Rolling Obituary Thread: 2021

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Jesus, I remember the announcement of her turning 100 and I thought it already happened, not that it was around the corner. that's so cruel :(

Rest in peace Betty

― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Friday, 31 December 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link

Betty White RIP

― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 31 December 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link

;_; RIP Betty

― I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Friday, 31 December 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link

Denis O’Dell’s nephew Dick managed the Slits and The Pop Group, amongst many.

― the thin blue lying (suzy), Friday, 31 December 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link

Gosh - I never realised the connection. I met him (Dick) at a very good event on the history of pirate radio in London in a library in Ladbrook Grove a few years ago.

― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 31 December 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link

Most known for the essential Y Records. The I’m post punk funk cousin label of New York’s 99.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 1 January 2022 00:33 (two years ago) link

Also made a fortune from Pigbag. He’s an old friend of mine and was just discussing Denis on FB in the wake of Get Back a few weeks ago.

― the thin blue lying (suzy), Saturday, 1 January 2022 00:53 (two years ago) link

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/arts/music/sandra-jaffe-who-helped-preserve-jazz-at-preservation-hall-dies-at-83.html

Sandra Jaffe at 83 ( and her husband who died in 1987), took over Preservation Hall in New Orleans in 1961 and had jazz bands there ever since. The Hall was integrated under their management at a time when New Orleans was segregated.

― curmudgeon, Saturday, 1 January 2022 19:33 (two years ago) link

Peter Bogdanovich

― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 6 January 2022 19:07 (two years ago) link

he died in 2022

― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 6 January 2022 19:13 (two years ago) link

Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

― Alba, Thursday, 6 January 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link

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