2022 Obits: Gone, but not forgotten
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6CliffBurns
Sorry, inadvertently posted this on last year's thread:
Meatloaf has left the building:
https://ew.com/music/meat-loaf-dead-celebrity-tributes-cher-boy-george/?utm_camp...
Meatloaf has left the building:
https://ew.com/music/meat-loaf-dead-celebrity-tributes-cher-boy-george/?utm_camp...
7iansales
Have to be honest - always hated his music (although, to be fair, I put that down to Jim Steinman's song writing and production).
10Taphophile13
Dr. Johnny Fever (Howard Hesseman)
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/howard-hesseman-wkrp-in-cincinnati-head-...
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/howard-hesseman-wkrp-in-cincinnati-head-...
12mstrust
Actor William Hurt: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/arts/william-hurt-dead.html
13mstrust
Wrestler Scott Hall, aka Razor Ramon: https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/33505127/wrestling-legend-wwe-hall-famer-sco...
14mstrust
Taylor Hawkins, drummer for The Foo Fighters: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkin...
18Cecrow
>17 CliffBurns:, oof. Love his soundtracks for 1492 and Alexander.
19CliffBurns
The "Love Theme" from "Blade Runner" was my favorite bit of music by the man--that slow, sexy sax.
I have a number of his soundtracks, including the two you allude to. Good music to write to.
I have a number of his soundtracks, including the two you allude to. Good music to write to.
22jldarden
Great character Philip Baker Hall has passed away. His film 'Hard Eight' is a good one and he was the library cop on Seinfeld.
24CliffBurns
A genius of theatre, Peter Brook:
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jul/03/peter-brook-influential-theatre-vi...
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jul/03/peter-brook-influential-theatre-vi...
25CliffBurns
RIP the political career of Boris Johnson. Now let's drive a stake through his fucking heart to make it official:
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mps-boris-johnson-remorse-resignation-speech/
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mps-boris-johnson-remorse-resignation-speech/
26CliffBurns
James Caan. My sister and I just watched him in "Thief", one of his best roles:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/07/the-godfather-star-james-caan-dies-...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/07/the-godfather-star-james-caan-dies-...
27jldarden
Taurean Blacque, played Detective Neal Washington on the cop show’Hill Street Blues’. A groundbreaking ensemble series.
30CliffBurns
Love both those dudes. Never took a scene off, either of them.
31Cecrow
Actress Nichelle Nichols, played Uhura in Star Trek.
https://ca.yahoo.com/news/nichelle-nichols-lt-uhura-star-185825252.html
https://ca.yahoo.com/news/nichelle-nichols-lt-uhura-star-185825252.html
32Cecrow
Olivia Newton-John, actress and singer
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/olivia-newton-john-dead-73-1.6545036
Lamont Dozier, Motown songwriter
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-motown-dozier-1.6545591
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/olivia-newton-john-dead-73-1.6545036
Lamont Dozier, Motown songwriter
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-motown-dozier-1.6545591
35justifiedsinner
Nicholas Evans, the horse whisperer, has gone silent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/books/nicholas-evans-dead.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/books/nicholas-evans-dead.html
36jldarden
Just read the author Stuart Woods passed. Author of Chiefs and the Stone Barrington series.
38Cecrow
>37 mejix:, was a time this would be the number one headline in the news, overshadowing everything else. The single-most important politician of the 1990s, imo, and an exemplary one who should stand as a model for all.
"I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination."
Thank you, Mikhail.
"I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination."
Thank you, Mikhail.
40Cecrow
Queen Elizabeth II
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-elizabeth-obituary-1.6575696
Long live the king.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-elizabeth-obituary-1.6575696
Long live the king.
41RobertDay
>40 Cecrow: Now we've all got to learn new words for the National Anthem!
43CliffBurns
Jean-Luc Godard:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/13/jean-luc-godard-giant-of-the-french...
I was never a fan--Truffaut was more to my taste--but there is no disputing he was an innovator and auteur.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/13/jean-luc-godard-giant-of-the-french...
I was never a fan--Truffaut was more to my taste--but there is no disputing he was an innovator and auteur.
44RobertDay
>43 CliffBurns: Alphaville's luminous black-and-white Paris of 1965 now looks more fantastic than any science-fictional vision of that time could have.
45Cecrow
Hilary Mantel. That caught me by surprise.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-author-mantel-1.6592826
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-author-mantel-1.6592826
46Cecrow
Sacheen Littlefeather received her apology from the academy just in time:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sacheen-littlefeather-dead-oscar-1.6604026
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sacheen-littlefeather-dead-oscar-1.6604026
49Cecrow
Angela Lansbury, actress
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/angela-lansbury-obituary-1.6612925
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/angela-lansbury-obituary-1.6612925
50Cecrow
Robbie Coltrane, actor
https://people.com/movies/robbie-coltrane-dead-at-72-harry-potter-hagrid-actor/
https://people.com/movies/robbie-coltrane-dead-at-72-harry-potter-hagrid-actor/
51mstrust
Actor-comedian Leslie Jordan: https://variety.com/2022/tv/obituaries-people-news/leslie-jordan-dead-will-and-g...
52CliffBurns
Christine McVie, of Fleetwood Mac:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/christine-mcvie-fleetwood-mac-dead...
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/christine-mcvie-fleetwood-mac-dead...
54RobertDay
>52 CliffBurns: Turns out that the mother of a friend of mine taught her in primary and junior school.
55CliffBurns
I love these connections you have with people, Robert.
I have no comparable circle of friends and acquaintances.
I have no comparable circle of friends and acquaintances.
56DugsBooks
>52 CliffBurns: “Christine McVie, of Fleetwood Mac:”. ….such great work….
59Cecrow
>58 Taphophile13:, I remember the impression she made in her interviews. You knew there wasn't anything she was afraid to ask, and there would always be something unexpected. The best hook for getting people to watch was always to show her asking some wild question and then you just HAD to find out what the response to that was going to be. Gold standard every other interviewer will be compared to.