Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

It’s no Ronaldinho bottle opener, at least.

never explain

Pull out his ice
Apologize

reiterating Never explain & also never respond to critics

French actor Michel Piccoli has died at the age of 94. He appeared in Le Doulos, Le Mépris, Belle de Jour and Les Choses de la Vie, among many other films.

https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/medias-people/deces-de-michel-piccoli-un-comedien-hors-norme-1508329595

:(

RIP

People you though were dead, RIP Michel, what a CV!

RIP, such an impressive filmography.

Loved this guy, RIP. So great in so many things. A chill when up my spine when I was watching That Obscure Object of Desire and I realized it was his voice dubbing Fernando Rey. Highly recommend this video essay about Contempt and his character's look, in part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzyZKBQDDLg

RIP. Saw him introduce the London Film Festival screening of Rivette's La Belle Noiseuse. in which he's great, of course.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9379513/bluesman-lucky-peterson-obit

Bluesman Lucky Peterson at 55

Eddie Haskell!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ken-osmond-dead-mischievous-eddie-haskell-leave-it-beaver-was-76-1246683

I wish I were 17 right now, so I could go over to a friend's house and be really fake-polite to his mother.

RIP

:(

If he was 76, I'd bet his mom's been dead for years.

Oh, you said any friend's house.

He was kind of one of the original characters one/you/I love(s) to hate.

those albums he made as Alice Cooper were ok too

Eddie was such an archetype. You'd sometimes encounter Eddie Haskells as a teacher--usually boys, but not always. I'd say "He's such an Eddie Haskell" to another teacher, and usually, because I was older, have to explain who Eddie Haskell was.

Maybe they let you explain it because they were being patronizingly polite to you.

No, I'm pretty sure that if they were born in 1985 or so, it was that they didn't know who Eddie Haskell was.

Right. He was a recognizable type I don't think appeared elsewhere in the culture. Actually I didn't even notice that type as kid when I was watching LItB, only later in life.

those albums he made as Alice Cooper were ok too

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes)

Always got Alice Cooper mixed up with the son of Mr. Green Jeans.

That was Zappa (and/or Ted Nugent)!

A university roommate got me onto Leave It to Beaver, then in syndication, and I watched a lot of it for a couple of years. Haven't seen it for ages, so you never know it'll be as good as you remember it, but my recollection is that, while seeming to be the very definition of 1950s conformity and complacency--dad in a jacket and mom in a dress at the dinner table--it actually pushed against the tenor of the times in sly and smart ways. I can't remember it ever dealt directly with race or anything like that.

There are two "if"s missing from that post. Apparently I have a thing against "if."

A fantastic piece of writing from several years back that does (among other things) some debunking of LitB's squeaky-clean image:

https://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2012/05/leave-it-to-beaver-the-complete-first-season.html

Good piece, thanks. "There isn't a sitcom on the air today with the humanity of 'Leave It To Beaver,' let alone its moral or visual sophistication." I have a clear memory of my roommate saying something to the effect that the show always made him aware of falling short of the person he wanted to be.

I didn't get this part: "(through Ward, 'Leave It To Beaver' is haunted by spectres of child abuse, a big reason why I've never doubted the sincerity of its hope for better tomorrows)," even in the context of the episode he describes--he's equating Ward's father making him feel lousy with child abuse? Am I misreading that?

Don't want to derail thread, but forgot that Richard Deacon was on LItB: https://www.metv.com/stories/from-fred-rutherford-to-mel-cooley-richard-deacon-was-perfectly-suited-for-his-memorable-tv-roles

I think brownnosers are a fairly common stereotype

Feel like he is a more specific type than just a generalized brownnoser.

I would say so too--very specific to cozying up to a friends' parent, and then doing whatever you can to stir things up the minute you're out of view. (Which is where the teaching comparison comes in--there are students like that.)

Right. There seems to be a lot more malice aforethought involved in a case like this, rather than simpler, almost reflexive response to the pheromones of power structure.

Annie Glenn (1920-2020): pic.twitter.com/qBeQbJvFJ5

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) May 19, 2020

Soundtrack and library music composer Peter Thomas (Sound Orchester, Raumpatrouille, Orion 2000 etc)

Wow. I had no idea he was alive. I know him from that Pulp track.

Yeah, I was surprised he was still alive, 94 though!

Salah Stétié, francophone Lebanese poet, 91. RIP.

Uncle Bunky, 65

Now this is an obit. pic.twitter.com/VLdljoq2lh

— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 20, 2020

SAVE IT ZEEBO

RIP the Bunkster

Steve Hanford, drummer of Poison Idea aka the Slayer Hippy

jesus VG you had me googling Wendell Pierce in a panic

oops sry lol

can't stop thinking about Uncle Bunky

bunky! <3
can't leave the party if you can't find the door

Uncle Bunky's nephew (who wrote the obit) has been posting more stories

one time he tried to pick me up from elementary school in his shitty 70's era Buick LeSabre (a.k.a. The Sled) by revving the engine and hollering expletives out the window

the kids were so terrified, they asked a teacher to make sure I wasn't getting kidnapped

— Chris Santa Maria (@chrisantamaria) May 20, 2020

Mory Kante

Jerry Sloan Hall of Fame basketball coach

aw Mory Kante rip :(