Rolling Obituary Thread: 2016

man, 101 years old ... RIP Bruner

Kimbo Slice

Surprising. He was such a gentle person who took such good care of his body.

whatever dude. He was only 42 and he had six kids, it's still fuckin sad

Of course it is!

Stephen Keshi, Nigeria's "Big Boss" and top manager. only 54 as well.

“Theresa Saldana, who co-starred on The Commish and in Raging Bull but whose most lasting legacy might be the victims’ advocacy work she undertook following a near-fatal stalking incident in 1982, has died,” report Greg Evans and Erik Pedersen for Deadline. She was 61.

http://deadline.com/2016/06/theresa-saldana-dead-commish-raging-bull-stalker-attack-1201768326/

gordie howe

Howe is to Canada basically what Ruth is to America (or if you want someone contemporary to him, you'd be looking at Mays or Mantle).

https://frinkiac.com/gif/S03E16/1298412/1305352.gif?b64lines=

Thought that was a really nice moment on The Simpsons.

Howe playing a full NHL season--every single game, 80 of them--at the age of 51 (and scoring 15 goals to boot) has to be on the shortlist of most remarkable old-guy achievements in the history of sport. Number one, I'd say. That's not Jamie Moyer or Minnie Minoso or whoever the oldest placekicker was. That's in a league where they basically tried to pummel you every night. The game wasn't as rough as it had been a few years earlier--Gretzky had arrived--but there were 13 guys with over 200 penalty minutes, and the leader had 287; 177 led the league last year. It was still a pretty brutal sport.

not at all to diminish gordie -- who i would guess was a bigger figure in canada than babe ruth, etc in america; he lasted much longer, into an era better suited for remembering, and i can't remember ever hearing anyone say a bad word about him -- but i'd suggest jagr going 27-39-66 for a division-winning team at age 44 in this day and age is equally impressive

otoh gordie howe was in the top five in scoring for literally 20 years, which is just absurd

Haven't followed hockey for years, but that's pretty great. Howe was between retirements at age 44; Nolan Ryan had an awesome age-44 season (173 IP, 102 H, 203 K, final no-hitter).

Michu Meszaros, circus performer, unofficial shortest man in the world, star of ALF and this album cover

http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The_Doors_-_Strange_Days-Front.jpg

RIP!!!

http://www.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/music/music-titan-chips-moman-is-dead-at-79-35315a2e-5feb-5bbe-e053-0100007f82f0-382850711.html?d

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/chips-moman-dies/

Originally a rockabilly guitarist, Moman was part of the Stax Records crew as a writer and an engineer in its early years, working on such classics as William Bell’s “You Don’t Miss Your Water” and Carla Thomas’ “Gee Whiz.” But he left in 1962....

He founded American Sound Studio in 1962 and, with his house band known as the Memphis Boys, the studio birthed dozens of hits that seamlessly blended rock, pop and soul, particularly between 1967 and its closing in 1972. This included the Box Tops’ “The Letter,” Neil Diamond‘s “Sweet Caroline” and Merrilee Rush’s “Angel of the Morning.” Following his 1968 comeback, Elvis Presley recorded at American Sound, cutting “Suspicious Minds,” “Kentucky Rain” and the From Elvis in Memphis album with Moman behind the boards. Dusty Springfield’s classic Dusty in Memphis — which included “Son of a Preacher Man” — was also recorded at American Sound. Moman and Dan Penn also wrote two of Southern soul’s definitive songs, Aretha Franklin‘s “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” and James Carr’s “Dark End of the Street.”

After leaving Memphis, he settled in Nashville and became an in-demand songwriter and producer...

http://folkandtumble.com/henry-mccullough/

Henry McCullough, guitarist in Wings among other things. Played the solo on "My Love".

Mary MacLeod, character actress best known for If.... and O Lucky Man!

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/13/mary-macleod-obituary

Tom Leppard, The Leopard Man Of Skye

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36537234

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-tattooed-senior-citizen-(male)

WARNING: SECOND LINK CONTAINS PICTURE OF AL OLD MAN IN JUST A POSING POUCH SO POTENTIALLY NSF(YOUR)W

aw, that dude was awesome

Ann Morgan Guilbert, Millie on 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' Dies at 87.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ann-morgan-guilbert-dead-dick-903319

RIP

i have no memory of Millie it's been so long since ive seen DvDS

Such an unfortunate word combo in that url.

The DvDS Season 5 episode "Long Nights Journey Into Day" is one of the best Millie showcases. Mary gets stuck at home alone and starts to freak out when she hears noises in the house and then Millie shows up and they both freak out together. Great teamwork between the two actresses.

Anton Yelchin

^^Car crash, age 27

SINGLE CAR CRASH IN HIS OWN DRIVEWAY WTF?

http://m.tmz.com/#article/2016/06/19/star-trek-anton-yelchin-dead/

Just freakin' bizarre. My only guess is that he maybe was doing something (?) he'd done before with no problem and the worst possible thing happened?

Very sad. He was a cute Chekov in that one new Star Trek I saw. Also just realized that he was in Jarmusch's vampire flick that I quite liked.

If you have a steep driveway I could see how this could happen.

whoa

i really dug him in Charlie Bartlett, and he was so lovely as Chekhov

v sad

Terrible

That's really sad. I just saw Green Room, in which he was good.

Yeah great in Green Room.

he was really good in the kinda underrated fright night remake too

Fuck Star Trek but this boy was awesome, he never hit an iconic role but yeah Charlie Bartlett, Fright Night, Experimenter, Middle Of Nowhere, Fierce People, Burying Th Ex, Odd Thomas (ok the last two were shit but he was still great); never saw Green Room yet but just watched him in The Driftless Area last week (also not a very good film). I loved him from when he was far too young to have the sexual feelings I had towards him, he has died at far too young an age for what seems like far too stupid a reason, this whole thing is just far too fucked to contemplate.

v sad

in case anyone missed it on ILM, Prince Be of PM Dawn

UK ragga/jungle MC Tenor Fly

Crikes, hadn't heard about Prince Be. Thanks, Morbs.

Aw damn xpost

Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns (both now deceased)

http://wtop.com/music/2016/06/wayne-jackson-half-of-memphis-horns-duo-dies-at-age-74/

Oh no :( RIP

Bill Ham, manager/impresario/huckster behind ZZ Top and Clint Black

http://music.blog.austin360.com/2016/06/21/bill-ham-manager-of-zz-top-dies-at-79/

SINGLE CAR CRASH IN HIS OWN DRIVEWAY WTF?

http://m.tmz.com/#article/2016/06/19/star-trek-anton-yelchin-dead/

― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, June 19, 2016 2:23 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just freakin' bizarre. My only guess is that he maybe was doing something (?) he'd done before with no problem and the worst possible thing happened?

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, June 19, 2016 2:39 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2016/06/defective-jeep-kill-anton-yelchin/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/20/star-treks-anton-yelchin-and-the-scary-reality-of-the-jeep-that-rolls-away-and-kills-you/

Qawwali star Amjad Sabri of the famous Sabri dynasty assassinated in Karachi:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/22/pakistani-sufi-singer-shot-dead-in-karachi

Taliban taking credit for killing him. Horrible.

Goro Hasegawa, creator of the board game Othello
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/2016/06/creator_of_popular_othello_board_game_dies

Renamer of the board game Reversi