Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

Marvin Hagler

RIP

Met him once or twice when I was a kid

definite case for him being the G.O.A.T.

:(

RIP also (xp) wow

Leroy Radcliffe of The Modern Lovers and Robin Lane & the Chartbusters, towards the second half of January.

:( RIP

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210314-senegalese-music-legend-thione-seck-dies-aged-66

Senegalese singing great Thione Seck has died at 66. He was in Orchestre Baobab & later had his own group Ram Daan. He also released an album called Orientation in 2005 that blended Senegalese, Egypt ,& India rhythms and that impressed some folks on ILM.

I was one of those impressed ILXors - RIP indeed.

Henry Darrow, perpetually smiling actor of many credits, known especially for TV roles such as the rancher "Manolo" on the western The High Chaparral (1967-1971). Was 87.

Eulalio Cervantes, saxophonist for late 80s/early 90s Mexican alt-rock band Maldita Vecindad. COVID. He was 52.

X-post - just noticed Spotify is calling 2005 Thione Seck album Orientissime not Orientation.

Yaphet Kotto ;_;

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/yaphet-kotto-alien-star-dead-at-81/

FUCK

Man he was a proper character actor; different in everything he was in, brilliant in them all. That grin on his face near the end of Midnight Run after being grouchy for the whole film.. outstanding.

Oh no, he was so great. I loved him as Gee on Homicide.

his death scene in Blue Collar is SO hard to take if you've seen the movie before, it really rocked me on a recent rewatch. RIP!

^^Probably one of the most horrifying kills in a non-Horror film EVAH.

(I just read the wikipedia page for that movie - they were fighting the whole time and the director almost quit? Did not know that.)

Gosh that last film credit of Kotto’s is something else. Rest In Peace.

He was great in Friday Foster, which we saw a few months back. His Wikipedia has a shot of his only episode of the High Chapparal!

Oh man he was great great great. 81! I had no idea...

Wonderful actor rip

RIP YK

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/jessica-mcclintock-favored-designer-for-proms-dies-at-1234778816/

Jessica McClintock, dress designer who commanded the 1980s prom dress market, 90.

I’m very sad to hear of the passing of Sabine Schmitz, the only woman to have won the #Nürburgring24Hours, rightly known as ‘Queen of the Nürburgring’, & a star of @BBC_TopGear, who’s succumbed to cancer, aged just 51. #RIPSabineSchmitz pic.twitter.com/LHg5ndr8tO

— Matt Bishop (@TheBishF1) March 17, 2021

James Levine, American conductor and pianist, 77.

As per his son on Reddit, Mark Kamiyama ("Ick" Ikagami from Real Genius) passed away on February 27th:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/m3y637/my_father_as_ick_ikigami_to_the_right_of_val/

Not a lot of acting credits, but I love Real Genius and he was great in it. Not a lot of comedy roles for Asian actors in 80s Hollywood movies that weren't crass stereotypes... this one was an exception.

James Levine, American conductor and pianist, 77.

Indeed, which is why I didn't append a RIP.

While we're at it, he was also a terrible conductor, and his style was unintentional sludge of the worst kind.

Sabine Schmitz, racing driver and charismatic tv host. Check this astonishing run on the Nurburgring in the rain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufzdL1JaEKM

James Levine, American conductor and pianist, 77.

And noted abuser.
― Bruno Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, March 17, 2021 2:44 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Indeed, which is why I didn't append a RIP.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, March 17, 2021 2:59 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

LMFAO

Peter Lorimer, the last couple of years has been a bit rough on Revie's boys.

RIP Peter. Scored some crackers in his day. A kick like a mule!

Only 21 caps for Scotland btw. Christophe Berra has 41.

he had a pub in Leeds, The Commercial, that closed years ago. Some Leeds Utd fans in Norway opened up their own version with the original sign.

Polish poet Adam Zagajewski, 75.

Nawal El Saadawi https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/21/nawal-el-saadawi-egyptian-author-women-rights-icon-dies

Legendary Laker Elgin Baylor, 86

Just learned of Baylor. I don't have any basketball memories until the Knicks in '73, so I just missed him. Finished his career with the 69-13 Lakers.

In 70s-era footie legends news: Frank Worthington, 72

They're dropping like flies. RIP Frank.

I sort of knew him from when I worked in the bookies and he was a regular at the Lindley branch of J Pearsons. RIp legend.

He was far more obsessed with horseracing than football. He often seemed bored shitless when people talked football with him, unless he was looking for info on one of his former clubs for some after dinner speaking event.

I was too young to ever seen him play, but people who did spoke in awed tones. To my stepdad he is only second to Stanley Matthews as best player he has ever seen in the flesh.

I'm sure lots of footballers find football boring!

I couldn't find any mention of his book "One hump, or Two?" on ILB!

Oh man, I'm turning into my dad ("I saw Duncan Edwards/Pele/Frank Sinatra/Danny Kaye and they were rubbish")... I saw Frank W sent off! I can't even remember what for, but it was a dismal 1-1 draw w/Birmingham at Goodison in late 1980. Eamonn O'Keefe scored for us with his chest, or some combination of arm and face. It was classy stuff.

FW was so dashing in his prime, he looked like Jason King or something. One of his outrageous goals in his Bolton days was a fixture of the Granada Kick Off opening credits for years, even when he was at least five clubs down the line from Burnden Park.

Here 'tis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJI1SBekmEk

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