Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

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Rafsanjani!

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

― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 8 January 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link

Aw, peter sarstedt died.

― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Sunday, 8 January 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link

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

― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Sunday, 8 January 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link

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.

― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 8 January 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link

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.

― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Sunday, 8 January 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link

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

Rafsanjani.

― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Sunday, 8 January 2017 18:22 (seven years ago) link

See: MENA thread?

― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Sunday, 8 January 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link

Zygmunt Bauman :(

― Frederik B, Monday, 9 January 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link

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.

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link

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

― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link

Tigger Stack

― Madchen, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link

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

― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 23:58 (seven years ago) link

had a rough later life

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2017 05:33 (seven years ago) link

Graham Taylor:

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

― ailsa, Thursday, 12 January 2017 13:23 (seven years ago) link

Just saw that, shocker.

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 January 2017 13:24 (seven years ago) link

Always seemed a lovely guy. RIP.

― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 12 January 2017 13:27 (seven years ago) link

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

― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 January 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link

Guitarist Tommy Allsup :(

― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 January 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link

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

― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 January 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link

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

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 January 2017 17:48 (seven years ago) link

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.

― calzino, Thursday, 12 January 2017 18:16 (seven years ago) link

Bronski Beat keyboardist Larry Steinbachek dies at 56

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

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 January 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link

Lord Snowdon:

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

― heaven parker (anagram), Friday, 13 January 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link

There's a name from the distant past.

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Friday, 13 January 2017 15:10 (seven years ago) link

Exorcist author/screenwriter William Peter Blatty:

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

― Bongo Herbert (Ward Fowler), Friday, 13 January 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link

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

― jane burkini (suzy), Saturday, 14 January 2017 14:23 (seven years ago) link

Magic Alex

― Moog and Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link

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

― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Saturday, 14 January 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link

awful news. RIP

― soref, Saturday, 14 January 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link

wtf??!?!?

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 January 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link

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

― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Saturday, 14 January 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link

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

― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 14 January 2017 16:18 (seven years ago) link

Dick Gautier

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

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 January 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link

RIP

― Moog and Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link

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

― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 14 January 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link

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

― Moog and Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link

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

― jmm, Sunday, 15 January 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link

yes Redd, and as the Nesteroff book enlightened me, he was a nightclub comic before that

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 January 2017 03:39 (seven years ago) link

Vegas fixture Buddy Greco

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-me-buddy-greco-20170112-story.html

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 January 2017 13:01 (seven years ago) link

http://host.madison.com/news/local/obituaries/heggestad-dr-kay-a-m-d/article_f227a2bb-51dc-53cd-bb5b-f4fec9f20a0e.html

― j., Sunday, 15 January 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link

Philadelphia gangster Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo

― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 15 January 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link

Mark Fisher. Man that blows.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 15 January 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link

Jimmy Snuka

― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 15 January 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link

aw man

― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Sunday, 15 January 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link

Americana singer-songwriter Greg Trooper.

― Ρεμπετολογια, Sunday, 15 January 2017 22:17 (seven years ago) link

NASA reporting Eugene Cernan

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/821082534821892098

― ailsa, Monday, 16 January 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link

aw man ;_;

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 January 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link

I was lucky enough to see Apollo 17 launch to the moon and then later met the crew where they put up with hundreds of questions from 7 year old science kid me and graciously signed a bunch of stuff. https://twitter.com/quartzcity/status/821121238537879552

RIP Gene.

― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:37 (seven years ago) link

California historian and former state librarian Kevin Starr
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kevin-starr-obit-20170115-story.html

― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:38 (seven years ago) link

RIP, Gene. Elvis you need to come post that over on DSKY-DSKY Him Sad: Official ILB Thread For The Heroic Age of Manned Spaceflight

― Moog and Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:52 (seven years ago) link

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

― Dr. Winston ‘Merritone’ Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 January 2018 02:55 (six years ago) link

Architect John Portman.

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

― nickn, Monday, 1 January 2018 11:24 (six years ago) link

(it's 2018)

― koogs, Monday, 1 January 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link

People are still having deaths

― Alba, Monday, 1 January 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link

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

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

― Chunky Backgammon (onimo), Saturday, 6 January 2018 12:24 (six years ago) link

RIP 2017.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 January 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link

People are still having deaths

lol

― The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 January 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link

Jerry Van Dyke

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

― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 January 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link

Rolling Obituary Thread: 2018

― new noise, Saturday, 6 January 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link

Somebody lock this one.

― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 January 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link

How do I shot obituary thread thru bass amp?

― The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 January 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link

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