and contributor to his early soundtracks, 94

Big :( to both Tina and Bill news

fuck, did not see that one coming, RIP Tina

Damn, Tina.

I am going out to play music tonight and I feel like twelve people will request "Proud Mary" when I would way rather do "What's Love Got to Do With it."

Sigh. Okay, here's "Proud Mary." Again.

noooo Tina no ;_;

My mom LOVED her, which is why I’m in tears on line at MSP airport…

Saint Vitus bassist Mark Adams

https://blabbermouth.net/news/original-saint-vitus-bassist-mark-adams-dead-at-64

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/05/23/floyd-newman-obit-stax-records-memphis-music/70249053007/

Floyd Newman , horn player on Stax sessions and with Mar-keys and who once was in BB King’s band dead at 91

I went out to play music tonight and as I suspected, there were multiple tributes. Slow acoustic "What's Love Got to Do With It" almost always works, especially with a mandolin solo.

Despite what i said earlier, at the end of the night we got everybody we could find onto the stage to do a drunken "Proud Mary" jam, because why not.

Bill Lee, jazz bassist & composer (also his son makes movies)

https://pitchfork.com/news/bill-lee-jazz-musician-and-father-of-spike-lee-dies-at-94/

Ed Ames, pop singer, wearer of redface for a TV show, and known for a tomahawk toss in juuuuuust the right place.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ed-ames-dead-daniel-boone-1235501603/

RIP, famous crossword answer of yore.

George Maharis

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/george-maharis-dead-route-66-star-1235502542/

Ed Ames, '50s Pop Singer and '60s TV Star in ‘Daniel Boone,' Dies at 95

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/ed-ames-50s-pop-singer-and-60s-tv-star-in-daniel-boone-dies-at-95/3161053/

OK, after posting just saw Ned's post. And didn't remember reading it yesterday, which shows how large Ed loomed in my life.

Peter Simonischek, who found mainstream fame late in life as the father in Toni Erdmann

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/peter-simonischek-austrian-actor-dies-aged-76/

Fraser Moss, half of fashion label YMC.

Superstar Billy Graham, two weeks ago. the wrestler, not the antisemite.

Ama Ata Aidoo
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65765581

Cynthia Weil, Hit Songwriter for Chaka Khan, Barry Manilow, Dolly Parton and More, Dead at 82

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cynthia-weil-hit-songwriter-chaka-164000688.html