Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

Don't know anything about the guy but I just noticed on wiki that he was married 7 times - 8 if you included the wife he married twice - and he separated from his last wife in 2019. Larry King that is.

Yeah. He was a workaholic. Didn’t have much time for the domestic stuff.

WaPo headline is funny.

If you were caught up in the O.J. story in '94 and '95, his show was ground zero. I'm sure it would all happen on Twitter now.

yeah, larry was one of the last of his kind

Good thoughts here on that:

What I wrote about Larry King in 2015: His crusty Jewish vaudevillian affect was a throwback to early TV, & it set him apart from everyone else in broadcasting. Also he was just a weird dude, fascinating to look at & listen to. Broadway Danny Rose meets Dada. pic.twitter.com/dbc24514f3

— Jody Rosen (@jodyrosen) January 23, 2021

As you'd expect, lovely tribute from Piers Morgan

Larry King was a hero of mine until we fell out after I replaced him at CNN & he said my show was ‘like watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new Bentley.’ (He married 8 times so a mother-in-law expert) But he was a brilliant broadcaster & masterful TV interviewer. pic.twitter.com/1JsXeeZYEk

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 23, 2021

King was a close friend of my husband's lawyer--they both had TV shows in Miami. Never got to meet him, though.

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larry used to frequent a bookstore i worked in in DC. he was kind of a dick. one time he came up to the info desk and snapped at me ‘i need five copies of my book’ and i deeply regret lacking the presence of mind to reply ‘okay . . . what’s your name’

"Here you are, 'Woodrow Wilson: A Biography'"

RIP Larry King. My impression of him was so gravelly I damaged my vocal cords and eventually needed surgery.

We eventually met and someone told him the story. He teased me about it, of course, but later, pulled me aside and asked, very sincerely, “You’re okay now, though?

— Dana Gould (@danagould) January 23, 2021

lol just remembered Larry King asking Sharon Tate's sister how she could still feel comfortable being in touch with Roman Polanski even after he murdered her sister. RIP to a real one, we'll never see his like again.

— Will Sloan (@WillSloanEsq) January 23, 2021

Heh. One of those links mentioned that Joe Franklin quality he had which I thought was otm.

"Larry, I'm on Ducktales."

Re: Hank Aaron, I read his autobiography when I was in 2nd grade and absolutely obsessed with baseball, and there was a section that published some of the hate mail that he received. It was the first time I'd ever been exposed to such vile, racist shit, and I credit that book with giving me some of my moral compass re: racism as I've aged. RIP.

I used to show a section of Ken Burns' Baseball to my classes on Jackie Robinson's birthday, one that included some of the hate mail he got. I was always a little uncertain if this was a good idea for a primary class (anywhere from grade 4 to grade 7), but I'm glad I did. You can't begin to appreciate Robinson or Aaron unless you're confronted with the full extent of what they went through.

James Purify

https://bestclassicbands.com/james-purify-im-your-puppet-obituary-1-23-21/

on hank aaron and apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but for a UK poster like me, this peanuts strip is one of those times where you get a potent, exciting sense of US cultural artefacts (something slightly pynchonian about it), that US-ness which feels thrilling/liberating/powerful and (again for a UK poster) exotic/foreign.

Hank Aaron played a role in "Peanuts" during his historic run to the all-time home run record. Snoopy at one point was trying to beat him to it. There's a long series on this, which included this strip from August 9, 1973. pic.twitter.com/cQi0xkURXY

— Luke Epplin (@LukeEpplin) January 22, 2021

It included hate mail of the sort that Aaron had received and had been publicized in the media. pic.twitter.com/Y5tCqfQHAC

— Luke Epplin (@LukeEpplin) January 22, 2021

Was thinking of that Peanuts run last night. An all time strip highlight.

This is a big one if you've ever lived in Toronto: George Armstrong.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-maple-leafs-george-armstrong-obit-1.5885742

pianist junior mance, 92

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/arts/music/junior-mance-dead.html

Already mentioned on the 18th but thanks for the link.

I think he was poor health for while now, he was a good one and definitely worth another RIP

Yes, he stopped his regular gig at Cafe Loup several years ago because of his Alzheimer's.

That obit is very good, worth the wait.

Mr. Mance also taught in the B.F.A. jazz program at the New School from the late 1980s until 2011, and toured with 100 Gold Fingers, a jazz ensemble consisting of 10 pianists, including Marian McPartland, Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan

Film Producer Alberto Grimaldi

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/alberto-grimaldi-dead-dies-producer-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-1234891108/

Combination of tropical drink and sub-par footwear did him in.

Oh my, tragically wring thread

Ugh

Looking over Grimaldi's credits, I might pick The Canterbury Tales as my favourite, although even Pasolini fans seem to dislike it.

James White, owner & founder of The Broken Spoke Honky Tonk in Austin

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/24/austin-music-icon-james-white-broken-spokes-owner-dies-81/6694281002/

Oh no, I've been impressed with Broken Spoke's longevity

Canterbury Tales is great

It's my favourite too, so I figured it was the basic choice...

Joseph Sonnabend. A hell of a life and a story, as this thread shows.

I’m deeply saddened to learn that Dr Joseph Sonnabend, one of the most important figures in the history of AIDS, died yesterday. I spent time with him in 2018 for one of the last interviews he ever gave. Let me tell you about this man and what he did: 1/https://t.co/XSPEfZKzBr

— Patrick Strudwick (@PatrickStrud) January 25, 2021

conceptual artist Barry Le Va

https://www.artforum.com/news/barry-le-va-1941-2021-84936

Larry King's greatest moments.

His drunken monologue about "pro- fessionals"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KRUje1UQJs

Taking a five minute phone in the middle of a live interview with Dave Rubin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdS8b8gfWKI

That was great, thanks, but where were the other three minutes?

"we don't tell you that we're looking for a farmhouse in the middle of the desert"
I feel like Larry King probably killed somebody at one point, lotta secrets in that cranium.

Larry King time is different than Youtube time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd3_k-OF_aU

Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar Winner, Dies at 94 https://t.co/gGiC7mrYLk

— Variety (@Variety) January 27, 2021

Aw. RIP.

Oh no 🙁

Betty White one step closer to getting the Mary Tyler Moore Show tontine.

awwww shit. RIP Cloris. :(

Back in pre-kids 2014, Andrea and I were out on a date eating pizza. I felt a person tug on my hoodie and say “can I have some of that?” and I was like “what the fuck?” then realized it was #ClorisLeachman and was like “Can we recreate that for the internet?”

RIP to a legend🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/GCo5skn1ar

— Another Adam Smith (@AdamOfTheSmiths) January 27, 2021

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lol