Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

Feinstein's passing marred by the Schiff-Pelosi machinations to keep her in office until moment of death

Also by the world at large not appreciating Michael Gambon's uncredited cameo in Johnny English Strikes Again

Credited in my heart!

RIP Jon Fausty engineer on lots of Fania salsa releases and other Latin music over the decades. He won some Latin Grammys over the years.

https://x.com/richieperc/status/1707930185494884420?s=46&t=u2ZSlsY3trRV36IPP6jNDQ

Franny Lee, Man City stalwart from the previous time they were good.

RIP. Most people are familiar with "Look at his face, just look at his face", but not "A complete free-for-all".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YinglsjO4Kw

Those Fania records are all-time! RIP Jon Fausty.

And Michael Gambon!

I think all obits should tell us the deceased relationship to Harry Potter: "Harry Potter actor" "Harry Potter reader" "Harry Potter abstainer"

rip franny unfortunately the first thing that sprung to mind on hearing the news was

I can't go down
and I won't go down
I've spent 12 million quid on city
of the money that I've made
in the bog paper trade

I'd totally forgotten about his time as a toilet roll magnate.

Crossposting from the ILM JoC thread:

Apparently Toni Brown from '70s Feminist Jam Rockers Joy of Cooking passed away in August.

(Mentioned Here: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934843/8-over-80-terry-garthwaite)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QALdVum0xEk

xxxpost Joy of Cooking had some good songs too, not only jams (seems like it was more the former on LPs I heard)(also did a good 'un later as The Joy). Made that blue collar-student-workstudy Bay Area, raisin' babies in trailer parks etc connection (as 60s Go-Go Years toppled into early 70s recession), or at least fit right in. Don't know Toni's solo work, but JoC-co-leader Terri Garthwaite had at least a couple strong albums. They tried a duet set backed by Nashville Cats, a bit disappointing.

https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/amp/news/south-africa/2023-10-01-political-activist-and-musician-julian-sebothane-bahula-has-died/

Julian S Bahula RIP from cancer. Was Malombo Jazz founder and also activist in South Africa who organized the first Free Nelson Mandela concert. The Malombo Jazz Makers reissues on Strut got some attention on ILM over the years

Dick Butkus, 80, Hall of Fame linebacker for the Bears, actor in stuff like the "Blue Thunder" tv show, quality Beastie Boys rhyme.

Subject of many boys’ jokes in the 80s

People you thought were already...

Leftist podcaster Dissident Peasant

Franny Lee?

And I've only just heard? Surprised there's been no mention on the news at all, or that I've seen anyway.

Maybe because it's all been Tory Conf, and this year particularly it's been unbearable

Cathy Ferguson

Everyone at Manchester United sends our heartfelt condolences to Sir Alex Ferguson and his family on the passing of Lady Cathy.

Lady Cathy was a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother, and a tower of strength for Sir Alex throughout his career.

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 6, 2023

Terence Davies

Terence Davies has died at 77 "after a short illness," per his official Instagram account. One of the great filmmakers of our time. pic.twitter.com/ZauYwzSwzD

— The Film Stage 📽 (@TheFilmStage) October 7, 2023

After feeling disappointed by The Long Day Closes I watched the Trilogy recently, and it totally justified anything I've ever read about him. Masterful. I look forward to his more recent films now. RIP

prob the greatest filmmaker of all time idk

god

Ohhh no. RIP.

terrible news, RIP Terrence :(

Easily one of the all-time greats.

Legend

So happy he went out with Benediction.

Hew should've gotten the chance to adapt Proust.

:-(

I literally just ordered a disc of Distant Voices to share with my partner. A big loss.

Never heard of this guy before today. I can only assume none of his movies have car chases, explosions, or Jason Statham in them.

well done you little nazi

how

sorry wrong thread lol

Never seen a Terence Davies film, but I want to now

Never heard of this guy before today. I can only assume none of his movies have car chases, explosions, or Jason Statham in them.

I love trashy DTV action films too but this kind of performative I'm-not-like-other-movie-fans shit on a fucking RIP thread is cringe.

otm. I'd be embarrassed for a 15 year old kid making such a crap post.

I read it as "these are the reasons he's not famous", but I am notoriously forgiving

Same, except for the second part

a) unperson has been vocal about his love of this stuff on here before and b) "does movies with Jason Statham in them" is not anyone's definition of "famous" in 2023

He also loves Edith Wharton, so I give him the benefit of the doubt.

As I said I like those movies too, it's not unperson's tastes I'm taking issue with, it's the Poochie-like attitude of feeling the need to make clear that you like Rad Shit and so haven't heard of this boring arthouse guy...once again, in a RIP thread.

he doesn't watch gay arthouse movies bc they're for pussies or whatever, it's fine

lol I took that to mean the inverse which is another kind of thing

It strikes me as an ironic comment on what gets valued in cinema. That’s how I would have meant it, anyway.

Nothing that unperson says needs much thinking about.

Well but you're not posting away on the merits of Extraction 2 so the context's a bit different. xpost

The first sentence is literally true; I had never heard of Terence Davies until his name popped up here. (Of course, I've never heard of a lot of the BBC announcers and Sixties footballers who get memorialized in this thread, either, but that's beside the point.) One of his movies is an adaptation of one of my favorite books ever, The House of Mirth, though, so I might check that one out if it's streaming anywhere. The second sentence was a joke at the expense of my own somewhat knuckle-walking taste in movies, and recognition that I probably should have heard of this guy, even if I'd never seen any of his stuff. I mean, he seems like he could have been the English Whit Stillman, and I love Stillman. Anyway, many of you seem committed to taking my posts in the worst possible light, which is weird, but live your lives any way you want.

Side note: Jason Statham's latest movie was directed by arthouse darling Ben Wheatley, so...

Wheatley v much fallen from grace as an arthouse darling after that Rebecca remake but Meg 2 does look good.

"Anyway, many of you seem committed to taking my posts in the worst possible light, which is weird, but live your lives any way you want."

That must be it.