Rolling Obituary Thread: 2018

Speaking of Sanders, has anyone seen him play recently? Is he still bringin' it? He's scheduled for a local festival in June, and that might make me go.

xp sorry be be a little crass.

He's playing here NYC in about two weeks. I've heard he's still good, if obviously slightly mellowed with age, so I might check it out.

Saw him maybe seven years ago and he was great. Last time I saw him two-three years ago he hardly overblew, maybe not at all, was too inside for my taste.

Last time I saw Sanders he was barely there, really disappointing. But I don't want him to die!

Jeez, RIP Cecil

Soul songwriter and Holland-Dozier-Holland collaborator who also worked with George Clinton Ron Dunbar, died April 4 at 77. https://www.soultracks.com/story-ron-dunbar-dies

Susan Anspach

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/susan-anspach-dead-five-easy-pieces-blume-love-actress-was-75-1100288

oh shit not cecil

So sad about Cecil. RIP.

RIP Cecil. I had a bad feeling that thread revive would be a shit one :(

Aw, Isao Takahata. Our son has had Totoro, Ponyo and Kiki on rotation since we bought some Ghibli DVDs last month.

I'm sad about that one too. It reminded me that I should watch Grave of the Fireflies at some point if I can take it.

Yeah, same here.

I lasted 25 minutes. If you’re a parent the thing is an emotional shotgun.

Takahata and Taylor in one day. This world is hurting.

Only Yesterday got a new English release in 2016 and is excellent.

I'd heard of Cecil Taylor for long time but never really checked him out until we decided to name our son Cecil, and he was adopted from a woman named Taylor. She was the only person we told the name to before he was born.

I mentioned him to her after we told her the name we'd chosen and she, a 20 year old in a very chaotic period of her life, gave me most amazing "what the fuck kind of old man music nerd shit about 'free jazz' are you telling me right now?" look which still makes me laugh whenever I think about this.

never knew Anspach had a child with Nicholson.

I missed Susan Anspach. Have mentioned her many times on this board. She sure left a lasting impression based on the four films she did between '70 and '73. (Actually, it's been a while since I saw The Landlord, so I can't remember how big her role is.)

French singer/songwriter Jacques Higelin: http://en.rfi.fr/20180406-jacques-higelin-obit

Sad about Ron Dunbar (x-post above) who co-wrote Freda Payne’s “Band of Gold” plus P-Funk songs

RIP-Funk Ron :(

Yvonne Staples

Mitzi Shore, owner of The Comedy Store

...and mother of Pauly!

yes

Oh wow. I don't know anything about her first-hand, but she was a constant non diegetic presence in Maron's podcast.

J.D. McClatchy, poet and partner to book designer / novelist Chip Kidd.

J.D. McClatchy's martini recipe is as... particular as J.D. McClatchy was, may he rest in lemon-spritzed, Lucky Pierre peace pic.twitter.com/AHh3TXYBgL

— Matthew Schneier (@MatthewSchneier) April 11, 2018

x-post-- aww RIP Yvonne Staples. She was comfortable singing in the background.

Art Bell. No other details atm

Mr Veg said “He didnt die. (Solemnly) They came and got him.”

Some of my best road trip memories from my first visits here were the late nights listening to Coast To Coast with Mr Veg. A true piece of Americana imo

aw damn RIP

Miloš Forman.

Wtf no

Nooooooooo!

he was old

Sorry to see him go, but he did have a respectable run.

And, before that, a more interesting and cutting-edge one.

(Tho tbh, I love Amadeus as much as Soto, so.)

THEY finally silenced Art Bell. (And by "THEY," I mean old age.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/nyregion/david-buckel-dead-fire.html

David Buckel via self immolation.

Vittorio Taviani of the Taviani Brothers (directors of The Night of the Shooting Stars and Padre Padrone.

Also, R. Lee Ermey, though I don't have a source for that one.

Ermey's passing was confirmed via his Facebook/Twitter accounts. 72 years old, pneumonia -- unfortunate and by all accounts totally unexpected, but a hell of a run.

ah damn

i was a fan of his reality show Mail Call on the history channel (the other ones not so much)

Sadly remembering how he will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you.

Also unscrew your head and shit down your neck

FIVE FOOT NINE? I DIDNT KNOW THEY STACKED SHIT THAT HIGH!

giving a reacharound in his honor

lol