Rolling Obituary Thread: 2018

Peter Mayle

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/obituaries/peter-mayle-who-wrote-of-a-year-in-provence-is-dead-at-78.html

I did not know til a month ago that Dillman had been the first Edmund in Long Day's Journey.

Dorothy Malone

http://variety.com/2018/film/people-news/dorothy-malone-dies-dead-peyton-place-1202670315/

RIP, Dot :(

:o

i'm sorry I reminded everyone she was alive yesterday.

Legendary French chef Paul Bocuse

Jim Rodford.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/20/kinks-zombies-bassist-jim-rodford-has-died-aged-76/

christian burchard of embryo died on jan. 17

Bob Smith, first out gay comedian to appear on The Tonight Show, of ALS

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bob-smith-pioneering-gay-comedian-writer-dies-at-59-1076420

I took an improv class with Bob in 1985; he was sweet, acidic and very cute. I would've hit on him if I'd been gay then.

Oh, what a shame, they played in London recently - or maybe they're scheduled to play? Anyway, I have got some Embryo on my mp3 player, so can listen to them today - I'm at my mum's this weekend. RIP Christian.(xp)

Steve Nisbett, Steel Pulse drummer

https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/steel-pulse/news/view/steve-grizzly-nisbett-passed-away-founding-member-of-steel-pulse/

Bob Wakelin, creator of instantly recognisable art for a generation of Brits and designer of the Ocean software logo.

RIP Bob Wakelin - Any 80's gamers will be familiar with his iconic covers. pic.twitter.com/uOtlRWcv9l

— Stu Wood (@DigitalWood) January 21, 2018

"A couple of times the guys at Ocean said to me 'Look Bob, this game really isn't very good so we need an extra special cover.'

I suppose I should feel guilty for it."

Howard Lew Lewis, best known as Elmo in Brush Strokes but also one of the main cast in Maid Marian and her Merry Men.

http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/54752/howard-lew-lewis-1941-2018

Aw :(

Hugh Masekela

https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2018-01-23-breaking-legendary-musician-hugh-masekela-has-died-report/

Oh man, RIP hugh

RIP, he was a legend and had an amazing life

simon “tinky winky” barnes

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/23/teletubbies-tinky-winky-actor-simon-barnes-dies-aged-52

Mary Lee Berners-Lee

Girl From the North Country

aw RIP Mary Lee Berners Lee and Bob Wakelin (only just seen that post)

as a child I studied the Rainbow Islands box art in great detail and decided that, since Taito was a Japanese company and the colourful big-eyed box art seemed vaguely like the Euro-Japanese coproduction cartoons imported to mid/late-80s CBBC for my daily viewing, the signed name "Wakelin" must clearly be Japanese, pronounced wa-ké-lin

it took many years to realise that this was quite a silly thought

https://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/Bob_Wakelin

I missed the France Gall post too :(

Catchiest German song about computer dating of the 1960s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rtdb_zgqdQ

Ursula K Le Guin

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html

oof, RIP

oh fuck what a shitty day this is for human culture

fuuuuuck

The worst of news. RIP.

Just read earthsea this past few months. Lovely.

RIP

All the times I linked to her blog saying m/l "you won't believe who's still around and still blogging", and now I can't believe she isn't.

Thanks for all the books (still so many more I haven't read, too), new ways of thinking for teenage me about fantasy and SF and gender - and the blog posts and cat pics too...

yeah, what a hero. earthsea books, with the amazing Tehanu reprise, were formative for me. Left Hand of Darkness and Lathe of Heaven also, later on. RIP. wonderful writer.

I’m so sad about this loss.

I really hoped she'd make it to 100. RIP and thanks for changing the world for the better.

damn, RIP

I only read this a few months ago (and only picked up Earthsea trilogy from a friend for a reread yesterday). RIP

https://www.marxists.org/subject/art/lit_crit/works/leguin/carrier-bag.htm

Bob Dylan's Girl From the North Country

Careful when invoking his name in this thread.

Nah, there will be a ton of ilx revives first.

This thread would be the last place it gets mentioned

Lari White, country singer, 52.

https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/lari-white-now-i-know-country-singer-dead-at-52-w515694

What would be a good starting place for Ursula?

the lathe of heaven

Jeremy Inkel from Left Spine Down and Front Line Assembly. Only 34.

http://www.post-punk.com/jeremy-inkel-of-frontline-assembly-has-passed-away/

Thanks flappy

The other bumped thread worth reading through for recs stevie

Ah, thanks for the tip-off Dmac!

Author Jack Ketchum.

Mark E Smith

The day I've been dreading.

"It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Mark E. Smith. He passed this morning at home.... 1/2

— Fall news (@fallnews) January 24, 2018

Oh fucking noooooo

Fucking shit fucking shit fucking shit

:(