http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xphwl0_the-long-day-closes-tammy-by-debbie-reynolds_shortfilms
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:24 (seven years ago) link
her singing voice was so warm & beautiful
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:25 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for that link Dr. M.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:42 (seven years ago) link
https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15726740_10155437349902137_4557479705149858241_n.jpg?oh=c8ab98ffa9f448d43cc6b2e5818f0b5c&oe=58DF9382
― scott seward, Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:57 (seven years ago) link
I think the fix was in when Abe Vigoda, classic example of a celebrity everybody assumed was already dead, died at the end of January.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 29 December 2016 04:39 (seven years ago) link
Edward Albee y'all?
Completely missed that Geek Love author Katherine Dunn passed this year too
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 29 December 2016 07:38 (seven years ago) link
any other year i'd still be mourning ralph stanley
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Thursday, 29 December 2016 07:39 (seven years ago) link
Debbie Reynolds was 84 and just experienced the massive trauma of her child dying before her, after 48 hours or so of her life hanging in the balance. This isn't 2016 at work, just the tragic result of massive emotional strain on someone who was perhaps physically fragile to begin with. My grandmother was a decade or so younger than Debbie when my dad died, and I was seriously worried the shock and strain would kill her.
― There shouldn't be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets (stevie), Thursday, 29 December 2016 07:56 (seven years ago) link
This isn't complete just yet (sadly) but it's something I've been putting together for some time: a playlist populated by songs from artists who have passed in 2016. I'll be adding and rearranging; would welcome input on anyone I've missed or necessary tracks for inclusion.
Thankful for the Fallen: A Playlist of Those Lost to 2016
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Thursday, 29 December 2016 07:58 (seven years ago) link
Colonel Abrams also died this year, I think you missed him? I'd add at least "Trapped" and "I'm Not Gonna Let" from him to the list.
Also, since I see you have Päivi Paunu on the list, an even more important Finnish musician who died this year was Lasse Mårtenson. Here's a few suggestions for his essential songs:
- "Laiskotellen" (the Finnish entry to the 1964 Eurovision song contest) - The theme from the TV series "Myrskyluodon Maija" (his best-known composition)- "Hän on mennyt vuorten taa" (incredible folk duet with Cay Karlsson)
― Tuomas, Thursday, 29 December 2016 08:28 (seven years ago) link
Awful year for classical music too with Boulez, Maxwell Davies, Harnoncourt, Marriner, etc all going. The tenor Johan Botha as well.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Thursday, 29 December 2016 08:38 (seven years ago) link
Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds is giving me eerie flashbacks to this summer, when my grandma and her sister and her brother-in-law all died one after another within a span of about four days. Shit like that makes everything feel so fragile. Guh.
― what is the lever disease? (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 December 2016 08:55 (seven years ago) link
French musician/composer Pierre Barouh died yesterday.
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 29 December 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
Miruts Yifter, a pioneering Olympic-gold-winning runner from Ethiopia, died recently (I saw him run several times in the '70s).
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-miruts-yifter-20161223-story.html
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 December 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
Ulysses, don't sleep on Bobs Hutcherson and Cranshaw...they're on at least one album together
― “a tub of horses” (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
...and the engineer was Rudy Van Gelder
― “a tub of horses” (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link
Another Hollywood familial death pair: Zsa Zsa Gabor's adopted son Oliver died a week after she did, after a motorcycle accident on the day she died.
― nickn, Thursday, 29 December 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
Alf
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Thursday, 29 December 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/arts/music/alphonse-mouzon-jazz-and-fusion-drummer-dies-at-68.html
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 29 December 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
Reported three days ago (though of course it's been a busy three days)
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 29 December 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
^Just breaking
― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 29 December 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
My mom, my wife and I just went through the long list of notable deaths, and, man, the number of people who meant something to me. Just horrifying. So many names I'm ashamed I'd already forgotten were this year. Alan Rickman, Harper Lee ... Curtis Hanson, Kenny Baker ... Alan Vega, Anton Yelchin ... Bernie Worrell, Bill Cunningham ... Tony Conrad, Garry Shandling ...
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/notable-deaths/2016
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 December 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
Just remembered Michael Cimino
― flappy bird, Thursday, 29 December 2016 23:53 (seven years ago) link
Another bow to Carlos Nine, one of my favourite artists. Barely any comics sites gave a toss despite his mad skills shitting all over 99.8% of the artists in the industry.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 30 December 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
I saw on Facebook that Ethiopian drummer Temare Haregu, who played with Hailu Mergia and was a founder of the Walias Band and can be heard on an Ethiopiques compilation or 2, has passed away.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 December 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
The Beatles' first manager Allan Williams
― nate woolls, Friday, 30 December 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
Wow. RIP, Man Who Gave The Beatles Away
― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 December 2016 22:21 (seven years ago) link
rage is playing music by deceased people, including people i didn't know had died (pm dawn, the drummer out of inspiral carpets), so i'm learning about musical deaths via this uplifting playlist
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 30 December 2016 23:03 (seven years ago) link
William Christopher (MASH's Father Mulcahy)
http://abc7.com/entertainment/william-christopher-father-mulcahy-on-mash-dies-at-84/1680901/
― nickn, Sunday, 1 January 2017 01:30 (seven years ago) link
Just came to post that. RIP
― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 January 2017 01:31 (seven years ago) link
:(
he was so good
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 January 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
It feels so stupid to point out that this thread is almost over, but it also seems important. Need a good word for things that are important and stupid
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Sunday, 1 January 2017 04:37 (seven years ago) link
'ilxor'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 1 January 2017 04:43 (seven years ago) link
rip mariah carey
― k3vin k., Sunday, 1 January 2017 04:48 (seven years ago) link
sad they paraded her half naked body around times square in the year's waning moments, 2016 is really ruthless
― k3vin k., Sunday, 1 January 2017 04:49 (seven years ago) link
rip jim calhoun
― mookieproof, Sunday, 1 January 2017 04:52 (seven years ago) link
I think Don Lemon is going to kill himself tonight.
― Treeship, Sunday, 1 January 2017 05:33 (seven years ago) link
Animation great and artistic pioneer Tyrus Wong, dead at 106 at the end of 2016http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/movies/tyrus-wong-dies-bambi-disney.htmlhttp://tyruswongthemovie.com/
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Sunday, 1 January 2017 06:22 (seven years ago) link
Ross Johnson, RJR Nabisco chief exec in '80s
just so we could go on an up note
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 January 2017 09:59 (seven years ago) link
the Ghost Ship fire managed to escape mention on this thread. Cherushii at least deserves mention I'd suspect
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2016/12/07/remembering-bay-area-producer-cherushii-a-victim-of-the-ghost-ship-fire
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 00:32 (seven years ago) link
Is there a 2017 thread yet?
― There shouldn't be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets (stevie), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 11:59 (seven years ago) link
yes.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 12:00 (seven years ago) link
Specifically Rolling Obituary Thread: 2017
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 13:15 (seven years ago) link
thanks guys
― There shouldn't be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets (stevie), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link