Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

McCoy Tyner.

RIP :(

oh damn

Not seeing this mentioned anywhere.

Posted on his instagram only about 20 min ago

A statement from the Tyner family: pic.twitter.com/uZH2wHKN67

— McCoy Tyner (@RealMcCoyTyner) March 6, 2020

... oh, hold on, I am :(

Time to put on Olé and run up a mountain. RIP.

Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit

RIP :(

Shiiiiit, a legend

:((((((

oof, that's a touch one. RIP to Tyner and respect to an innovator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj_b86b2jYI

Rosie the Riveter, 95:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/us/rosalind-p-walter-dead.html

whoa I hear her name on PBS a lot

montréal canadiens legend henri richard, 84
― mookieproof

Glad you made note of that, wasn't sure if someone would. When I was a kid, and hockey broadcasts were a family ritual, my mom just hated him.

The tone of Lipton's show was pretty bad but I thought he seemed pretty nice and not as over-serious as he initially comes across.

Dave Rainford, TV Egghead, aged just 51.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tributes-paid-after-death-eggheads-17882735

Marnie the Instagram influencer dog

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/07/us/marnie-the-dog-death-trnd/index.html

apocalypse cannot come soon enough tbh

Her owner Shirley is good people, so if anybody can get some silly internet fame I’m not gonna hate.

Oh, Dave Egghead :(

Oh, Dave Egghead :(

Mart Crowley

Max von Sydow

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiWfG-vOXo

RIP Max, what a career! Think I must have seen him in five or six films before I realised that Antonius Block = Father Merrin = Ming the Merciless = Vigo = Three-eyed Raven

Damn, RIP.

decent run

Oh fuck, noooo! Such a stone cold classic. I've been going through all of Bergman's films one at a time, and he had a mind boggling array of roles.

Plus being in Flash Gordin, Dune, AND a Star Wars movie? Damn legend.

RIP Max.

fantastic in everything i've seen him in. RIP.

Emperor Ming is dead.

There is a certain iconic scene in film history, familiar even to those that have never seen the movie, that will inevitably be posted at some point, so I will just go ahead and do that now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDov_a1vZbY

RIP

Max von Sydow S/D

^ thread deserves rather more posts (certainly of the S variety)

xpost looooool, I have images off and had to click through your YT link while thinking precisely this: 'the post alludes to Seventh Seal, but I'm gonna guess Strange Brew'

Reported on Ben Haggard's FB page that Biff Adam, long-time drummer and bus driver for Merle Haggard and the Strangers passed on the weekend.

Tom Watkins, larger than life manager of the Pet Shop Boys and Bros. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/10/tom-watkins-pop-manager-behind-pet-shop-boys-bros-and-east-17-dies-aged-70

And East 17!

And Electribe 101, apparently and unexpectedly.

His house build was featured in an episode of Grand Designs, it was pretty stunning iirc

poet molly brodak, ~38

Sam the Man Burns at 63. Longtime DC afro-house dj

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/on-dcs-jostling-dance-floors-sam-the-man-burns-was-an-institution/2020/03/09/a9b5f702-61f9-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html

Beloved Philadelphia concert promoter Bryan Dilworth, 51.

Restauranteur Michel Roux

Legendary French chef and restaurateur Michel Roux who was best known for opening 'Le Gavroche' in London in 1967 has died at the age of 79

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) March 12, 2020

Mal Sharpe, Bay Area broadcaster, 84 (via his daughter).

joshua noles aka sebastian young, gay porn actor and raper of his five year old daughter, in a police shootout

Full obit about Mal Sharpe:
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/12/legendary-bay-area-television-personality-comic-musician-mal-sharpe-dies-age-83/

Charles Wuorinen