Rolling Obituary Thread: 2019

Sorry to hear that, fgti. RIP.

condolences, fgti

Birch Bayh, Indiana senator

https://www.apnews.com/62fde227741d471487407ff37414d7b3

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0314/1036458-irish-actor-pat-laffan-has-died/

RIP Pat Mustard Laffan

Fgti, hugs. Sending you lots of warmth.

RIP mistur bourgis

Justin's music is really nice. Thanks for sharing it.

Seems weird to still have mob bosses being shot in the street in 2019.

otoh, Staten island

first top ranking NYC mob boss taken down since Gotti made his ‘85 move iirc?

Tom Robinson Band guitarist Danny Kustow

https://www.loudersound.com/news/tom-robinson-band-guitarist-danny-kustow-has-died?fbclid=IwAR2tfnZ1oe492Kfth0CX9YH6gW-Z6yufwF-Sr6UzZaGjh2BYJItAYEgTPfo

I'm sorry for your loss fgti, that's rough <3

fgti i’m so sorry <3

Thanks for the kind words. I really encourage people to listen to his music he was completely amazing.

https://justinhaynes.bandcamp.com/album/magnus-hitch

Jake Phelps, editor-in-chief of Thrasher, 56.
Apparently he "died suddenly and easy", which I guess is something.

https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Jake-Phelps-editor-Thrasher-mag-dead-skateboarding-13690148.php

"Suddenly and easy" is a really strange phrase I've never heard before. "Suddenly," yes. "Peacefully," sure. "Easy?"

Yeah, it's weird. But not such a terrible way to go?

have only ever heard murders in shit crime dramas use that word re death

oops *murderers*

louis tomlinson’s sister felicite, 18

What??? Oh no. Only lost his mom not too long ago

I don’t know to what extent people outside the skateboarding world know Jake Phelps, but it’s impossible to understate his importance to skateboarding. He brought a larger than life influence to a huge culture, and was instrumental to its development since its adolescence. A week ago I bought a back issue of the first issue of Thrasher I ever had, and it was poignant to reflect on the significance that magazine had at a formative time. All that’s to say I’m shocked and saddened by that news and feel compelled to write this out to feel more grounded. R.I.P.

ah fuck i hadn’t heard about Jake.. RIP

W.S.Merwin

:(

Fuck drunk drivers. A friend just got killed in an accident. 26. Fuck. Life had just started for this sweet sweet girl.

Sorry shldnt have posred here.

I'm so sorry, nathom

Thanks. Fuck drunk drivers.

Michael Wycoff, whose best known track was "Looking Up To You".

Also Frankie Smith, of "Double Dutch Bus" fame.

Sad to hear about Frankie, RIP.

Hadn’t heard of Michael Wycoff, but in things you were shockingly old when you learned: Zhané’s “Hey Mr DJ” is based in large part on “Looking Up To You”, so RIP Michael as well.

Barbara Hammer, art filmmaker, 79.

Richard Erdman, actor in Stalag 17 and Leonard in Community.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-erdman-dead-community-stalag-917730

Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar.

Bernie Torme, Ozzy Osbourne and Ian Gillan Guitarist, Dead at 66

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bernie-torme-ozzy-osbourne-ian-gillan-obituary-795089/?fbclid=IwAR3jIfox1ZWtPbetlGy1TvTvKRbwljcKWETZSsCakPoRn5Rjlk3We8-Ndco

Andre Williams, R&B/soul legend, 82

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-rafi-eitan-ex-mossad-agent-who-led-eichmann-s-capture-dies-at-92-1.7045841

Rafi Eitan, top Mossad agent who led the operation to capture Eichmann, fought against the British in the Mandatory Palestine, led mossad operations in Paris in the 70's, handled US spy Jonathan Pollard. Fair to say he saw a bit of action did this fellow!

Cult filmmaker Larry Cohen (God Told Me To, It's Alive, Q) at 77.

We're talking about him over here: On Larry Cohen

Scott Walker. Damn.

Oh, fuck.

Father of Sandy Hook victim Avielle Richman found dead outside of Newtown Town Hall after apparent suicide https://t.co/JD57vIihNA

— Hartford Courant (@hartfordcourant) March 25, 2019

jesus, that's tragic.

yeah, and right after two parkland survivors took their own lives, too

Fuck the NRA.

Joseph Pilato, one of the stars of Romero's Day of the Dead:

https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3552534/r-p-day-dead-scene-stealer-joseph-pilato-died-70/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/obituaries/jh-kwabena-nketia-dead.html?fbclid=IwAR2Yd1IT6I-WFidBpyxJAvNqkAlQPnw9E1seAj0YXnUT41g4fMm1VzZtMYg

RIP 97-years old Ghanaian scholar and author re African music J.H. Kwabenia Nketia

His 1974 book, “The Music of Africa,” is widely considered a definitive historical study, and “Ethnomusicology and African Music,” a collection of his writings published in 2005, is used in classrooms throughout Africa ...

Ranking Roger, from the (English) Beat and General Public.

RIP Roger Charlery aka Ranking Roger.

“Goodnight sweet prince. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”. pic.twitter.com/6kVr49cJJH

— pauline black (@paulineblack) March 26, 2019

Oh fuck no

RIP FULL STOP

.. Am ded!