Michiro Endo, singer for seminal Japanese punk band The Stalinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3OMoHX7qzA
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 22:51 (five years ago) link
xp. the arabs also beat barcelona home and away that season
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 22:54 (five years ago) link
Boon Gould, founding guitarist w/Level 42
― Tiltin' My Lens Photography (stevie), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca himself:
https://www.facebook.com/thewookieeroars/posts/2375211675851881
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 May 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
ahhrrrrrrr i p
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 May 2019 22:53 (five years ago) link
"Uncle" Russ Gibb
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8509569/russ-gibb-detroit-grande-paul-is-dead
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 May 2019 22:59 (five years ago) link
Jah Stitch, the 'original ragamuffin'
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/02/original-raggamuffin-jah-stitch-pioneering-reggae-vocalist-dies-aged-69
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Friday, 3 May 2019 05:47 (five years ago) link
:(
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Friday, 3 May 2019 06:46 (five years ago) link
a bit amazed at the attention paid to peter mayhew, an actor whom few could pick out of a lineup
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
but the way he stood there
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
When you play a character that well known over the course of 40 years nobody really cares what the actor looks like. That's not what he got paid for.
(Also "few" is doing a lot of work there. SW fandom is not some tiny niche of people.)
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
he appeared at a lot of fan conventions & was very fan-friendly, even as his physical health waned - i think that probably accounts for the recognizability factor too
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
I didn't realize just how tall he was--7'3''!
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
all my words do a lot of work
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YEP00Z36T3tZrQq--rg52gIH0qY=/0x0:2200x1418/920x613/filters:focal(924x533:1276x885)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63725216/peter_mayhew_chewbacca.0.jpg
Ned has let himself go a bit.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Friday, 3 May 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
Hey man, you never know how that beard's gonna look until you let it grow all the way in.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Friday, 3 May 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
xpost -- See here.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
Where? We can't see it Ned
― Mark G, Friday, 3 May 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
So sad.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2019 17:29 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he played a big role in our childhoods
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Friday, 3 May 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
Art Kunkin, founder of the LA Free Press.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2019/05/03/l-a-free-press-founder-art-kunkin-recalled-alchemist-life/3658911002/?fbclid=IwAR2YKUPeHvsaTcbHnydmTgNN2pGl43tzzYypWb_MPAl6ku2V57kAc7aRMt4
― nickn, Monday, 6 May 2019 21:38 (four years ago) link
Freddie Starr
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-freddie-starr-dead-comedian-15022018
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 9 May 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
Jim Fowler, Host of 'Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom,' Dies at 89
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-fowler-dead-mutual-omahas-wild-kingdom-host-was-89-1209218?fbclid=IwAR0zfoE-42bJ3PGC-USB4ieQfxqNFVCnAwKG1Jvn0gQMsIytm1Wu82j002o
― nickn, Friday, 10 May 2019 00:04 (four years ago) link
will always think of Fowler as the guy who showed up w/ animals who pissed on Johnny Carson
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
“I’ll be sitting here in the tent with a banana daiquiri while Jim artificially inseminates an angry yak...”
― suzy, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
Jerome Ackerman, who stood at the heart of L.A.'s Midcentury Modernism movement, dies at 99
https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jerome-ackerman-designer-craftsman-dead-20190509-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1RIo55bGwRi6NwLu1-26McN3kbjiOJFfbO960lqJ5WAKuq-SGMiu4uOa8
― nickn, Friday, 10 May 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
Peggy Lipton:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-peggy-lipton-dead-20190511-story.html
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 May 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
Damn RIP
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 12 May 2019 01:53 (four years ago) link
Bummer
― flappy bird, Sunday, 12 May 2019 05:02 (four years ago) link
Alvin Sargent, screenwriter of Straight Time, Paper Moon, Ordinary People et al
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48238573
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 12 May 2019 06:13 (four years ago) link
This is horrible and sad...
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/may/12/silver-king-wrestler-and-nacho-libre-star-dies-at-london-show
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:22 (four years ago) link
RIP. Is that Janeane Garofalo standing behind him in that Jack Black Instagram?
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 May 2019 11:40 (four years ago) link
Brian Walden
― calzino, Sunday, 12 May 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
... people you thought...
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 May 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
My rotting brain has a memory of Walden asking John Smith (who is 25 years dead today) if that was his real name. Naturally I can't find any corroboration of this on the internet.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 May 2019 07:53 (four years ago) link
"I put it to.." *pointing at pol* was his frequent style of questioning, I think. I vaguely remember him calling someone "a weasel" once. It was a long time ago.
― calzino, Monday, 13 May 2019 07:57 (four years ago) link
Apparently Brian Walden was a brexiteer, which certainly proves... something.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 13 May 2019 08:01 (four years ago) link
Seems as good a time as any to post some Mountain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7Ab8tX590
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Monday, 13 May 2019 08:38 (four years ago) link
fuck me i thought he died 20 years ago
― Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 May 2019 09:21 (four years ago) link
The other surprising thing, I put it to you, being he was only his mid-40s to early-50s when he was presenting Weekend World.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:04 (four years ago) link
Too much slow living...
― calzino, Monday, 13 May 2019 11:12 (four years ago) link
The oldest of Old Labour basically
― Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:14 (four years ago) link
Doris Day!
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:05 (four years ago) link
She couldn't last for ever I guess.
― Alba, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
Kirk Douglas, watch your back.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:07 (four years ago) link
RIP Doris, does she not have her own thread?
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link
Peggy Lipton of Mod Squad fame
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 13 May 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
Machiko Kyo
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
8(
(didn't know she was still alive tbh)
― koogs, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
https://people.com/tv/tim-conway-dies/
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link