Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

New York Times writer (formerly of Politico) Blake Hounshell appears to have committed suicide. There's a Times email circulating on Twitter that says he "has suddenly died this morning after a long and courageous battle with depression."

Adolfo Kaminsky’s talent was as banal as could be: He knew how to remove supposedly indelible blue ink from paper. But it was a skill that helped save the lives of thousands of Jews in France during World War II. https://t.co/Lz9bYs38D4

— NYT Obituaries (@NYTObits) January 10, 2023

Singer Luqman Brown, who worked with Burnt Sugar and had his own project, Dope Sagittarius. Apparently he had a heart transplant late last year and it didn't take.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9St-uddBmT8

Simic was a beast of bleak, bizarre poetry.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-simic

Very subjective opinion there

OK

Sorry for the rudeness, I just can’t with him, not the thread for it tho.

Cardinal George Pell

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/11/george-pell-dead-australian-cardinal-dies-aged-81-rome-vatican

I was going to ask where to start with Simic; I know a handful of lyrics.

and, yeah, table, that was pretty fucking rude to an ILXer who also writes poetry. You could, like, explain why Simic's a mediocre or bad poet without insulting the poster.

And maybe better to do it in a poetry thread than here (although the spirit of Morbs in the room may disagree).

and, yeah, table, that was pretty fucking rude to an ILXer who also writes poetry. You could, like, explain why Simic's a mediocre or bad poet without insulting the poster.

(I mean that, the apology and the happy sentiment, sincerely)

lool

might have gone either way, whether table would use charles simic's death to establish his edginess by shitting on anyone who liked him vs. calling charles simic a dear friend whom none of you people truly understand

having chosen option one, he is truly, sincerely happy that you enjoy such dreck

Fuck's sake. Patti Boyd tweeted that Jeff Beck is dead. No other confirmation. People have then been sharing text starting "Jeff Beck Death Hoax Dismissed Since Guitarist Is ‘Alive And Well’"
Except THAT text is from a "satire" site with millions of articles

— Andrew Hickey (Specified Parody Account) (@HickeyWriter) January 10, 2023

Apparently Simic tweeted only once:

twisted my ankle this morning

— Charles Simic (@CharlieSimic) June 26, 2010

I am trying to move on from yucking others’ yums, I am sorry that I did so here.

Tatjana Patitz, whom you may remember from Freedom 90

O wow. RIP.

All good, table.

Jeff Beck

Holy shit. Truly one of a kind.

is it being reported officially now?

ya

damn :(

Apparently he was partying with Dave Davies the other night... the family said it was a quick bout of bacterial meningitis

What an extraordinary life https://t.co/icdrqfLYUV https://t.co/EabEbf7700

— James Mackenzie 🐀v (@mrjamesmack) January 12, 2023

RIP Jane Suck. We were compatriots and partners in strange for a crucial few months in later 1977 and early 1978. We concocted this editorial together in Nov 77: she had pride of place as she was the best writer out of all of us pic.twitter.com/90LMH90ZN1

— Jon Savage (@JonSavage1966) January 12, 2023

came here to post that, rip :(

i knew her a little in the mid-80s and always enjoyed chatting with her

Lisa Marie Presley

Super sad. Can’t help thinking how tough it must be for Priscilla, she lost a son just a couple of years ago too.

Honestly never knew Riley Keough was Elvis's granddaughter.

it makes sense once you know, you can really see it in her features imo

ffs Lisa Marie, only my age :(

Wow @ Lisa Marie RIP. Plus RIP Jane Suck, she made it to 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPO8DScjq-Q

Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive

https://pitchfork.com/news/robbie-bachman-drummer-and-co-founder-of-bachman-turner-overdrive-has-died/

Paul Johnson, conservative columnist and Beatles sceptic

once memorably described as looking like an "explosion in a pubic hair factory"

Johnson was another customer at the Notting Hill bookshop I worked in. He would always browse a big bookcase full of art books, on top of which perched the shop's speakers. I made a point of playing the most horrible sounds whenever he came in, in the hope of prompting an outburst, or an outraged of Notting Hill column somewhere, but he never batted an eyelid, the contrary fucker.

Noël Akchoté ... I think. Unless I'm misunderstanding the 1944-2023 tweet from his twitter, but haven't seen any reports elsewhere.

that's a picture of Jeff Beck on Akchoté's twitter

lol!

to a half blind fool like me everyone looks the same on my phone

he's way younger too, born in 1968

yes, an important detail that also escaped me!

while I'm here I'll offer a belated RIP to founding member of Dire Straits - Jeff Beck

Johnson was another customer at the Notting Hill bookshop I worked in. He would always browse a big bookcase full of art books, on top of which perched the shop's speakers. I made a point of playing the most horrible sounds whenever he came in, in the hope of prompting an outburst, or an outraged of Notting Hill column somewhere, but he never batted an eyelid, the contrary fucker.

I'm just a Ward standing in front of a Paul and (insert bad "Notting Hill" joke here)

Randy Bachman started Brave Belt and then BTO with his brother specifically because he felt he couldn't trust anyone else, and they spent almost the next 50 years in legal battles with each other.

I'm sure John Fogerty could understand.