November 27, 20196 yr comment_813549 RIP Clive James. Better known in England and Australia than here, I think, but a great gadfly, writer and wit. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50578512 One of my favorites of his. https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/clive-james-waking-up-in-europa/ And his last poem. Report
November 28, 20196 yr comment_813581 And now Jonathan Miller croaked too. Crap. Here’s the two of them shooting the shit in better days. Report
November 28, 20196 yr comment_813592 Miller succumbed to Alzheimer's apparently. Absolutely no respecter of your former life, fame and personality. RIP Clive James and Jonathon Miller. Also this week the chef, author of cookery books and TV chef Gary Rhodes, aged only 59. It has not been a good week for good guys. RIP all three Report
December 2, 20196 yr comment_813754 I've learned today that Mariss Jansons died the 30th at 76 from cardiovascular disease. He was expected in Madrid to conduct the Bayerische Rundfunk next January Report
December 9, 20196 yr comment_814028 RIP Paul Volcker. Doing the right thing isn’t always popular, but it still is the right thing. NPR Planet Money episode on him: https://t.co/OTMqCSQZqC?amp=1 Edited December 9, 20196 yr by TMoney Report
December 10, 20196 yr comment_814039 RIP Pete Frates, who helped make the ALS "Ice Bucket Challenge" go viral. ALS is a horrible disease, one of my son's classmates had his dad pass from it as well.... Report
December 10, 20196 yr comment_814071 Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies, aged 61 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50730052 RIP Marie Report
December 11, 20196 yr comment_814092 3 hours ago, skullguise said: RIP Marie....and a big Fuck You to cancer....? Yeah on both of those Report
December 11, 20196 yr comment_814101 RIP Caroll Edwin Spinney, better known as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. Big Bird is perennially six years old but Carroll made it to 85 after 50 years of playing and voicing two of television's most memorable characters. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/obituaries/caroll-spinney-dead.amp.html Report
December 24, 20196 yr comment_814505 Baba Ram Dass. https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/ram-dass-dies/ Report
December 24, 20196 yr comment_814510 RIP Ram Dass....a legacy of love..... Edited December 24, 20196 yr by skullguise Report
December 29, 20196 yr comment_814692 Lee Mendelson, producer of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ and lyricist of ‘Christmas Time Is Here’ dies on Christmas Report
December 29, 20196 yr comment_814706 RIP Danny Aiello on December 12. Not sure how I missed this one. I found Danny's obit from the hard copy version of this: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/notable-deaths.html Edited December 29, 20196 yr by Voltron Report
December 29, 20196 yr comment_814707 Rip Lee... sang your lyrics a few times over the last few weeks. And over a lifetime. Report
December 30, 20196 yr comment_814722 7 hours ago, mikeymad said: Rip Lee... sang your lyrics a few times over the last few weeks. And over a lifetime. Nicely (and aptly) put.....RIP Lee..... Report
December 30, 20196 yr comment_814758 3 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said: Neil Innes Indeed BBC News - Neil Innes: Monty Python songwriter dies aged 75 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50948921 Bonzo, Python, Brave Sir Robin's Minstrel, The Rutles. RIP Niel. Edited December 30, 20196 yr by Grahame Report
December 30, 20196 yr comment_814762 Well that was a real shock. Neil Innes - suddenly, and only 11 years older than me. Bloody hell. RIP Neil. In honour of the brilliant idiot musical genius Report
December 30, 20196 yr comment_814770 RIP to Vaughan Oliver, designer/artist responsible for a bunch of the 4AD album covers of the past years that I loved.... https://boingboing.net/2019/12/30/vaughan-oliver-graphic-desi.html https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/vaughan-oliver-album-sleeve-design-4ad-label-pixies-cocteau-twins Report
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