Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

Wow

indeed! Empire?

holy shit

Empire

Yes. Here's my other close-up, Mr Daviau.

https://i.imgur.com/YGWo401.png

i was shockingly old when i learned this

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whats Malkovich like

Aloof?

hahaha I got that impression

well, Method

certainly he always acts like malkovich

Norman Hunter, Leeds United player, 76 of Covid-19.

wp:

A tough tackling centre-half and defensive midfielder, he was nicknamed "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter. The nickname originated from a banner held up by Leeds United fans at the 1972 FA Cup Final against Arsenal; the banner simply read "Norman bites yer legs".

Somebody I recognized but had to check to see what I knew him from--episodes of Room 222 and The Partridge Family, Young Frankenstein and MASH.

http://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/entertainment/danny-goldman-obit/index.html

RIP. Often got him mixed up with Arnold Stang.

Animator and cartoonist Gene Deitch

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/gene-deitch-cartoon-modernist-who-headed-upa-new-york-and-terrytoons-dies-at-95-189756.html?fbclid=IwAR0fv4aOTzg3drtaohkGoZCeDTT5Mvsg9iC33pEk12K5Ic3A9JHZUHwfDmg

RIP. Love his run of exceptionally-weird Tom & Jerry shorts.

Two avant-garde jazz musicians, both of whom recorded for the ESP-Disk label: saxophonist Giuseppi Logan and bassist Henry Grimes. Grimes played with Sonny Rollins in 1962-63 and Cecil Taylor a few years later, then disappeared for three decades before reappearing in the early 2000s.

aw man. Deitch was a great one. Kim is, of course, legendary in his own way.

Matthew Seligman, bassist for The Soft Boys, Thomas Dolby and more, dies of COVID-19

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2020/04/17/matthew-seligman-dead-obituary-coronavirus/

Almost too many to keep up with, RIP to them all.

RIP Henry, amazing player and it's no coincidence all the greatest megastars of avante-garde jazz got him into their bands.

Glad I saw him play a few years back.

Dubya treasury secretary Paul O'Neill

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/18/837917748/former-treasury-secretary-paul-oneill-dies-at-84

Ian Whitcomb

William Frankland, inventor of the pollen count. Looks like he had an interesting life https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/20/william-frankland-obituary

More like three or four interesting lives!

Also Sir John Houghton former DG of the Met Office and co-chair of the IPCC. Died of Covid-19 complications. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52325374

Now that's a life!

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RIP Tom "Eb" Lester. A key part of GREEN ACRES, one of the most absurdist, surrealist comedy shows ever. Thanks for the laughs. pic.twitter.com/8Zp6D2yHtr

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) April 20, 2020

Lewis MacAdams, famed crusader for the Los Angeles River, dies at 75

https://www.latimes.com/story/2020-04-21/lewis-macadams-los-angeles-river-dies

RIP, Eb. Perhaps I will do an Arnold the Pig snort in your honor.

RIP fred the godson

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/nyregion/jose-torres-dead-coronavirus.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

José Torres, 73, Bronx Restaurateur Beloved of Salsa Stars, Dies

Don Campbell, 69. born in St. Louis. he invented locking

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

In 1971, Campbell joined the cast of Soul Train once the program arrived in Los Angeles. He was a featured dancer until 1973, when he was removed from the program for requesting that performers be paid.[3] He then recruited other dancers who had been removed for the same reason, and with them founded the Lockers.[4]

RIP Don Campbell.

Lynn Faulds Wood, TV presenter.

of "potential deathtrap" fame

Iris Love, the archaeologist, champion dog breeder and longtime romantic partner of gossip columnist Liz Smith, has died of the coronavirus at age 86https://t.co/BdSuX6dfFU

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 24, 2020

RIP mike huckaby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjZbwJIdG3A

Wtf :(

Hamilton Bohannon, 78

https://times-herald.com/news/2020/04/music-legend-bohannon-passes

Shirley Knight

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shirley-knight-dead-sweet-bird-youth-dark-at-top-stairs-dutchman-actress-was-83-1133636

Harold Reid, bass singer of the Statler Brothers

Loved that guy, RIP. Mr. Daddy Sang Bass Man.

TMZ reporting that Kim Jong Un has died after a heart attack and a botched surgery

Also have a particular appreciation for the way he leans in on the words "Captain KANG-aroo" on "Flowers on the Wall."

Um, xpost

no kim was good on that song

yes his kangaroo is good james

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6DmeR9a6ig