Rolling Obituary Thread 2024

Jeanette Charles, 96, impersonator of Queen Elizabeth II on TV and the big screen including The Naked Gun.

... people you thought were dead. Outlived Liz at least.

I wonder if Jeannette Charles is the only lookalike to have published an autobiography? Maybe some Elvis impersonators have (impersonator not exactly the same thing as a lookalike, though)

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f748b_e57ae88fe3344a188767f8382139615c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_320,h_495,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/sts_jeannette_charles_book.png

the guy who played Gorbachev in The Naked Gun and Rocky IV had to branch out into playing non-Gorbachev parts post-1991, having exclusively played Gorbachev up until that point. It looks like Charles didn't have any credited roles playing anyone except the Queen, aside from an episode of Mind Your Language where she plays a woman who looks like the Queen

I wonder if Jeannette Charles is the only lookalike to have published an autobiography?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Was_Monty%27s_Double

William Russell was superb in the early Doctor Who. RIP to a well liked legend.

Aw, RIP Ian Chesterton.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/janis-paige-dead-silk-stockings-pajama-game-1235914085/

Stage/screen/TV actress Janis Paige, 101.

Harold Snoad, UK sitcom producer and director. Most famous for his Croft & Perry work, Bosom Manor and Keeping Up Appearances.

That's a name I have seen on screen a lot. Like Ken Morse.

Yeah, Ken Morse is *everywhere*.

Nicholas Ball, very versatile and experienced British actor who got his leading day in the sun with Hazel (but was in loads of comedy things including the Young Ones as well). Also the guy Pamela Stephenson left for Billy Connolly.

*Hazell*

Ranch Sironi, bassist for stoner rock band Nebula. He was a replacement for the band's original bassist, who died 9 months ago.

Sadly not a surprise, but being reported that the body of broadcaster Dr Michael Mosley has been found in Greece.

The body was found next to a fence, about 30 metres from the beach, and would have been visible from the beach.

there was a huge 5 day search effort and sounds like he died in plain sight

Jesus. Never saw a single thing the guy was in but that's very sad.

He was on television quite a bit here in Australia and made some programs here. Seemed like a very personable guy, how sad.

Youtuber Ben Potter AKA Comicstorian

https://www.nme.com/news/film/youtuber-ben-potter-dies-aged-40-3764420

Françoise Hardy

;_;

aww shit :(

I read somewhere that she was the most photographed woman in history... until Madonna came along

:(

I don't listen to my old CDs that much, but hers get played now and then

R.I.P., quelle légende. Love her so much.

the Queen of Gallic Cool

https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Francoise_Hardy.jpg

https://www.formidablemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/006_francoise_hardy_formidablemag-4.jpg

Jazz producer Jean-Philippe Allard.

Jerry West “The Logo”

Howard Fineman

(xpost) Old enough to have watched him when I was too young to appreciate him (probably saw him a couple of times on TV in the early '70s).

Tony LoBianco

http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/beefcake/tonylobianco/tonylobianco3.jpg

http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/beefcake/tonylobianco/tonylobianco3.jpg

sigh

terrific in the bonkers-mad God Told Me To

oh man - so great in Honeymoon Killers! RIP

Mark James, 83---wrote or co-wrote "Always On My Mind," Suspicious Minds," "Hooked On A Feeling." Songs with legs, as this reminds:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/mark-james-dead-elvis-suspicious-minds-hooked-on-a-feeling-1235921647/

RIP, great songwriter!

'Always On My Mind' is an absolute gem of regret

Sidney Felsen, beloved co-founder of Gemini G.E.L., dies at 99

The Melrose Avenue artists’ workshop and lithography publisher, which opened its doors in 1966, took off fast, attracting the likes of Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, Roy Lichtenstein and others, who produced pieces of modern printmaking history there over the years.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-06-10/sidney-felsen-dead-gemini-gel

Kevin Campbell, 54.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/15/kevin-campbell-former-arsenal-and-everton-striker-dies-aged-54

Also Matija Sarkic, Millwall and Montenegro goalkeeper, 26

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/15/matija-sarkic-millwall-and-montenegro-goalkeeper-dies-aged-26

fuck sake

Angela Bofill, 70.

The BBC's headline was something like "ex-Arsenal striker Campbell dies", so my initial thought was that Sol Campbell had died. Which made me feel old. Sol Campbell made his international debut in Euro '96, which was only yesterday. It's hard to think that "Three Lions" etc is twenty years old. Why is everything so dark nowadays. Why do I have to use a torch to read things.

And when I realised it was Kevin Campbell, a completely different footballer. I'm also now terrified that I'm a subconscious racist because I mixed the two players up. It was accidental, but racism is racism. Do I say racist things when I'm asleep? You tell me, Ilxor. Are my paragraph breaks racist?

The headline got me wondering about relative levels of fame. Presumably if Sol Campbell had died the headline would be "Sol Campbell dies" because everybody knows Sol Campbell. He's Sol Campbell. The most famous man to be named after the sun. I wonder if the BBC deliberately wrote the headline in an ambiguous way in order to maximise engagement. In which case it worked.

It's hard to think that "Three Lions" etc is twenty years old.

twenty-eight years old to be precise.

Angela Bofill, 70.

― mike t-diva, Saturday, June 15, 2024 7:27 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

:(

I wonder if the BBC deliberately wrote the headline in an ambiguous way in order to maximise engagement.

Sol Campbell was very much not a striker.

Yoshiko Kuga, 93, actress in many classic Japanese films.