Rolling Obituary Thread: 2016

Jeez, I just got word that the guy who got the local branch of the Quiz company I'm with going (and who'd since left for other ventures, but remained our mentor and guru) passed from a massive heart attack last night.

Else Marie Pade

Saw a report (in Italian) that film director Etore Scola has passed.

Kevin Junior of The Chamber Strings, Epic Soundtracks, Nikki Sudden, etc.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/6844129/kevin-junior-chamber-strings-dies

http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/19/italian-film-director-ettore-scola-dies-aged-84/

David Hartwell, sci-fi/fantasy editor.

Andy Dog, Matt Johnson's brother and the artist for all of The The's art/album covers over the years has passed away. He actually sent me a nice message once after I'd written about the art for the "Sweet Bird of Truth" sleeve. R.I.P. to him.

Didn't realized Johnson had two brothers. (Also didn't realize that apparently Matt Johnson has a cameo in Star Wars.)

Sandra Dee, who I didn't know was still around.

...because she died 11 years ago...fuckin' internet.

Ted Marchibroda, legendary NFL coach who was mentioned once before on ILX in '06

Rainbow / Dio / er, Wild Horses bassist Jimmy Bain:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-rainbowdio-bassist-jimmy-bain-dead-at-68/

Born in Newtonmore!

when did 68/69 become such a dicey age for rockers??

It's an improvement on 27, you must admit that, RIP Jimmy btw.

rip Jimmy :/

Cecil Parkinson

He leaves a wife and a 30 year old injunction...

I actually didn't know about that. Holy fucking shit:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1380529/The-only-promise-Cecil-Parkinson-ever-kept-never-to-see-his-daughter.html

SHE was, until six days ago, the young woman who did not exist. Excised from school photographs, barred from class theatrical productions and left off the list of scholastic achievements displayed on her college noticeboard, Flora Keays has been forced, by law, to remain invisible. Until now.

Yep.

I get the impression Sara Keys agreed to the injunction initially for "not being bothered by press, allowed to live their life in privacy" reasons, until she discovered what it actually meant, at which point it was too late..

"A particularly nice man", according to William Hague.

Didn't know that about Cecil Parkinson, what an abominable fucking scumbag.

nor did i, that's fucking heavy reading.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/business/marvin-minsky-pioneer-in-artificial-intelligence-dies-at-88.html

Concepcion Picciotto: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/concepcion-picciotto-who-held-vigil-outside-the-white-house-for-decades-dies/2016/01/25/e0f829e2-c3b0-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html

Colin Vearncombe from Black

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/26/colin-vearncombe-dies-the-voice-of-black-aged-53

abe vigoda

No way. He has defeated death for so long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgy5vRJDPUA

Would love to have seen him in Marat/Sade.

RIP Fish. He's one I've been consistently surprised to discover was still kicking.

update needed, i guess

http://www.abevigoda.com

"Tell Mike I always liked him. It was business."

the Spirit of Tessio lives on in Hillary Clinton

(had to)

(had to)

liar

http://isabevigodadead.com/ - updated

rip Tessio :(

rhode island legend buddy cianci

paul kantner

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Jefferson-Airplane-s-Paul-Kantner-dies-at-74-6791483.php

RIP

Jacques Rivette (noted on his thread).

Frank Finlay

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/frank-finlay-dead-british-oscar-nominated-actor-who-played-opposite-olivier-dies-aged-89-a6844566.html

RIP Iago

Terry Wogan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35453541

Now doing 'The Floral Dance' with Lemmy and Bowie.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/nyregion/former-daily-news-reporter-dies-abruptly.html?action=click&contentCollection=Magazine&module=MostPopularFB&version=Full®ion=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article

On Sunday, Mr. Feeney died in a New Jersey hospital of complications from a staph infection in his kidneys, his mother, Reba Willis, said.

Mr. Feeney, who was 32, went into cardiac arrest at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., the town where he grew up, just west of New York City, according to an obituary in The News. His sudden death was mourned by many in the journalism world, from reporters who worked with him on the city’s crime beat to those who fought alongside him to improve diversity in American newsrooms.

Signe Anderson of the Jefferson Airplane (that's her on It's No Secret) died the same day as Paul Kantner.

@AP
BREAKING: Maurice White, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire, has died at age 74.