Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

Adam West :-(

RIP Batman :(

Holy RIP!

Ah man. There's someone who shoulda lived forever.

Answering his final bat signal.

Now is as good a time as any to post the great pilot (and only episode) of Lookwell, the Conan O'Brien/Robert Smigel-created early 90s series starring West.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQ3HbB0c8Y

An absolute legend, that pilot.

Indeed

Comedy gold from beginning to end

RIP best Batman

Hahah I'm seeing Lookwell trending on Twitter. As it should be.

POW! ZAP! RIP!

I watched the hell out of Batman re-runs as a kid. RIP

^^^

I'm also in that demo

If 10 years' worth of family slides weren't currently being looked for, I could post a photo of me in my Bat Cape circa 1966.

In 1983, Adam West wrote a short op-ed about video games. In 2017, I'm tearing up reading it. Sleep easy, Mr. West. And thank you. pic.twitter.com/1J1ouqHDRe

— Liz Finnegan (@TheGingerarchy) June 10, 2017

aw man <3

I watched the hell out of Batman first-run AND re-runs as a kid. RIP

thank you for inoculating me against DEADLY SERIOUS comic-book bullshit

Folksinger Rosalie Sorrels.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article155658024.html

Anita Pallenberg, apparently

Noooooooo! One of my better interviewees.

Thanks for that "Lookwell" pilot link!

juan goytisolo. spanish writer.

Aleksey Batalov of The Cranes Are Flying, The Lady With The Dog, Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears, etc.

And he narrated Hedgehog in the Fog! RIP

LA city hall tonight.

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19105842_10155568695807427_3489688370962722742_n.jpg?oh=af18debe735b5f1cd2f41c7b1f506cef&oe=59D03461

aw A<3

Helmut Kohl dead?

http://wtop.com/europe/2017/06/german-political-party-helmut-kohl-the-chancellor-credited-with-german-reunification-has-died-at-87/

The Guardian obit goes on about how BIG the guy was to a really alarming degree. Like he was Riesige Heuhaufen or something.

He did preside over some pretty important events, if a regional nonentity like Thatcher can get all the attention she gets...

John G. Avildsen

Thought he died years ago, then realized I was thinking of Franklin J. Schnaffner

Schaffner

Ah man, Stephen Furst. Only 63.

https://deadline.com/2017/06/stephen-furst-dies-animal-house-obituary-1202115443/

aw :(

rip Flounder

xpost thanks (damn keyboard)

Brian Cant:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40335213

Oh no! Though I confess I thought he was dead. What a lovely voice though.

RIP

Bill Dana (aka Jose Jimenez)

Otto Warmbier, 22. Absolutely horrific.

"Don't go to North Korea." How can so many people be incapable of understanding a simple, five-word rule?

that is a sickening story, just horrible.

vividly recall being almost physically nauseated by all the rando facebook comments i stumbled across when he was convicted that all went "lol, he deserved it! what a moron!" can only assume all those ppl were future trump voters.

(not directed at unperson -- i think it's insane that there's a company that actually offers new year's and st patrick's day pub crawl tours of north korea, wtf.)

I would never say he deserved it, obviously. I'm just saying don't go to North Korea. Ever.

Clint Eastwood, apparently

Maybe. Still looking for a reputable source.

There was a snopes-displled rumor that he was found dead last month, so I guess it's in the air.