Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

Emmett Chapman, inventor of the Chapman Stick

https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/emmett-chapman-musician-inventor-chapman-stick-dies-85/

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51q+mTXGWsL.jpg

Aw. Now the musical world is down to, like, six Stick players.

After seeing that book cover I now know of two and they look like the same person.

Everyone who plays the Chapman Stick looks like that.

it's true!

yea your hair falls out the instant you touch one

It's all about the harpejji now:

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

it's going to be awful when Michael Guitarre, creator of the guitar, dies

Lol

Lionel Blair, apparently (92)

One more habitue of the 'people you were surprised to discover were still alive' thread gone. Stay safe, Stanley Baxter.

Lionel Blair dies aged 92

Confirmed by his agent.

RIP Lionel

that's sad. the 'Who's Lionel With Today?' twitter account is a delight: https://twitter.com/WhoLionel

Lionel B Liar I call him

Television's The Actor Alba

oof, looks like that hurt

Lionel Blair has died. If you youngsters don't know who he is, he's the guy here who pulls down Bobby Davro's trousers. If you don't know who Bobby Davro is, he's the guy Cheggers is referring to when he says "Oh Bobby!" pic.twitter.com/qHnv4RK6KV

— twitch.tv/Limmy (@DaftLimmy) November 4, 2021

Dear Friends.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear friend and business partner, the iconic BOB BAKER. pic.twitter.com/4Quj7zWbqJ

— K9Official (@K9official1) November 5, 2021

Bob Baker, one of the all-time great British TV writers.

Terence Wilson aka Astro from UB40 after a short illness.

Blimey, rough year for UB40.

Bob Barker on the other hand is still alive

Ivy Nicholson, Model and Warhol Factory Star, Dies at 88

https://www.greenheartsuop.com/ivy-nicholson-model-and-warhol-factory-star-dies-at-88/

This obit is apparently written by a non-native English speaker.

There's a NYT obit too, but I didn't want to spend one of my monthly allowances.

Angelo Mosca--pretty famous Canadian.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/tiger-cats-great-angelo-mosca-dead-at-84-1.6240053

I hope there's more to her obituaries than "pretty famous Canadian".

Sorry, his. Misread his name as Angela. LOL.

... apparently he was American anyway!

Andy Barker :(

Sad to hear about the passing of Andy Barker from 808 State. Here’s one we’ve been rinsing recently… ‘Sunrise’ from their amazing 90 album. Respect. pic.twitter.com/zn8n310yIs

— Test Pressing (@Test_Pressing) November 7, 2021

Journalist Maureen Cleave, to whom John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus (87)

Shame…From her infamous article, these are the words that probably most stung:

He looks more like Henry VIII than ever now that his face has filled out

damn i just heard the news about Andy Barker passing at the weekend.

Dean Stockwell

https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/08/dean-stockwell-dead-dies-quantum-leap-married-to-the-mob

oh no

ZIGGY NOOOOOOOO

Goddamn

any deaths are too many for yueh

Oh boy

https://media.giphy.com/media/3JyFXPFWNrpBhdSTfA/giphy.gif

Oh no, RIP Dean.

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman

Trying to remember what the Roy Orbison song in Eraserhead is and who sings it.

The last link to the Thin Man franchise?

well, shit
Hugely underrated, love him in PARIS, TEXAS.

Seanie Fitz, the most prominent and notorious banking executive during irelands boom, bust cycles of the nineties through to the big one in 2007

Dean Stockwell also central to Neil Young's After the Gold Rush, based on a Stockwell script that never got filmed.

A beautiful young man who grew into a helluva character actor. Although my first acquaintance with him, I found him obnoxious on Quantum Leap.

Seek: Compulsion, Sons and Lovers, Long Day's Journey Into Night.

RIP Gerald Sinstadt. Should be remembered as one of the very first broadcasters/commentators to call out racism, as he did during THAT #MUFC v #WBA game in 1978.
A brilliant commentator regardless; voice of the 'Granada' region on ITV's Big Match https://t.co/zAgd4K8pjf

— Chris Lepkowski (@chrislepkowski) November 10, 2021

I will probably remember him like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg1cQy5oh64

(The bizzies with their nightsticks there, worried that Gordon Lee might come on to the pitch)

(It's the sixth goal in particular, from around 6:05)

Sylvère Lotringer

It Is with great sadness that Semiotexte announces the death of our founder, Sylvère Lotringer. Sylvère passed away peacefully after a long illness on Monday November 8 in Ensenada, Baja California.

— Semiotext(e) (@SemiotextePress) November 10, 2021

Margo Guryan

Songwriter @MargoGuryan, whose 1968 album was "discovered" three decades later, has died at age 84. The release, "Take a Picture," has been hailed as one of the greatest "One-Album Wonders" ever. https://t.co/lp5dr2PFzg pic.twitter.com/SeNCVgKcMY

— Buzz Bands LA (@buzzbandsla) November 10, 2021