Rolling Obituary Thread 2022

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7TGkHIXoCsJAZ6?format=jpg&name=small

RIP big man

https://en.24smi.org/public/media/2019/7/4/02-kk7ech3.jpg

Anyway it was a nice photo of him leaning on a car

RIP

Robbie Coltrane once roared at Piers Morgan in the Ivy, 'Don't you fucking dare come near me if you know what's good for you, you cunt!'

Morgan later described Coltrane as a 'foul-mouthed fatso'.

I offer no comment.

— Andy Dawson (@profanityswan) October 14, 2022

RIP Robbie, and also interesting that I can see that ProfanitySwan tweet there even though he's blocked me on Twitter.

RIP Robbie, but 72 is not bad for a fat Scottish guy.

12 in normal white guy years.

(sidebar: gee i’m so glad he confirmed everyone itt’s concerns by dying, what with being fat and all :/ not a good look, lads)

RIP robbie, loved him since i was a kid, so sad :(

Veg otm

RIP Robbie, but 72 is not bad for a fat Scottish guy.

was discussing this earlier. for a fat fu*k from the west coast of scotland he lived an impressively long life.

lots of horrendous stories about him circulate locally but hey, let's not speak ill of the deid.

very sad to hear about the passing of Christina Moser. Chrisma / Krisma rule.

robbie coltrane in tutti frutti is one of the best things ever.

If an overweight Scottish guy can't make jokes about overweight Scottish guys then who can? See also the well-established medical phenomena The Glasgow Effect.

I have also heard bad things about RC, from ppl who work for BBC Scotland mainly, so may have their own axe to grind. I saw him once standing outside Oran Mor in the West End, unmistakeable, and I did have some sympathy for how difficult it must have been for him to avoid recognition when out and about.

Having people yell "Sausaaaage?!" at him all too often

Unfortunately, like many before him, he has fallen victim to the Harry Potter Effect whereby, as far as the UK media is concerned, he was in Harry Potter and some other stuff no-one cares about but let's talk about how great he was in Harry Potter.

There was a revival of Tavernier's Death Watch a few years ago, and it was pleasurably surprising to see a very young RC making his on-screen debut, in the Glasgow of 1979:

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

An old friend was in the film Revolution with him and said he used to hang up the world’s largest Y-fronts in his dressing room.

I have also heard bad things about RC

Wondering if this is why The Sun referred to him as National Treasure, remembering tabloid tricks to get round rumour and/or injunctions (e.g. Hugh Bonneville and Elton/David Furnish headlines or subheadings) and his role in that.

"like many before him, he has fallen victim to the Harry Potter Effect whereby, as far as the UK media is concerned, he was in Harry Potter and some other stuff no-one cares about but let's talk about how great he was in Harry Potter"

This is why I've always felt sorry for Adam Samuelson, crane technician. Despite being a crane technician on Full Metal Jacket, Goldeneye, Alien3, Kafka etc the newspaper obituaries will go on and on about how he was dolly grip on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and crane technician on Chamber of Secrets and Goblet of Fire. Those films will totally overshadow his other work.

His life must be a living nightmare with kids running up to him and saying "did you meet Harry Potter" or "what does the top of Harry Potter's head look like". Top chefs have Asia Argento going up to them and saying "I like your food let's fuck" but Adam Samuelson has stupid kids saying "how do you operate a crane" and "Harry Potter". At this point death would be a blessed relief.

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I hasten to add that nothing I heard about RC was at all Savile-like - just, you know, that he was not an especially nice person to deal with. But I agree that it's best to keep this thread a positive one, wherever possible.

Having people yell "Sausaaaage?!" at him all too often

Or alternately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZZ_J4A4X9Q

I remember RC being a voice of caution in the televised 'after UK live aid' party, broadcast while nothing much was happening on the US feed.

nothing I heard about RC was at all Savile-like

Phew, thanks.

Ted White, 96, who played Jason in Friday the 13th (4): the Final Chapter

https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3736642/ted-white-jason-voorhees-actor-from-friday-the-13th-the-final-chapter-has-passed-away/

Feels sorta ironic that he passed on Friday the 14th.

LMAO at the (new to me) ASF, thanks Ned

Joyce Sims

We are devastated to pass on the news of the death of R&B music great Joyce Sims at age 63. A great talent who sang, wrote and played for us for more than three decades https://t.co/FubXJ6ba3w pic.twitter.com/s4jn3uQAZr

— soultracks (@soultrackscom) October 15, 2022

Oh no - that’s way too young. RIP.

oh joyce :(

that’s so sad. RIP Joyce

Shit news. RIP

Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 commander Jim McDivitt, 93.

aw RIP

Carmen Callil, publisher of Virago Press among many other things.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/18/carmen-callil-pioneering-champion-of-female-writers-dies-aged-84

Latter-day rockabilly singer Robert Gordon, 75, of leukemia. I saw him once about 25 years ago. An absolutely tremendous voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VwzuzhWv3A

Oh, RIP. That’s sad. Was just thinking of him over here on New York Dolls

Aww, he was great!

Revived this thread for further discussion
Chris Spedding

Revived this thread for further discussion
Chris Spedding

That made me think Chris Spedding died.

Oops! So sorry.

Can't forget what an impact Robert Gordon's style and commitment to rockabilly & roots music had on us back in the punk days in NYC, saw him with Link Wray and yes Professor Longhair opening one night! Loved him with Chris Spedding too. He was so cool and elegant. pic.twitter.com/RItbnuHMwl

— Amy Rigby (@AmyRigby) October 18, 2022

If you click on the image of that poster, you'll see Professor Longhair on there too.

He opened for Roxy Music in Detroit (Manifesto tour). The crowd was giving him a hard time, and he turned his back on the audience and COMBED HIS HAIR. For a really long time. He won them over! Badass.

— Anthony M. Kaczynski (@FirekingRocks) October 18, 2022

Red Bull has announced that company founder, Dietrich Mateschitz, has passed away at the age of 78.

Mateschitz bought the Jaguar team in late 2004 and renamed it Red Bull Racing. He helped drive his team around from midfielders to world champions in just 6 seasons. pic.twitter.com/TJBuBq8bx0

— Autosport (@autosport) October 22, 2022

Three or four posts on my FB wall about Mary McCaslin:

https://celebrityaccess.com/2022/10/21/folk-singer-mary-mccaslin-dead-at-75/

(There's a Times obit behind a paywall.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuGMHTOEUG8

Apparently Ki Longfellow (novelist, playwright and widow of Vivian Stanshall) died in June, can't find any obituaries, but the date is there on Wikipedia.

Oh RIP. Totally remember reading about her during a Viv Stanshall jag.

Actor Leslie Jordan, dead at 67 following a car crash

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/leslie-jordan-dead-at-67-obit-1234617162/

A non-paywall article. Apparently a medical issue preceded the crash.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/obituaries-people-news/leslie-jordan-dead-will-and-grace-american-horror-story-1235412784/

terrible news

awful :-(

Suffolk's GenX Radio presenter Tim Gough dies on air

55, had come out of retirement after a decade:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-63377458