Rolling Obituary Thread: 2015

Michele Ferrero, richest living Italian, (apparently) inventor of Nutella, Kinder Surprise, Tic Tac, Ferrero Rocher.

http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/02/14/news/e_morto_michele_ferrero_l_inventore_della_nutella_e_dei_tic_tac-107329807/

i didn't know anyone invented tic tacs, just thought they occurred naturally

lol.

RIP

Louis Jourdan

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/louis-jourdan-star-of-octopussy-gigi-dies-at-93-1201434557/

rip Louis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKc7wRLA-Z8

Tony Hart, children's TV presenter and artist
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jan/19/tony-hart

in 2009

Yeah, why was that trending on The Guardian?

i blame chas

Obituary: my early morning attempts to read dates.

apparently you're not the only one.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/11415068/Twitter-gets-very-confused-over-death-of-artist-Tony-Hart.html

Yeah - apparently some 1 Direction fans went off yesterday as well, being outraged at #ripharryyouwillbemissed trending, when it's actually a kid who died of cancer.

This would be pretty bad, except they (in fairness probably a different they) did the same thing when the kid actually died four years ago.

Louis Jourdan was a great Count Dracula in a BBC adaptation from 1977:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_w3acFydk4

http://www.pierrejoris.com/blog/?p=12781

Assia Djebar, novelist and filmmaker - really like to see her films, they've been on my radar for a while.

Got a novel on order and looking forward to it, not much about in English.

AP and others reporting Lesley Gore has died.

I'll cry if I want to.

You would cry.

RIP.

Everybody's turn to cry

RIP

some talk on Facebook that 2000AD artist Brett Ewins has passed away

Looks like it's been confirmed. That's too bad. Skreemer blew my mind at an impressionable age.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/gavin-clark-dead-unkle-vocalist-dead-10051500.html

June Fairchild, most famous as "The Ajax Lady" from Up In Smoke, but was also "The Jumper" in Head, "Gloria" the hooker in Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, and the person who came up with the band name "Three Dog Night"

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/june-fairchild-up-in-smoke-dies-111478503802.html

Paco Carreno, 49, ex-drummer for Conflict (UK) and Inner Terrestrials.

Bruce Sinofsky, codirector of the Paradise Lost films about the West Memphis Three -- AND Some Kind of Monster. That's a hell of a legacy, really.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/bruce-sinofsky-paradise-lost-trilogy-director-dies-at-58-1201438514/

Wow.

Yutaka Katayama, Nissan executive known as "the father of the Datsun Z cars"

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/02/21/yutaka-katayama-nissan-datsun-z-dead/

Trumpeter - composer Clark Terry:
http://jazztimes.com/articles/155902-clark-terry-1920-2015#.VOnaBwlrKEk.facebook

Collaborator with Thelonious Monk and Cecil Taylor, among others; longtime member of Duke Ellington's orchestra; and a major influence on Miles Davis.

RIP

Never did get to see him play. Wonder when the last time he was out there gigging. Also, hadn't known about that long Tonight Show stint. In theory I might be crossing paths this week with an old-timer who was in the band at that point but who knows if I will actually be able to ask anything about that.

I saw him once in the early 90s, co-leading a band with Louie Bellson. The warmth of Terry's sound that filled the room is something I've never experienced before or since.

Legendary Memphis session keyboardist Bobby Emmons

http://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/music/news/american-studio-keyboardist-bobby-emmons-dies_50354474

RIP, Bobby.

Had not seen that Bobby Emmons with Dan Penn rendition of "Dark end of the Street" on Letterman, till now. Beautiful. RIP Bobby.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/music/ariel-camacho-dies-at-22-lead-singer-of-los-plebes-del-rancho.html?action=click&contentCollection=Music®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article

Young Mexican norteno and narcocorrido singer

leonard nimoy

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=0

Twitter is saying Leonard Nimoy, don't see confirmation yet.

xp

Boris Nemtsov, Russian opposition politician and critic of Putin, has been shot dead in the middle of Moscow.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/world/europe/boris-nemtsov-russian-opposition-leader-is-shot-dead.html

jesus, that does not bode well

Music journalist and producer Orrin Keepnews.

RIP Daniel von Bargen (seconding darraghmac on the Super Troopers thread).

Wherever he is, I hope he's spinning around on his swivel chair and handing out nicknames.

Koko, Koko!

I got him confused with JK Simmons a couple weeks ago and insisted to some people that Simmons was on Seinfeld as George's boss.

Cardinal Egan, former archbishop and abuser-protector

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Edward-Cardinal-Egan-New-York-Archbishop-Death--295223021.html

John Bilezikjian, Armenian oud player who toured and recorded with Leonard Cohen, died back in January.

Harve Bennett, producer of four Star Trek films and the Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman TV series.

http://io9.com/rip-harve-bennett-who-resurrected-star-trek-on-the-big-1689802949

been a bad week for guys who fought like dogs with Gene Roddenberry

Good thing Alexander Courage is long gone.

http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2015/feb/18/mike-gray-obituary

al maysles (grey gardens, gimme shelter, etc. etc.)