Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

If I'm remembering correctly, one of them was neuroatypical

Rather be an old man’s sweetheart than to be a young man’s fool.

IIRC the last recipient of a civil war pension did die last year - Helen Jackson never claimed it in the end.

The woman who died last year was the daughter, not the widow, of a US Civil War veteran, who was able to claim a survivor's pension due to being institutionalized. This scenario apparently did not inspire any Kiss lyrics.

Love Gun, iirc.

baseball's tommy lasorda, 93

https://y.yarn.co/d7fad4f6-c485-468d-8383-f363172d1601_screenshot.jpg

Comic artist Steve Lightle, 61

https://www.cbr.com/steve-lightle-legion-of-super-heroes-artist-obituary/

Michael Apted, creator of the 7 Up series.

:(

damn

Apted didnt create the Apted series. He started directing them with the second installment

Yes! However it was with 7 Plus Seven and 21 Up that it turned into the grand project it became. I still think 21 Up is the best one by far.

I've loved them all, including the most recent one. I hope someone takes over for it.

RIP. I hope there's someone else on the Seven Up team that has built up relationships with the participants as if not I can't really see it continuing.

Bummed that Apted didn’t get the chance to call The World Is Not Enough 007 Up

Katharine Whitehorn, first woman Observer columnist, 93.

... people you thought were...

RIP. She had a column, albeit one showing her well past her powers, until very recently.

Just heard about Michael Apted. 28 Up was my entry point--hugely important to me at the time (still haven't caught up with 49 and beyond, I don't think--the latest got cancelled here just after the pandemic hit). Like Coal Miner's Daughter and Class Action a lot, too.

Just saw that. RIP.

world is not enough is a gravely underrated bond film btw [/vmic]

Its no QoS tbh

i'm sympathetic to that viewpoint they're both underrated

I was kind of lost when I saw 28 Up--I was 25 or thereabouts--and Neil's situation (at a low point in that film; he bounced back in the next couple) was sobering.

Nothing compares to a Question of Sport imo.

seven time classic tetris world champion jonas neubauer, at only 38 :(

https://www.newsweek.com/tetris-legend-jonas-neubauer-dies-38-medical-emergency-fans-legacy-1560232

Th "Up" series is humbling and brilliant, and the last instalment was very powerful - mortality becoming a recurrent theme, as the subjects aged. The relationship between Apted and his "cast" grew more moving with time, as well. They probably should end the series now, but I'll be sorry if they do.

RIP William "Jesus" Jellett, aka Jesus the nude hippie festival dancer, age 72. Anyone who went to rock gigs in London (or festivals anywhere in the UK) in the 70s/80s knew who this guy was.

https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/rip-jesus.373317/#post-16907781

Earlier article with some background on him: https://medium.com/@JPRobinson/the-mystery-of-jesus-the-naked-hippie-dancer-9822c0da8765

seven time classic tetris world champion jonas neubauer, at only 38 :(

https://www.newsweek.com/tetris-legend-jonas-neubauer-dies-38-medical-emergency-fans-legacy-1560232

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This is incredibly sad- this guy and his wife Heather found themselves become "variety streamers" on Twitch after branching out into other games beyond Tetris and their hundred-something viewer streams were very cozy little hang outs full of positivity. The two of them were clearly very much best friends beyond being husband and wife so I feel so devastated for her. They were on day 2 of a big move to Hawaii and were simply reading on the couch, then he got up to get something and collapsed and never regained consciousness. Heartbreaking.

Mark Keds from Senseless Things:

https://louderthanwar.com/mark-keds-senseless-things-deadcuts-rip/

xp. yikes, horrible.

Sad news about Mark. Still have my Pop Kid t-shirt. RIP

Had mine for years -- long-sleeved!

That's sad about Mark Keds, he couldn't have been particularly old. saw the senseless things a couple of times in the late 80s, still love 'too much kissing'

He was 50.

https://metalinjection.net/this-is-just-a-tribute/megaforce-records-marsha-zazula-has-passed-away?fbclid=IwAR09pL352CjU7Xp6qkvyH_OexezKujInywzXW_8eNZY1Lf81y7FcgEQm5-s

Marsha Zazula of Megaforce Records.

Gutted about Mark Keds.

First time I saw the Senseless Things was when they supported the newly reunioned Buzzcocks. Tough spot, but they were both great.

No thread on ILM though...

Xxp damn. Any idea what happened?

Keds? Sounds like Covid related

Well that's shit :(

Multi-instrumentalist - composer Howard Johnson. He made his recording debut with Bill Dixon, enjoyed a long association with the Band and Levon Helm, and also collaborated with Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, and many, many others.

I was just listening to him on a Gato Barbieri record.

RIP Howard.

Haha I really REALLY do believe this.

He’s angry about impeachment, people who have spoken to him say. But the reaction to the PGA decision was different order of magnitude.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 11, 2021

Ultimately with impeachment he's all 'yeah yeah I'm about out, fuck it,' but the PGA was part of the next steps of scamming and now he's fucked there.

Is Trump dead now?

if Ned posted it, it's true

#onethread

let's get together and feel alright

Multi-instrumentalist - composer Howard Johnson. He made his recording debut with Bill Dixon, enjoyed a long association with the Band and Levon Helm, and also collaborated with Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, and many, many others.

Multi-instrumentalist - composer Howard Johnson. He made his recording debut with Bill Dixon, enjoyed a long association with the Band and Levon Helm, and also collaborated with Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, and many, many others.