Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

Liz Smith

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/arts/liz-smith-dead.html

Liz Smith was really nice. Her main hangout was the French restaurant Le Veau d'Or on E. 60th St. At the top of their menu it says, What goes on "ici'"stays "ici,"unless Liz Smith says otherwise

So other UK readers don’t double-take like me, our Liz Smith died last December.

it got me too

Liz Smith was a huge formative influence on my writing and voice. RIP.

Incredibly niche, but Bill Cashmore. Best known for playing The Man and The Piemaster on Fist of Fun, also a couple of characters on Knightmare.

Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky collaborator (Manufacturing Consent etc.)

Hall of Fame infielder Bobby Doerr, at 99

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2017/11/14/red-sox-great-bobby-doerr-dies-at-99

Keith Barron, most famous for Duty Free but has all the screen credits you'd expect from an actor of his generation (Doctor Who, Casualty, Dub Dob Dee etc).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41998040

I know him best as Dennis Potter's Nigel Barton

A few Dennis Potter plays too. Always liked him tbh.

(xp)

Vote Vote Vote for Nigel Barton is one of them annoying blocked by BBC Worldwide on youtube, and not available on i-player things that makes me want to stop paying these arseholes the license fee.

Lil Peep, 21

Dik Mik

https://fullinbloom.com/michael-dik-mik-davies-of-hawkwind-dies/

Oh no! RIP Dik Mik.

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

Voice actress Tsuru Hiromi, most famous for voicing Dragonball characters for over 30 years, but also appeared in Macross, Ranma, Trigun, Metal Gear games etc etc

Salvatore Riina

RIP self made businessman and an important employer in Italy's poorer southern regions

Malcolm Young of AC/DC. RIP.

Azzedine Alaia, fashion designer, 77.

;_; Malcolm ;_;

Percussionist - composer Ben Riley, best known for his work with Thelonious Monk.

:(

His first gig with Monk was at the Royal Festival Hall in London, after he barely even knew he was in his band, Monk told him to get a passport. I remember this from youtubing loads of Monk interviews one night.

Ann Wedgeworth, most known for Three's Company (I associate her with Scarecrow; she was also in Demme's Citizen's Band).

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/11/18/threes-company-actress-ann-wedgeworth-dies-83/877879001/

Bonnie Flower, musician (of Wendy & Bonnie fame)
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=bonnie-flower&pid=187273489

Wendy Pepper from PROJECT RUNWAY's first season

http://ew.com/tv/2017/11/17/wendy-pepper-project-runway-dead/

the hell? wow

apparently stage 4 cancer :/

rip, i love that season of PR so much

Charles Manson

http://m.tmz.com/#2017/11/19/charles-manson-dead-at-83/

he lived long enough for someone to post a "bye, felicia" gif re: his health a few days ago

He lived long enough that the writer of the post above his obit was "squeaky fromage"

had to check if the NYT obit writer was still alive

RIP

rest in fuck

^ gonna use that one from now on when horrible people die

Country singer Mel Tillis.

http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/mel-tillis-country-entertainer-and-songwriter-dead-at-85-w478187

Charles Manson

rip big man, u inspired a lot of terrible art

(and murders)

and at least a couple of shit 90's goth pseudonyms.

1998 Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna, at 49.

He lived long enough that the writer of the post above his obit was "squeaky fromage"

Giggled @ this.

RIP Jana & Mel btw.

wow RIP Jana :(

Was looking at a news report on Manson in work today and one of my co-workers said, "Oh, who's that? He's cute."

... pre-swastika, mini-Jim Morrison era Manson, in case of confusion.

Wait'll Tex Watson dies.

della reese

"Hey, Cease to Exist, hairy swastika forehead dude!"

I'm totally okay with Manson being forgotten, which that is a side-effect of.