Rolling Obituary Thread: 2016

Ulysses, don't sleep on Bobs Hutcherson and Cranshaw...they're on at least one album together

...and the engineer was Rudy Van Gelder

Another Hollywood familial death pair: Zsa Zsa Gabor's adopted son Oliver died a week after she did, after a motorcycle accident on the day she died.

Alf

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/arts/music/alphonse-mouzon-jazz-and-fusion-drummer-dies-at-68.html

Reported three days ago (though of course it's been a busy three days)

^Just breaking

My mom, my wife and I just went through the long list of notable deaths, and, man, the number of people who meant something to me. Just horrifying. So many names I'm ashamed I'd already forgotten were this year. Alan Rickman, Harper Lee ... Curtis Hanson, Kenny Baker ... Alan Vega, Anton Yelchin ... Bernie Worrell, Bill Cunningham ... Tony Conrad, Garry Shandling ...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/notable-deaths/2016

Just remembered Michael Cimino

Another bow to Carlos Nine, one of my favourite artists. Barely any comics sites gave a toss despite his mad skills shitting all over 99.8% of the artists in the industry.

I saw on Facebook that Ethiopian drummer Temare Haregu, who played with Hailu Mergia and was a founder of the Walias Band and can be heard on an Ethiopiques compilation or 2, has passed away.

The Beatles' first manager Allan Williams

Wow. RIP, Man Who Gave The Beatles Away

rage is playing music by deceased people, including people i didn't know had died (pm dawn, the drummer out of inspiral carpets), so i'm learning about musical deaths via this uplifting playlist

William Christopher (MASH's Father Mulcahy)

http://abc7.com/entertainment/william-christopher-father-mulcahy-on-mash-dies-at-84/1680901/

Just came to post that. RIP

:(

he was so good

It feels so stupid to point out that this thread is almost over, but it also seems important. Need a good word for things that are important and stupid

'ilxor'

rip mariah carey

sad they paraded her half naked body around times square in the year's waning moments, 2016 is really ruthless

rip jim calhoun

I think Don Lemon is going to kill himself tonight.

Animation great and artistic pioneer Tyrus Wong, dead at 106 at the end of 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/movies/tyrus-wong-dies-bambi-disney.html
http://tyruswongthemovie.com/

Ross Johnson, RJR Nabisco chief exec in '80s

just so we could go on an up note

the Ghost Ship fire managed to escape mention on this thread. Cherushii at least deserves mention I'd suspect

http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2016/12/07/remembering-bay-area-producer-cherushii-a-victim-of-the-ghost-ship-fire

Is there a 2017 thread yet?

yes.

Specifically Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017

thanks guys