Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

I never realized he was the cable guy on Seinfeld--night and day!

Nikki Grahame, aged 38

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-nikki-grahame-dead-big-23890824.amp

If only I could set this up for Dr Morbius to say “Who is she?”

That's really sad, hadn't heard about her in years.

I didn't know who she was until just now, I have missed out on many celebrities this last two decades though.

Well done the Mirror for all the Lose Belly Fat links at the bottom of that article. Nice one.

Her mum had been on TV about a month ago saying about how she'd been hospitalised, apparently Ryan had got into trub for mentioning it earlier.

Oh I feel very sad about that. RIP Nikki.

Terrible. RIP Nikki.

Bob Porter
https://www.wbgo.org/music/2021-04-10/bob-porter-eminent-producer-broadcaster-and-writer-and-pillar-of-wbgo-has-died-at-80

Shirley Williams has died aged 90. In 2014, Vince Cable wrote in the New Statesman that "there is probably no one alive who has done more than her to define and shape British social democracy". https://t.co/DnzVMJMA6m pic.twitter.com/OfHtWfS4S1

— New Statesman (@NewStatesman) April 12, 2021

melt in peace

Quinton Claunch.

https://acerecords.co.uk/news/2020/quinton-claunch

RIP Quinton. Shirley doesn't deserve one alas.

I conflated a real name with a character name re: Shirley Williams and was all, 'yeah okay maybe hers wasn't the best show ever but even David Lander got a more gracious sendoff than this, sheesh'. The 'age 90' bit should've maybe hipped me to my error.

Director Richard Rush, 91.

[R.I.P.] ‘Zombie’ and ‘High Tension’ Makeup Effects Artist Giannetto De Rossi Has Passed Away https://t.co/XjEvjLqdA1

— Bloody Disgusting (@BDisgusting) April 12, 2021

Not as stomach-churning a sight as Princ Phillip tbf.

in 2014, Vince Cable wrote

are you suggesting Vince was laying some cable?

I am indebted to her for her brief stint as higher education minister. She questioned for the first time the financial sustain­ability of mass free university education (there were then 635,000 students; now there are 3 million). She put forward 13 possible reforms, including student loans and longer terms.

lol, read it and weep

xp just seemed funny to see Vince quoted like he was some kind of respected elder statesman or political historian, and not even a new quote.

the quote is taken from a review of her 2014 biography in which he also reveals she voted against abortion, easier divorces as well as being pro-student fees. I suppose being a reactionary arsehole and helping to bolster Thatcherism for another decade is about as influential as she got.

I suppose 2014 was the last time the lib dems could reasonably pretend to have any sort of relevance

and she voted against gay adoption, a true liberal to the core.

Vince has got that kind of *talent* where you can't read his writing without hearing every sentence with all the tics and mannerisms of his bald headmaster speaking style.

Charlie was the only mensch among them ;_;

Bernard Noël, one of the most significant French poets of the second half of the 20th century. He was 90. RIP.

Colourful character, safecracker and football chairman George Reynolds: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19229317.former-darlington-chairman-george-reynolds-died/?ref=ebbn

Normally avoid the comments but the one by Simple Opinion made me laugh, even if it whiffs of bs.

I think when he built that new 25000 capacity stadium for them I think their average attendance was like 4-5k at max and there wasn't much of a new stadium boost!

oh, I always enjoyed Noël's poems. RIP.

NEW YORK (AP) — AP source: Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff has died in a federal prison, believed to be from natural causes.

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 14, 2021

You could say he RIP'd off this mortal coil.

I thought he died like 2 years ago

Oh noes, not Evil Bernie.

The devil finally Madoff with ol' Bernie

Rusty Young of Poco

https://bestclassicbands.com/rusty-young-obituary-poco-4-15-21/

aw damn :(

Helen McCrory

pic.twitter.com/gSx8ib9PY9

— Damian Lewis (@lewis_damian) April 16, 2021

Fuck. RIP

Missed Rusty Young dying, what a shame, gonna play some Poco now in tribute.

Thats so sad about Helen McCrory, always thought they made a lovely pair too

Vartan Gregorian, saviour of the NYPL:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/nyregion/vartan-gregorian-dead.html

Very sad about Helen McCrory too. A very skilled actress with charisma off the scale. All of her colleagues are saying what a loyal and loving friend she was and you could just tell that was the case from her screen presence. I feel very sad for her family.

"Felix Silla, an actor and stuntman best known for playing Cousin Itt on “The Addams Family,” has passed away today at the age of 84."

Hair today, gone tomorrow ...

RIP, crossword puzzle stalwart.

First I'm hearing about the extra "t". No wonder I missed all those crossword gimmes!

Cousin in this thread.

unfortunate that vartan gregorian was unable to save the new york-penn league as well

Yeah, figured he probably had some feet of clay I was not paying attention to.