The rolling RIP/obituary thread

Somerset's finest. RIP.

John Ryan. creator of Mary, Mungo and Midge and Captain Pugwash

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/24/obituary-john-ryan

Merce Cunningham apparently died.

oh shit, that sucks.

Merce Cunningham, a giant figure in the world of modern dance, died Sunday night at his home. He was 90. The Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation and his company made the announcement early Monday morning. A full obituary by Alastair Macaulay, the chief dance critic of The New York Times, is coming soon.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/merce-cunningham-dies

Sidney Zion

http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/2009/08/last-round.html

Harold Norse

Strange that they describe him as the last of the Beat poets though. Snyder and Ferlinghetti are still going, aren't they?

RIP the drummer from crap Britpop band Space, according to the Liverpool Echo.

got their best of only a week or two ago.

as a gift, mark you.

I honestly didn't know until a few days ago that Alice Coltrane died! 2 1/2 years ago, in fact. Couldn't imagine why I didn't notice (and post on) the RIP thread - then realized that all the condolences were redirected to the S&D thread instead.

RIP, harp lady

RIP Theodore D. Nierenberg, founder of Dansk.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies at 88

Mink DeVille.

Eunice Shriver, RIP. She is a person who could have coasted for her whole life, instead she founded a charity that has done a fantastic amount of good. I was a volunteer for the Special Olympics for 10 years and I truly loved every minute of it.

Big time RIP to someone who made a real difference.

I guess not many people would contribute to a thread, but I'm a bit cut up about Gerry Cohen's death. We did a lot of work from his books in my undergrad Marx course, and I saw him lecture less than two years ago.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/10/ga-cohen-obituary

RIP the drummer from crap Britpop band Space, according to the Liverpool Echo.

what the f. :-( not a fan of the band, but was aware of'em

and eunice! i knew she was sick... :-(

She was 88, and she seems to have made the most of that time-she leaves one hell of a legacy

From Variety (who mis-identify Jess Franco as an "Italian Giallo Auteur"):

By Pat Saperstein
Prolific B-movie producer and writer Harry Alan Towers, who made more than 100 films working with cult stalwarts such as Christopher Lee and director Jess Franco, died after a brief illness July 31. He was 88.
While Towers generally worked on low-budget fare, he favored literary adaptations by such writers as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Alan Poe, Agatha Christie and Edgar Wallace.

During the 1960s and 1970s, he wrote and produced dozens of films, sometimes credited as Peter Welbeck. Among the actors he worked with were Orson Welles, Michael York, Michael Caine, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones and Tony Curtis.

Towers often shot in locations such as South Africa, Ireland and Bulgaria on films such as "The Face of Fu Manchu," Iran-filmed "Ten Little Indians," South African classic adaptation "Cry the Beloved Country" and "Klondike Fever."

His association with Italian giallo auteur Franco produced films which have become underground classics including "Venus in Furs," "Eugenie," "Marquis de Sade: Justine" and "Night of the Blood Monster."

Capitalizing on the industry's need for video titles during the 1980s and early 1990s, Towers provided a steady pipeline of films such as Robert Englund starrers "Phantom of the Opera" and "Danse Macabre," "Warrior Queen" and "Delta Force 3."

Towers started as a child actor in Britain and during WWII, he became a radio writer while serving in the Royal Air Force. He and his mother started a company called Towers of London after the war to sell syndicated radio shows around the world, and he went on to produce numerous programs for British television including "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and "Tales from Dickens."

His literary agent, Albert T. Longden, said he was working on an autobiography. Recently he had been working on an adaptation of "Moll Flanders," which was at one time set to be directed by Ken Russell.

He is survived by his wife, actress Maria Rohm.

LOS ANGELES – John Quade, who played the heavy in several Clint Eastwood movies and was the sheriff in the TV miniseries "Roots," has died. He was 71.

His wife Gwen says Quade died in his sleep of natural causes Sunday at his home in the Southern California desert town of Rosamond.

Quade had dozens of TV and movie roles in a career that spanned more than a quarter-century. His movies included "Papillon" and "High Plains Drifter."

However, he is perhaps best remembered as the motorcycle gang leader in the Eastwood movie "Every Which Way But Loose" and its sequel, "Any Which Way You Can."

He also played Sheriff Biggs in episodes of "Roots."

The Kansas-born Quade leaves six children and 10 grandchildren.

Rashied Ali died, too. 2009 is the worst.

RIP Michael Turner, one of the translators of Herge's TINTIN:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6029763/Michael-Turner.html

Too bad, the Falcons were looking for big things from Michael "the Burner" Turner this year.

Rashied Ali died, too. 2009 is the worst.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:09 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark

Either that or as ILX ages we're becoming like those death obsessed grandparents who call up their friends to ask if they've seen today's obituary yet.

The drummer (I think) from Lit died of brain cancer; saw the obit yesterday.

Virginia Davis, Disney child star of the silents.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-virginia-davis20-2009aug20,0,503720.story

DJ AM :(

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1619854/20090828/dj_am.jhtml

Y'know what, FUCK THIS YEAR already. Someone, anyone, fastforward, cause this year sucks.

