Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

Prolific horror writer Guy N Smith - his best-known work:

https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1374194763l/4960402.jpg

Also champion pipe smoker, RIP

Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist, 98. RIP. :(

Don’t say “RIP” for Jewish ppl plz

“his memory for a blessing” if you like

what

What do you mean “what”

https://forward.com/fast-forward/454883/jewish-twitter-claps-back-at-christian-inflected-condolences-for-rbg/

I mean maybe it’s a misguided thing to be sensitive about but

hi, a jew here: "jewish twitter" doesn't represent me or anyone I know, pls don't let malicious ppl cajole you into thinking you can't speak to us like you would speak to anyone else, 'rip' is a completely fine thing to say.

Ivry Gitlis was on the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, and Scott Walker's TV show.

John Maltby, British sculptor and studio potter, 84.

Stella Tennant, dead-eyed 90s model

Already mentioned by suzy, of course

Sorry, suzy, missed the scroll-up.

John Edrich.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec/25/john-edrich-former-england-and-surrey-batsman-dies-aged-83

Michael Alig

heroin od

the first time I watched the Party Monster doc it was so wild I thought it must have been a made up docu-drama

K.C. Jones:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/25/us/kc-jones-death-spt-trnd/index.html

Legend

People you thought were dead and now they are, latest instalment. George Blake, 98.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/26/george-blake-mi6-spy-cold-war-double-agent-dies-aged-98

Scottish journalist and reporter Donald J MacDonald, 60.

https://news.stv.tv/opinion/donald-john-macdonald-an-appreciation

Musto on Alig

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-michael-alig-i-knew-club-kid-killer-and-mystery?ref=home

Dundee United manager Jim Mclean, 83

Musto on Alig

As though we're supposed to know who Musto is lol

Oh wow, RIP Jim (xp)

if you know who michael alig is but don't know who michael musto is, you're likely either not paying attention or you don't read NYC based media at all.

I know who Michael Musto is but had to look up the other guy so...

But everyone knows who Jim McLean was, that much is certain.

one of the more senior club kids!

maybe one has to be a certain age? I think of Musto as a household name but then again my house is old

xp yes that

ignore me I was just attempting a crap joke about the departed ex-Dundee Utd manager

all kinds of clubs

Must was all over MTV/VH1 in the late 1990s thru the 2000s on all of those I Love the (Decade) shows and "100 Most Shocking Moments" etc. He's as famous as Alig. End of post

Musto is plenty famous.

bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice.

wrestler jon huber aka brodie lee, 41

writer barry lopez ('arctic dreams'), 75

I have no idea who Musto is. I mostly know of Alig because his crimes involved the son of Paul Auster and Lydia Davis

Philip Martin, writer of Vengeance on Maros and Mindwarp for the Colin Baker Doctor Who, plus the unfilmed Mission To Magnus and various Big Finish audios, and also Gangsters and Starcops.

Philip Martin, writer of Vengeance on Varos and Mindwarp, has passed away. Philip was a guest on our live show at Gallifrey One in 2018, and then was kind enough later on in the weekend to talk to us about his seminal TV series Gangsters, plus his work on Star Cops. pic.twitter.com/HIEGWyjN9Q

— Radio Free Skaro (@RadioFreeSkaro) December 27, 2020

Charles Campion, restaurant critic and enthusiastic eater.

Charles Campion was a great and lovely man, with a brilliantly droll sense of humour. And boy he knew his subject. I held my breath when he was at the @MasterChefUK table to find out whether I’d screwed up a point of detail and he was gently going to put me right. A great loss. https://t.co/SvgAtj7Qsb

— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) December 26, 2020

The last (and who knows, maybe the final) time that someone tried to chat me up in a gay bar, he revealed that he used to share Skype wank calls with incarcerated Michael Alig. That made me feel... special.

lol!

Sad to hear the passing of Martin Lambie Nairn over Christmas. MLB was a visionary designer, the original Channel 4 logo from 1982 still looks like it was designed in the future #graphicdesign #televisiongraphics #martinlambienairn pic.twitter.com/V253TDHLRq

— John Rooney (@jrooneyresearch) December 27, 2020

Martin Lambie Nairn, TV designer and animator - probably best known for the spinning 4 logo for Channel 4 launch.

(was it spitting image that had a credit at the end of it that was something like 'based on an original lunch with MLN')

(ha, yes, it's on his wikipedia page)

Morbs is yelling at you for not knowing who Musto is

ha.

I just found that comment weird. Like a lot of times people mention names of people I'm not familiar with and my first instinct is to look it up and not get mad that someone assumes I know who they are?

Yours is the correct response