Rolling Obituary Thread 2024

Saw him with The Cosmos often as well. Amazing. RIP

Oh man, Phill and Franz RIP

I never got to see the Cosmos play live, but to the extent there was soccer on TV in the western U.S. (which was almost not at all), I did get to see that club, which consisted of several aging greats and Italian fugitive Giorgio Chinaglia. IIRC, they did play some friendlies with German clubs and got pasted.

But RIP Der Kaiser, the original sweeper.

rip franz. the first image of him to come to mind is always him playing in a sling during what I think was the 1970 world cup due to a broken collarbone.

JPR Williams

Larry Collins of early Rockabilly outfit The Collins Kids

https://www.vintageguitar.com/58564/renowned-guitarist-larry-collins-passes/

He co-wrote "Delta Dawn"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnAQvu7OqrY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ1TYUK8T8

Kind of hard to believe that no one here is a Iasos fan— him and Niblock dying around the same time seems wild to me

I can't call myself a fan but I have enjoyed what I've heard, he seems a true character. Wouldn't mind taking a deeper dive.

Damn, RIP Iasos. Was just listening to Bora Bora 2000 yesterday.

Confessing my own ignorance — I've never listened to Niblock (had him confused with Phil Minton in my head, in fact) and never even heard of Iasos.

Those Larry Collins clips are amazing, thanks for sharing

Confessing my own ignorance — I've never listened to Niblock (had him confused with Phil Minton in my head, in fact) and never even heard of Iasos.

It was Phillip Corner I used to confuse him with. Ditto on Iasos btw.

Tony Clarkin of pomp rockers Magnum :(

Sad to hear that. Never the hippest of bands, but I heartily enjoyed seeing them back in the early 80s (less so in the mid-80s).

RIP Larry Collins

xp

yeah, they had some nice songs at their heights

Artist Alexis Smith, 74

https://www.artforum.com/news/alexis-smith-dies-19492024-545853/

Tracy Tormé, writer for Sliders, Star Trek TNG, Carnivàle, and a lot of UFO shows.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tracy-torme-dead-sliders-star-trek-next-generation-1235783832/

Melania Trump's mother, Amalija Knavs

I really don’t care, do u?

That's exactly what Donald said to Melania.

she was my mahjong partner, I will miss her

jaysus the bar for the rip threads had better not be that because lads i could print the death notices of the mayo news each week here and make a case vs some of our entries

yes im gatekeeping the threshold for the rip thread what av it

fwiw i believe it’s fair game since it is technically “news” inasmuch as it relates to former president dipshit, my comment was more meant as a jest

mine too

mainly!

RIP Terry Bisson, author most famously of Fire on the Mountain, an excellent and politically radical sci-fi novel.

That sounds pretty good; might track down a copy. I only know Bisson from his stories "Bears Discover Fire" and "They're Made Out Of Meat," both of which are great.

It’s pretty good, my main complaint was that I wanted it to be longer!!

Tisa Farrow, one time film actress and sister of Mia (72)

Ed Broadbent, leader of the Canadian New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989, aged 87.

Seemed to be about the most decent politician ever.

RIP Tisa Farrow - we'll always have Zombie Flesh Eaters.

RIP Gothic horror expert David J Skal
https://medicotopics.com/david-j-skal-historian-passed-away-car-accident/

Annie Nightingale, 83 😢

Fuck. RIP

Apart from her general brilliance, she DJed my book launch, and for that I’m eternally grateful. RIP.

not sure i ever really listened to her shows tbh, but 9 year old me always thought she was dead cool for appearing on the back cover of 'zenyatta mondata' (she's part of the press group stood behind andy)

Used to love her post Essential Mix shows (The Chill Out Zone?) in the 90s

Absolute trailblazer and such an incredible life and career

Aw, shame. RIP Annie.

She was on the "Celeb" panel on the final "Pop Quest 1975" that our team won through to. She chatted to us, really genuine, just like she was on the radio (although she was "just about to" start the Radio 1 request show she was best known for - in fact by the time the show aired she was well into broadcasting it, and pretended as much on the TV show which was filmed months before...)

It was her Sunday evening show in the 80s that I really liked. Never listened to her much after that, but that show turned me on to a world of music I would not have been able to hear anywhere else on the dial.

She read my name out on her Sunday night show once but I'm damned if I can remember why.

That’s a sad one, although I never really listened much to her shows in recent decades she appeared to be keeping the flame alive until very recently - I hope I’m still able to go clubbing that late in life.

liked her sunday show a lot. also her presenting on whistle test. thought she was about 70!!

RIP Red Paden at only 67. My wife and I went to his divey blues bar in Clarksdale, Mississippi once . A great place.

Red Paden, who as the self-proclaimed “king of the juke joint runners” spent four decades as the owner of Red’s, an unassuming music spot in downtown Clarksdale, Miss., and one of the last places in the United States to offer authentic Delta blues in its natural setting, died on Dec. 30. He was 67.
His son, Orlando, said the death, in a hospital in Jackson, Miss., was from complications of heart surgery.

From NY Times obit

Still kind of reeling about Annie Nightingale - knew the Beatles but was debuting Autechre tracks in the 2010s. I read the quote in her obit about nobody in her age range apart from Peel having the same hunger for new sounds. To reclaim a cliche, what a legend.

don't really know her history but just watched her introduce and sign off on the Damned's classic and vary chaotic OGWT appearance in 79, Smash It Up and I Just Can't Be Happy Today. She took it all in stride with a sense of humor.