Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

xpost Thank you aldo, yes I saw about Renee Glynne on various Facebook Hammer groups. I know she was a regular at Hammer events and genre film conventions, which I must admit hold no appeal to me - ever been to any, aldo?

RIP Henry Patterson aka Jack 'The Eagle Has Landed' Higgins

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/09/henry-patterson-author-of-the-eagle-has-landed-dies-aged-92

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noooo fuck
rip Chris ;_;

glad i got to see him once - had no idea he was on the bill but i went to see nick cave years ago and as i walked into the theatre, the opening bars of 'just like fire would' started ringing out and i was so taken overcome with excitement, i missed my seat and sat down on the man next to me

Wow, great story!

RIP Chris ;_;

Hmm, Wikipedia had him passed on March 9th

Well that's what the Facebook post says too, TBF.

Right now Wikipedia says April 9, 2022. Earlier today there was no evidence his passing.

Am...I missing something? The official post says he passed on the 9th, so Wikipedia gets updated to reflect that.

I'm guessing the first wiki update made a typo

.. upthread says April 9th

I just looked at the Page History so yeah.

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Haven't been to a convention of any type in years. In fact it's pretty impossible to top the last one I was at so probably not worth trying.

(Lionel Fanthorpe did a birthday convention starring friends of his one year - Pratchett was the biggest name but also Dave Langford, a very drunk Colin Wilson, Guy N Smith and Brian Stableford who I also had lunch with.

In fact Langford talks about it here

https://ansible.uk/sfx/sfx090.html

)

Recognize the skinny kid standing just above Chris Bailey?

https://a1000mistakes.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/nick-cave-watches-the-saints-perform-at-the-tiger-room-melbourne-1977.jpg

Brian Stableford who I also had lunch with.

― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Sunday, April 10, 2022 11:14 PM

What did he talk about?

The latest issue of Ugly Things arrived today and from it I learned that one of the regular columnists, Don Craine of the Downliners Sect, passed on in February. Very entertaining writer and good music as well -- a post noting the passing from February

https://www.50thirdand3rd.com/don-craine-of-the-downliners-sect/

Jeremy Young, jobbing actor in the 60s and 70s, and most famous (for me anyway) as the first ever bad guy in Doctor Who.

What did he talk about?

― Robert Adam Gilmour

It's so long ago I can hardly remember, but French philosophy and what was on TV at the time I think (which was odd because I didn't have a TV at the time).

His talk earlier had concentrated (as had many of them given the nature of lots of the guests) on churning out genre SF without boring yourself or the reader. He had just had what turned out to be his last Warhammer novel published so leaned a bit on that, knowing nobody in the room had read it.

Gilbert

pic.twitter.com/STHhfpVSKU

— Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) April 12, 2022

Genuinely stunned and gutted by this. I had no idea he'd been sick; his weekly podcast had been a mix of old and new content lately, so I guess it makes sense. RIP.

Truly rotten! And there he was with some of the best memories of Bob Saget not that long back as well.

His USA Up All Night run remains underrated.

Aw man that sucks. A real delight of recent years for me was listening to old episodes of his podcast, especially classic tv stars like Butch Patrick, or even Alan Alda. He was such a fan, and always got great stories, i loved him the most when he was in that mode. the Buscemi ep was hilarious too.

Truly a legend & an unforgettable comedic voice.

Butch Patrick?

Lou "Butch" Patrick

Sure is something to realize they all left this year.

This photo is very sad now. RIP Bob Saget and RIP Louie Anderson. Both good friends that will be missed. pic.twitter.com/DLJ8Ntt7LN

— Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) January 21, 2022

And Norm just a few months prior!! Christ!!!

Fun Fact: Gottfried was the second-most successful Jean Doumanian SNL hire after Eddie Murphy.

I had one very brief personal encounter with GG when I was working as an usher at a benefit show where he was on the bill. I showed him where the bathroom was. He very polite and grateful. So, put him down as "nice to ushers."

man, this sucks. rip gilbert :(

thinking about it, as the voice of iago from aladdin, he's probably one of the first celebrity voices i remember

Oh man, I remember seeing this and thinking it was just a catchphrase Gilbert used and not one of the strangest moments in latter-day game show history. (9:50 is where it gets really good, the escalation and laughter is contagious) https://t.co/p0yyPqCa1j

— Mike's Hard Reissue + Novelization Posting (@Sir__Duque) April 12, 2022

That photo with Sagat & Louie is pretty haunting

many xposts - butch patrick ie Eddie Munster in the Munsters

Yeah. Know who it is, just was pleasantly surprised to see him metioned. Sorry, should have been more clear.

Michel Bouquet, French Actor & the Narrator of Night and Fog

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c97y9d44wn7o

Just saw that. RIP.

Jazz bassist Charnett Moffett. He was only 54. Played on Wynton Marsalis's best album (Black Codes From The Underground) when he was 17, and Sonny Sharrock's Ask The Ages when he was maybe 25.

RIP Michel, Gilbert and Charnett. All persons whose work/art I’ve loved.

Oh man, RIP Charnett Moffett, indeed. Loved his playing on Ask the Ages and with McCoy Tyner.

dang, RIP. got to see him with Ornette once at War Memorial Opera House in SF (gorgeous venue). and he was one of the highlights of the show for sure

apparently got the venue wrong, was Davies Symphony Hall in 2002

Freddy Rincon

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/14/former-colombia-great-freddy-rincon-dies-aged-55-following-car-crash

Someone posted a bit on Instagram that Gottfried did on Norm MacDonald's show that was so filthy and crude but just unbelievably funny, still laughing my ass off thinking about it. RIP.

the zeta jones bit?

hockey hall of famer mike bossy, 65

Yeah caek, that one

Seeing on Facebook and twitter that Nigerian hornman and bandleader Orlando Julius (OJ Ekemode) has died at 79. He and his band always put on a fun live show when I saw him

I interviewed him in 2014, when he put out an album with the Heliocentrics. Never did get to see him live, sadly.

Seeing on FB that Noel Monk, road manager for the Sex Pistols & Van Halen (and author of separate memoirs of working with both), has passed away.

(xposts) Auston Matthews is 5th right now on the career list of goals-per-game: he's behind two guys who played in the 1910s and '20s, Lemieux is second, and Bossy--still--is first.