Rolling Obituary Thread: 2016

Hahahahahaha that is great

I always liked Marshall as an actor - not just Lost in America but also in Soapdish, Keeping Up With The Steins and an episode of Murphy Brown

also as Myrna (Penny Marshall)'s brother in an Odd Couple ep (the whole family had the same vocal whine)

Felix: It's like stereo!

former vikings/cardinals coach dennis green

Bassist/composer Dominic Duval (probably best known for his work with Cecil Taylor).

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/arts/music/marni-nixon-singer-soprano-dies-86.html

Marni Nixon, singer.

rip

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawshank_tree

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/arts/music/marni-nixon-singer-soprano-dies-86.html🔗

Marni Nixon, singer.

i saw/heard Marni sing "Happy Birthday" in a comedy club 5 years ago, still had that voice. RIP.

(to Larry Storch if u must know)

Sandy Pearlman

http://bestclassicbands.com/sandy-pearlman-dead-blue-oyster-cult-producer-7-26-16/

RIP Sandy ;_;

Rip miss Cleo

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/cleo-iconic-tv-psychic-dead-cancer-53-article-1.2726689?utm_content=buffer524f6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDailyNewsTw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxopPDMq7rs

I saw that one coming.

Tim LaHaye Dies at 90; Fundamentalist Leader's Grisly Novels Sold Millions

The Pitchfork obit for Sandy Pearlman is some kind of ...well, it's something:

http://pitchfork.com/news/67089-producer-sandy-pearlman-dead-at-72/

Touching In Depth

I got a fever and the only cure is an obit hurriedly compiled from a single source with an inappropriate bit tagged in the end

The other Richard Thompson, Cul De Sac cartoonist:

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/richard_thompson_rip/

And the very great cartoonist and illustrator Jack Davis. Weirdly, this is the only online obit I can find for him at the moment:

http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2016-07-27/famed-cartoonist-jack-davis-noted-uga-bulldog-drawings-has-died

Oh, what the fuck? What an awful two-fer.

Aw, man. Jack Davis's artwork accounts for like 25% of my pre-teen exposure to popular culture via MAD. I've got a great book of his art at home.

I love Jack Davis too. Such a great style.

Thread that wouldn't exist/be the same without Davis: post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

jesus, both of those are real losses.

RIP Jack Davis ... he was always gracious about doing UGA-themed art, hence the Athens newspaper obit ... I'd really like to read something comprehensive about his EC, Mad, and later work.

Babylon 5's Jerry Doyle

http://www.tmz.com/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead/

'Bout time it got its own thread

http://projects.wsj.com/kwc/#chapter=intro🔗

― 龜, Monday, April 28, 2014 6:18 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM. Thanks for starting.

oops why did it post that ?! I meant to say, I was just coming here to mention Doyle. That show is cursed! :(

Vivean Gray aka Mrs Mangel.

Harry Dean Stanton

whoops, think that was just a rumour. hope so.

Wikipedia has the fateful "was" there.

Also 'is', also Wikipedia.

true..

http://en.mediamass.net/people/harry-dean-stanton/deathhoax.html

false.

mediamass.net is a hoax site! (note D0rothydeejo Wr1ghtlee dismay upon learning of Harry's death in 2015)

but yeah, this does appear to be a lazy wiki vandal who didn't even bother to edit the body of the article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36922414

Jean Vivra Gray aka Mrs Mangel from neighbours in the late 80's.

^ already noted seven posts above yours

Deserves the second mention imo :)

and she was in The Sullivans, too

Vivean Gray aka Mrs Mangel.

Wow, how was she still alive, she seemed 105 in the 80s!

Gloria DeHaven http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gloria-dehaven-dead-actress-singer-908539

despite Sandy Pearlman shit obit deplored upthread, this is well-done:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/arts/music/sandy-pearlman-producer-manager-and-lyricist-for-blue-oyster-cult-dies-at-72.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Indeed, thanks. Didn't he come up with nicknames for everybody in BÖC but only Buck kept his?

Anyway time for a new screenname

David Huddleston, aka "The Big Lebowski"

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-david-huddleston-20160804-snap-story.html

also: Santa

also: Olson Johnson

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U84fPuQrKzI/SqFJzpB1iuI/AAAAAAAAErg/grtFfvB9Q0k/s320/8333-1934.gif

i've seen Lebowski and Saddles more than once and he really didn't stick w/ me...

Fred Tomlinson, singer and choral arranger for Monty Python

http://www.montypython.com/news_FredTomlinson/368

Ah man, he was definitely part of the whole experience.