Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

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Rip fella who seemed genuinely huge in the states but i still have no idea who or what he was or did

pandmac (darraghmac), Monday, 10 January 2022 08:33 (two years ago) link

^^^

Andrew Farrell, Monday, 10 January 2022 08:37 (two years ago) link

In guess that makes him the Jimmy Buffett of US television.

Alba, Monday, 10 January 2022 08:47 (two years ago) link

The who

pandmac (darraghmac), Monday, 10 January 2022 08:56 (two years ago) link

no i've heard of them

Khafre's clown (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 January 2022 09:03 (two years ago) link

lol

Rip fella who seemed genuinely huge in the states but i still have no idea who or what he was or did

One of many itt

I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Monday, 10 January 2022 09:20 (two years ago) link

I'm guessing that "obscure" UK famousers get less coverage in the US when they die than vice versa.

Mark G, Monday, 10 January 2022 09:34 (two years ago) link

Ah im not picking on that niche usage of the thread im saying ive heard of bob saget for years but genuinely was he famous for maybe being in chat shows as a guest or what

pandmac (darraghmac), Monday, 10 January 2022 09:36 (two years ago) link

He was a comedian who was on a hit sitcom and then became the host of America's Funniest Home Videos, but on the quiet was a pretty obscene stand-up. If you've seen the movie The Aristocrats, which is by no means obscure on either side of the Atlantic, you've seen Bob Saget and might remember him.

Enjoy the brighter sounds of Analog on CD (stevie), Monday, 10 January 2022 09:44 (two years ago) link

I've never heard of him tbh.

I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Monday, 10 January 2022 09:44 (two years ago) link

Famous for Ross from Friends looking like him iirc

Andrew Farrell, Monday, 10 January 2022 09:50 (two years ago) link

He was a comedian who was on a hit sitcom and then became the host of America's Funniest Home Videos

RIP America's Lisa Riley

Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 10 January 2022 09:51 (two years ago) link

I actually do remember him from The Aristocrats and he was pretty funny in it but nothing outside of that

Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 10 January 2022 09:51 (two years ago) link

I only know of him because my kids watched Fuller House. RIP

groovypanda, Monday, 10 January 2022 09:54 (two years ago) link

2022 dead people i had never previously heard of:
Jeanine Ann Roose
Max Julien
Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff
Karl Clauss Dietel
Dee Booher
Calvin Simon
Michael "Woodstock" Lang
Marilyn Bergman
Charles Brackeen

may my lack of memories of them be a blessing anyway

mookieproof, Monday, 10 January 2022 10:18 (two years ago) link

Oh I know four of those!

I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Monday, 10 January 2022 10:20 (two years ago) link

Rip fella who seemed genuinely huge in the states but i still have no idea who or what he was or did

Yeah, although I knew he was in Full House I have never seen an actual episode. Bob for me was one of those names that always comes up in podcasts amongst other comedians. I recently watched him in an episode of Larry Sanders, which might have been the only time I've ever seen him perform.

RIP Bob!

Ste, Monday, 10 January 2022 11:15 (two years ago) link

Ah im not picking on that niche usage of the thread im saying ive heard of bob saget for years but genuinely was he famous for maybe being in chat shows as a guest or what

― pandmac (darraghmac), Monday, 10 January 2022 09:36 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

T'was not a comment about this thread, which is pan-world..

Mark G, Monday, 10 January 2022 12:04 (two years ago) link

If you've ever watched three minutes of ANY retrospective on Woodstock, you've seen Michael Lang. You couldn't beat him away from a spot in front of an interview camera with a bat.

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 10 January 2022 12:53 (two years ago) link

Actually that’s how he died

Nerd Ragequit (wins), Monday, 10 January 2022 13:03 (two years ago) link

One for our American readers: Nicholas Donnelly, Mr MacKenzie in Grange Hill.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/nicholas-donnelly-dead-grange-hills-25897057

Alba, Monday, 10 January 2022 13:17 (two years ago) link

Investigative journalist Andrew Jennings died on Saturday January 8, 2022 after a brief, sudden illness.

