Celeb (and Celeb SO's) Obit Thread

[Grouchy]

Violeta Rivas (80), melodic singer.

[Morris Schæffer]

Writer Harlan Ellison, 84

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/har...ek-1202861048/

[Philip J. Fry]

[baby doll]

Robby Müller, 78

[Grouchy]

Just read about it. One of the greats.

[baby doll]

Claude Lanzmann, 92. Rough week.

[Grouchy]

Has anyone actually seen the full ten hours of Shoah?

[Skitch]

My buddy has. He got the blu-ray set. I've been meaning to borrow it forever.

[baby doll]

Has anyone actually seen the full ten hours of Shoah?

I've seen in twice, once in the early 2000s (on VHS) and again in the early 2010s (on Blu Ray), but never in one sitting.

[Ezee E]

I've seen in twice, once in the early 2000s (on VHS) and again in the early 2010s (on Blu Ray), but never in one sitting.

Anyone that says they've seen it in one sitting is a filthy liar.

[baby doll]

Anyone that says they've seen it in one sitting is a filthy liar.

I did see Evolution of a Filipino Family (which is eleven and a half hours) at the TIFF Lightbox in October, where it was shown without an intermission, though technically I didn't see all of it because I had to keep getting up to go to the washroom and to get snacks.

[Ezee E]

I did see Evolution of a Filipino Family (which is eleven and a half hours) at the TIFF Lightbox in October, where it was shown without an intermission, though technically I didn't see all of it because I had to keep getting up to go to the washroom and to get snacks.

No snacks during Shoah.

[Skitch]

Shinobu Hashimoto, 100. Legend.

[MadMan]

Shinobu Hashimoto, 100. Legend.

I must confess I had no idea one man wrote so many classic movies.

[bac0n]

Wow, tough day for wrestling fans yesterday -

Brian Christopher Lawler, aka Grand Master Sexay, 46. Hung himself in jail



He and Scotty 2 Hotty were one helluva fun team to watch back in the attitude days of the late 90s and early aughts, especially when Rikishi joined up with them. Feel especially bad for his dad Jerry. No-one should ever have to bury a child.

Josip Nikolai Peruzovic, aka Nikolai Volkoff, 70.

Tagged with The Iron Sheik to form the top heel tandem of the Hulk era WWF. Also possessed of a rich baritone which was on display before every match as he belted out The Soviet Anthem to a chorus of jeers and boos. His baritone would also grace The Wrestling Album, with a rendition of Cara Mia, which started pleasant enough, but inevitably degraded into a hilariously incoherent heel rant. Ironically, he loathed communism, as he was born behind the iron curtain and escaped to freedom with his family as a youth. His portrayal of Volkoff was essentially him mocking the USSR and giving communism the finger.

[Pop Trash]

Tagged with The Iron Sheik to form the top heel tandem of the Hulk era WWF. Also possessed of a rich baritone which was on display before every match as he belted out The Soviet Anthem to a chorus of jeers and boos. His baritone would also grace The Wrestling Album, with a rendition of Cara Mia, which started pleasant enough, but inevitably degraded into a hilariously incoherent heel rant. Ironically, he loathed communism, as he was born behind the iron curtain and escaped to freedom with his family as a youth. His portrayal of Volkoff was essentially him mocking the USSR and giving communism the finger.

Interesting. I think I had his toy back in the 80s. I used to love WWF wrestling when I was a little kid, but my dad hated it and would make fun of the wrestlers much to my irritation.

[Dukefrukem]

Margot Kidder, 69

Ruled A Suicide...

[Morris Schæffer]

Aretha Franklin

[bac0n]

Devastating loss.

[MadMan]

Major bummer. One of the best singers, ever.

[Philip J. Fry]

[Spinal]

Fewer Motown legends and Nobel Peace Prize winners. More fascists, please.

[MadMan]

I saw that the other day. May he RIP.

[baby doll]

Neil Simon, 91.

[Grouchy]

Hats off.