Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

Only God Forgives But Friedkin Doesn't.

That's a great interview and Refn keeps saying things like that the whole way but I don't think he's being totally serious

Maybe I blocked it out, but I don't think it's on the Blu-Ray

I don't remember it from the screening last year.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, August 7, 2023 1:01 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

On WTF, Friedkin says it was library audio of a truck backfiring, and then goes on to describe the 'Lady or the Tiger' inspiration for the (unseen) ending.

xpost I think it's partially his knowing riff on Friedkin's Fritz Lang interview. (This is probably an obvious conclusion.)

Carmen Xtravaganza

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cvil2cvOKY0/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

DJ Casper of “Cha Cha Slide”:

RIP DJ Casper, whose “Cha Cha Slide” has been an immeasurable and integral part of seemingly every inter-generational celebration I’ve ever attended https://t.co/vx11XlkiF4

— Leor Galil (@imLeor) August 8, 2023

1959 Spanish Tour De France winner Felice Bahamontes, 95

https://news.italy24.press/sports/759443.html

Federico! (Belgian news site where I read it says Felice)

Jamie Reid.

https://louderthanwar.com/jamie-reid-dies-at-76/

Sixto Rodriguez, 81.

Next doors cat Caspar had to see the vet for the last time.

Not a good week for Caspars!

Doreen Mantle, sitcom actress and Bosom Manor alumni best known as Mrs Warboys on One Foot In The Grave.

how long ago was I saying all the main cast of One Foot In The Grave were still alive? Maybe a month or two ago?

David LaFlamme, violinist/singer of It's A Beautiful Day, 82

https://bestclassicbands.com/david-laflamme-obituary-8-8-23/

according to Drudge, Robbie Robertson

Oh shit

Really? It looks like he just tweeted 5 hours ago. But could have been scheduled I guess.

Didn't realize until just now that Sixto Rodriguez was that Rodriguez. RIP.

But could have been scheduled I guess.

Robbie Robertson's to-do list for 9 Aug 2023:

800 - tweet
1300 - die

Drudge doesn't actually link to a story

Wikipedia moved Robertson to "died" status.

who are the ghouls rushing to update wiki pages? it's weird

Maybe people are confusing the musician with the Spider-verse character, who was killed by Dr. Octopus.

If he died, I guarantee he did it on his own, with no help from others

Funny that he would now have to rely on guys like Levon to show him around, point out where the lockers are, how the meal plan works, etc.

No longer dead on wikipedia. It's like Schrodinger's obit.

I removed it.

It was posted by an unregistered user and didn't cite anything.

In the next world, Robbie will have to tell anecdotes about his life for the rest of eternity.

ok Variety has it now

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/

Only Garth now, and he's in pretty rough health I think

DJ Casper of “Cha Cha Slide”:

Johnny Hardwick, the voice of Dale Gribble from King of the Hill.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/10/king-of-the-hill-dale-johnny-hardwick-voice-actor-dead-dies/

Painter Bruce Marden, 84.

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

Painter Bruce Marden, 84.

― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Thursday, August 10, 2023 9:53 AM (twenty-five minutes ago)

probably Brice unless there's another notable octogenarian painter named Marden who I'm not aware of.

Please, no marden in the Obituary thread.

14 year old rapper Lil Tay is not dead, a hacker posted that on her socials, apparently. I don't know why that's in the papers here in Belgium but it is

Shit, Brice must've autocorrected to Bruce when I typed it.

Didn't realize until just now that Sixto Rodriguez was that Rodriguez. RIP.

Because I needed it spelled out - the subject of the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, about how he stopped making music (and was rumoured dead) after a few albums, but had a weird fame in South Africa that led to a couple of fans seeking him out and him eventually touring there for the first time.

Austin TX Restauranteur Mike Young

https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/08/12/mike-young-obit-chuys-austin-tex-mex-mexican-restaurant-co-founder-dies-age-74/70575900007/

Robyn Hitchcock's daughter Maisie.

From his fb post:

Maisie Hitchcock 1976 - 2023
My daughter Maisie Emerald Hitchcock passed gently out of this life on the evening of Wednesday August 9th. She was born on the first warm day of the year, April 17th, in Cambridge, and died as night fell in Sussex last week. She had Peritoneal Cancer, a rare form of Ovarian.
Maisie was vital. From the perspective of only three days, I can feel how unique she was: very much her own person with her own take on life. There was no filter between her feelings and the outside world. Her undiluted Maisie-ness and her deep dark eyes gave her a magical charisma which attracted her many friends. She was fiery at times, almost combustible: she didn’t just smoulder - she was an ingot of crimson heat, and so she loved to douse herself in water, swimming in lakes and pools and oceans. Maisie fed on art, music, thought and the wild open air. And comedy: she and I spent many hours together in Python Land, and she introduced me to the Mighty Boosh. I have lost, too, my fellow Ferry connoisseur - we did a *lot* of Bryan Ferry over the decades.

But Maisie also fed on food (she loved her food, so she did), and one of the sad and terrible effects of the cancer that she held at bay for nearly three years (despite being diagnosed with Stage 4 in autumn 2020) was that she could eat less and less. She remained feisty and optimistic for the longest time, until this summer she bravely faced up to the inevitable and discontinued her chemotherapy treatment. I was glad to be able to visit her most days in her final two months. We had some laughs, some arguments and a lot of philosophy: Mais and I could both wander the labyrinths of the mind for hours.

Almost the last word she said to me was “Pangolin” before she curled away and sank back into her morphine cocoon. My phone revealed this to be an endangered species of anteater, with a scaly dragon tail. Pangolin! I mean - jeez, what an utterance - what way to go…Tears are back in my eyes. Thank you for being my daughter, Mais. You were special, vibrant and lovely.

I’m sending out love to all who loved and cared for Maisie, especially her mum Rosalind and brother Jack. Also the nurses and doctors at the Wiltshaw Ward in the Marsden Hospital in Chelsea and then at St. Peter & St. James Hospice in Sussex.

“Is there a heaven? I’d like to think so.”

Erkin Koray, one of the forefathers of Anatolian rock

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/music/turkish-rock-legend-erkin-koray-dies-at-age-of-82

Peter Vaughan-Clarke, who played Stephen in the original cast of the Tomorrow People. Went back to the role later in life and was tremendous value on commentary tracks.

most of what I remember about the tomorrow People commentary is them bitching about Benny hill having a parking space

RIP Erkin ;_;

Rapper Magoo

http://www.soulinstereo.com/2023/08/rapper-magoo-dies-but-his-legacy-never-will.html

I should probably post this in the hockey thread: Bobby Baun.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/former-maple-leafs-defenceman-bobby-baun-dead-at-age-86/

Venerable old guy from the Leafs' glory years; scored the Cup-clinching goal in '64.

Bindeshwar Pathak, Toilet Man

If he can't do it, no one can