Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

Om Puri

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/06/om-puri-indian-actor-dies-aged-66?

Tilikum is gone. And I only saw Blackfish the other day.

RIP Big Cynthia, southern soul singer at 47.

http://www.soultracks.com/story-big-cynthia-dies

The Houston native was the daughter of legendary Motown artist Junior Walker and she went on to become one of the brightest stars of the Southern soul scene.

Francine York, who had mid-sized roles in a great many 60s US TV shows.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/francine-york-dead-batman-doll-squad-actress-was-80-961611

xp aw man RIP she was great.

he did tweet last week that he was fine and that he wanted people to stop asking if he was well

He hasn't tweeted since October though? Unless he's deleted the one you're referring to.

Or maybe it was on Facebook or some other social media site and I remembered wrongly?

Nat Hentoff, at 91. His son reported it on Twitter.

Awww, I used to read his civil rights/civil liberties and first amendment column in the Village Voice. Sometimes read his jazz critic writing too.

There's a list (possibly incomplete) of albums he wrote liner notes for here; I've got at least 80 of those. He was easily one of the biggest influences on my personal tastes and listening habits. I spoke to him on the phone once; I don't remember what about, but it was jazz-related.

Very good documentary a couple of years ago. Checked the Voice thinking they might have something up, but can't see anything.

'Father of Portuguese democracy' and socialist Mario Soares, 92

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38542535

Rafsanjani!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38548591

Aw, peter sarstedt died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38548507

There was a rumor circulating on Twitter that Soares died New Year's Day, but Portuguese law would have required the immediate declaration of a national day of mourning, so they kept it quiet so that pre-planned fireworks displays etc. could go on as scheduled.

Can I just say that I've never knowingly heard any of sarstedt's songs, but his bit is amazingly well written. I do still love it when I hear it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38548591

Rafsanjani.

See: MENA thread?

Zygmunt Bauman :(

Clare Hollingworth, the Daily Telegraph correspondent who broke the news of World War Two, has died in Kong Kong aged 105.

The British journalist was hailed for her "scoop of the century" after she spotted German tanks on the Polish border in August 1939 . . . She had been a reporter at the newspaper for less than a week.

Roman Herzog, President of Germany from '94 to '99.

Tigger Stack

Tony Rosato, part of SCTV for a year or two (before NBC, I think).

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2017/01/11/tony-rosato-veteran-of-sctv-and-saturday-night-live-dead-at-62.html

had a rough later life

Graham Taylor:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38599231

Just saw that, shocker.

Always seemed a lovely guy. RIP.

Rosato was also on SNL during Lorne's five years in the wilderness. Guess we'll see if the show acknowledges his passing.

Guitarist Tommy Allsup :(

http://lubbockonline.com/entertainment/2017-01-11/friend-allsup-guitarist-who-toured-holly-used-life-after-coin-flip-good

Nice words from Elton on Graham Taylor, http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38600446

They played an interview earlier where GT was talking about how Ingerland Thugs were actually physically threatening him in public places after that Sun cover, fuck every one of them and Kelvin MacKenzie. RIP Graham.

Bronski Beat keyboardist Larry Steinbachek dies at 56

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38597071

Lord Snowdon:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38611497

There's a name from the distant past.

Exorcist author/screenwriter William Peter Blatty:

http://www.hotpress.com/The-Exorcist/news/Exorcist-creator-William-Peter-Blatty-has-passed-away/19485204.html

Repeater Books just announced the death of Mark 'K-Punk' Fisher. He was 48.

Magic Alex

Repeater Books just announced the death of Mark 'K-Punk' Fisher. He was 48.

― jane burkini (suzy), Saturday, January 14, 2017 2:23 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh no! RIP

awful news. RIP

wtf??!?!?

RIP, that's terrible. His blog was excellent.

wow, what happened? that's pretty shocking. I also followed his blog back in the day.

Dick Gautier

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-gautier-dead-get-smart-actor-was-85-964369

RIP

he also played batman in this psa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szZsKdJYR-A

Haven't clicked on any link yet, but he also played Conrad Birdie in the original Broadway cast of Bye Bye Birdie, no?

I'd never heard of Zhou Youguang, but this is a fascinating obit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/world/asia/zhou-youguang-who-made-writing-chinese-as-simple-as-abc-dies-at-111.html

shit, g'night Ro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzlZjuy5urU

Irv Weinstein, Buffalo news anchor:

http://www.wkbw.com/news/remembering-irv-weinstein-a-buffalo-broadcasting-legend

So ubiquitous growing up in Toronto in the '60s and '70s, I think even SCTV parodied him.

Weinstein was the role model for Eugene Levy's "Earl Camembert" character on SCTV and a Buffalo newscaster, played by Pat Sajak, in "Airplane II: The Sequel."

http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2017/12/26/irv-weinstein-iconic-buffalo-broadcaster-has-died.html

Actually, I didn't know that--I thought Camembert, like Floyd/Lloyd Robertson, was based on a CBC or CTV reporter.

I do know there are fire trucks racing to either Tonawanda or Cheektowaga tonight as tribute.

Holly Anderson, poet whose work became the lyrics to Mission of Burma's song "Mica" (as well as others), at 62.

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2017/12/27/holly-anderson-misson-of-burma-lyrics/

mystery writer sue grafton of 'a is for alibi', 'b is for burglar' . . . 'y is for yesterday'

supposedly a z book was already in the can

No Z, reportedly

https://apnews.com/da95e9f22674419a8ee2fbe21736164d

Dan Talbot, founder of New Yorker Films and key distributor/exhibitor of foreign films for decades

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5235-the-daily-remembering-dan-talbot

Jim Baikie, best known for his art in British comics of the 70s and 80s.

https://2000ad.wordpress.com/2017/12/30/jim-baikie-rip/

My friend John, who died alone in his apartment in China, on Christmas morning, at the age of 41.

I'm sorry to hear that. Are you/his family okay?

I'll be OK, another friend was very close and is taking it pretty hard. His parents are in the US, never met them. Just wanted to mark it somewhere as he one of the smartest people I knew, managed to achieve fluency in three dialects of Chinese despite horrible health problems from the age of 30 or so, he had such a depth of understanding in so many areas.

Looks like reclusive Canadian author Réjean Ducharme passed away in August.

Architect John Portman.

http://www.myajc.com/news/local/john-portman-noted-architect-and-developer-dies/Yif6G5NMdKIj6fxgOz2tFJ/

(it's 2018)

People are still having deaths

John Dent, mastering engineer who worked on a load of good stuff.

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2018/01/03/john-dent-mastering-engineer/

RIP 2017.

People are still having deaths

Jerry Van Dyke

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/jerry-van-dyke-coach-actor-dead-dies-1202655598/

Rolling Obituary Thread: 2018

Somebody lock this one.

How do I shot obituary thread thru bass amp?