Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

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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

Elvis that is so cool, what a great memory/experience!!!

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 05:49 (seven years ago) link

Also, that signed stuff is worth an absolute fortune now.

― Madchen, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 06:34 (seven years ago) link

overlooked last week: CORE reactionary Roy Innis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/roy-innis-embattled-leader-of-the-congress-of-racial-equality-dies-at-82/2017/01/09/674873ec-d681-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link

That explains why he hasn't met with Trump.

― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link

Producer-engineer Bill Price (Clash, Sex Pistols, Pete Townshend, Pretenders, many others).

(actually passed away December 22, 2016)

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link

Nigerian funkateer William Onyeabor

― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 11:54 (seven years ago) link

^ I listened to his records on the plane back from London a few weeks ago, great stuff

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 13:13 (seven years ago) link

At least he got some recognition before he died.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 13:51 (seven years ago) link

huh, for some reason I thought he had passed away a long time ago.

― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 14:07 (seven years ago) link

Mark Fisher. Man that blows.

Indeed it is. Just found out today.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/18/mark-fisher-k-punk-blogs-did-48-politics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link

Wtev, we've been mourning and collecting obits in this thread

― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38664893

had no idea that former Wolves director Rachael Heyhoe Flint was 77

― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link

Wtev, we've been mourning and collecting obits in this thread🔗

Thanks

― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link

soprano Roberta Peters

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/arts/music/roberta-peters-soprano-with-a-dramatic-entrance-dies-at-86.html?_r=0

George Beall, US attorney for Maryland who torpedoed Spiro Agnew

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-news/george-beall-who-led-prosecution-of-vice-president-spiro-agnew-dies-at-79/2017/01/18/9f498460-dcef-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html?utm_term=.f125faa64eea

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 January 2017 18:04 (seven years ago) link

had no idea that former Wolves director Rachael Heyhoe Flint was 77

One of the great musical names remembered from childhood - RIP

― Bongo Herbert (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 19 January 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link

yeah I was going to type 'a classic name' but didn't in case that might diminish the scale of her achievements but then really it's true

― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Thursday, 19 January 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link

Miguel Ferrer

http://deadline.com/2017/01/miguel-ferrer-dead-ncis-los-angeles-crossing-jordan-1201890002/

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 January 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link

NOOOOOO

― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 19 January 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link

Holy shit, what?

― "Nay" (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 January 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9b/44/c4/9b44c47d3267ceb6d4a0924882f9955d.jpg

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 January 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link

what

― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 January 2017 22:55 (seven years ago) link

just this morning The Hollywood Reporter announced that (Ferrer) will be playing iconic DC Comics villain Deathstroke in the animated film Teen Titans: The Judas Contract.

jesus

― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 19 January 2017 23:06 (seven years ago) link

wayne barrett, formerly of the village voice

― maura, Thursday, 19 January 2017 23:06 (seven years ago) link

^muckraking foe of Trump and Ed Koch

http://www.wnyc.org/story/personal-remembrance-wayne-barrett

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 January 2017 04:16 (seven years ago) link

Wayne Barrett was a good guy, this sucks

― Josefa, Friday, 20 January 2017 05:42 (seven years ago) link

rip usa

― mookieproof, Friday, 20 January 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link

Maggie Roche of the Roches
Karl Hendricks of the Karl Hendricks Trio

― Immediate Follower (NA), Saturday, 21 January 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link

bad day for members of eponymous bands

― Immediate Follower (NA), Saturday, 21 January 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link

corrs heading for bunker

― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Saturday, 21 January 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link

Jim's already in there wearing his tin foil hat.

― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Saturday, 21 January 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link

claiming for the setup there but nice finish regardless

― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Saturday, 21 January 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link

rip karl. only 46

― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 January 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link

Mike Kellie, drummer for Spooky Tooth and the Only Ones

― Ρεμπετολογια, Sunday, 22 January 2017 00:13 (seven years ago) link

Jan Stoeckart aka Jack Trombey, Dutch composer. Best known for the theme from 'Callan' and the theme from 'Van der Valk ', 'Eye Level' which was a U.K. Number one in 1962.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0O-2oAvNTo

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 22 January 2017 08:05 (seven years ago) link

Um, 1972.

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 22 January 2017 08:06 (seven years ago) link

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