RIP thread

[tygrkhat40]

Vito "Babe" Parilli, former NFL, CFL and AFL quarterback died yesterday at the age of 87. Born in Rochester, PA, Parilli attended the University of Kentucky and played under the legendary Bear Bryant. Parilli led the Wildcats to victories in the 1951 Sugar Bowl and 1952 Cotton Bowl.

Parilli was the first draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1952. In the 1950's, Parilli played for the Packers and Cleveland Browns and the Ottawa Rough Riders of the CFL. In 1960, Parilli signed with the Oakland Raiders of the fledgling AFL and in 1961 was traded to the Boston Patriots. Parilli spent the next seven seasons with the Patriots, passing for over 25,000 yards and 200 touchdowns. His 31 TD passes in 1964 stood as the Patriots team record until it was broken by Tom Brady in 2007. Parilli was one of twenty men to play all ten seasons in the AFL.

Parilli spent the last two years of his playing career with the New York Jets as back up to Joe Namath, earning a ring in Super Bowl III. Coincidentally, Parilli and Namath and were both from Beaver County, PA and played for Bear Bryant in college.

Parilli went into coaching and was head coach of the New York Stars/Charlotte Stars-Hornets of the ill-fated WFL in 1974 and was HC of the Chicago Winds for two games in 1975. He then spent ten years as a HC in the Arena Football League, coaching the New England Steamrollers, Denver Dynamite, Charlotte Rage, Las Vegas Sting, Anaheim Pirahnas and Florida Bobcats.

[ball7]

The lord of the undead has passed away.
George A. Romero has died at the age of 77.

After a short battle with a agressive form of lung cancer.

Surely he will rise again, so until then RIP

http://www.cbr.com/george-a-romero-n...R-TW&view=list

[tsunamiSD]

When Sam Glanzman died earlier this week — at the age of 92, not 93 like I initially said — I hope he knew how many fans he had. Judging by my e-mail and the reaction on the Internet, he sure had a lot of them — an impressive feat for a guy who never, in more than five decades in comics, drew Superman or Batman or Spider-Man or any of the classic super-heroes. I think people liked the power in his work. He drew mostly strips we might think of as "manly" and he never prettied things up. His soldiers looked like they were actually fighting a war.
Of course, he knew what that was like. Been there, done that. His autobiographical combat tales were some of the best "war comics" ever, even the stories that in no way touched on weaponry or killing.
One of Sam's friends and benefactors, Drew Ford, has brought a lot of that work back into print or at least Kindle. I highly recommend U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories and that link will not only get you a copy of the book but you can click on Sam's name and find your way to other books of his work. I favor his wartime experiences over his fantasy heroes but it's all fine, fine work.
You can tell how hard he labored over his pages even when, as was not uncommon, the pay rate was way low compared to the value of what he did. This was true of most of the men of his generation when they worked in comics. Some of today's readers, when they come across a comic they don't like, leap to the unfortunate insult that the work was "knocked out for a paycheck" and that the artist was a hack. ("Hack" is one of those words that is used with so many varying definitions that it's practically worthless as a descriptor. I often am not sure what people are trying to say when they use it.)
It has been my observation upon meeting so many comic creators of that era that it was true of amazingly few of them. There were a number of artists whose work I didn't like who, I came to realize, worked like hell on what they did and cared passionately about what they handed in, regardless of the paycheck. That did not always result in comics that I thought were good but it would have been wrong to dismiss the material as something that some guy just banged out for the money. I learned to respect the effort even if I couldn't always respect the output.
With Sam, it wasn't necessary to separate the two. Every panel showed a lot of thought and a lot of time. It wasn't always pretty…but then when you're drawing stories of life and death and brutality and battle, "not pretty" is utterly appropriate. I never had the pleasure of having one of my scripts illustrated by Sam but he was exactly the kind of artist I liked to have get those assignments. People sometimes speak of great comedians who get every possible laugh out of a script. Sam got every possible moment of emotion and drama and humor.
He was also the kind of creative talent adored by his editors, and not just because the pages arrived on time. The other day, I received this e-mail from Don J. Arneson…

I was the Comic Book Editor at Dell Publishing in the '60s. Sam was arguably the best illustrator I had the privilege to work with. His historical accuracy and personal commitment to his art produced exquisitely detailed illustrations that are the most memorable of all the artists I worked with. I am deeply saddened by his death. I wish to extend my condolences to Mrs. Glanzman. I no longer have any of Sam's art, but their memory remains locked in my own life and mind as simply the best.

Don included his phone number in the e-mail so since I'd never met him, I rang him up and we had a lovely, long conversation, much of it about how terrific Sam Glanzman was. Mr. Arneson worked with some superb illustrators at Dell so his evaluation of Sam as the best he had is no small praise. I thought it was important that I share that with you.

[johnbear]

Master of Horror Film Making.

[DaGooseman]

TMZ is reporting that actor Martin Landau of Space 1999 and Ed Wood fame has passed away

http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/16/martin-landau-dead/#

[Oh hi Mark!]

Originally Posted by DaGooseman

TMZ is reporting that actor Martin Landau of Space 1999 and Ed Wood fame has passed away

Oh, to my shame, I thought he was already dead, so my shock was being corrected basically. I don't remember how I came to the conclusion that he was already dead, maybe it was after watching Ed Wood and I looked him up and found that he wasn't doing anything lately or something. I watched Ed Wood probably 5 years ago too. Still though, very good in Ed Wood, and, a little guilty pleasure movie, Hollywood Homicide, had a brief role in that and he was pretty good there as well. RIP.

Originally Posted by ball7

The lord of the undead has passed away.
George A. Romero has died at the age of 77.

After a short battle with a agressive form of lung cancer.

Surely he will rise again, so until then RIP

http://www.cbr.com/george-a-romero-n...R-TW&view=list

Now this was more shocking, to the point where I audibly groaned and said "Oh man!" Just a couple days ago I got into a bit of a soapbox about modern horror and the lie that there is a renaissance going, because I don't think there is. In it I mentioned that the pioneers, the legends of the game, aren't working, or are dead. Sadly it seems like the amount of those legends that qualify in the latter, far outnumber the former. So far I've seen the first three Dead movies and Creepshow, all of which were top quality in their own rights, with Dawn of the Dead in particular being top 2 horror, if not number 1. I was going through Twitter a bit, and a nice line from someone was that Romero didn't work in a genre, he created a genre, and that's pretty much true.

Very sad, may he also rest in peace.

[Devius]

Originally Posted by DaGooseman

TMZ is reporting that actor Martin Landau of Space 1999 and Ed Wood fame has passed away

http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/16/martin-landau-dead/#

According to The Mirror, Martin Landau suffered unexpected complications after being hospitalised.
Besides Space: 1999, I remember him in the original Mission: Impossible TV series with his then-wife, Barbara Bain.

Details:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...ndary-10812202

Jeez - George A. Romero and Martin Landau?

RIP Gents...

[ball7]

Martin Landau was amazing in Mission Impossible as Rolin Hand, but while he certainly made a mark on the TV screen. He made a even bigger mark on the silver screen.

North by Northwest, Ed Wood, X-FIles, They call me Mr.Tibbs, Neveda Smith, Crimes and Misdeneanors

EDIT: Shame on me. I forgot one of his most nuances role as twins in Columbo: Double Shock. It's a top ten episode.

[ball7]

Production Designer Thomas E. Sanders has passed away. He recently worked on Star Trek Beyond.

http://www.startrek.com/article/reme...ders-1953-2017

[johnbear]

A Very Fine Actor has left us.