DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[MisterCairo]

I just heard about this too. What a shame. Again, had the chance to see them live a couple years back and missed. Dammit.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/taylor-hawkins-obit-1.6398683

 

[Bamaboots]

He seemed like such a positive, cool guy, too.

I always enjoyed any interview I saw with him and he could cover Queen like dammit! RIP.

 

[Zombie_61]

Taylor Hawkins, drummer for the Foo Fighters died at the age of 50.

Now that a bit of time has passed, reports are that a number of drugs were found in his room and that he died of some form of overdose; allegedly he had 10 different substances in his system at the time of death. Some sites are reporting his heart weighed twice what it should have. CBS News is also saying "local health officials" received a report of a patient with chest pain, but that their resuscitation efforts failed and the patient died. Still, no exact cause of death has been announced yet because toxicology and other reports can take up to six weeks.

 

[MisterCairo]

Demon drugs.

 

[Harp]

Drugs and alcohol most likely.

 

[MisterCairo]

Sad news for me, one of my favourite character actors, Ralph Riach, has died, aged 86.

Ralph Riach dead: Braveheart and Taggart star dies aged 83

RALPH RIACH, who starred in BBC comedy Hamish Macbeth, has died at the age of 83.

www.express.co.uk

Perhaps best known for playing "TV" John McIver (that's pronounced Mc-EEver) in Hamish Macbeth. He was quite late to acting, starting about age 46. An early for him film appearance was in Mel Gibson's abominable Braveheart.

Farewell, TV John...

 

[Touchofevil]

Might not be known to many here, but Mark Lanegan passed away back on the 22nd of February. He was the lead singer for the Screaming Trees, sometime member of Queens of the Stone Age, and a successful solo artist.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

RIP Rubber Duck
C.W. McCall (1928-2022)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

RIP Rubber Duck
C.W. McCall (1928-2022)

 

[carouselvic]

Roland White R.I.P.

 

[Woodtroll]

RIP Rubber Duck
C.W. McCall (1928-2022)

What a shame! But he left a legacy behind. He was a great songwriter - many of his songs had a wry type of humor without being quite as silly as some of his more famous ones.

 

[Doctor Strange]

George Costanza's mom!

Estelle Harris, the Nagging Mrs. Costanza on ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies at 93

The late-blooming actress with the iconic, high-pitched voice also was Mrs. Potato Head in the 'Toy Story' films.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[MisterCairo]

Sad, but a really good run. We shoukd all be so lucky.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/estelle-harris-obit-costanza-seinfeld-toy-story-1.6406783

 

[MisterCairo]

Way back in 1988 my mum and I discovered Eastenders, they had just started airing the show in Canada. We were watching 1985 episodes as they caught up.

I remember "Dot Brown" in the laundromat, wash, dry and fold. Chain smoking like a trooper! Gave up on the show after a while.

She had a good innings as they say!

June Brown, 'EastEnders' icon Dot Cotton, dies at 95

 

[MisterCairo]

Teen idol Bobby Rydell, born and really named Ridarelli, was just shy of turning 80.

Volare will never sound the same again...

Music icon Bobby Rydell 'DEAD' at 79 as fans mourn 'tremendous' legacy

MUSIC icon Bobby Rydell died at age 79 on Tuesday. The very first ’60s-era teen idol left behind a “tremendous” legacy now being mourned by heartbroken fans. Bobby crooned hits li…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Zombie_61]

Gilbert Gottfried, comedian and actor, has died at the age of 67 after battling a long illness. "Gottfried died at 2:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II", according to Glenn Schwartz, his longtime friend and publicist.

 

[Frunobulax]

Gilbert Gottfried, comedian and actor, has died at the age of 67 after battling a long illness. "Gottfried died at 2:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II", according to Glenn Schwartz, his longtime friend and publicist.

Didn't see that one coming.

 

[belfastboy]

Didn't see that one coming.

He was genuinely funny.....his bit on Kurt Waldheim and the Nazi salute is brilliant.

 

[Edward]

Pamela Rooke, better known by her nom de guerre Jordan, died recently aged just 66. You may never have known her name, but if punk rock and the London punk rock revolution of 1976/77 in particular ever meant anything to you, you will know her face. Hugely important figure in the look of punk rock as a fashion (anti-fashion) movement. She was utterly fearless, and dressed as she did for real, day to day - no hobbyist or scenester she. In recent decades, she became a vetinary nurse with a particular penchant for rescue cats. One of those genuine souls who never sold out, never became everything against which she had once railed, and never - unlike so many - dissolved into bitterness over conflicting, ego-driven memories. She was punk rock long before anyone had ever heard of it, and she will remain so long after every last scene Ozymandius has been reduced to a shattered visage in the desert.

Requiescat in pace

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...ke-punk-rock-fashion-icon-jordan-dies-aged-66

 

[Frunobulax]

Pamela Rooke, better known by her nom de guerre Jordan, died recently aged just 66. You may never have known her name, but if punk rock and the London punk rock revolution of 1976/77 in particular ever meant anything to you, you will know her face. Hugely important figure in the look of punk rock as a fashion (anti-fashion) movement. She was utterly fearless, and dressed as she did for real, day to day - no hobbyist or scenester she. In recent decades, she became a vetinary nurse with a particular penchant for rescue cats. One of those genuine souls who never sold out, never became everything against which she had once railed, and never - unlike so many - dissolved into bitterness over conflicting, ego-driven memories. She was punk rock long before anyone had ever heard of it, and she will remain so long after every last scene Ozymandius has been reduced to a shattered visage in the desert.

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Requiescat in pace

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...ke-punk-rock-fashion-icon-jordan-dies-aged-66

The name rings a bell, but I don't recognize her. Notwithstanding that, too young to go.