Rolling Obituary Thread: 2019

Xp. A damn wonk who worked on the west wing and supporter Trump. What a combo

Lee Radziwill, 85.

The ecstatic sailor shown in an iconic photo kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. https://t.co/wzSfgLxW2X pic.twitter.com/skRgcYGp7O

— ABC News (@ABC) February 18, 2019

Didn't he just grab a random woman and shove his tongue down her throat

I remember reading that, or hearing that, somewhere

I haven't read the article

"It wasn't my choice to be kissed," Friedman stated in a 2005 interview with the Library of Congress.[3] "The guy just came over and grabbed!" she said, adding, "That man was very strong. I wasn't kissing him. He was kissing me."[3][10]

Yeah

It looks like that in the photo

Karl Largerfeld

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-karl-lagerfeld-dead-85-14019724

Lagerfeld, sorry!

Wtf. Rip karl. :-(

Ooh, big day at the office. What an innings. RIP.

Just so long as they keep his library intact.

My condolences to Choupette.

Had that particularly nasty breed of fatphobia that only certain formerly obese folks have. I hope he enjoyed the steroid bloat at the end.

^^^

There was a lot of Lagerfeld in that recent documentary about fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez (Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco). Kind of interesting to see Lagerfeld young and dark-haired, doing regular things like hanging out at the beach. His look always suggested a certain heaviness of spirit though.

Charo’s husband Kjell Rasten.

Consumer advocate David Horowitz (Fight Back! with David Horowitz)

Skip Groff, Yesterday and Today Records, a major force in the DC area music scene.

https://www.theonion.com/karl-lagerfeld-horrified-by-uninspired-garish-tunnel-o-1832730087

Skip Groff, Yesterday and Today Records, a major force in the DC area music scene.

No!

the Sailor Kissing statue got tagged with #metoo

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/20/metoo-kissing-sailor-statue-day-after-george-mendonsa-death?CMP=fb_gu&fbclid=IwAR0ooojYVzzIghL9kX577T2VqS-5ij1rVKo-V4xiaZ6spAElHi3EjwIscZo

statue was called Unconditional Surrender...

RIP Marie-Claire Bancquart (1932-2019), French poet.

peter tork of the monkees, 77

Shit :(

oh fuck you death

Oh shit. RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr5dnte9JgU

;_;

He sounded very very bad on their recent Christmas album. RIP.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8499382/lewis-kahn-dies

RIP Lewis Kahn, salsa trombonist & violinist with the Fania Allstars and Larry Harlow’s Band

RIP

Swiss director Claude Goretta died a couple of days ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/21/claude-goretta-obituary

'La Dentellière (The Lacemaker)' was a very good character study, with Isabelle Huppert outstanding in an early role, and I've a lot of time for 'La Mort de Mario Ricci' too.

Jackie Shane, May 15, 1940 - February 22, 2019.
Memoriam to follow.
Rest In Power, Ms. Shane. pic.twitter.com/RLLZDoUQGP

— ɴᴜᴍᴇʀᴏ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ (@numerogroup) February 22, 2019

aw, sad to hear that; she had a solid last act

i mean i don't have an emotional investment really but i do use his useful invention quite often

Ross Lowell, founder of Lowel-Light and the creator of gaffer tape, dead at 92https://t.co/vFN9ugZoWq pic.twitter.com/rRlsaSS12q

— DPReview (@dpreview) February 21, 2019

RIP hero

Brody Stevens :(

https://theblast.com/comedian-brody-stevens-dead-suicide

aw man, i liked that guy.

Fred Foster, of Monument Records fame

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/fred-foster-country-music-producer-dead-obituary-797487/

Ross Lowell, founder of Lowel-Light and the creator of gaffer tape, dead at 92

― mark s, Friday, February 22, 2019 12:38 PM (seven hours ago)

I don't know why I'm crying

Fred Foster, of Monument Records

i am so sad about Brody Stevens. He was like no-one else. i think he was a repeat guest on like every comedy podcast i’ve ever loved. he was fkn funny & weird & just goddamn great. my twitter feed is so full of brody love tonight, it’s really moving. ;_;

Stanley Donen.

Funny Face is such a classic.

Oh fuck. Big love to Elaine May.

Stanley Donen

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 22 February 2019 17:24 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The curse of the 'the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually still alive' thread strikes again. And so rapidly in this case.

RIP Stanley.

Wow.

More of local note but it's a big one -- San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Since I only relatively recently moved here others should say more but my sense is that he and his team really have held their own in holding the feet of the police to the fire in terms of real and potential abuses, and did so over the course of most of two decades; as such, a role model for the nation, if lucky enough to take advantage of being an elected rather than an appointed official. He was only just recently reelected -- unopposed at that -- and so that's another long term with his direct action now robbed, though hopefully his successors will carry on the legacy.

https://m.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Public-Defender-Jeff-Adachi-dies-13638785.php

Also of note -- he was a filmmaker as well, and directed two documentaries on Asian Americans and acting -- The Slanted Screen and You Don't Know Jack (re Jack Soo) -- as well as codirecting a more recent film on criminal justice, Defender.

A deep appreciation:

https://missionlocal.org/2019/02/a-valediction-for-jeff-adachi-who-defended-the-public/

Coverage of the San Francisco Police Department’s “Textgate” scandal — a cadre of officers nabbed exchanging horrifically racist messages — often overlook that these messages were only unearthed because of successful federal corruption probe of the police department. And that probe only came to pass because Adachi posted videos onto YouTube of cops barging into residential hotels sans warrants or consent like some manner of Stasi.

I'm hearing reports of the death of jazz writer Ira Gitler. https://t.co/iwlNqSqbjx Ira has been a great inspiration to me (and many others)—I've been turning to these works for ages, and they still are my go-to guides. A terrible loss for the jazz community. pic.twitter.com/qPFxBuRzyj

— Ted Gioia (@tedgioia) February 24, 2019