Rolling Obituary Thread: 2016

Now seeing reports that music writer Ben Edmonds has died.

Harsh fucking times. Not cool, planet earth, not cool

Ben Edmonds obit:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/03/11/music-journalist-ben-edmonds-dies/81659064/

http://dailynous.com/2016/03/13/hilary-putnam-1929-2016/

Aw, Hilary. RIP

RIP

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35802564

Mondo we Langa/David Rice

http://atlantablackstar.com/2016/03/14/former-black-panther-mondo-we-langa-dies-in-nebraska-prison/

Anita Brookner

Indiana Jones

No, wait, he died six years ago.

Sylvia Anderson, of Thunderbirds and that.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35818530

> "voice of Thunderbirds' Lady Penelope"

hows about "co-creator"? and all the rest.

she was in a couple of episodes of the new series, playing the new lady penelope's snobby Great Aunt Sylvia, which was a nice touch.

Ben Bagdikian, ace investigative reporter

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/03/ben-bagdikian-tribute

The remains are confirmed as being DJ Derek.

Frank Sinatra Jr.:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/frank-sinatra-junior-dies-at-72-1.3495035

When I looked at that obituary, at first I thought they'd accidentally used a photo of his father.

about time

there's a nice bit in bob dylan's chronicles about him

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35828566

Cliff Michelmore. Would have belonged in the 'people you thought were dead' thread a couple of days ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35829251

Paul Daniels

:-(

I know

it's like every single day now.

like to think they'll saw his coffin in half at the funeral, just for old times sake

now that's tragic

His political views were ridiculous

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Daniels#Outspoken_views

Here's my favorite of his performances

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7B0lf_CR0A

Larry Drake!

lol at lindsey graham now supporting cruz

Consistency...died.

RIP Cruz

*dies*

According to his son on FB, Outlaw Country singer Steve Young.

RIP. Met him once, talked about house sitting for him before he went out on one of those State Department tours, he was other going to or had recently come back from Mongolia but I ended up living somewhere else.

Come to think about it, at that time in Austin, you would see certain people out on the scene over and over again, but rarely/hardly ever somebody at that level, of that generation. I didn't come across Jimmy Dale Gilmore until I moved back to New York and one day walked out of my office on 52nd Street and there he was walking by.

http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/outlaw-country-songwriter-steve-young-dead/

http://theind.com/article-22882-David-Egan-has-died.html

David Egan, one of the bright lights in South Louisiana’s musical firmament, has died. The singer-songwriter, whose tunes were covered (and on Grammy-nominated and -winning records) by Irma Thomas, Joe Cocker, Solomon Burke, Etta James and many others, succumbed to cancer after a two-year battle. He died at home surrounded by family.

Egan was a member of several trailblazing Louisiana bands including A-Train, Filé and Lil’ Band O’ Gold.

Joe Santos, the harried Sgt Dennis Becker of The Rockford Files

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/joe-santos-dead-dies-rockford-files-1201733894/

Barry Hines

RIP Barry:( Kestrel For a Knave and Threads were classics.

;_; RIP Mr Hines, Threads is one of the greatest things ever created... and Kes isn't too bad either.

RIP BH

When Threads first aired we still had this "duck and cover" leaflet from the local council that put us in the A-zone of a potential Soviet H-bomb attack, it was even scarier than Salem's Lot.

RIP. Never read but loved the film Kes and see there is an ebook available from, of course, Valancourt. Also used it for a screenname once which I remember fondly: rejected JBR screen names

A Kestrel for a Knave is a bloody great book and really deserves to be known as such rather than just the book that Kes is based on.

Yes, great book. Somehow had no idea he did the screenplay for Threads - too busy hiding behind the sofa to read the credits I suppose.

RIP.

Hopefully will be reading soon.

One of the actors who worked with BH on Threads is a frequent contributor to another message-board I frequent. He says says in luvvie speak that he was a beautiful person, but you can tell he means it.

Czech New Wave director Jan Němec

https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-jan-nemec-1936-2016

RIP. Really like The Party and the Guests, and Diamonds in the Night. Seems like a tough year for Eastern European cinema.

Barry Hines' brother Richard was interviewed by Jarvis Cocker on 6Music a few weeks ago; it was Richard who trained the kestrel - he published his memoir recently, No Way But Gentlenesse. Barry got into grammar school, but Richard was the secondary modern kid. It was such an odd, faltering, downbeat bit of radio, but all the better for it.

Barry H's The Price Of Coal (also directed by Loach) is worth seeing too.

Richard was on radio4 last week too (i heard the trailer, not that actual show)

MidWeek Wed 16 Mar 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0738hlr