Rolling Obituary Thread 2024

every(*) time i call home the call always starts with "Hello, boy, can you hear me?" which is from his 80s show, one of his characters. i am that old.

(* not quite)

RIP. Wonder who will now inherit all the miniature golf pencil erasers in the world.

Oh okay I see, sorry to kill off the RONG DUDE prematurely.

There's a Steven Wright bit in there somewhere.

I did a couple of his shows when he was our local DJ along with Mike Read (they were a double-act)

I thought it was the comedian too, though I admit I was half surprised to find out he was still alive...he hasn't done much lately has he?

Steven Wright the comic just put out a novel: http://www.stevenwright.com/

“I read that Steven Wright died so I erased the n”

William Post, the inventor of Pop-Tarts.

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2024/02/grand-rapids-man-inventor-of-pop-tarts-dies-at-96.html

;_;

rip mr tart

holy fuck they’re a grand rapids invention?
i didn’t know that. i have a michigan connection to them, oddly enough

when i was in yr 12 at high school i did an exchange & stayed w a family in walker, mi.
for 10 days & went to school etc. while i was there i discovered pop tarts & ate them every morning for breakfast.
the following year when i went to uni a huge box showed up at my dorm — my host mom in michigan had sent me a box full of cartons of strawberry pop tarts. like 50 boxes!

i lived on those things for my first year
i loved them

cannot eat them now lol

poor person's hot pockets

Yoshitaka Murayama, creator of the Suikoden RPG series & its upcoming spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

alexei navalny, supposedly

Least surprising death this year sadly.

Dexter Romweber of Flat Duo Jets.

o shit

(Central/SoCal-specific obit)
Ernesteen McConnell, who cofounded McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams with her husband Gordon, has died at age 104, the company announced.
In a post on Instagram, the chain of ice cream spots described “Ernie” as “a pistol.”
“Sharp, spirited and energetic, she was a woman of boundless energy, positivity and generosity of spirit,” the post says.
McConnell, who was approaching her 105th birthday later this month, helped found the store in 1950 after she and her husband moved to Santa Barbara.
Since then, McConnell’s ice creams, which the company notes are “made from scratch,” are sold at eight scoop shops in Southern California and the Central Coast, as well as in grocery stores.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/socal-ice-cream-pioneer-dies-at-104/

sending thoughts & prayers to Babs - McConnell’s coffee icecream is her favorite

McConnell's Turkish Coffee ice cream is perfect. Of course it looks like coffee ice cream with an ash try full of espresso grind mixed in, but it is still a perfect ice cream.

longtime college basketball coach (most notably at maryland) lefty driesell, 92

Andreas Brehme, a Germany legend who scored the winning goal in the 1990 World Cup final, has died.

Rest in peace, Andreas. pic.twitter.com/3EAscikK9X

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) February 20, 2024

RIP

Not quite on Brehme's level but a fascinating story:

https://x.com/TomLinesEtc/status/1759899259183243399

Apparently David Irving. No loss there.

hes come out and denied it

Ewen Macintosh (Keith from The Office)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/21/the-office-actor-ewen-macintosh-dies-aged-50

My God, only 50.

The Office largely passed me by, but I love Keith's appraisal scene and often re-watch that.

Hydeia Broadbent, AIDS activist, age 39

https://www.hydeiabroadbent.com/

Ellen Gilchrist, 88.

https://bnnbreaking.com/world/germany/remembering-rainer-buchm%C3%BCller-fred-und-luna-a-pioneer-of-electrokraut/?fbclid=IwAR1wd_5xok3iVDdl2A5sDUvtp1kCPpn5OAKatDXOAoMp1CLAobmnyaRJVKE

Rainer Buchmüller, aka Fred und Luna, of cancer.

only discovered not too long ago, composer of wonderful neo-krautrock/motorik electro pop stuff. Just late last year compiled Future Sounds of Kraut Vol 1 and Vol 2 is out shortly.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/micheline-presle-dead-devil-in-the-flesh-1235832238/

Actress Micheline Presle, 101.

https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/23/eastenders-doctor-actress-pamela-salem-dies-aged-80-20332099/

Pamela Salem, who obviously I know best from Doctor Who but also her pantomime masterwork, Into The Labyrinth opposite Ron Moody.

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/coronation-street-actor-john-savident-dead-fred-elliot-tributes-b1141107.html

John Savident, a storied career but famous as Fred Elliot in Coronation Street, I said famous as Fred Elliot in Coronation Street.

Oh, shame. RIP.

Oh, shame. RIP.

Oops.

Who can forget his classic description of how he was assaulted and robbed by a young man he'd met in a pub and brought home to "talk about the theatre".

"I suddenly felt somebody come up behind me and whizz me round so I was face down on the bed and then I felt a prick on my throat".

Kpop producer Shinsadong Tiger https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/prominent-pop-composer-shinsadong-tiger-found-dead-south-107475507

Huge loss, responsible for a ton of classics - 2nd gen kpop would not have been the same without him

I'm surprised to find out John Savident was only 86, i said was only 86.

"I suddenly felt somebody come up behind me and whizz me round so I was face down on the bed and then I felt a prick on my throat".

!!!!!!

easily an all time top 10 Corrie character.

RIP Fred, I said RIP Fred

https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/claude-montana-dead-76-obituary

1980s designer Claude Montana, 76.

Flaco the owl.

:(

I hadn't really been following the story but it totally hit me where it hurts just now.

oh fuck

Window strike

Really upset about Flaco

Me too

Lyn Hejinian, one of the foremost poets, publishers, and poetic thinkers of the past 60 years, passed away in hospice this morning. She was always kind and generous with her time and thought. I will miss her, though also know her work will continue to change people as they encounter it.