Rolling Obituary Thread: 2016

His only redeeming feature was that he is mortal, so well done 2016 for redeeming him.

"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

"His mother played Mrs Peignoir in The Wedding Party episode of Fawlty Towers".

card carrying Labour voter and Corbyn fan probably won't get mentioned in most of his obits.

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

xp raw beauty there

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

this not how I expected to find out that Admiral Ackbar died :(

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

however i was v surprised to find out that Mick the Miller had lived this long

this not how I expected to find out that Admiral Ackbar died :(

how did you expect to find that out

who is the dog between Muhammad Ali and Mrs Merton?

Lemmy died in 2015, but whatevs.

yeah, that's the worst thing about that picture

that's the detail that almost pushes into greatness

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."

RIP Trent Reznor

is that the dog?

Long haired Blackadder dude right of centre

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.

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.

This is what Peter Hitchens was like when he happened to be in my place of work.

... whereas Lenny Henry was a complete cunt... so I've been told, I haven't had any dealings with him.

satisfying to see boulez carefully aiming before throwing a wad of paper at hilda ogden's head

lmao @ A.A Gill dying of cancer

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.

I find Hitchens' sour-faced miserabilism a lot more tolerable than smirky "contrarians" like Toby Young, James Delingpole, Rod Liddle etc

the worst thing about that picture is too many British-only celebs

Walnut the whippet

(That's the dog)

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.

I think half the country, dog owner or not, was in bits. I still can't read about him without welling up.

i foolhardily read it and wept.

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 absolutely legendary Esma Redžepova has died.

Ah man :( RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCOyB7WStI

Weatherman Ian McCaskill

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/12/ian-mccaskill-obituary

Always found him intensely irritating tbh. RIP tho.

Jim Prior

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38292549

xp. found him a bit annoying but he was also one of the few people on tv with a west central scotland accent when i was a kid and i always had some affection for him due to that #parochial

that walnut the whippet story is not what i needed to read while hungover at work :'-( rip good boy

a a gill was a good writer on a range of unimportant topics and some of youse have let yerselves down itt

His obituary in the guardian damned him with faint praise:

To be fair, he did have some good lines.

maybe.... yknow maybe yeah ill change my vote to that tbf

Walter Swinburn (perennial pub quiz answer as the jockey who rode Shergar to victory in the Derby).

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/three-time-derby-winning-rider-walter-swinburn-dies/2210291/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews

Alan Thicke

that's kinda crazy as this tweet was 4 hrs prior to yr post

Alan Thicke ‏@Alan_Thicke
Season 2 Fuller House looking good. I even like the ones I’m not in! #fullerhouse @fullhouseguy @bobsaget @candacecbure #netflix

The trouble with scheduled tweets.

enjoy your eternal napple, Dr. Thicke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfRQJ4tLS7I

he wrote a ton of cheesy tv theme songs because he figured out where the money is

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/books/e-r-braithwaite-author-of-to-sir-with-love-dies-at-104.html

ER Braithwaite, author of To Sir With Love. He was 104.

man alan thicke

not a good year for canada