Rolling Obituary Thread: 2019

I missed the Leon Kossoff death. I always liked his landscapes more than his figurative stuff, the Willesden Junction studies were brilliant.

This thread was right next to a revive of the Robert Wyatt thread and my heart stopped for a second.

Ross Perot, 89

We invoked him yesterday on the Clinton thread; must’ve been the final straw.

RIP Ross. I wasn't a fan of his politics, but I've worked for years with employees of what was formerly Perot Systems. Their Dallas office doubled as a huge museum of all his wacky paraphernalia. I even saw him wandering the halls one time long after we bought out his company.

I was an adult during both of his campaigns, and the only thing I can remember him saying (before entering the -- second? -- race) is "It's up to the volunteers."

I mean, Admiral Stockdale gave better quotes.

he really liked graphs and charts

rip big man, heaven needed a small man

Martin Charnin, Broadway veteran and Annie lyricist

http://www.playbill.com/article/martin-charnin-tony-winning-annie-lyricist-dies-at-84

Johnny Kitagawa, creator and manager of the biggest boy bands in Japan for over 50 years, frequently accused of sexual exploitation of his employees.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/07/36f5bd0ab40f-urgent-japanese-entertainment-mogul-johnny-kitagawa-dies-at-age-87.html

apologies for forgetting Perot's "giant sucking sound"

I remember "OK, here's the deal" before he starts talking about something. but that may be from an SNL skit.

Now everyone in the J-pop industry will have to express their sadness about Johnny K while pretending he didn't abuse teenage boys.

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rip torn

His penis is still the most shocking part of The Man Who Fell To Earth.

ah ok

i was like.... who's tom?

deems, don't make me laugh while I'm grieving Rip, please

RIP Artie

Oh FUCK

Elmer Long, creator of Bottle Tree Ranch in the Mojave desert, last month at 72.

https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/high-desert-hideaway-elmer-longs-bottle-tree-ranch

The Tio's Tacos video at the end of this article has nothing to do with Bottle Tree Ranch, but at the halfway point it focuses on the owner's creations. It's in Riverside, which isn't close to BTR.

https://www.avoidingregret.com/2013/09/photo-essay-bottle-tree-ranch.html?fbclid=IwAR3IqXvsHF5i4zvaYloD7OTNn0E-7a08nh5_YIfmfduCpcaceI7qGHQ0m30

have a salty dog in his honor

https://youtu.be/rVX38RRgVrw

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Rip had a helluva career, from Tennessee Williams to Godard (to playing Judas for Nicholas Ray). I saw him in a Horton Foote play in'97.

But if you live long enough, you get headlines like "Dodgeball Star Dies."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/arts/rip-torn-film-tv-roles.html

Lol forgot about this last but yeah.

wonder how many people clicked on that in the hope that vince vaughn had snuffed it xp

The film is now famous for the improvised fight between Norman Mailer and Rip Torn. As the camera rolled, Torn struck Mailer in the head with a hammer, intending to "kill his character". Mailer's scalp opened up, and a vicious fight ensued. With the camera still rolling, Torn energetically strangled Mailer until the fight was broken up by Mailer's wife, Beverly, and their wailing children. During the melee, Mailer bit off a small chunk of Torn's ear. The fight, in which the actors called each other by their real names, made it into the film. This "Maidstone Brawl" has over 360,000 views on YouTube, despite the film's remaining 101 minutes having less popularity.[11]

The fight was later used as evidence in his case against Dennis Hopper, who claimed Rip attacked him with a knife after being replaced by Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider.[19] Rip won his case on the claim that "he could not have possibly killed Hopper as he was, at the time, on the set of Maidstone trying to kill Norman Mailer."[19]

:(

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_HP7KQXsAAEHsW.jpg

(he's getting EMMERDALE STAR in the uk)

ah thufir i see they finally pulled your heartplug

Indeed, heard the NPR obit this morning, and it mentioned a couple of things and then ended with ... "Dodgeball." Including a clip.

Valentina Cortese, of Dodgeball Day For Night fame

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/valentina-cortese-dies-dead-italian-actress-nominated-oscar-day-for-night-1203263208/

Got confused and thought Rip Torn had ended up in Emmerdale, which probably should have happened.

the larry sanders show's debt to emmerdale has never really been properly acknowledged tbh

Had no idea Freddie Jones was still alive until a few hours ago, partly cos I kind of didn't recognise him in Emmerdale.

Been frightened of saying this because bad vibes but Hull's own Sheila Mercier is 100 and still alive.

I kind of didn't recognise him in emmerdale

he went to the audition with the eyebrows but the producers thought it would be disrespectful to seth

lol

Torn's scene-stealing performance in Songwriter (Alan Rudolph's Willie Nelson picture) was worth the price of admission by itself.

and in The Beastmaster!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4pmUNQE7llI/SgCmqbO19RI/AAAAAAAAIYQ/WbYX1ff0Eag/s400/snapshot20090505144419.jpg

he was amazing in payday too

Valentina Cortese, of (-Dodgeball-) Day For Night fame

RIP Freddie, Rip, Valentina :(

Pierre Lhomme, Army of Shadows cinematographer and co-director of Le Joli Mai

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pierre-lhomme-dead-french-cinematographer-dies-at-89-1222682

I've seen Freddie Jones in a ton of things (starting with Marat/Sade) but didn't know he'd done 5 David Lynch roles.

Also the monster in the best Hammer Frankenstein (Frankenstein Must be Destroyed).

I had no idea he did over a decade in a British soap! What else have I missed? Is David Warner in Hollyoaks? Terence Stamp running an off-licence in Albert Sq?

To be fair, FJ did a lot of guest-spot telly. Dalziel & Pascoe, Midsomer Murders, etc.

I never made the link as him being the same actor in Dune and The Elephant Man - although he did borrow Brezhnev's eyebrows. When you look at his early tv work he must have been the last one standing from most of them. RIP

First time I ever saw Freddie Jones? Krull

Can't remember the first time I saw Rip. It just seemed like he was always there, with an amazing name.

I used to get Rip Torn and Rip Taylor confused, so when I saw Torn in something I'd think wow, he can really tone it down when he wants to.

IRL LOL

hahahahahahaha