Rolling Obituary Thread: 2015

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clemenza, Monday, 7 December 2015 02:00 (eight years ago) link

In other words: I wonder how many classic-rock stations will make note of this.

clemenza, Monday, 7 December 2015 02:02 (eight years ago) link

Nicholas Smith, the final member of the O.G. Are You Being Served? Cast.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35023713

Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link

Jacques Denis, actor in films by Tavernier, Alain Tanner, Claire Denis

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Denis_(acteur)

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link

john trudell

https://www.facebook.com/peltierdefensecommittee/posts/1644902819106021

donna rouge, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 03:07 (eight years ago) link

Scottish journalist Ian Bell.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35068783

Madchen, Friday, 11 December 2015 08:11 (eight years ago) link

Big loss to the Herald, and Scottish journalism. I will miss his elegant, clever opinion pieces. Younger than I thought, too.

Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Friday, 11 December 2015 08:38 (eight years ago) link

Honduran footballer Arnold Peralta

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35068362

ailsa, Friday, 11 December 2015 09:43 (eight years ago) link

was that the first fat-comedian-married-to-hottie sitcom?

aaaaablnnn (abanana), Monday, 14 December 2015 08:58 (eight years ago) link

Benedict Anderson died yesterday in Indonesia http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/13/world/asia/ap-as-indonesia-obit-benedict-anderson.html?_r=0

ogmor, Monday, 14 December 2015 10:54 (eight years ago) link

RIP guitarist and very funny guy Adam Roth, of bile duct cancer, one month after being diagnosed.

Die Angst des Elfmans beim Torschluss (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 December 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link

Facebook has apparently decided to kill off Peter O'Toole for a second time.

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 19 December 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link

Kurt Masur

Die Angst des Elfmans beim Torschluss (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 December 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link

Lord Janner: saved by the knell.
http://gu.com/p/4f8p4?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Madchen, Saturday, 19 December 2015 20:08 (eight years ago) link

Nigel Buxton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb-GbYxGLik&feature=youtu.be

suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Monday, 21 December 2015 13:02 (eight years ago) link

aw

Über, Über mensch (wins), Monday, 21 December 2015 13:15 (eight years ago) link

Nick Combe, the original drummer in Gallon Drunk.

suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link

Don Howe

Anyway, it's not a three, it's a yogh. (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link

Brooke McCarter, one of the teen vamps from The Lost Boys.

Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link

George Clayton Johnson, author of Twilight Zone scripts, Star Trek's debut episode "The Man Trap" and co-novelist of Logan's Run

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-clayton-johnson-dead-twilight-850954

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 December 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link

Wow, what a résumé.

Die Angst des Elfmans beim Torschluss (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 December 2015 00:02 (eight years ago) link

Helped shape a decade:

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/haskell-wexler-dead-93-cinematographer-1201668018/

clemenza, Sunday, 27 December 2015 20:30 (eight years ago) link

GODDAMMIT FACEBOOK, QUIT CIRCULATING 3 YEAR OLD STORIES!

I usually don't get taken by these, but...

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 28 December 2015 03:29 (eight years ago) link

Carson Van Osten, bass player for the (Todd Rundgren) Nazz, and later an artist for Disney

http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-carson-van-osten-of-nazz-1945-2015-20151227

"Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 December 2015 05:10 (eight years ago) link

Meadowlark Lemon!

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/entertainment/meadowlark-lemon-obit-globetrotters-feat/

I'm not 100% sure, but I think I did see them at Maple Leaf Gardens when I was kid.

clemenza, Monday, 28 December 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link

I gasped when I read that, coming back on the train to London. RIP big guy.

voodoo rage (suzy), Monday, 28 December 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link

Lemmy.

Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 01:20 (eight years ago) link

Oh, damn. His recent interview with Marc Maron was hilarious. RIP.

Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 01:35 (eight years ago) link

aw, fuck.

Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 01:36 (eight years ago) link

Well, that seems unlikely. RIP.

Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 01:47 (eight years ago) link

There's no question that the news is true, but allow me to not believe it for a while longer. R.I.P. Lemmy

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 02:32 (eight years ago) link

RIP stormin norman

the late great, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 02:47 (eight years ago) link

RIP Lemmy - Killed by Death, just like he predicted.

StanM, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 04:39 (eight years ago) link

it's like when Ronnie James Dio died. I knew he was sick but it never crossed my mind to picture what it would be like without him

and now bummertown usa ;_;

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 05:12 (eight years ago) link

Let me get this straight, Lemmy is dead?

Anyway, it's not a three, it's a yogh. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 10:06 (eight years ago) link

Meadowlark Lemmy

Mark G, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link

I don't wanna live forever ;_;

kevin smith what a bro (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 14:01 (eight years ago) link

The Specials' John Bradbury

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/29/john-bradbury-of-the-specials-dies-ages-62

Alba, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link

Hearing Guru Josh as well, but can't find a link

xpost, ah there we go

ailsa, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link

And there's your English-language report:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/29/guru-josh-rave-star-dies-aged-51

Alba, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link


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