Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former UN secretary general, at 93.
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 16:23 (eight years ago) link
Was one of those names I knew before I knew the person.
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
"the Roman Empire had no need for diplomacy. Neither does the United States."
God rest ye.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/george-gaynes-dead-1201707777/
Henry from Punky Brewster/Commandant Lessard from the Police Academy franchise. Made it all the way to 98!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 04:11 (eight years ago) link
Aww, RIP. I think I mentioned him on the famous people you were surprised to learn are still alive thread a year or two back. He's great in Tootsie.
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 04:37 (eight years ago) link
http://www.themoviescene.co.uk/reviews/_img/1424-3.jpg
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 04:47 (eight years ago) link
Think I'll rewatch Tootsie asap.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 05:06 (eight years ago) link
Awwww
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 08:29 (eight years ago) link
also his Giving-a-speech-while-receiving-a-below-the-lectern-blow-job performance should never be forgotten.
― SCROTUS (stevie), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 10:11 (eight years ago) link
I actually used that line "I think we should just look at this.." in a presentation once, it wasn't until some time after I remembered where it came from.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 11:37 (eight years ago) link
Andrej Zulawski. Who apparently has just recently finished his first film in 15 years. You made probably the best horror film ever, RIP.
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 13:12 (eight years ago) link
Acel Moore, trailblazing black journalist
http://6abc.com/news/longtime-philadelphia-journalist-acel-moore-dies/1199634/
William Tankersley, CBS in-house censor in the Smothers Bros/ Norman Lear era
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/arts/television/william-h-tankersley-watchdog-for-cbs-taste-standards-dies-at-98.html
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 February 2016 12:43 (eight years ago) link
harper lee
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/harper_lee_dead_at_age_of_89_t.html
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 February 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link
Aww
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Friday, 19 February 2016 16:24 (eight years ago) link
Thank goodness she cranked that new book out just in time.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 February 2016 16:30 (eight years ago) link
Seriously though, she's been both dead for decades and more alive than any American. It's like the death of the person who wrote the dictionary. RIP.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 February 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
Renato Bialetti, coffee pot king, last week. Ashes put in a Moka pot urn.
http://qz.com/618734/italys-coffee-pot-king-was-buried-in-the-appliance-that-made-him-famous/
― nickn, Friday, 19 February 2016 22:21 (eight years ago) link
Umberto Eco?
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
Confirmed.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:18 (eight years ago) link
well this is quite the year
― Szechuan TV (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:21 (eight years ago) link
:(
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:44 (eight years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35615205Hafiz Patel, leading figure and respected cleric of the Tablighi Jamaat branch of the Islamic faith. Over 20000 people turned up for his funeral earlier, which is an incredible sight in such a small area as Savile Town, Dewsbury. It's roads are completely ill-equipped to deal with such numbers, especially on a Friday. I was passing en-route to the sports centre and we had to abandon the taxi.
― calzino, Saturday, 20 February 2016 01:36 (eight years ago) link
According to the Cravats, Vi Subversa has died. Can't find a story link but Wiki is claiming too.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Saturday, 20 February 2016 12:59 (eight years ago) link
Came here to post that. Also reported by Anthrax (UK) and Burnt Cross, but I'd assume they're getting it from the same source.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 20 February 2016 13:49 (eight years ago) link
rip bruce lacey!
― no lime tangier, Saturday, 20 February 2016 23:57 (eight years ago) link
eco is a bit of a heartbreaker for me.
― ulysses, Sunday, 21 February 2016 03:26 (eight years ago) link
Samuel Willenberg, last survivor from Treblinka
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35623492
― koogs, Sunday, 21 February 2016 11:05 (eight years ago) link
I have seen him on a few documentaries, he was part of the Treblinka rebellion and a very impressive dude. RIP
― calzino, Sunday, 21 February 2016 12:07 (eight years ago) link
Peter Mondavi, Sr.
― mutually aquatinted (doo dah), Monday, 22 February 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
Douglas Slocombe, cinematographer on everything from Kind Hearts and Coronets to Raiders of the Lost Ark, died age 103:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35635360
― Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Monday, 22 February 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link
Wow. The Servant! And some more Ealing comedies. Feel bad I had never known his name until now. RIP.
― Thank You For Cosmic Jive Talkin' (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2016 22:51 (eight years ago) link
Wow, Dead of Night too!
― Thank You For Cosmic Jive Talkin' (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
ramon (not fidel, not raul) castro, 91
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 03:49 (eight years ago) link
The Jeb Bush of the Castros.
― nickn, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 05:48 (eight years ago) link
slocombe also did polanski's dance of the vampires. he had an impressive career that i never knew about.
― remove butt (abanana), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 12:51 (eight years ago) link
Word
― The Kidd With The Erasable Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
Bye, Dr. Nick
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 February 2016 04:16 (eight years ago) link
Frank Kelly, aka Fr Jack Hackett (and a long career before and since)
http://www.thejournal.ie/frank-kelly-rip-father-jack-2630816-Feb2016/
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 28 February 2016 13:04 (eight years ago) link
RIP
― bored at work (snoball), Sunday, 28 February 2016 13:53 (eight years ago) link
Really lovely man. I used to go to Father Ted tapings and he was always charming and softly-spoken (and reminded me of my own grandfather, who had the genes but not the accent).
― jedi slimane (suzy), Sunday, 28 February 2016 15:30 (eight years ago) link
http://worldmusiccentral.org/2016/02/25/cuban-musician-reinaldo-hierrezuelo-rey-caney-dies-at-89/
Cuban vocalist, songwriter and tres player Reinaldo Hierrezuelo, better known as Rey Caney, died on Tuesday, February 23rd in Havana. Rey Caney was a highly influential figure in Cuban music.
Reinaldo Hierrezuelo, was born December 30, 1926 in Santiago de Cuba. In 1930 Rey Caney founded the seminal Cuban band Cuarteto Patria along with his cousin Francisco (Pancho) Cobas, Emilia Gracia and Rigoberto “Maduro” Echevarría. They performed traditional trova, boleros and música guajira (Cuban country music).
In 1952, Rey Caney formed the popular duo Los Compadres together with his brother Lorenzo. They accompanied celebrated singer-songwriter María Teresa Vera and Compay Segundo throughout the world.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 February 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/entertainment/sonny-james-obit-feat/
From 1960 to 1979, he spent 57 weeks at the top of the charts, according to Billboard and the Country Music Hall of Fame. James was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 February 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
george kennedy
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 February 2016 21:46 (eight years ago) link
best in Cool Hand Luke and Modern Romance; eff off "Naked Gun star"
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/george-kennedy-dies-dead-airport-cool-hand-luke-1201718567/
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 February 2016 21:59 (eight years ago) link
can't believe you left out the eiger sanction
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 February 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
I haven't seen any of those Eastwood films he did! Not even Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 February 2016 22:05 (eight years ago) link
Who's calling him "Naked Gun star?" Both of the obits went with Airport in their headlines.
Liked him best in CHL and, yes, The Naked Gun flicks. Why can't I remember him in Modern Romance?
RIP.
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Monday, 29 February 2016 22:06 (eight years ago) link
it was a TMZ headline... He's the ship captain in the cheap scifi film Brooks is working on.
i will admit "Earthquakes bring out the worst in some people" is the funniest line in any disaster film.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 February 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
Oh man, how could I forget the film (within a film) that inspired the line "uh, space floor?"
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Monday, 29 February 2016 22:08 (eight years ago) link
"I belive I know the code, sir"
"You know nothing!"
― kevin smith what a bro (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 29 February 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link