Rolling Obituary Thread: 2016

Phil Chess, legendary founder of Chess Records, dead at 95

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/phil-chess-legendary-founder-of-chess-records-dies-at-95/

RIP. Who knew he was still around?

Fashion designer Richard Nicoll, collaborator with Linder Sterling (and many huge brands). 38 is no age at all!

https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/richard-nicoll-1977-2016

Ex Radio 1 DJ and sidekick of Kenny Ev, Dave Cash.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7549038/the-intruders-robert-big-sonny-edwards-dead

part of obit. Love that song

Robert “Big Sonny” Edwards of The Intruders -- the soul vocal group best known for the chart-topping R&B single “Cowboys to Girls” -- has died. After suffering a sudden heart attack at his Philadelphia home, the 74-year-old Edwards died at a local hospital on Oct. 15.

The news of Edwards’ death was announced Tuesday (Oct. 18) by Philadelphia International Records co-founders Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff

rip comic book artist steve dillon :(

Warren Ellis ‏@warrenellis
I have it confirmed that Steve Dillon has died. He was a giant, and will be much missed.

:(

Yes, this is a shock. Perhaps my favourite comic book artist. I had been thinking of him this week. Now rereading BLOCK MANIA to which he made a telling contribution.

i had a ton of preacher art on my walls in college, i photocopied my favorites & put them up everywhere

rip dude

Oh man, RIP! Only 54 as well.

gah, I was just reading his wiki page last night for some reason and I don't think I'd ever realised quite how young he was - apparently he was only 16 when he got his first professional work.

there's photo of him here with Brett Ewnis around the time they set up Deadline together, horrible that they've both gone so early (Jamie Hewlett in the centre)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f3pNRKqWrLQ/T0a7e5pRmEI/AAAAAAAACDo/EPeOs61MPwA/s1600/SCOOK_DeadlineStudio.jpg

standup comic kevin meaney (i always liked his bits that i saw on CC as a kid)

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/entertainment/kevin-meaney-comedian-obit/

Comedy writer Jimmy Perry. This might warrant its own thread.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37743674

Dead Comics Society?

the bbc have been repeating Hi-de-Hi! recently, the early episodes of that are some of the best stuff ever. I'm kind of morbidly curious to to see either of these:

A solo effort, Room Service, written without Croft for Thames Television in 1979, and High Street Blues (1989), co-written with Robin Carr, according to John Oliver writing for the BFI Screenonline website, "remain contenders for the title of worst British sitcom".[6]

but there doesn't seem to be anything on youtube

RIP Jimmy P

*the John Oliver? I like that he might be a sitcom nerd.

Tom Hayden:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/us/tom-hayden-dead.html?_r=0

Bobby Vee as well, and just now, Pete Burns of Dead or Alive

https://twitter.com/davidsim/status/790605733809315841

Pete Burns, no way!

I feel terrible, but on my way through the office just now I told a co-worker "Pete Burns of Dead or Alive died." He said, "Really?" and I replied. "Yeah. Oh, so I guess that answers that question!"

Mouth function faster than brain.

Perhaps Dylan will now accept his prize so he can make a speech about Bobby Vee.

What a mad run these last couple of days, jfc

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157595360455058

I know, Facebook, but Jack Chick.

Just coming to post that!

Wow! One of the more important figures in twentieth century comics for sure.

I say this without sarcasm: he will be missed

the final list from this thread is gonna be completely devastating

Picturing Chick waking up in, like, the Buddhist afterlife and being like, "Fuck, REALLY?!"

oh shit re: Jack Chick

I hesitate to say RIP

Roast in peace?

Sheri S. Tepper

Good GOD, today.

Actor Michael Massee. Predictably, most online resources are referring first and foremost to the awful accident he had no control over.

http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-actor-michael-massee-244905

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/kay-starr-ferociously-expressive-singer-who-had-pop-hit-with-wheel-of-fortune-dies-at-94/2016/11/03/e456531a-a21d-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html

Have to admit I never heard Kay Starr before tonight, but her voice seems to split the difference between Patsy Cline and Dinah Washington, which is fine by me.

And now I see that she was a big influence on Patsy Cline.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/bob-cranshaw-jazz-bassist-who-spent-five-decades-with-sonny-rollins-dies-at-83/2016/11/04/68ac5f44-a294-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html

Janet Reno, aged 78

Janet Reno by Anquette (1988)

[Intro]
In our town we have a State Attorney by the name of Janet Reno
She locks brothers up for not paying their child support
In your town you may have someone just like her

[Verse 1]
You think you're so slick, that you won't have to pay
You slay, get a baby, then run away
Oh, but I got a trick for your monkey ass
The boys that don't pay get cased up fast
You ask to Janet Reno and she lays the law
And when she's through with you, you'll wish you never saw
Me or the baby or the place where we met
Digging up old gold that you wish you could forget
The proof is here, it's living and breathing
And Janet Reno's makin sure that I start receiving
All the money you get, all the checks you make
Janet Reno will make sure and TAKE

[Interlude 1 (to the tune of "Yankee Doodle")]
Janet Reno comes to town collecting all the money
You stayed one day, then ran away, and started acting funny
She caught you down on 15th Ave., you tried to hide your trail
She found your ass and locked you up, now WHO can post no bail?
(Bust it!)

[Verse 2]
You're out in your 'vert, dicking it down
You start to get babbling when Reno comes around
You start changing your looks, your clothes and your car
You're not a mama's boy, you're a projects star
It's time to pay your dues, I mean pay in full
Janet's in control, you ain't got no pull
You can't boss around like the boys on the Ave
And slowly but surely I'm getting all that you have
From your bad-ass suits to your Revlon cologne
Your diamond rings, gold rope and everything you own
Will get taken and then you be sad to the max
And I'll even get your income tax

[Interlude 2 (to the tune of "Charlie Brown" by the Coasters)]
He walks in a courtroom, cool and slow
And calls Janet Reno a no good dirty ho
She locks yo ass up, now you don't know what to do
The boys on the Ave. are sure dissin you
(Hit it!)

[Verse 3]
Janet Reno gets justice for all
You can solve your problems with a phone call
So if you have a problem that you want resolved
Just straighten it out when you get in court
Put your faith in her and you'll want her respect
And if it's up to her you get all your checks
She helped me out of a jam, I'm doing well on my own
It could be the same for yours, been proven and shown

[Interlude 3 (to the tune of "This Old Man")]
Yes my man had a Brougham
But this time he's not driving it home
With a knick-knack-slam-splack, you hit it, now you're gone
Now I'm 'round town just pushing your Brougham
The next time you start to make a selection
Make sure that you got some protection
Think twice the next time before you jump right in the bed
Take a minute out to put a rubber on your head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01vmgzm6fQ

Nobody's mentioned Jean Jacques Perrey?

damn.

An ilxor on hiatus mentioned on FB, I think

Damn, I was listening to Cranshaw on a Bobby Hutcherson album just two days ago

What? RIP JJP.

My kids love "Popcorn" because of this:

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

re: RIP Jean-Jacques Perrey: posted this on facebook, a must-see solo Ondioline demo + Gershon performance -- after this panel on 'I Got a Secret'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pOqkn9JgO8

O_ondioline specifically on this clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05sAxt8zNZI

Veteran broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young dies aged 95

How was Clive Dunn alive until today