Rolling Obituary Thread: 2018

oh no

i am extremely saddened by that. i kind of knew her briefly, though we hadn't talked in an extremely long time. probably since 2005 or something. RIP Pamela...you were a very decent person.

Bob Dorough:

https://www.thewrap.com/bob-dorough-schoolhouse-rock-dies/

Oh :(

I'd never heard of Bob Dorough until I (tried to) read John French's book about his time with Captain Beefheart where he says Beefheart was a fan of his and used to play his records to the band

Norwegian pop art artist Terje Brofos, aka Hariton Pushwagner.

I can't find an article in English as yet, but here's one in Norwegian https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/3jgGBM/Pushwagner-er-dod

https://morgenbladet.no/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/legacy_images/MO200610102240041AR.jpg?itok=bUlu2Rqd

It nearly always registers a bit when these notable people younger than me die, but looking up Verne Troyer at Wikipedia caused an extra level of memento mori, in that he was apparently born on the exact same day as me.

Rick Dickison, who designed the ZX Spectrum keyboard for Sinclair

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/tech/industrial-designer-rick-dickinson-passes-away/1/

Dickinson, rather.

Charles Neville passed away today at age 79. Charles was the second oldest of the four brothers who formed the core of the Neville Brothers. #RestInPeace https://t.co/ulqwsNaBI9

— NOLA Jazz Museum (@nolajazzmuseum) April 26, 2018

Nelson Pereira dos Santos, a key figure in Brazil’s Cinema Novo of the 1960s and 70s, has passed away at the age of eighty-nine.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/obituaries/nelson-pereira-dos-santos-89-dies-lifted-brazilian-film.html

‘The Frenchman was tasty’ or whatever it was called, I remember liking. Not sure if I’ve seen anything else.

Believe it is usually translated as How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, but yeah

I don't remember that one very well, but I liked his debut Rio 40 Degrees (or 100 if you're Fahrenheit).

Shah Marai, the chief photographer here for Agence France-Presse, and seven journalists from local TV and radio stations. Six others were among the wounded.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/suicide-bombings-in-kabul-kill-seven-including-a-journalist-rushing-to-the-scene/2018/04/30/88ae0af2-4c31-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html?utm_term=.89f361ab74fa

KABUL — Just after 8 a.m. Monday, a familiar boom filled the air and rattled windows across the Afghan capital. Local news photographers, reporters and cameramen grabbed their gear and rushed to the scene of the latest suicide bombing in a long and bloody conflict. Though such incidents were never without risk, the journalists were used to covering them — and rather competitive about getting there first.

But about 20 minutes later, when the journalists were gathered watching emergency workers at the bomb site in a high-security official zone, another explosion erupted in their midst. A second suicide bomber, on foot and carrying a press pass and camera, had joined and targeted the very group of people tasked with covering such violence.

https://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/slain-photojournalist-shah-marai-n870146

Michael Anderson, director of The Dam Busters, Around the World in 80 Days, Logan's Run

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-michael-anderson-obituary-20180428-story.html

So by proxy he directed the last 20 minutes of Star Wars.

Logan's Run is sooooo bad but I love to watch it. The carousel/renewal sequence scared the absolute shit out of me when I was 11.

The martial arts community, in the Washington region and beyond, is mourning the loss of grandmaster Jhoon Rhee. Affectionately known as the "Father of American Taekwondo,” Rhee died Monday morning at age 86.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7PEMGuA6tw

i've never seen The Dam Busters but that will be remedied soon

dj still, who was dj for noise-rap group dalek during the "from filthy tongues..."/"absence" era

https://www.facebook.com/dalekmusic/posts/10156365040039521

Drummer Jabo Starks. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/james-brown-drummer-john-jabo-starks-dead-at-79-w519743

:(((((((((((

Tony Kinman of The Dils, Rank And File, Blackbird
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-tony-kinman-dils-rank-file-obituary-20180503-story.html

critic-filmmaker-Cannes scout Pierre Rissient

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5624-pierre-rissient-man-of-cinema-dies-at-eighty-one

Italian Director Ermanno Olmi

http://variety.com/2018/film/global/ermanno-olmi-dead-dies-tree-of-wooden-clogs-1202800882/amp/

Il Posto is one of my favourite films ever.

George Deukmejian, former California governor (1983-1991)

A strange nonentity from this distance. Governor in my high school into undergrad years, not as overtly hateful as Wilson was later, at least.

He became governor when I was like 5 so he is burned on my brain as like "the first governor".

Ha, mine was Jerry Brown...so nothing changes!

Anne V Coates

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/09/anne-v-coates-obituary

Wow. A true wiz.

John W Robinson. SoCal hiking guide author - "Trails of the Angeles: 100 Hikes in the San Gabriels,” published in 1971 and now in its ninth edition.

https://www.sgvtribune.com/2018/05/09/john-w-robinson-legendary-author-of-hiking-guides-histories-of-southern-california-mountains-dies-at-88/

Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey:

http://deadline.com/2018/05/adam-parfrey-dies-feral-house-publisher-author-and-editor-of-forbidden-knowledge-was-61-1202388142/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna873286

frightened rabbit leader scott hutchison, 36

https://www.facebook.com/newmusicgathering/posts/1731245630263000

Matt Marks, one of the musicians in Alarm Will Sound, passed away yesterday. I don't really listen to that type of music much so am not really sure what the best rolling thread to post this to would be.

Dennis Nilsen

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/12/serial-killer-dennis-nilsen-dies-in-prison-aged-72

*gulp* Not expecting too many RIPs to be flying around there.

Never liked him

Aye, you say that now...

"his father was a Norwegian soldier who had travelled to Scotland in 1940 as part of the Free Norwegian Forces, following the Nazi occupation of Norway"

I blame Hitler myself!

He was mentioned on the serial killer thread, with the fact the the wiki entry on him was well-written, and damned if I didn't read the entire thing at work.

Gérard Hourbette, founder and leader of Art Zoyd.

Seems we missed Abraham "Abi" Ofarim

dennis nilsen, indulging in necrophilia in heaven tonight

Seems we missed Abraham "Abi" Ofarim

Can's former manager.

Last month, but also missed, Sergio Pitol:

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/16/farewell-sergio-pitol/