RIP someone or another

[mikeymad]

RIP Greg Biffle - and family.... 

RIP Mr. La Biff. 

[Knuckledragger]

Just heard that Ken Downie of The Black Dog passed.  TBD released a fantastic number of IDM gems in the first half of the 90s.  My personal favorite is Raxmus:

 

[Voltron]

RIP Joe Ely. Saw him at least a couple of times opening for the Kinks and the Clash and I'm guessing elsewhere as well. ☹️

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-12-16/joe-ely-texas-country-rock-legend-collaborator-with-clash-bruce-springsteen-dead-at-78

[HiWire]

RIP, Chris Rea.

[Dusty Chalk]

😭

Fuck.

[Grahame]

9 hours ago, HiWire said:

RIP, Chris Rea.

As a friend once said,

"With a voice like honey, poured over gravel".

Or the M25's unofficial theme song

RIP, Chris.

 

[HemiSam]

Quite a loss.  Godspeed, Chris....

2025 has been a rough one.

HS

[Knuckledragger]

The Cure's Perry Bamonte Dead at 65.

 

[Sechtdamon]

RIP, Brigitte Bardot... 

[blessingx]

RIP Cecilia Giménez, painting restorer

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/cecilia-gimenez-monkey-christ-mural-dies-spain 

 

Edited December 30, 2025 by blessingx

[Torpedo]

Oh come on, poor woman . I think it’s terrible that someone lets you do such thing when you’re not qualified for the job, but being remembered after your death for it…

[blessingx]

...

But her artistic mishap created an economic boon for Borja, a town of 5,000 inhabitants.

Tourists flocked to see her efforts. Less than three years later, more than 150,000 visitors from Japan, Brazil, the United States and elsewhere had made a trip to Borja, paying one euro, about $1.20, to view her work under a protective clear cover.

Local officials told The Times in 2014 that the tourism spike had stabilized the town’s restaurant industry and helped the area’s institutions. The nearby Museo de la Colegiata, which houses religious medieval art, experienced a rise in annual visits to 70,000, from 7,000. Vineyards in the region squabbled over the rights to put Mrs. Giménez’s Christ on their labels. In 2016, two Americans even staged an opera about the affair in the same church.

Mrs. Giménez, once ridiculed, became a beloved figure, even handing out prizes for a competition of young artists who had painted their own “Ecce Homo” portraits. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/world/europe/spain-jesus-fresco-restoration-painter-gimenez-dead.html 

[Torpedo]

All that was a side effect which doesn’t say much in favor of human nature.

[dsavitsk]

 

https://deadline.com/2025/12/isiah-whitlock-jr-dead-the-wire-spike-lee-movies-1236658855/

 

[Voltron]

That sucks. RIP Isiah

[Knuckledragger]

This is my favorite edit.

From almost 20 years ago.  RIP.

[TMoney]

Sheeeeeeeit!

https://youtu.be/4UXJZgOiVAI

[blessingx]

Not a lot of cinema giants left, but we just lost another - RIP Bela Tarr. 

https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/bela-tarr-dead-1235171338/

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/06/nx-s1-5668240/bela-tarr-filmmaker-dead