BREAKING: Sometimes Famous People Die

[Dingfod]

The KGB finally took him out.

Oh wait, I was thinking of Chuck Barris.

[lisarea]

Setsuko Hara obituary | Film | The Guardian

She died back in September, but she had been keeping to herself for decades, so I guess it took a while for the news to go public.

Tokyo Story is pretty much a mandatory watch movie, so if you haven't seen it, you should right now.

[The Man]

Erstwhile Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has been found dead age 48. No cause of death has been announced yet. It's hard for me as someone who grew up during the 90s not to be nostalgic about some of the songs he worked on.

[Watser?]

Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi.

Fatema Mernissi (1940-2015): A dreamer who tried to bring Asia and Africa together

[Dingfod]

Robert Loggia, a regular on The Rockford Files, and numerous other roles in television and movies, succumbed to Alzheimer's Disease today at age 85.

[vremya]

Originally Posted by The Man

Erstwhile Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has been found dead age 48. No cause of death has been announced yet. It's hard for me as someone who grew up during the 90s not to be nostalgic about some of the songs he worked on.

This was sad news, but not unexpected, given his trajectory. RIP. I had Interstate Love Song in my head all day yesterday.

He died in Bloomington, which is about 20 minutes away from me, so there's all kinds of coverage in the papers here. And Bloomington gets to use all the cool cop gadgetry that they have lying around to get to the bottom of this.

[mickthinks]

Meadowlark Lemon Dies at 83 | The New York Times

[lisarea]

R.I.P. Lemmy Kilmister, Motörhead frontman dead at 70 | Consequence of Sound

I was going to see him back in August, but he had to cancel supposedly from altitude sickness.

[slimshady2357]

Ozzy Osbourne, who wrote on Twitter, “Lost one of my best friends, Lemmy, today. He will be sadly missed. He was a warrior and a legend. I will see you on the other side.”

He really was. Considering the amount of drugs and alcohol he consumed, to make it to 70 was truly incredible.

Saw him and Rob Zombie way back when and it was a rocking show.

[Janet]

I caught one of TCM's in memoriam bits last night. I don't know how I missed or forgot that Saaed Jaffrey died. He's been one of my favorites since My Beautiful Laundrette. He always reminded me of Claude Rains. He had the same sort of roguish twinkle in his eye.

[Sock Puppet]

Aw, crap. While I was never a big Motörhead fan, I was always a huge fan of Hawkwind, the band he was in before starting Motörhead. On the last album he did with Hawkwind, he contributed the (kinda silly) song that named his band:

HAWKWIND - motorhead (1975) - YouTube

Betcha didn't expect it'd have a violin solo, huh?

... and now you know -- the rest of the story. [/paulharvey]

[Ensign Steve]

LEMMY is God - YouTube

Lemmy in Airheads - YouTube

[Watser?]

Originally Posted by Sock Puppet

Aw, crap. While I was never a big Motörhead fan, I was always a huge fan of Hawkwind, the band he was in before starting Motörhead. On the last album he did with Hawkwind, he contributed the (kinda silly) song that named his band:

HAWKWIND - motorhead (1975) - YouTube

Betcha didn't expect it'd have a violin solo, huh?

... and now you know -- the rest of the story. [/paulharvey]

That was probably one of the first songs they did as Motörhead, first thing I ever heard of them anyway.

[lisarea]

Originally Posted by Sock Puppet

I was always a huge fan of Hawkwind

Now I am going to tell you a story, Sack.

So you know how you have these little cultural references like song or movie quotes that get triggered in specific circumstances, and sometimes, they're nothing anyone else would ever recognize?

This is one of mine, and praise be that I found it on YouTube:

The Young Ones - TV time / go to bed spotty /...

So, like, if there's a car alarm going off or a bunch of sirens, I'll be all like, "Not Skrillex again! Craaaaap! What about some Hawkwind or Marillion?"

And anyways, my mental image of you just got that much more robust and Neil from The Young Ones-esque is what I am trying to say.

And as penance for telling you that story, here is Motörhead on The Young Ones:

Motorhead on the Young Ones - YouTube

[Sock Puppet]

Originally Posted by lisarea

And anyways, my mental image of you just got that much more robust and Neil from The Young Ones-esque

... and more accurate, I guess. My hair's much shorter now though.

[Janet]

Atypically, my introduction to Lemmy was as an actor. I find myself wishing very hard that my VCR still worked so I could watch my copy of Eat the Rich.

Eat the Rich Trailer

[lisarea]

Debian Linux founder Ian Murdock dead at 42 • The Register

Debian is far and away my favorite distro.

[Ari]

Sad.
Considering I haven't heard of any violent police raids on a local programer I'm assuming some sort of reality break.

[curses]

Natalie Cole died today at 65-kidney related
Natalie Cole has died at 65; 'Unforgettable' singer was daughter of legendary Nat King Cole - LA Times

[Watser?]

The late Lemmy Kilmeister of Motorhead immortalized in a milk ad from Finland / Boing Boing

[erimir]

David Bowie dies of cancer at 69 - BBC News

David Bowie - Heroes - YouTube

[ceptimus]

[fragment]

Bowie gets his own thread: Bowie dies - Freethought Forum

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

FUCK this week.