Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

Not seen any of these :-(

Sunday Bloody Sunday came up in a thread a couple weeks ago. Genteel but recommended.

She was excellent as Nixon-as-an-abbess in Nasty Habits.

Proper footballer Gordon McQueen, 70
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63664992

:( again

That second Oscar for Best Actress, awarded so soon after _Women in Love_, remains one of the great wtfs.

Someone close to me was sexually assaulted by a friend/colleague 20 years ago and treated appallingly by the police when she reported it. She went to see Glenda Jackson, then her MP, to complain about her experiences, but GJ was rudely dismissive. "What did you expect? What do you want me to do about it?" So that has coloured my opintion of her since. Maybe the incident involving my friend would have been considered unremarkable in the worlds GJ was familiar with. It probably sounded pretty trivial. But she was carelessly mean.

Just seen Gordon McQueen, no age really, RIP

Now endless videos and pics of him jogging.

George Ginn, former owner of the Record Album record shop in Brighton, 93.

https://www.therecordalbum.com/george-ginn-champion-of-vinyl-has-died/

there's quite a nice little film about him here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U6BfKj197g

never actually made it to his shop but i did prune his fig once (not a euphemism)

Kind of wild that Gottlieb is the most recently famous name here for quite a while?

ahead of mccarthy?

cant agree

Didn't know Gottlieb existed till he died.

Ditto.

Gino Mäder, 26 - some riders had already complained that this descent after the final climb was unnecessarily risky, unfortunately they were right.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gino-mader-dies-after-tour-de-suisse-crash/

oh god RIP Gino, was watching the (sparse) highlights of the stage as the full replay on GCN was missing, I guess I know now why. they were doing up to 100kph on that descent, fucking madness

Daniel Ellsberg

Last remaining French New Wave director, Jacques Rozier, 96
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/movies/jacques-rozier-dead.html

Read Elleberg book on the Pentagon Papers about 20 years ago and it was fascinating, and a gripping read. A very brave dude.

With the Pentagon Papers basically the beginning of Watergate, which then sets up so many things in so many directions, right down to today, a monumental public figure.

Not sure why I italicized that...not an actual book.

nice piece on gino mäder here

https://derailleur.substack.com/p/on-gino-mader

Truly moving read.

Yo clem, The Pentagon Papers was and is a book, still in print!
Exposed the continuity of confusion, duplicity, and other things, despite what Nixon and Kissinger claimed was their new shining path to peace. Led to the break-in at the office of Ellsberg's shrink, cover-up etc.

Ellsberg handed over raw material to Neil Sheehan of the NYTimes, so he's listed as principal author, along with his Times team.

Houston rapper Big Pokey, 45

RIP. shout out to dylannnn for hipping me to “Range Rover” years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_C0ffHgrU4

Butthole Surfers’ Teresa Taylor Dead At 60 (lung disease)

https://www.stereogum.com/2227422/teresa-taylor-dead-butthole-surfers/news/

Sad news, the Buttholes were a force of nature in their heyday and Teresa was no small part of that.

Never saw them with her but listened to Double Live a fucking lot in high school.

British character actress Angela Thorne

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65948570

As required by law:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9f26GUUldE

The word "Iconic" gets thrown around waaaaaaaaaaaay too much these days, but that scene earns the title and then some.

otm RIP

The first four Buttholes records are also something else, RIP

Hadn't ever seen that and didn't know she was in it

Yeah her image on the Slacker cover/poster is as iconic to Gen X as just about anything short of the Smells Like Teen Spirit video.

Esteban Volkov, Leon Trotsky’s grandson and the last living witness to his assassination, 97
https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/06/18/esteban-volkov-leon-trotsky-s-grandson-has-died

John Waddington (The Pop Group, Maximum Joy), dead at 63

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/john-waddington-the-pop-group-maximum-joy-dead-at-63/

Ah that sucks, and after Mark Stewart too.

Winnie Ewing, politician, 93.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/22/winifred-ewing-obituary

Not confirmed yet, but I'm hearing that Peter Brötzmann is gone.

Just heard that from a WFMU dj, very sad news if true.

Oof. Seeing his Tentet play here some years back is one of my more memorable concert going experiences.

awful news

Oh no. Saw him many times, including the only jazz gig I've ever been to where the audience were offered ear plugs before the concert!

saw him w/ an ensemble open for sonic youth in 2000 - my first-ever live concert (i was 15). distinctly remember them being about as loud as SY.

Fiddler on the Roof lyricist Sheldon Harnick, 99

I think I know every word to every song in that show, my parents had the record