Rolling Obituary Thread: 2016

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

most of Thicke's career looked like hot garbage, but he was head writer on "Fernwood 2 Night", so RIP

Pianist-composer Paul Bley.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, January 4, 2016 10:45 PM (eleven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:-(

― no lime tangier, Monday, January 4, 2016 10:59 PM (eleven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

his open, to love album is some of my favourite solo piano playing

― no lime tangier, Monday, January 4, 2016 11:01 PM (eleven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i missed this, RIP. i got this album on a whim recently and it's really intense and wonderful.

The majority of Thicke's career probably *was* hot garbage (the half-an-episode of Growing Pains I caught a few years back is proof that some things are best left back in childhood) but I had gotten to really enjoy him in recent years as an affable presence in his guest appearances on things like Bill Maher's TV show and Gilbert Gottfried's podcast.

Also, I loved his response to Kirk Cameron's homophobic ramblings: “I love Kirk but I may have to spank him…’tho not in a gay way!”

I remember seeing Thicke of the Night when it premiered. Hoo boy.

Right. Important.

Whoever it was has to do a Dead Pool next year. This year was the first time it got missed, and look what happened..

i worked w/his brother for a few years and the unmistakable thicke voice runs in the family.

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

― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, December 13, 2016 8:31 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously. Altman's son made more money for co-writing 'Suicide Is Painless' than Altman himself ever did for M*A*S*H.

RIP Dr. Seaver

Whoever it was has to do a Dead Pool next year. This year was the first time it got missed, and look what happened..

Amongst the carnage of the 2016 rolling obituary thread, I think Muhammad Ali has been the only one of my regular dead pool picks to go.

Jack Chick is the only one of my dead pool regulars to go.

Dr. Bombay!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bernard-fox-dead-bewitched-actor-who-played-dr-bombay-was-89-956294

dear Canadians, do not play hockey w/ your son when yer pushing 70, see what happens?

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Didn't even realize he was still around. The last surviving of the key Bewitched players?

I would think so. Such great supporting weirdos--Bombay, Uncle Arthur, Aunt Clara, the Kravitzes...

Serena...