November 27, 20196 yr 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.
November 28, 20196 yr And now Jonathan Miller croaked too. Crap. Here’s the two of them shooting the shit in better days.
November 28, 20196 yr 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
December 2, 20196 yr 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
December 9, 20196 yr 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
December 10, 20196 yr 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....
December 10, 20196 yr Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies, aged 61 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50730052 RIP Marie
December 11, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, skullguise said: RIP Marie....and a big Fuck You to cancer....? Yeah on both of those
December 11, 20196 yr 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
December 24, 20196 yr RIP Ram Dass....a legacy of love..... Edited December 24, 20196 yr by skullguise
December 29, 20196 yr Lee Mendelson, producer of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ and lyricist of ‘Christmas Time Is Here’ dies on Christmas
December 29, 20196 yr 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
December 29, 20196 yr Rip Lee... sang your lyrics a few times over the last few weeks. And over a lifetime.
December 30, 20196 yr 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.....
December 30, 20196 yr 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
December 30, 20196 yr 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
December 30, 20196 yr 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
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now