Coach Hayden Fry
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28322252/iowa-great-hall-fame-coach-hayden-fry-dies-90
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 04:18 (four years ago) link
Peter Wollen, film theorist, 81
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 08:16 (four years ago) link
Kenny Lynch (singer, entertainer and songwriter) has died at the age of 81. Never realised that he co-wrote "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" by the Small Faces.
Kenny Lynch has died. Huge talent, a pioneer and tremendous company. One of the key witnesses to the 20th UK music/entertainment scene he had a million stories. Yet one of the cagiest interviewees when on air. Wasn't interested in his 'place' in pop culture. He was there. pic.twitter.com/yiw39RQq16— Danny Baker (@prodnose) December 18, 2019
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 09:57 (four years ago) link
I was never what exactly it was Kenny Lynch was famous for - beyond playing golf with Tarby and Brucie et al and so being the only black guy to get within 10 miles of the average British golf club.
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 10:16 (four years ago) link
... that and his appearance on the Horrible Albums Like I've Got My Own Album To Do thread.
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 10:17 (four years ago) link
... never sure, that is.
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 10:18 (four years ago) link
I think Kenny Lynch's main claim to fame these days is that he was the first person to ever release a Beatles cover version
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 10:34 (four years ago) link
He's also on the Band on the Run cover, with Michael Parkinson & Christopher Lee!
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 10:49 (four years ago) link
...and James Coburn!
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
Reading your display name as part of the list.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
I played Kenny Lynch at golf.
OK, it was mini golf at a summer fete. But, still..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link
Emil Richards, LA Wrecking Crew percussionist/vibraphone player, 87. It's his fingers you hear snapping at the beginning of the Addams Family credits. His credits run several volumes...https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emil-richards-dead-legendary-percussionist-la-session-player-was-87-1263412
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 19 December 2019 03:02 (four years ago) link
Mission Impossible bingo king ^^
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 19 December 2019 07:02 (four years ago) link
Claudine Auger, actress & Bond Girl, 78https://people.com/movies/bond-girl-claudine-auger-dies/
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 20 December 2019 02:16 (four years ago) link
rip Claudine
Kind of interesting how many '60s Bond girls are still around though: Ursula Andress, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Daniela Bianchi, Mie Hama, Diana Rigg
― Josefa, Friday, 20 December 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
In matters of very niche interest, the comedian Paul Squire - momentarily famous enough to have been a punchline in The Young Ones but very much middle billing on end of the pier shows.
https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/18112523.funeral-entertainer-paul-squire-take-place-friday/?fbclid=IwAR05C5OjHECSnImZ-EfIkz5weH1D9s56JYyPOvdfJvsRIZZNqLWRDyZYhBY
― So, your CV says you're a (checks notes) DJ and stand-up comedian (aldo), Friday, 20 December 2019 10:31 (four years ago) link
having a look at his royal variety performance, it's from within my lifetime but might as well be from 1911https://youtu.be/0pnMJlvi7dk
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 20 December 2019 10:40 (four years ago) link
He doesn't even have Wiki page :(
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Friday, 20 December 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
I have absolutely no memory of him despite him having no fewer than three TV shows: The Paul Squire Show (ITV, two series); Paul Squire Esquire (BBC); PS It’s Paul Squire (ITV).
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Friday, 20 December 2019 12:29 (four years ago) link
smile meme guy https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/arts-and-culture/247642-comic-creator-gerry-alanguilan-dies
― StanM, Saturday, 21 December 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
World cup winner and reference in monty python Martin Peters
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 21 December 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
"Well, it's hello..From me, PSI'm just trying to make you happy.."
Looked him up on t'int about a month ago, his chat board was full of fans bemoaning Rik Mayall calling him Paul Squires.
Last time I saw him on TV was Cannon&Ball giving him a chance on their show. His routine including a reference to General Custer and the Indians "oh goodness gracious dear dear.. Nah, these were Real Indians!"
Oh dear Paul, think you just blew it.
