DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[3fingers]

He can't be dead, he's just a kid. Wow.

I recently attended a funeral service in my hometown for a classmate. I haven't lived there for 25 years. Until my mother passed, I would go to visit her and occasionally see a few people around town. A lot of the people I saw at the funeral were around my current age when I left. They are now in their 80s. How in the world did that happen?
It was a shock to say the least.

 

[OldStrummer]

Notable cartoonist of the macabre, Gahan Wilson has died at 89. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gahan_Wilson

 

[GHT]

Gary Rhodes OBE was an English restaurateur and television chef, known for his love of British cuisine and ingredients and for his distinctive spiked hair style. He fronted shows such as MasterChef, MasterChef USA, Hell's Kitchen, and his own series, Rhodes Around Britain. Born: 22 April 1960, London. Died: 26 November 2019, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Spouse: Jennie Rhodes (m. 1989–2019)

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., Mariss Jansons.

 

[Tiki Tom]

"Day-O" song writer, Irving Burgie, passes away at age 95. RIP. My dad (who spent almost a decade in the Caribbean) handed down a love of Calypso to me.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50619991

 

[MisterCairo]

Gary Rhodes OBE was an English restaurateur and television chef, known for his love of British cuisine and ingredients and for his distinctive spiked hair style. He fronted shows such as MasterChef, MasterChef USA, Hell's Kitchen, and his own series, Rhodes Around Britain. Born: 22 April 1960, London. Died: 26 November 2019, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Spouse: Jennie Rhodes (m. 1989–2019)
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So sad to hear about this. His was among the first cooking shows I ever watched, Rhodes Around Britain, along with the Two Fat Ladies. I can still picture him at a monastery making Gypsy Tart from condensed milk. He made a much better advocate for cooking, and British cooking at that, than the bombastic twit that is Gordon Ramsay.

 

[MisterCairo]

Shelley Morrison, perhaps best known as the maid Rosario from the show Will and Grace, has died, aged 83:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/shelley-morrison-will-and-grace-rosario-1.5380467

 

[GHT]

"Day-O" song writer, Irving Burgie, passes away at age 95. RIP. My dad (who spent almost a decade in the Caribbean) handed down a love of Calypso to me.

At first I was surprised that Irving Burgie was still with us, having seen him on a children's TV show in the 1960's, and then saddened at his passing. Did you know that it was Burgie who inspired Booker T & The MG's to write Soul Limbo? And did you know that MG's was not named after Booker T's V8 MGB, it's an acronym for Memphis Group?

 

[Doctor Strange]

D.C. Fontana, one of the major architects of Star Trek:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/arts/dc-fontana-star-trek.html

https://www.startrek.com/news/dc-fontana-1939-2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._C._Fontana

After working on Gene Roddenberry's previous series, she came to TOS as script editor, ghost-rewriting submitted scripts to bring them more in line with established continuity. She created much of the lore around Mr. Spock, a character for whom she had particular affinity, wrote some classic episodes under pseudonyms, and contributed other bedrock ideas to the series/Trek mythos. Though unknown to the general public, she's been venerated by hardcore first-gen Trek fans like me for decades.

 

[Frunobulax]

D.C. Fontana, one of the major architects of Star Trek:

https://www.startrek.com/news/dc-fontana-1939-2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._C._Fontana

After working on Gene Roddenberry's previous series, she came to TOS as script editor, ghost-rewriting submitted scripts to bring them more in line with established continuity. She created much of the lore around Mr. Spock, a character for whom she had particular affinity, wrote some classic episodes under pseudonyms, and contributed other bedrock ideas to the series/Trek mythos. Though unknown to the general public, she's been venerated by hardcore first-gen Trek fans like me for decades.

Yes, next to Mr. Roddenberry, she was Star Trek.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A real pathbreaker in her field, and, along with Gene Coon, the most important writer the show ever had. Roddenberry liked to call himself the "Great Bird," but she's the one who built the nest.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Speaking of great birds... Big Bird performer Caroll Spinney:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/obituaries/caroll-spinney-dead.html

 

[Zombie_61]

Robert Walker Jr., arguably best known for his roles as Charlie Evans in the Star Trek episode "Charlie X" and as Jack in the 1969 movie Easy Rider, died on December 5th at the age of 79. No cause of death has been made public as yet.

 

[OldStrummer]

Rene Auberjonois. Odo to Star Trek Deep Space Nine fans, Clayton Endicott III on Benson, and Paul Lewis on Boston Legal. He also played Father Mulcahy in the film version of M. A. S. H. and Roy Bagley in King Kong (1976), as well as doing many voices for animated programs. December 8, at 79.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I'm heartbroken at this -- Auberjonois was a fine actor and by all accounts a very good man. First Nog, and now Odo. This has been a very sad year to be a Niner.

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., Constable Odo.

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., Marie Fredriksson. Rock on in heaven.

 

[MisterCairo]

R.I.P., Marie Fredriksson. Rock on in heaven.

Very sad, and so young. Another piece of my youth is gone...

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainm...on-dead-at-61/ar-BBY1KqT?li=AAggNb9&ocid=iehp

 

[MisterCairo]

Former actor Philip McKeon, best known for the 70s sitcom "Alice", and later for being the brother of "Facts of Life" actor Nancy McKeon, has died after a long illness, aged only 55:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertain...ld-actor-has-died-at-55/ar-AAK03M6?li=AAggFp5

Our family saw the film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" at the drive in in 1974, I vaguely remember it as we had to stay to see the "grown up" film after the other movie that I cannot recall! We later became fans of the show Alice.

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., Danny Aiello.