The rolling RIP/obituary thread

RIP Anne Friedberg. Postmodern/film/architecture/design/everything crit. Had her for a few classes back at UCI and she was a huge influence in how I perceived the world (and still do)

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, October 16, 2009 12:30 AM (4 days ago)

I too had a few classes with her, and was friendly with her husband. She was a really really great woman, mother, and teacher.

Ludovic Kennedy, broadcaster, justice campaigner, author of 10 Rillington Place.

Apparently Thatcher blocked him from getting a knighthood as long as she was in office, well done Ludo

xpost Anne Friedberg also taught my wife (who was at UCI about 15 years ago) and she remembers her fondly

Joseph Wiseman, aka Dr. No in the first James Bond film.

he's super in Detective Story

One hell of a cast for that one.

"Asked in 1964 by his friend David Levy, the head of programming for NBC, to provide music for a new comedy called 'The Addams Family,' based on Charles Addams’s sinister cartoons, Mr. Mizzy came up with a da-da-da-dum beat followed by two finger snaps. The parody of beatnik ennui fit with the show’s satirical, proto-hipster humor. The theme, sung by Mr. Mizzy, was so distinctive that it remained popular far beyond the series’s two seasons."

R.I.P. George Tuska, who probably drew more issues of Iron Man than anyone else:

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/george_tuska_1916_2009/

Mizzy did the "Green Acres" theme (sampled on "Licensed To Ill") too :(

Yes. RIP, another guy who I never knew existed until you died whose various works I have been enjoying since I was a lad.

rip kazuhiko kato

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

He's great in the film Little Murders:

Lou Jacobi, a scene-stealing actor who made a film and stage career playing comic ethnic characters but was lauded for serious dramatic roles as well, has died in New York. He was 95.

Jacobi made his Broadway debut in 1955 in “The Diary of Anne Frank,” playing a less-than-noble occupant of the Amsterdam attic where the Franks were hiding, and reprised the role in the 1959 film version. Among his other films were “Irma La Douce,” “My Favorite Year,” “Arthur,” Woody Allen’s “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex” and Barry Levinson’s “Avalon.” He also appeared frequently on television on such shows as “Playhouse 90,” “The Man From UNCLE,” “That Girl,” “Love, American Style” and “The Dean Martin Show.”

From Wikipedia:

He made a spoof record album for Capitol Records called Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass

Looks like he is interviewed in this book: http://www.amazon.com/Talking-Piano-Player-Stuart-Oderman/dp/1593933207

HERE we go!

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

Norman Painting, who held a world record for his near 60-year role in the BBC radio soap The Archers, dies at 85.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46631000/jpg/_46631258_painting1_226bbc.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8331558.stm

given the response to the Irving Penn RIP thread, I thought I'd just post this here.

RIP Roy DeCarava

I had a chance to check out a retrospective book on him, and the man did great work. not much of a eulogist, so I'll leave it at that - also recommending that jazz fans seek out all the photographs he's made of famous jazz musicians.

Robert H. Rines, inventor who claimed to have seen Loch Ness Monster, dies at 87

RIP famous UFO eyewitness Lonnie Zamora (I have a Stan Ridgway t-shirt with a picture of Zamora on it)

Robert H. Rines, inventor who claimed to have seen Loch Ness Monster, dies at 87

― Zeno, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 4:27 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

RIP famous UFO eyewitness Lonnie Zamora

coincidence?

zamora's sighting one of the best/most documented "unexplained" sightings from blue book

RIP Roy DeCarava

Saw a cool retrospective of his work in St. Louis about a decade ago.

Armin Gessert, CEO of Spellbound Entertainment and co-creator of Commodore 64 classic The Great Giana Sisters, passed away last Sunday after suffering a heart attack

RIP Hannover and former Barca keeper Robert Enke, all very heartbreaking.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5A94JL20091110

yeah. hard stuff.

Yes, I read that. I nearly cried. Losing your daughter, bacterial infection,... :-(
A cyclist, DeFauw, also killed himself recently.

A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.

http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/chuckles-bites-dust-writer-dies-9984

Some friends in LA are saying Ken Ober (tv producer, host of Remote Control on MTV) has died. Nothing yet appearing on news searches though.

Ken Ober dead on wikipedia.

what's the source?

The first tweet about Ken Ober in the last 24 hours is here, but I don't know how this guy is connected. http://twitter.com/PaulGoebelShow/status/5758746554

Who knows.

From another comedian here: http://twitter.com/lindagambino/status/5758855872

his facebook wall is filled with "rip ken" kinda messages

is there any actual information from a reputable news source?

I haven't seen anything yet except tweets and, as noted above, a wiki entry. One of my LA friends who mentioned it works for MTV and hangs with comics, but I think she learned about it on twitter too. So now I don't know how reputable any of it is.

I can still sing the Remote Control theme song on demand.

Actor Edward Woodward, famous for his roles in The Wicker Man and The Equalizer died today.

Oh no!

http://991.com/newGallery/Edward-Woodward-Edwardian-Woodwar-288003.jpg

Had no idea that he was married to Michele Dotrice.

So what's teh deal with Ken Ober?

Stupid twitter rumour

http://twitter.com/PFTompkins/status/5768264480

Oh no, not Ewar Woowar :(

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/football-banter/Anfield-Rap-co-writer-Derek-B-dead-at-44-article223623.html
;(

This is awesome.

Okay, so Ken Ober was dead, and then he wasn't dead and it was a hoax/misunderstanding, and now he's dead again. Is Colin Quinn behind this?

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/11/ken-ober-mtvs-remote-control-host-dies.html

Dead again. RIP, Ken.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1626376/20091116/story.jhtml

Ken Ober dying makes me sad. Only 52. I remember watching Remote Control, feeling like MTV's move into game shows/non-video programming could be okay, and thinking how hip and cool the show seemed (compared to, say, The Price Is Right). So long ago, I guess.

Malcolm Laycock

He used to do a record review programme back in 1977, I was on it as a guest reviewer.

Got a bunch of singles, oneof which, "Oh Bondage, Up Yours" changed the face of our 6th form common room!