Jerry Lewis' technologized lifestyle in the '70s could be the subject of a v dark Wes Anderson film.
The host there is Stanley Siegel, who was a bit of a NY TV star in the late '70s cuz his therapist wd come on once a week and do a session w/ him.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 December 2013 12:58 (ten years ago) link
Ned Vizzini, teenage columnist for NY Press in the '90s and YA author, a suicide at 32
http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-writer-ned-vizzini-has-died-20131220,0,6354622.story#axzz2o4yJaNjc
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 December 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
David Coleman
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25476438
― ailsa, Saturday, 21 December 2013 14:27 (ten years ago) link
!
― lorde othering (darraghmac), Saturday, 21 December 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
Lord Infamous of Three 6 Mafia? The only mention I can find is via Gangsta Boo's twitter, but they were of the same group: https://twitter.com/GangstaBooQOM/status/414422057959424000
― papa smango (fadanuf4erybody), Saturday, 21 December 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
aw fuck that's really sad
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 December 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
Skip first 15 seconds of music, then...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCHrtO9WhSs
― Meg White America (Eazy), Saturday, 21 December 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
Diomedes Diaz died! http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/murio-diomedes-diaz-articulo-465606
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Monday, 23 December 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
As did yer man who invented the Kalashnikov (I only learned a couple of weeks ago that he was still alive) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25497013
― ailsa, Monday, 23 December 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
Rest in Peace, Ben Curtis:
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2013/12/benjamin_curtis_rip.php
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 December 2013 22:29 (ten years ago) link
:-(
― ailsa, Monday, 30 December 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/12/30/jerry-fine-the-man-who-made-superman-happen-dies-at-age-97
Jerry Fine, the man that introduced Jerry Siegel to Joe Shuster, and therefore is a majot player in the creation of Superman.
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 10:02 (ten years ago) link
Eiichi Ohtaki of 1970s Japanese band Happy End :
http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/singer-songwriter-eiichi-ohtaki-dies-after-collapsing-at-home
― bleak strategies (Matt #2), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 10:48 (ten years ago) link
John Fortune
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/british-comedian-john-fortune-dies-at-the-age-of-74-1.1641371
― lorde othering (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, just saw that. RIP John.
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
Golden age car racing figure (and STP guy) Andy Granatelli
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/sports/autoracing/andy-granatelli-dies-at-90-revved-businesses-and-cars.html
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
James Avery, aka Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince
― sktsh, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
Shouldn't there be a new thread?
― Can One Hear the Shape of a Ron Decline Bottle? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 19:31 (ten years ago) link
aw, the shredder!
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
yeah, bummer
― Nhex, Thursday, 2 January 2014 06:54 (ten years ago) link
Started it: Rolling Obituary Thread 2014
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 2 January 2014 07:17 (ten years ago) link