Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

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.

Most OTM response I've seen to Manson:

RIP Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Ann Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Earl Parent, Donald Shea, Leno La Bianca, and Rosemary La Bianca.

— Erika Heidewald 🗽 (@erikaheidewald) November 20, 2017

most hipsters nowadays are sporting the pre-swastika charlie manson look tho

also this

This is the first time you don’t want someone to be survived by their family

— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) November 20, 2017

Miracles singer Warren "Pete" Moore.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/miracles-singer-warren-pete-moore-dead-at-78-w512237

RIP Della

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4rz8F-_AgQ

:( rip della

Earle Hyman, veteran of black theatre and Dr Huxtable's dad

http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-nominee-earle-hyman-known-for-tvs-the-cosby-show-dies-at-91

aw, dammit.

Yeah, he was very charismatic, fun to watch.

Rodney Bewes (can't find an online obit yet).

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/obituary-rodney-bewes-gtp6nlq0x (paywall)

David Cassidy

Oh my youth.

D:

;_;

rip DC... I worked with one of his kids for a while, sharp, talented guy who's life seemed completely overshadowed by his dad. Sad :(

Hvorostovsky ;_;

He made a huge comeback after his cancer treatment about two years ago.

:(

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Silver-Maned Baritone From Siberia, Dies at 55
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/arts/music/dmitri-hvorostovsky-dead.html

Loved this little interview with him and Sondra:
http://nymag.com/arts/classicaldance/classical/features/65112/

Wayne Cochran (C C Riders), 78.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/obituaries/article186039993.html

George Avakian at 98, quite simply a giant in jazz and American popular music. Should be more famous. This personal memory will give a sense of the impact:

http://dippermouth.blogspot.in/2017/11/in-loving-memory-of-george-avakian.html

vocalist - composer Jon Hendricks:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/obituaries/jon-hendricks-96-who-brought-a-new-dimension-to-jazz-singing-dies.html

Ah RIP :( Knew that was coming but still

RIP Hendricks, will be missed. Was still touring near to the end!

Right. Think it was like one of those Glen Campbell situations, where he could still perform even if he couldn’t have a conversation

As opposed to Junior Mance situation

Tommy Keene

Just came on to post the same.

http://www.pollstar.com/article/new-wave-icon-tommy-keene-dies-133786

I've had Run Now and Based on a True Story for years, but I don't think I gave them more than one or two plays when I bought them--no recollection at all of either. He's highly regarded as a power-pop guy, so I'll make an effort to revisit.

Songs From the Film, from 1986, is my fave and, as far as I can tell, the one that is generally regarded as his best (the CD reissue I owned, and sadly lost during a move, contained that Run Now EP as well), but I have a few of the records he made since then. Always good, often great.

well shit. he was great

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2121124/mona-fong-widow-hong-kong-movie-mogul-sir-run-run-shaw-dies

Mona Fong: singer, actress and producer of a ton of films.

Ken Shapiro, writer-director of The Groove Tube

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/ken-shapiro-dead-dies-the-groove-tube-1202623976/

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

Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian Croat engineer, film and theatre director, businessman, author, after a short illness in the Netherlands

"a short illness" that's one way of describing it!

philosopher jerry fodor has passed

http://dailynous.com/2017/11/29/jerry-fodor-1935-2017/

AP is reporting Jim Nabors.

BREAKING: Husband says Jim Nabors, who starred as Gomer Pyle on TV's `The Andy Griffith Show,' dies at Hawaii home at age 87.

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 30, 2017

:(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw1SpY6Y_XU

we had several of his LPs, my mom liked really colorless singers like him

RIP Gomer

yeah my Dad liked him too