― Mark G, Saturday, 21 December 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
Aw man, i loved Alanguilan's Elmer. Sorry to hear he died so young and clearly with so much difficulty. RIP.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 21 December 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
http://gerryalanguilan.blogspot.com/2017/11/sleep-paralysis.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 21 December 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
If I recall correctly he also did a bunch of work writing about and curating Filipino comics (or komiks) history and original art.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 21 December 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
Sorry for only knowing about that smile he did :(
― StanM, Sunday, 22 December 2019 06:57 (four years ago) link
what smile
― insecurity bear (sic), Sunday, 22 December 2019 10:07 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/c5iFk6G.gif
― StanM, Sunday, 22 December 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
there's more info below that obit I linked to above (his "Hey Baby" video from 2009 etc)
― StanM, Sunday, 22 December 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
British character actor Tony Britton.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50885272
― So, your CV says you're a (checks notes) DJ and stand-up comedian (aldo), Sunday, 22 December 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
Designer Emanuel Ungaro, age 86
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50886433
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Sunday, 22 December 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
Ram Dass, 88
― Davey D, Monday, 23 December 2019 05:40 (four years ago) link
That’s a shame. He had been speaking a lot about preparing for death.I really like some of his radio phone-in audios from the early 70s. They show his best side: empathetic, sensitive, gentle, providing helpful advice and accepting of people.I sometimes heretically think that if you ignored some of his guru and “gee-wizz” miracle stuff (which wasn’t to my personal taste), he was a great therapist of any kind - religious or non-religious.
― Luna Schlosser, Monday, 23 December 2019 08:10 (four years ago) link
Junior Johnson, NASCAR driver played in a pretty good movie by Jeff Bridges
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 December 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
RIP Richard Alpert
xp I don't think that's heretical at all, he always renounced any idea that he was a guru or even remotely close to "finished." He readily copped to having a schtick—that really he was just a Newton, MA jew who was lucky enough to be lit up by psilocybin and then to find a guru of his own.
He was also smart enough, where Leary wasn't, to grok that acid was a cul de sac. Instead he parlayed the experience into a spiritual mission, which he also knew (and warned adherents) could act as a trap. He spent the last decades of his life woking with dying people, and now he's joined them.
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 23 December 2019 23:12 (four years ago) link
Dave of Big Black
― nathom, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
midnight funk association membership now officially lapsed :(
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
what? Oh no!
― Runcible Spoonman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:55 (four years ago) link
Riley worked as an assistant audio engineer for George Clinton's stable of Parliament-Funkadelic bands. He is credited on albums Trombipulation and The Electric Spanking of War Babies. He also occasionally served as a session musician for his friends
never knew this or that he'd had a major stroke in '93.
― calzino, Wednesday, 25 December 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
Songwriter Allee Willis, 72.
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/allee-willis-dead-dies-songwriter-1203451705/?fbclid=IwAR0b9myuD207TaVXhuG2hT90DLqzOShgpeHBaaGO0vkTwZvBVp0KbLM9RKo
― nickn, Wednesday, 25 December 2019 06:32 (four years ago) link
Wrote so many good songs. And the Friends theme.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 12:10 (four years ago) link
Had no idea she co-wrote What Have I Done To Deserve This? I'm guessing it was the Dusty part.
― Alba, Wednesday, 25 December 2019 13:05 (four years ago) link
Yep. Tennant wrote the verses, Lowe the chorus.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
lyricist behind the Howard the Duck soundtrack with Thomas Dolby.https://youtube.com/YLMUTqlGNZ4
― ☮️ (peace, man), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/YLMUTqlGNZ4
― ☮️ (peace, man), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
Claude Régy, French theatre director. He was 96. RIP.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor. He was 84. RIP.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
Sleepy LaBeef
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 26 December 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
Jerry Hermanhttps://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2019/12/27/535371796/broadway-legend-jerrry-herman-is-dead-at-88
― Alba, Friday, 27 December 2019 12:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-herman-dead-broadway-composer-lyricist-hello-dolly-was-88-1141052
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEyYx7mTEsU
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 December 2019 12:36 (four years ago) link