Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

RIP Anna. What a terrible way to go :(

I'm sorry, "ape attacked by a leopard".

Leopard Rossiter.

Lol

But, yes, RIP, as well of course.

Lol, RIP

RIP Olive :(

The Amazing Johnathan, after many years of heart problems

:(

i enjoyed him back in the day, he showed up on australian variety & late night shows quite a lot when i was a kid

he turned up on UK tv too and yeah he was great

oh damn! I remember seeing his first special on Comedy Central as a kid and I thought he was hilarious

that untitled amazing johnathan documentary was excellent, surreal to think that he finally passed away

RIP to The Amazing Johnathan. His 1996 Comedy Central special had it all. Jokes. Magic. Cartoonish gags. Sex. Drugs. And treating the audience like a bunch of rubes. The absolute height of the form. https://t.co/OKyskcKwUM

— Allen Strickland Williams (@TotallyAllen) February 23, 2022

Sally Kellerman

BREAKING: Sally Kellerman, who was best known as US Army Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s ‘MASH,’ has died. She was 84 https://t.co/t98tNDHLYj

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) February 24, 2022

She was in Decker!!

Aw. I interviewed her some years back and she was a joy. "Back to School" 4 Eva.

Seeing on Twitter that Nicky Tesco of the Members has passed away.

Underground filmmaker Nick Zedd, apparently.

Xpost I tried searching for a Members thread #impossible

sonny ramadhin (92)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFl9x3XzKSw

Wow, had no idea he was still alive! RIP Sonny.

his great double act with alf valentine took place ten years before i was born :0

MC Skibadee (54) - one of the best of the original Jungle / Drum & Bass MC’s

Ken Burroughs, the last NFL player to wear the number “00” (last worn in 1981 with the Houston Oilers)

*Burrough, sorry

Veronica Carlson, was in several Hammer films and also Smashing Time.

RIP Nicky Tesco. For the duration of the run from “The Sound of the Suburbs” to “Offshore Banking Business” (i.e. a few weeks in the spring of 1979) they were my favourite band, along with Chic and (the) Village People. In retrospect, it was all about that bass. When white punk boys went reggae and dub (post-“(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais”, but before the Specials and the Beat and the rest of the 2 Tone scene)

“The Sound of the Suburbs”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsHGnw1txLY

“Offshore Banking Business (Dub)”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWY-i2sMeg

Houston Blues Legend Milton Hopkins

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/Milton-Hopkins-guitar-great-from-Houston-s-16951329.php#photo-22134695

Henry Siskin/Henry Lincoln, a fairly accomplished TV writer but then became a relatively household name as one of the Holy Blood Holy Grail triumvirate that begat us Dan Brown etc.

took dan brown to court for copyright theft only to be shafted with DB's lawyers said "so wait are you saying this all happened or it was all made up?" (can't copyright facts)

i read about that, a brilliant catch-22

created and owned the rights to the Doctor Who character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Indy car racer, Danny Ongais, 79
https://jalopnik.com/the-flyin-hawaiian-danny-ongais-dies-age-79-1848603810

(intense memory of seeing him crash in the 1981 Indy 500)

David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71

We're extremely sad to hear of the passing of Shirley Hughes. Having written and illustrated over 200 books, Shirley was a master of creating beautiful characters that stand the test of time. A world without Alfie or Dogger would be a world lacking.

Photo by Eamonn McCabe
[1/5] pic.twitter.com/ng7QMKbKcX

— PuffinBooks (@PuffinBooks) March 2, 2022

Oh man, the hours I have spent reading her books to my kid. What a shame.

I could see the cogs really turning in F’s brain the first time I read him Dogger. It was a world he completely recognised - school fair, ice-cream van - and also a story about kindness, responsibility and little sacrifices. RIP Shirley Hughes.

i ony know her from her episode of What Do Artists Do All Day? but she did strike me as someone who had figured out how to live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdhx7D66lXc (first half)

Bandcamp.

Bandcamp.

Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student at the University of Alabama, has died at 92. Her time there lasted only three days; attacked by mobs, she was suspended and then expelled. Today, a campus building is named in her honor. https://t.co/sKqm6qysZF

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 3, 2022

Noted Film Executive Alan Ladd Jr.

Star Wars, Alien, Blade Runner. Damn.

Just listened to Mel Brooks talk about him on the audiobook of Brooks' recent memoir, and assumed he was dead until Mel said "He's still one of my best friends." RIP Laddie.

Heart just dropped even seeing MB's name mentioned here!

Rod Marsh, Australian wicket keeper... and when I say Australian, there was none more Australian.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/04/rodney-marsh-australian-cricket-great-dies-aged-74

Actually, he was a lot more sportsmanlike than the average Australian cricketer. He expressed his disapproval of the 1981 underarm bowling incident and, on another occasion, told the umpire that a snick from Derek Randall had not carried, even though the umpire had already given Randall out and he was on his way back to the pavilion.

I read that he held the team record for most beers downed on the long-haul flight to the UK for an ashes series. Which seems quite characteristically Australian (or British tbf).

Much loved Tasmanian batsman David Boon is said to have claimed the record of 52 beers consumed on Australia's plane trip to London ahead of the 1989 Ashes series

oh no I'm wrong, his record got beaten!

Shane Warne

BREAKING

Australia cricket legend, Shane Warne, dies of ‘suspected heart attack’, aged 52.

Details: https://t.co/Q83t5FWzTb pic.twitter.com/YtQkY8Ir8p

— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) March 4, 2022

blimey