Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

RIP Thérèse.

RIP to Bucky Pizzarelli, lost to COVID
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/arts/music/bucky-pizzarelli-dead-coronavirus.html

RIP to Bucky Pizzarelli, lost to COVID
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/arts/music/bucky-pizzarelli-dead-coronavirus.html🕸

I saw Vaughn Mason at the 1981 (?) New Music Seminar do “Bounce, rock, skate, roll”? RIP

That should be spelled Vaughan Mason . Seeing that DJ Soul Sister has posted this on twitter and others on his Facebook page

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9s2kwfLmJE

^^^ immortal tune - RIP Vaughan Mason

Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean On Me, ” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications. He was 81. https://t.co/5LHt6D1AFB

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 3, 2020

OH FUCKING WHAT

... people you thought... RIP Bill, great artist.

aw fuck, that one hurts

:-(

fuck no!!! Bill was one of the best to ever do it.

Bill, Withers

Genuinely thought he died a few years ago, still, RIP.

Rip Bill, one of the true stars.

augh dammit, that live at Carnegie Hall is all time

all time great

This one's a gut punch. What an incredible talent, what a legacy of songs that have given so, so much to so, so many lives.

Seeing mention that Swiss artist and musician Walter Wegmüller famous for his album Tarot died at the end of March.

RIP WW, if true.

Patricia Bosworth, Celebrity Biographer and Former Actress, Dies at 86. Covid-19-related.

https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/patricia-bosworth-dead-dies-coronavirus-author-1234570604/?fbclid=IwAR0I_Ch9N7JJ-FmcimU0NLW5bGWLywmhrZPIlLzd1CmUj7ABSR5_EGaGkLE

RIP. Enjoyed a couple of her books, the Brando one and the one about her dad.

heard her bio on Montgomery Clift is extraordinary

fbclid=IwAR0I_Ch9N7JJ-FmcimU0NLW5bGWLywmhrZPIlLzd1CmUj7ABSR5_EGaGkLE

C. W. Nicol, environmentalist and author. His 1975 memoir, Moving Zen, is a martial arts classic.

Daughter, grandson of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, RFK's daughter, presumed dead in canoe accident

https://abcnews.go.com/US/daughter-grandson-kathleen-kennedy-townsend-rfks-daughter-missing/story?id=69964861&cid=clicksource_81_null_headlines_hed

at what stage do you start to wonder whether joe kennedy crossed someone badly enough that a multigenerational reprisal was designed

when the one OD'd on a plane or whatever

Lord Armstrong, 93 - a lengthy career as a senior civil servant whose contribution to posterity will only ever be popularising the phrase "economical with the truth".

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/04/former-top-civil-servant-lord-armstrong-of-ilminster-dies-aged-93

The Marquess of Bath, owner of Longleat (he of the "wifelets"), 87, Covid-19.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-52173794

Shirley Douglas:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/shirley-douglas-dies-at-86-1.5522758

Kiefer Sutherland's mother, an activist, and--most relevant to the current situation--her father was Tommy Douglas, the architect of Canada's health system back in the late '50s.

Honor Blackman

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/06/honor-blackman-james-bond-pussy-galore-avengers-dies-aged-94

Just heard 😢

She was also a staunch republican, and turned down a CBE in 2002 to avoid being a “hypocrite”.

nice

RIP Honor Blackman, one of the first women to popularize martial arts and self defense training

http://fightland.vice.com/blog/how-honor-blackman-brought-womens-self-defense-to-television

pooshy

RIP Honor. Not many people can have looked as good as she did for as long as she did!

Grime rapper Black The Ripper

did he die from embarrassment at that name

Doesn't seem to be COVID-related (there was a health-related fundraiser for him last year) - pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs.

Baseball Hall of Famer Al Kaline

There's a great joke in the Avengers where Stead gets a post card from Cathy from Fort Knox.

Louis Johnson the choreographer for the movies Cotton Goes to Harlem and The Wiz, who also got a Tony award, worked with Balanchine, and taught dance at Howard u in DC has passed due to coronavirus

http://outandaboutnycmag.com/3-31-20-oa-nyc-in-memorium-dancer-choreographer-louis-johnson-dies-at-90/

One of the football world's greatest artists has passed away. Italian graphical designer Piero Gratton has died 80 years old.

Gratton leaves behind a great legacy since he designed the former Roma wolf, the old Lazio crest, the rooster of Bari and the UEFA logo.#design #badges pic.twitter.com/kYntu6sETa

— World Football Club Crests (@WorldClubCrests) April 7, 2020

Hal Willner, coronavirus.

https://variety.com/2020/music/obituaries-people-news/hal-willner-dead-dies-music-producer-saturday-night-live-1234573202/

Fuck.

Damn

Made several of my favorites. Of his super sessions, Stay Awake and Weird Nightmare are most awesome.

Weird Nightmare is indeed all time great. RIP