Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

Marty Roberts, from the LA bar duo Marty & Elayne

From a board vet

I remember being at the taping of this Mr. Show episode, and when Marty & Elayne made a tiny cameo in one of the sketches (around 5:05 here), the audience went nuts. A quietly defining moment of late ‘90s Los Angeles!https://t.co/Ua7ON4nGky

— Ben Boyer (@sleezsisters) January 19, 2022

Andre Leon Talley seems exactly the type to haunt your funky asses, so I hope y'all made amends. ✌🏿

— Koel EmWeave (@kokupuff) January 19, 2022

I was personally offended on ALT’s behalf (having worked with him) that the person who played ALT in Gucci was clearly too small to be ALT. RIP to another man who was larger than life.

True King

French actor Gaspard Ulliel, 37 (article en francais):

https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/lacteur-gaspard-ulliel-est-mort-a-37-ans-apres-un-accident-de-ski-19-01-2022-UCCBWRLPPZFKLNNNE7BDY4R734.php

Just saw that. Absolutely terrible.

Yvette Mimieux:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/yvette-mimieux-dead-where-boys-are-jackson-county-jail-1234947325/

Don't think I've seen a single film of hers, even though I know the name well. Was in both Toys in the Attic and Three in the Attic.

The Black Hole, for me. My brother, an aficionado of dubious disaster movies, also reps for the generally hammy, sweaty Skyjacked!.

She was great in Where the Boys Are

Didn't realize Mimieux was half-Mexican. Skyjacked is indeed fun, as is Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, a TV film.

Jackson County Jail is a legitimately good film w/ a strong performance by her.

Devastating news. Brazil has lost one of its very best: the incredible singer Elza Soares. This @CarldeSouza1 @AFP image of her is one of the most beautiful portraits I have ever seen. RIP @ElzaSoares pic.twitter.com/vSEdy60uwr

— Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) January 20, 2022

RIP Soares, that's a loss.

Meatloaf

ah man

Aw fuck

Meatloaf

I'll do anything for you but I won't..

.. erm split a US portmanteau food type in an obit thread

aw big guy

I was briefly wondering what a meatloaf calzone would be like, but it wasn't good

I interned at a major recording studio where portions of Bat Out of Hell were recorded and I used to peruse the Rolodex. I remember one card reading “Meat and Sandy Loaf”.

^^that's great, reminds me of a little kid I met once who referred to her "Uncle Sting."

The New York Times once referred to him, per their style guide, as “Mr. Loaf”.

I recall guest host Christopher Lee introducing him on SNL in the late-70's by saying "ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to meet...Loaf!"

Louie Anderson, Emmy-Winning Comedian, Dies at 68 https://t.co/nNTWDanDfQ

— Variety (@Variety) January 21, 2022

ugh rip

Comedian Louie Anderson

He was wonderful in one of he later rolls in Buckets

Baskets*

This tweet sums it up perfectly:

RIP Meat Loaf. You’ll never use siqqq album art to trick children into listening to showtunes again. pic.twitter.com/TSUBSJjgbq

— Joe Thrashnkill (@JoeThrashnkill) January 21, 2022

A young Meat Loaf with his band 'Popcorn Blizzard':

http://www.rickbozzo.com/images/meatloaf-soul68.jpg

that and the dead's skull & roses were by far the most disappointing ones in my uncle's record collection when my cousin and I were kids

Terry Tolkin according to Dean Wareham:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZAJKD8PCBH/?utm_medium=copy_link

that and the dead's skull & roses were by far the most disappointing ones in my uncle's record collection when my cousin and I were kids

― joygoat, Friday, January 21, 2022 12:51 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

KISS to thread

Real shame about Tolkin, fought the good fight for the music and bands he loved. His very lengthy story about being Stereolab's A&R guy is a must read (scroll past the album list and the first couple of comments, you can't miss it):

https://www.discogs.com/artist/388-Stereolab

And the conclusion says it all:

So My Dear Readers, that's just ONE battle that I, A&R Person, fought for my bands. All of my bands, All of the time. All had their own unique battles to be fought.
I knew I was doing a good job when stuff like this kind of internal politicking never made it back to my bands.
I really believed in taking my Artists as far from the responsibilities and restrictions of straight Life as I possibly could.
How can you be at your creative peak if you're worried about weather or not you can pay your rent that month?
I concentrated on this aspect because I could do something about that.
With money.
In my job.
The Enabler-In-Chief

Tom Smith, of To Live and Shave in LA, among other projects

Thich Nhat Hanh, 95

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/world/asia/thich-nhat-hanh-dead.html

Wow. RIP.

Mace Neufeld, producer of various films over the decades:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_Neufeld

Will always have a soft spot for Hunt For Red October.

Also memorably played by Samuel l Jackson in the Phantom Menace.

Fred Parris of the Five Satins on January 13

“In the Still of the Night” late ‘50s r’n’b/ Doo wop

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Fred-Parris-co-founder-of-the-Five-Satins-dies-16776613.php

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/arts/music/fred-parris-dead.html

Sonny Turner who became lead singer of the Platters in 1959

https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/legendary-platters-singer-sonny-turner-dies-at-82-2513048/

For Fred Parris--I'm sure he never would have guessed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-a5aihwahU

Thought Fred Parris might have been mentioned the other day. RIP.

Thierry Mugler

encyclopedia brown's second worst foe

You know you’re old when you blink at the Thierry Mugler obits having pics of Kim Kardashian, not the Too Funky video. RIP, your clothes were great (but your perfumes stink).

Disagree. But RIP Mugler!

Jean-Claude Mézières, co-creator and artist of "Valerian and Laureline", 83

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-french-comic-artist-jean-claude-mezieres-co-creator-of-valerian-and-laureline/

Longtime NY Assembly Speaker and disgraced politico Sheldon Silver
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/nyregion/sheldon-silver-dead.html