Dr. Drew:
There is just a profound lack of appreciation of the impact of prescription drugs on the disease of addiction.This time I lost a friend.

Can't tell you how often I have seen an Rx for anxiety or pain result in a full relapse on hard drugs.
about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

If the biology is activated even by appropriately prescribed medication, the disease awakens and progresses - really without exception
about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

Simon Dee, apparently (according to Wikipedia).

And the BBC News: Opened up a thread for the dude.

Y'know what, FUCK THIS YEAR already. Someone, anyone, fastforward, cause this year sucks.

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 29 August 2009 12:31 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ 2009 is the year when all your childhood heroes will either die or publicly disgrace themselves.

I know it's pretty sad (like in the loser sense) but I do get upset when someone famous dies. :-(

darren sutherland, olympic boxing bronze medallist found dead in his flat in london aged 27.

:-( Cause of death still unknown? God that's young. :-(

Nevermind, I just noticed he hanged himself. :-(

i don't follow boxing much, but i remember how likeable he seemed in interviews around the time of the olympics.

Zakes Mokae, South African actor in the plays of Athol Fugard.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/theater/15mokae.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries

The Italian Job screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin dies at 77

I just came in here to mention TKM. Edge of Darkness, Z Cars...

M*A*S*H co-creator Larry Gelbart too. And Felix Bowness, the jockey from Hi-De-Hi.

I think it's probably a good thing that TKM died before he got to see the forthcoming Mel Gibson/Ray Winstone remake of Edge of Darkness :/

Though it has the same director and... no, it'll be terrible.

And Gertrude Baines, the oldest living person in the world, relinquished her title last Friday. Perhaps there's already a thread about her.

Enough death for now, I think.

Paul Burke, star of TV's "Naked City"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/arts/television/16burke.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries

too bad he didn't take his jerkass son with him

RIP Roc Raida of the X-Ecutioners.

I saw that on Joel Madden's twitter acc. :-(

hah Shakey, I was gonna ask you who Paul Burke's son was!

Irving Kristol's just a feelgood like Novak.

I hadn't realized Mary Travers died until Stephanopoulos this morning, couldn't find a separate thread...Not major, I suppose, although Peter, Paul & Mary's hit covers of Dylan obviously had a major impact on the course of Dylan's career and pop history in general. Mostly I'd say that a) she was very beautiful, and b) "Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a personal favourite.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/17/mary_travers_rip.jpg

There's an existing P,P&M thread on ILM where it was brought up.

Thought he was older, he's been in so many things, real shame, liked him :(

Teena Marie RIP

RIP Anne Francis

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8k7m4e2TYeU/TCFjdzIrNsI/AAAAAAAAJCw/Xt6nTQ2MMY0/s400/rbbyaf.jpg

that just leaves me and Robby :(

Earl Holliman's still kicking.

terrible cook

Aw, man. Anne Francis. One of my first childhood crushes, thanks to "Honey West."

http://www.tvder60er.de/bilder/west.jpg

I was just watching Forbidden Planet on TCM a day or two ago.

http://davidmerryweather.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/forbiddenplanet_altaira.jpg

Altaira: [swiming in a pool] Come on in.
Commander John J. Adams: I didn’t bring my bathing suit.
Altaira: What’s a bathing suit?
Commander John J. Adams: [quickly turning his back] Oh, murder!

(i nearly posted that exact quote when nielsen died and everyone else was quoting airplane)

that was in the FP trailer!

John Howard Davies

For some reason I thought he'd died a few years ago. RIP JHD.

Thinking of Bob Spiers, maybe?

Nickolas Ashford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mm_lnHVz4U

^^^ broke my damn heart yesterday

DJ Mehdi's reported to have died after falling from a balcony.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Apparently it was the roof of his apartment, and everybody with him fell except Riton who managed not to or something? Just horrific

Richard Hamilton

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/2012/01/03/20120103soul-singer-robert-dickey-dies-72.html

aka Bobby Purify part of the duo that did "I'm Your Puppet"

Jennifer Miro of the Nuns.

http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/jennifer_miro_of_the_nuns_r.i.p

David Gold of the Canadian metal band Woods of Ypres.

http://exclaim.ca/News/woods_of_ypres_singer_david_gold_dies_at_31

Actually used to work with him years ago, back when he was first putting his band together. Hadn't seen him in a few years. Very funny, intelligent, talented and passionate guy. A terrible loss.

William Duell, character actor (Mr Sefelt in Cuckoo's Nest)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/theater/william-duell-puckish-character-actor-dies-at-88.html

Didn't know which one Mr. Sefelt was, but when I saw that he was in The Hustler, I figured out who he was.

I see there is also a Rolling RIP/obit 2012 thread. Maybe someone should ask a mod to decide whether to close this thread or not.

Rolling RIP/Obituary Thread 2012

Hal David
:(

Never heard of him before, but I'm not sure he would have wanted to be remembered this way: 'Snakes on a Plane' director David R. Ellis dies

"Cellular" is a great flick.

He also wanted to call Shark Night Untitled 3D Shark Thriller which would have been better.

André Cassagnes, Etch A Sketch Inventor, Is Dead at 86

RIP Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs

Rolling Obituary Thread 2013