RIP thread

[blueballsdc]

Marvin Hamlisch has passed away at the age of 68

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entert...y.html?hpid=z7

[haliose]

just in by email
It is with great sadness that I report the untimely passing of Natali Demore.

I received a text about her death earlier and have heard about it subsequently from a friend who'd worked with Natali a few times.

Natali was a friend of mine who loved her work. You can see that from the interview I did with her which is posted in the Group's Files Section. I loved her work too.

The first time I met her was at Fetish Con several years ago. I went to her booth and didn't want to interrupt her as she talked to someone else. She then turned to me and saw my name tag. Even though it just said "Rob," she knew who I was. She was the only one at the Con who didn't first ask "Rob who?" I didn't have to explain about being from Rope_Dream or being the lawyer or formerly being MrTrick66. She knew who I was I just told that story to someone this past weekend in Tampa.

I'd met Natali just a few times after that, and she was always nice to me. During the times when I was sick or in the hospital, she always emailed or texted me to see how things were going.

Here's something many of you may not know. After Moe took ill with pancreatic cancer, I told Natali about his situation. Natali always liked Moe because when she first came to shoot with him for AmateurBound in the early 2000s, Moe hooked her up with a lot of other producers in the area. Natali was always appreciative for what Moe did for her, so, after she learned that Moe was sick, she came to New York in the spring of 2011 to visit and help him. That was her vacation. She was a genuinely nice person and she earned my sincere gratitude and respect for what she did for Moe that spring. I'm glad that at that time I was able to tell her exactly what I thought of her in an email

And now she and Moe are both gone.

So sad.

I extend my deep condolences and sympathy to Natali's family and friends. RIP, Natali.

[jhteh]

Originally Posted by blueballsdc

Marvin Hamlisch has passed away at the age of 68

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entert...y.html?hpid=z7

That makes me sad. The Entertainer is hard copied in my soul, and of everybody who I play the song to.

[Oswald]

Influential Australian art critic and writer Robert Hughes has died in New York after a long illness. He was 74.



Mr Hughes made major contributions to the world of art and the telling of Australian history. In 1980, he presented the landmark BBC TV series The Shock of the New - an insight into the development of art since the Impressionists.

The New York Times newspaper once described him as the most famous art critic in the world. Mr Hughes died in the Bronx's Calvary Hospital, his wife Doris said in a statement.

"He had been very ill for some time... Details of the funeral and memorial service will be advised in due course," the statement added, without giving further details.

Australian lawmaker Malcolm Turnbull, who is married to Mr Hughes' niece, tweeted shortly afterwards: "Farewell my dear old mate. Rest in peace. A Rodin in a parking lot is still a misplaced Rodin. But this... is just bricks"

Born in Sydney, Robert Hughes became part of the 1960s generation that moved to Europe and the United States to seek out excitement and new careers.

He began writing for the Daily Telegraph, Spectator and Times, before moving to New York to become the art critic for Time magazine. Although his relationship with his homeland was strained, he never gave up his citizenship. In 1987, wrote his international bestseller The Fatal Shore, examining the harsh life of convicts during early European settlement of Australia.

Outspoken, sometimes abrasive, Mr Hughes became a prominent supporter of Australia's Republican movement, the BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Sydney reports.

[Joszka]

Carlo Rambaldi passed away in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme in southern Italy after a long illness, at age 86.
"He’s best known for creating a pair of indelible screen space beings: the xenomorph in Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, and the lost creature of E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL, both of which won him Oscars.
He also received a Special Achievement Academy Award for his contributions to John Guillermin’s 1976 remake of KING KONG.
But before those big-ticket features, Rambaldi worked on numerous notable European genre films, among them Mario Bava’s PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES and BAY OF BLOOD/TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE, Massimo Pupillo’s BLOODY PIT OF HORROR, Lucio Fulci’s A LIZARD IN A WOMAN’S SKIN, Paul Morrissey’s FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN and BLOOD FOR DRACULA, Dario Argento’s DEEP RED and Andrzej Zulawski’s POSSESSION."

RIP.

[mizlaplan]

Sid Waddell, the great darts commentator, has died from bowel cancer at the age of 72.
A sad loss.

[Oswald]

Darts commentator Sid Waddell has died at the age of 72, his manager has said.



Waddell, who had been suffering from bowel cancer since last September, became known as the voice of darts for his commentary over many years on the BBC and Sky.

In a statement, his manager Dick Allix said he "died peacefully with all his family around him late last night".

The son of a Northumberland miner, he also wrote BBC children's programmes Jossy's Giants and Sloggers.

He received a nomination for best scriptwriter from the Writer's Guild of Great Britain for the latter.

The broadcaster was known for his colourful and excitable commentary style.

"There's only one word for it - 'magic darts'," was one of his famous lines and he also described the challenge of a player trying to defeat multiple world champion Phil Taylor as "like eating candy floss in a wind tunnel".

He attended Morpeth Grammar School and gained a history degree at Cambridge University before working in the media.

In 1999 he was the "Voice of the Balls" on BBC One's National Lottery Red Alert on one occasion before he claimed he was sacked for being "too Geordie".

[themidlander]

Excellent article on Sid Waddell on the BBC Sports site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/darts/19232679

[tygrkhat40]

Legendary US comic book artist Joe Kubert died today at the age of 85. Kubert started in comics in the early 40's and was active almost until his death. His best known work was on the Silver Age revival of Hawkman and the World War II stories of Sgt. Rock. He founded the Kubert School in 1976, which has turned out many of the current comic artists, including Joe's sons Andy and Adam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kubert

[keefriff]

American author, editor and publisher Helen Gurley- Brown has passed away at the age of 90. She was the author of the influential 1962 book Sex and the Single Girl. This book was said to be the inspiration for the series and subsequent movies Sex and the City. Her biggest fame however was as the editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for over 30 years. In her time as editor, the magazine became a huge success and helped shape the sexual revolution of the 1960's. Although criticized by more militant feminists, she was revered by many woman for the magazines glamour, in-your-face sexuality and belief that women could have it all; "love, sex, money and power." A true pioneer and one that will be greatly missed.