Rolling Obituary Thread: 2016

Leonard Cohen :(
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/leonard-cohen-obituary

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/leonard-cohen-makes-it-darker - this is great and made me a little more at peace with it.

http://tvline.com/2016/11/11/robert-vaughn-dead-man-from-uncle-died/

FUCK FUCKING FUCK THIS WEEK

he was old, rip

last of the Magnificent Seven

last Starfighter

no wait that was the kid

Are you thinking of Battle Beyond the Stars? Vaughn basically reprised his Magnificent Seven role in that.

no wait that was Battle Beyond the Stars

way to kill my punchline, Phil

I have nothing else in life besides being a killjoy, don't deny me

nah it's good i was rambling

i saw Battle Beyond the Stars at the movies when it came out, frightened to go back in case it's not as fun as 13 year-old me thought

also RV was on tv what feels like every Sunday lunchtime when i was a kid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUOPV32gq-c

Its probably not on anymore xpost

RIP (both Leonard Cohen and Robert Vaughn)

i never watched UNCLE, probly first saw Vaughn in Bullitt, where he looked older than 35, playing first big oily pol/bizman villain he came to specialize in.

I love how in the Bullit segment of that McQueen doc from about ten years ago, Vaughn is so casually frank when discussing the appeal of the movie--[paraphrased]"Let's face it, the story makes no sense...but Steve was such a great actor"

RIP Weather Report bassist Victor Bailey

http://www.soultracks.com/story-victor-bailey-dies

Leon Russell has died.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-leonrussell-idUSKBN1380JM

RIP

Billy Miller of the A-Bones and Norton Records.

RIP. Didn't know you were familiar with him.

Anyone who loves garage rock and awesome/creepy rockabilly is.

Sorry. I never knew what kind of your music you actually liked after all these years of reading your posts.

But one thing I do know is that you're a pretty smart cookie who doesn't suffer fools gladly.

*ducks*

I don't discriminate against genres in my listening. I write about what I can talk about reasonably. Norton rules, other people can write more intelligently about them.

x-post I am a lamb.

RIP studio guitarist Al Caiola, at 96.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/al-caiola-dead-guitarist-themes-bonanza-magnificent-seven-was-96-946769

Truth be told, I used to get Billy and Miriam confused with Billy and Michelle, who used to cut quite a figure at the front of many an Alex Chilton show, at which they would request (Little) "G.T.O" which he would gladly perform for them. Can't remember ever talking to Billy, did talk to Miriam once about her paperback collection and the appearance therein of both Hal Ellson and Harlan Ellison.

Al Caiola's Deep in a Dream is one of my favorite jazz albums.

Lupita Tovar, age 106, best known for the Spanish-language version of Dracula (1931).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/lupita-tovar-actress-in-spanish-language-version-of-dracula-dies-at-106/2016/11/13/4612ca16-a9ad-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html

gwen ifill

No kidding. Wow. I was wondering why she wasn't doing election night stuff.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/14/502031518/gwen-ifill-host-of-washington-week-pbs-newshour-dies

Fuck cancer, for real.

so sad, she was my favorite TV news anchor

in addition to doing her job well, she faced more garbage in her career than we can comprehend

She was great.

David Mancuso.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/7573724/david-mancuso-house-dj-nyc-underground-dies-72

Mose Allison:

http://hottytoddy.com/2016/11/15/mose-allison-dies-age-89/

Holly Dunn:

http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/daddys-hands-singer-holly-dunn-dead-at-59-w450608

Daniel Prodan, probably most famous in Britain for never playing for Rangers:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38010896

I thought mose allison was already dead fsr, rip

gwen and mose back to back did a lot of damage to my soul

Leonard and Mose, jammin' in heaven.

Dr. Denton Cooley

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/science/dr-denton-cooley-whose-pioneering-heart-surgery-set-off-a-40-year-medical-feud-dies-at-96.html?_r=0

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/11/18/innovative-colourist-cory-adams-passes-away-from-breast-cancer

Cory Adams, ex-wife of Neal and legendary 70s comics colourist of (amongst others) Superman vs Muhammed Ali.

Sharon Jones

https://www.facebook.com/sharonjonesandthedapkings/photos/a.417570373916.195450.48909068916/10154681582593917/?type=3

well shit

2016, worst year

yes

fuck everything basically