Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

Damn, RIP Ronnie. Never not a good time to play this loud:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK5mxNKI9rM

Steve Broughton of the Edgar Broughton Band (and Tubular Bells, Roy Harper, Psychic TV, the Radio Actors, Mother Gong, etc.):

https://www.loudersound.com/news/steve-broughton-of-the-edgar-broughton-band-dead-at-72

Marion Barber, Cowboys runningback

Marion Barber was the definition of a tenacious runner. He always made something out of nothing.

This was the most incredible 2-yard run ever.

RIP. pic.twitter.com/NwFlgWLtxQ

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) June 1, 2022

Synth pioneer Dave Smith of Sequential Circuits. Created many iconic synths, namely the Prophet 5, and drove the creation of MIDI. That alone was world changing.

damn, a legend

RIP

Love my Sequential machines. Rest In Peace, Dave Smith.

RIP, Tin Drum wouldn't have sounded the same without him. Speaking of which, Tom Oberheim is still with us at 85!

The 1980s wouldn't have sounded the same without him! As was once noted, it's quicker to list the artists from the era who *didn't* use the Prophet-5, than those who did. RIP.

The Queen, December 2021

I had a drum tracks but traded it for someone’s second 707, as I already had a DMX. I have a prophet 600 which was always great but I got the gigli upgrade and now it’s even better. When I was in high school I wanted an analog synth at a time when they weren’t so collectible and almost bought a pro one, I think it was like 300 bucks! Big mistake. Also almost bought a Prophet 3000 sampler from Wine Country. Did own a Yamaha TG33 which owed some degree of influence as Smith brought the vector tech to Korg and Yamaha post sequential.

Howard Johnson's restaurants. Although the last one, in Lake George, NY, was really an ex-HoJo gone independent that reverted to the name without having any connection to the original company.

RIP, Mess O' Smelt.

HJ had so much nostalgia power for a certain generation I'm surprised no one successfully exploited the trademark.

i was in lake george last fall and was very perplexed to see that howard johnson's lol

Grachan Moncur III
https://www.npr.org › 2022/06/03 › grachan-moncur-iii-t...

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/03/1103013844/grachan-moncur-iii-trailblazing-blue-note-trombonist-dies-at-85

off to join grachans moncur i & ii :(

Grachan Moncur II was a bassist who played on (among other things) several Billie Holiday records.

There would appear to be a part 4 too!
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/grachan-moncur-iv

'New Africa' is all-time, RIP to #3

Ex-Bon Jovi bassist Alec John Such

:(

Jim Seals (Seals and Crofts), 80.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-seals-dead-dies-seals-crofts_n_629fa1d7e4b0b1100a69c45f

RIP Summer Breeze man

Artist Paula Rego, known for her visceral and unsettling work, dies aged 87 https://t.co/oimRyPh98r

— The Guardian (@guardian) June 8, 2022

RIP

Great clip circulating of her talking to Benfica coach Jorge Jesus:

Jorge Jesus: "I wish you much health so you can keep doing your paintings"

Paula Rego: "same to you, good luck with all the footballs and goals"

lol

Peace campaigner Bruce Kent, 92

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/09/bruce-kent-obituary

... people you thought were...

Julee Cruise

https://www.reddit.com/r/twinpeaks/comments/v8z6fh/julee_cruise_passed_away/?

Damn. What awful news to hear just before going to bed. I was listening to her first album just yesterday. It’s brilliant. RIP Julee Cruise.

😥

Damn, that’s sad

Oh no, terrible news

Billy Bingham, ex-NI manager.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61757384

Phil Bennett has died at the age of 73

He is regarded as one of the greatest players to wear the number 10 shirt for Wales and the Lions pic.twitter.com/47qSk83TRC

— BBC Sport Wales (@BBCSportWales) June 12, 2022

Reports out there that noted NYC Artist/Scenester Duncan Hannah has passed from a heart attack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1qMD5dA-kg

💔 Philip Baker Hall (1931—2022) pic.twitter.com/V7KbaXFGGn

— Letterboxd (@letterboxd) June 13, 2022

Would have been a good candidate for the still alive thread. RIP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAwpVJ7ZSTA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH0kOWNtLFo.

XP!

Floyd Gondolli: I'm not a complicated man. I like cinema. In particular, I like to see people fucking on film. But, I don't want to win an Oscar and I don't want to re-invent the wheel. I like simple pleasures, like butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth. That's just me. That's just something that I enjoy. Call me crazy, call me a pervert. But, there's one little thing that I'mg going to do in this life and that is I'm going to make a dollar and a cent in this business.

His role in Hard Eight is one of my favorites of the last 30 years. I saw it without knowing he was in Secret Honor and sat there astounded.

last year i rewatched Midnight Run, which came out like 40 years ago, and was astounded that PBH looked just as old back then. i guess he was already in his 50s by that point. great actor.

oh what a great actor, like George C Scott his presence could elevate an average movie into a great one that you re-watch umpteen times.

So good and yet underused. I always expected him to get more leading actor work on the back of his incredible PTA roles, and that never seemed to happen, or at least not often enough.

I mean Hard 8 is not a great film by any measurement but he’s incredible in it.

yeah it would have been been a completely forgettable b movie without him.