Rolling Obituary Thread: 2019

Oh fuck. Big love to Elaine May.

Stanley Donen

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 22 February 2019 17:24 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The curse of the 'the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually still alive' thread strikes again. And so rapidly in this case.

RIP Stanley.

Wow.

More of local note but it's a big one -- San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Since I only relatively recently moved here others should say more but my sense is that he and his team really have held their own in holding the feet of the police to the fire in terms of real and potential abuses, and did so over the course of most of two decades; as such, a role model for the nation, if lucky enough to take advantage of being an elected rather than an appointed official. He was only just recently reelected -- unopposed at that -- and so that's another long term with his direct action now robbed, though hopefully his successors will carry on the legacy.

https://m.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Public-Defender-Jeff-Adachi-dies-13638785.php

Also of note -- he was a filmmaker as well, and directed two documentaries on Asian Americans and acting -- The Slanted Screen and You Don't Know Jack (re Jack Soo) -- as well as codirecting a more recent film on criminal justice, Defender.

A deep appreciation:

https://missionlocal.org/2019/02/a-valediction-for-jeff-adachi-who-defended-the-public/

Coverage of the San Francisco Police Department’s “Textgate” scandal — a cadre of officers nabbed exchanging horrifically racist messages — often overlook that these messages were only unearthed because of successful federal corruption probe of the police department. And that probe only came to pass because Adachi posted videos onto YouTube of cops barging into residential hotels sans warrants or consent like some manner of Stasi.

I'm hearing reports of the death of jazz writer Ira Gitler. https://t.co/iwlNqSqbjx Ira has been a great inspiration to me (and many others)—I've been turning to these works for ages, and they still are my go-to guides. A terrible loss for the jazz community. pic.twitter.com/qPFxBuRzyj

— Ted Gioia (@tedgioia) February 24, 2019

Very sorry to hear the news that #MarkHollis of #TalkTalk has died. He was behind some of the finest albums of the 1980s / early 1990s. R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/IoTuAkGCUf

— THE THE (@thethe) February 25, 2019

Oh, no. RIP.

Fuck. This is heart breaking. 😭

Beverly Owen, best known for playing "normal" daughter Marilyn Munster on "The Munsters," age 81. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/munsters-star-beverley-owen-dies-81-172137504.html

she was the Munsters' niece; never really made clear why her parents were related to ghouls

aw RIP

and Morbs makes a good point, I always wondered about that backstory. did her parents die maybe?

Andy Anderson, drummer for The Cure

https://pitchfork.com/news/the-cure-drummer-andy-anderson-dead-at-68/

Gaffer Tape inventor Ross Lowell at 92. I suppose responsible for many gigs going to plan.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ross-lowell-dead-oscar-recipient-inventor-gaffer-tape-was-92-1190871

Also received a Technical Achievement Oscar in 1979 for "the development of compact lighting equipment for motion picture technology"and photographed various documentaries for directors John Boorman and Robert Aldrich.

Oops double post - apologies it's early

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/obituaries/dorothy-masuka-dead.html
RIP to one of the greats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytZayivmedU

andre previn

Argh, RIP. Highly recommend his memoir, No Minor Chords.

yep, and easily predicted that he would write and relate so well

Here is a relevant link: Major vs. Minor

mike willesee

actress katherine helmond of 'soap', 'who's the boss', time bandits,brazil and more, 89

noooooooooo ;_;

she was so wonderful in Soap

Aww. She was always great, even in something as mediocre as Who’s the Boss?

Keith Flint of The Prodigy, 49 (!)

wtf

Just saw this. Wtf was my exact reaction as well.

RIP

Fuck, really?

Found him at home, apparently.

Holy shit.

Police said they were "called to concerns for the welfare of a man" just after 08:00 GMT. "Sadly, a 49-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner."

Wow, shocker.

Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe's linemate:

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2019/03/04/ted-lindsay-dies-detroit-red-wings/579477002/

Yeah keith flint. A definite shock. :-(

the prodigy instagram account says "our brother Keith took his own life over the weekend"

:(

This is so incredibly sad.

luke perry, 52

oof...that is insane to me

He had a massive stroke three days ago, so I'm less shocked by that one.

yeah the stroke ok but...wow

damn

It's still pretty terrible, don't get me wrong.

https://frinkiac.com/video/S04E22/0Pka44ZkOT1y7PjeAx-QPmhqEYM=.gif

Oof, RIP X 2. Please take care of yourselves today, people who came to fame in the '90s.

farewell, Byron-quoting rebel without a pause Dylan McKay.

Jfc this one def hurts. I was so happy to see him in Riverdale. Teen me is crying.