During a lifetime of “chasing bad men” Andrew exposed corruption at Scotland Yard, at the Olympics and at FIFA.

obituary by @JensSejerAhttps://t.co/re0YtzrvcM

— Andrew Jennings (@AAndrewJennings) January 10, 2022

Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 10 January 2022 13:19 (two years ago) link

xp holy crap Donnelly seemed old back in GH when I watched in the 80's! RIP sir

Ste, Monday, 10 January 2022 13:22 (two years ago) link

Robert Durst, apparently. In prison.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 January 2022 18:49 (two years ago) link

An epic NYT obit for Robert Durst https://t.co/qTx7gg6F3D pic.twitter.com/KlTLpEx0q7

— erica orden (@eorden) January 10, 2022

groovypanda, Monday, 10 January 2022 19:09 (two years ago) link

Vibraphonist Khan Jamal.

but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 10 January 2022 19:13 (two years ago) link

This is great

I have a Bob Saget story to share.

I never really met him. But in 2007 Guster was playing at the Boston Opera House. We noticed that Saget was performing a sold out show at the Orpheum down the street, and we thought it’d be funny to invite him to appear on stage with us...

— Brian Rosenworcel (@Bowl_of_Worcel) January 10, 2022

groovypanda, Monday, 10 January 2022 19:16 (two years ago) link

someone linked a video in the replies and it's pretty fantastic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GawzP85DZfs

rob, Monday, 10 January 2022 19:21 (two years ago) link

Lol at Robert Durst trending with Limp Bizkit

Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 02:11 (two years ago) link

Burke Shelley of Budgie

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/budgies-burke-shelley-dies-at-71

groovypanda, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 11:49 (two years ago) link

Gary Waldhorn, who most of you know as David from the Vicar of Dibley but I typically know as a very varied jobbing actor including Hammer House of Horror, Whodunnit, Space 1999 and Crown Court. And obviously his recurring part as Viscount Biscuits in Bosom Manor.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59950298

Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link

RIP

I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link

I remember him in The Sweeney too.

I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:39 (two years ago) link

heaven needed some biscuits

i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:47 (two years ago) link

lol at "bosom manor" being my lasting legacy after 20 years on ILX

na (NA), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link

Magawa, a rat who sniffed out over 100 land mines and other explosives in Cambodia over a yearslong career, has died.

The charity that awarded him with a gold medal for his lifesaving contributions noted that "his legacy will live on for decades to come." https://t.co/smtmeZvknF pic.twitter.com/8sT5VHocxO

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 11, 2022

mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link

Gary Waldhorn, who most of you know as David from the Vicar of Dibley but I typically know as a very varied jobbing actor including Hammer House of Horror, Whodunnit, Space 1999 and Crown Court. And obviously his recurring part as Viscount Biscuits in Bosom Manor.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59950298

― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:28 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

RIP, though my family never forgave him for his portrayal of daddy

hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link

!

The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link

Bruce Anderson from MX-80.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 03:29 (two years ago) link

via family, Ronnie Spector

https://www.instagram.com/ronniespectorthebadgirl/tv/CYpR9mXDRqz/?utm_medium=share_sheet

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 21:37 (two years ago) link

Aw, no. For real one of my favorite singers of all time.

a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 21:41 (two years ago) link

Saaame

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link

Oof, 2022 ain't fuckin' around...

Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link

.

The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link

Clyde Bellecourt:

We’ve lost one of the few remaining OG leaders of the American Indian Movement, who took back Wounded Knee in 73 & was involved in virtually every other battle we’ve waged since. Rest in Power, Clyde Bellecourt. Tell Russell, Carter, Dennis, Deb & the rest that we miss them. pic.twitter.com/AnqXH1tDpQ

— Ruth H. Hopkins (Red Road Woman) (@Ruth_HHopkins) January 11, 2022

deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Thursday, 13 January 2022 17:38 (two years ago) link

Terry Teachout. I haven't read much of his work, but I liked his Duke Ellington biography (a lot of others didn't; it was deemed insufficiently reverent).

but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:00 (two years ago) link

He was a really good and important theater critic (longtime for The Wall Street Journal). Often reviewed outside of NYC and outside of hyped/commercial theater.

deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:18 (two years ago) link

Great Real Names, Teachout I'll Be There etc.

Someone left a space telescope out in the rain (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:23 (two years ago) link

Fred van Hove, Belgian free jazz pianist, 84.

joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 14 January 2022 15:24 (two years ago) link

Director/producer Jean-Jacques Beineix (Diva, Betty Blue, etc)

Josefa, Friday, 14 January 2022 20:19 (two years ago) link


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