Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

She's gonna live forever

Simon Peter Edmund Cosmo William Koch de Gooreynd aka Sir Simon Towneley aka elder brother of Sir Peregrine Worsthorne. Landowner and amateur dendrologist.

Aged 100: “He died fortified by the rites of the Holy Church, and a partridge and a bottle of champagne.”

TIL rites of partridge

One of the best Bosom Manor episodes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbJzDDUaPw0

Doddie Weir, Scotland rugby international and MND campaigner

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/63768331

Albert Pyun

https://variety.com/2022/film/obituaries-people-news/albert-pyun-dead-nemesis-cyborg-captain-america-1235173286/

red letter media just did a tribute to him last night or so, because his wife had posted that he was on his last legs and could use some positive thoughts.

'the QUARTERback is toast' is one of the greatest line-reads in history imo, rip

Clarence Gilyard Jr., the actor best known for playing computer hacker Theo in “Die Hard” and naval flight officer Marcus “Sundown” Williams in “Top Gun,” has died at the age of 66 https://t.co/phN1W9z8gc

— CNN (@CNN) November 29, 2022

Artist Tom Phillips, who taught and collaborated with Eno among many other things:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/nov/29/tom-phillips-obituary

Davide Rebellin, 51 (cyclist)

https://road.cc/content/news/davide-rebellin-killed-hit-and-run-collision-297743

(xp) RIP

i know this is now like my doom to keep point such things out but my portal to tom phillips's a humument was the fkn nme

https://www.tomphillips.co.uk/images/stories/artists/HUMtete1_750.jpg

I guess it was through Eno's relationship to Fripp that Phillips designed the cover of Starless and Bible Black: "this night wounds time".

Jiang Zemin, former Chinese leader, 96

Uh, seeing preliminary reports that Christine McVie has passed away.

xxp -- that's the most likely and the most direct link i guess, tho eno and the obscure label were plugging into phillips's presence on a pre-existing music circuit (the one that michael nyman's experimental music was also chronicling), plus his visual work and versions of a humument were certainly available as cultural information within the then alt.listings world

Rest In Peace Christine McVie pic.twitter.com/sJwlqgsBLw

— Christine McVie (@christine_mcvie) November 30, 2022

Obvs skeptical of anything on Twitter these days, but this message was also shared on what purports to be her official Instagram as well.

Yeah being confirmed everywhere now

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63812952

RIP, so glad I got to see her with the classic lineup on their last tour.

Fuck.

Rolling Stone (I don't subscribe so I haven't read it)

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/christine-mcvie-fleetwood-mac-dead-obtuary-1234638903/

honestly shocked by this

oh man, awful news

goddamn it

Oh no…

Aline Kominsky-Crumb, I am hearing from multiple places. 74.

fuck

That’s a tough one for me, what a legend.

Gaylord Perry

I hope they bury him with some spit on his fingers.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/12/01/gaylord-perry-two-time-cy-young-winner-dies-at-88/51032863/

who pitched for eight major-league teams from 1962 until 1983

helluva career

documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert

https://www.wvxu.org/2022-12-02/julia-reichert-oscar-winning-godmother-of-documentaries-dies

Louis Negin, 93, star of countless Guy Maddin films and a dear friend of mine :(

From Guy Maddin: “Rest In Peace, beloved and unforgettable Louis Negin! My longtime Marlene Dietrich, Divine and Edith Massey rolled into one!”https://t.co/ikUN6zc2YX pic.twitter.com/tOVdU9yb4L

— The Daily (@CriterionDaily) December 3, 2022

Oh! RIP

Sad to hear, and very sorry you've lost a friend!

Hadn’t seen him since I left Montreal seven years ago, but we stayed in touch. He and his partner were wonderfully bawdy dinner guests. The last time I saw him he gave me a copy of Kaddish.

Was Nagin the “how to take a bath” guy?

I believe so, yes.

Al Strobel, Mike/the one-armed man from Twin Peaks.

Yep that’s him

sorry to hear fgti, much love x

Former AZ GOP rep Jim Kolbe—who I will always remember because through my 4 years at college there was a newspaper box featuring the same issue of a local indie paper with the headline “Kolbe Raped a Boy!”

Sad news.
He was one of my favorites in my youth
French ex F1 driver Patrick Tambay dies at 73 https://t.co/sO9ypwcGTY via @FRANCE24

— OversteerTV (@OversteerTV) December 4, 2022

;_; Bob
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bob-mcgrath-dead-sesame-street-original-star-dies-1235274833/

;_;

Truly a great. My childhood memories would be much different without Sesame Street and without him.

RIP. This is one of my favorite things ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ2d00D7Gzg

I've watched Christmas Eve on Sesame Street pretty much every holiday season since it first aired. Having lost both Luis and Bob in '22 is gonna make it rough going this year.