damn
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 December 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
http://www.ballardian.com/images/ernst_memories.jpg
who's still with us? buzz, valentina tereshkova, not many
― mark s, Thursday, 8 December 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
he and Fidel bring my birth era to a close
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 December 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
Death had the chance to kill an entire classic rock band in one calendar year, and instead finished off the Mercury 7? What a fucking dick.
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Thursday, 8 December 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
maybe Death can finish off the Keating 5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 December 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link
Yeager will outlive them all.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 8 December 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
which is crazy bc when i saw The Right Stuff as an eight yr old, Chuck Yeager's cameo role was pointed out to me and i remember thinking how crazy it was that Chuck Yeager was IRL an elderly man. in 1983!
― nomar, Thursday, 8 December 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
@TVSourceBREAKING: Soap Icon Joe Mascolo, known as the legendary Stefano DiMera on #Days of our Lives, has passed away at the age of 87
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 December 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
NO wow that guy was amazing. hadn't thought of him in years. 87 is plenty old but wow. A big part of my adolescence was the Stefano DiMera storyline.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:26 (seven years ago) link
omg same, wow
― maura, Friday, 9 December 2016 23:00 (seven years ago) link
His parents were immigrants from Italy, Peter Mascolo (1901–2008) and Anna Mascolo (née DeTuccio) (1910–2010), who had their 80th wedding anniversary shortly before his father died.
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 December 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
if hed killed her when he met her they would never have had a long and happy life together
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Saturday, 10 December 2016 00:07 (seven years ago) link
A.A Gill
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
noooo 2016 this fucking year 2016 wtf 2016
― banfred bann (wins), Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
must've still been room in hell who knew?
― Our Sweet Fredrest (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
no, turns out heaven needed a cunt
― banfred bann (wins), Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
His only redeeming feature was that he is mortal, so well done 2016 for redeeming him.
― calzino, Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
"His wit was incomparable, his writing was dazzling and fearless, his intelligence was matched by compassion"
^^^his editor and friend -- even if true, which it isn't, this is bad writing
― mark s, Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
"His mother played Mrs Peignoir in The Wedding Party episode of Fawlty Towers".
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Saturday, 10 December 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
card carrying Labour voter and Corbyn fan probably won't get mentioned in most of his obits.
― calzino, Saturday, 10 December 2016 18:36 (seven years ago) link
sort of hope the baboon he shot is waiting for him at the pearly gates, all ready to peel his face off like a vinyl roof at a 1970s safari park
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Saturday, 10 December 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
xp raw beauty there
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Saturday, 10 December 2016 20:54 (seven years ago) link
https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-08-at-4-53-26-pm.png?w=806
RIP Toblerone and Leicester City
― calzino, Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:26 (seven years ago) link
this not how I expected to find out that Admiral Ackbar died :(
― Number None, Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:32 (seven years ago) link
glad they went for a photo of Jo Cox rather than making her part of the band, her inclusion might have run the risk of tastelessness otherwise
― the electric catholic bible (soref), Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
however i was v surprised to find out that Mick the Miller had lived this long
― Our Sweet Fredrest (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:34 (seven years ago) link
how did you expect to find that out
― banfred bann (wins), Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
who is the dog between Muhammad Ali and Mrs Merton?
― the electric catholic bible (soref), Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
Lemmy died in 2015, but whatevs.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:36 (seven years ago) link
yeah, that's the worst thing about that picture
― Our Sweet Fredrest (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
that's the detail that almost pushes into greatness
― banfred bann (wins), Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
I can forgive Gill most things for the description he gave of the 2008 Democratic Party National Convention: "so cloyingly sentimental it would give cynicism diabetes."
― Freedom, Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
RIP Trent Reznor
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
is that the dog?
― Our Sweet Fredrest (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:43 (seven years ago) link
Long haired Blackadder dude right of centre
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 10 December 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
I spoke to AA Gill when I worked in a callcentre. Slightly disappointed to only be able to report that he was civil, patient and friendly, which not a lot of people were.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 11 December 2016 00:50 (seven years ago) link
This is what Peter Hitchens was like when he happened to be in my place of work.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 December 2016 01:02 (seven years ago) link
... whereas Lenny Henry was a complete cunt... so I've been told, I haven't had any dealings with him.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 December 2016 01:03 (seven years ago) link
satisfying to see boulez carefully aiming before throwing a wad of paper at hilda ogden's head
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 11 December 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
lmao @ A.A Gill dying of cancer
― Houston John (Bananaman Begins), Sunday, 11 December 2016 02:07 (seven years ago) link
As low as that bar is P Hitchens seems far more likeable than most of those dead-eyed fascist nihilists at the Mail. It is a shame his politics suck so much because he is an extraordinarily good polemicist/debater.
― calzino, Sunday, 11 December 2016 02:22 (seven years ago) link
I find Hitchens' sour-faced miserabilism a lot more tolerable than smirky "contrarians" like Toby Young, James Delingpole, Rod Liddle etc
― the electric catholic bible (soref), Sunday, 11 December 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
the worst thing about that picture is too many British-only celebs
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 December 2016 05:57 (seven years ago) link
Walnut the whippet
― Madchen, Sunday, 11 December 2016 07:06 (seven years ago) link
(That's the dog)
― Madchen, Sunday, 11 December 2016 07:07 (seven years ago) link
The dog was put down shortly after the walk. After disturbed election sleep for most of that week, and this dog being a solid reminder of Kenny the Noble Beast, the whole thing turned me into a bawling wreck that day.
― jane burkini (suzy), Sunday, 11 December 2016 08:31 (seven years ago) link
I think half the country, dog owner or not, was in bits. I still can't read about him without welling up.
― Madchen, Sunday, 11 December 2016 08:43 (seven years ago) link
i foolhardily read it and wept.
― estela, Sunday, 11 December 2016 09:04 (seven years ago) link
I find Hitchens' sour-faced miserabilism having an anvil dropped on my dick every day for the rest of my life a lot more tolerable than smirky "contrarians" like Toby Young, James Delingpole, Rod Liddle etc
― The Codling Of The London Suede (Legal Warning Across The Atlantic) (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 11 December 2016 11:55 (seven years ago) link
The absolutely legendary Esma Redžepova has died.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 11 December 2016 12:07 (seven years ago) link