Rolling Obituary Thread: 2018

what the hell

Award for the worst headline of the year: https://www.insideedition.com/former-er-actress-vanessa-marquez-who-once-criticized-george-clooney-shot-dead-cops-46423

Jazz pianist Randy Weston, at 92.

Oh no. RIP:(

Been seeing his face all week, think he was scheduled to play a gig soon

How did you find out?

Okay, I see it on Facebook

I was thinking about going to that upcoming show but once I realized what a giant pain in the ass it would be to get there (the venue was all the way at the end of the R line in Queens) I had already blown it off.

I know almost nothing about his work. Earlier today, though, I was listening to a solo album from 1974, Blues to Africa, that was really good.

What venue was it, do you remember?

Glad I got to see him I few times, both onstage and in the audience at another show. Incredible musician, bandleader and personality

It was the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, and it was back in July:

https://www.jcal.org/randyweston

RIP Randy, I've got an album of his somewhere. One of the things I remember about him is that he was really tall, like 6'7" or 6'8".

Saw that Conway Savage may have passed?... it’s only on 1 site atm though (noise11) , seems somewhat premature & unverified

Showing up all over now re Conway Savage. RIP music man.

;_;

kenny shopsin of new york restaurant shopsins

calvin trillin profiled him in 2002
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/04/15/dont-mention-it

I know I ate there once, was OK. There's a documentary about him too.

Jacqueline Pearce of Blake's 7 fame - love her sitar wig-out in Hammer's The Reptile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmR7bqVaNZE

:( RIP Jacqueline. Kind of a Cosey Fanni Tutti look going on in that clip.

RIP Servalan.

http://extratv.com/2018/09/03/gloria-jean-30s-and-40s-singer-and-actress-dead-at-92/

Gloria Jean, costar to W.C. Fields and Groucho Marx, 92.

Rachael Bland (40), from 5Live https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45410652

Carole Shelley, Tony winner for The Elephant Man and Gwendolyn Pigeon in three incarnations of The Odd Couple

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/carole-shelley-dead-one-pigeon-sisters-odd-couple-was-79-1139227

Liz Frazer, actress probably best known for her Carry On work.

Whoa, you really scared me there for a second.

RIP the original Liz Frazer.

burt reynolds

damn...I'm not surprised, he's looked pretty frail for a few years now.

I think he was pretty damn underrated, back in the early days when he was committed to being more "serious" onscreen he really seemed like a major star presence, and I think his more lightweight mustache era work kind of undermined his legacy a bit. But he was good.

aw man

i loved Burt :(

Not the Liz Fraser I care about

Thank you for that contribution. RIP Burt.

I had a big cardboard cutout of Burt Reynolds (taken from spec savers, I think?) from the end of school through university. Not entirely sure why...

The Man Who Loved Women will forever resonate int me soul

The NY library actually has a copy of that on *VHS*. The idea of a Blake Edwards remake of a Truffaut film is still bizarre.

Burt voted for Trump, so no wonder he was dumb enough to turn down the Nicholson role in Terms of Endearment.

Mac Miller

http://www.tmz.com/2018/09/07/mac-miller-dead-dies/

Jesus

Damn!

Bill Daily

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bill-daily-major-healey-dream-025534854.html

RIP Howard Borden

seriously, wtf is wrong with showbiz obit writers these days? who the motherfuck values Jeannie over Bob Newhart?

RIP. Loved that guy. Can’t quite remember his appearance on MTM.

Ah, seemed it was a proposed spinoff for Jim

Joseph Schindelman - original illustrator for the Charlie & The Chocolate Factory books
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=190145327
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/i-still-enjoy-what-a-line-can-do

Adam Clymer, NY Times correspondent 1977-2003; (called "major-league asshole" by GWB)

Gary John Bassett aka Johnny Strike of Crime.

Fenella Fielding

I loved Fenella Fielding, such a unique character, I feel like she never found a vehicle big enough for her.

Gary John Bassett aka Johnny Strike of Crime

Ah man. Now there's a band.

Is that the Crime who did Murder By Guitar?

yes