Rolling Obituary Thread 2024

Ángeles Flórez Peón, 105. Last remaining militiawoman of the Spanish Civil War
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/world/europe/angeles-florez-peon-dead.html

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 24 June 2024 bookmarkflaglink

:-(

really liked this performance David Wain just posted of Mull

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

He was good on Roseanne as her boss (and later partner) Leon:

Chuck Mitchell : [Leon has just told the poker group that he's gay] W-W-Well, y-y-you know, um, I-I-I know a gay guy. I, uh, his name's Bill. H-H-He lives in Chicago. M-M-Maybe you know him?

Leon Carp : Yeah, yeah, sure I know him. From Chicago. Gay Bill.

I had somehow never made the connection between his character in Clue and Roseanne's boss.

Peter Collins, producer of four Rush albums plus Operation Mindcrime and many others.

Ismail Kadare.

Only read The Palace of Dreams and must confess I didn’t realise he was still around.

Pretty impressive list of credits for Peter Collins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Collins_(record_producer)#Production_discography

Kadare was incredible, RIP.

‘Back in the 1960s, when I was studying to become a Sufi saint in North Africa, my Sheikh told me to read the Koran.’

Robert Irwin has died age 77. He wrote seventeen pieces for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, including this, on translating the Koran:https://t.co/XdgtrhQVit

— London Review of Books (@LRB) July 1, 2024

United States, 248 years old

Oh please. The US died when Obama wore a tan suit.

time to re-read some Robert Irwin and check out Ismail Kadare i guess :(