RIPs

[nxylas]

Doreen Mantle, best known as Mrs Warboys in One Foot In The Grave.

[rogue69]

Patricia Bredin, U.K.'s first Eurovision entrant, aged 88

[sheridan]

Michael Parkinson, 88, broadcaster

[Jim_Campbell]

Of note to (I imagine) pretty much no one on here but me, but...

After a "short illness", Peter 'West' Haag, bassist with ludicrously entertaining German metal act Hämatom, as well as several other bands (including the excellent goth rockers Ewighiem.)

[nxylas]

Michael Parkinson, 88, broadcaster

I guess the wounds inflicted by Emu finally caught up with him.

[Hawkmumbler]

Parkinson passed away decades ago, there has been only Pipes since that night in 1992...

[Barrington Boots]

Parkinson passed away decades ago, there has been only Pipes since that night in 1992...

You didn't believe that story about Mother Seddons, did you?

[Hawkmumbler]

Parkinson passed away decades ago, there has been only Pipes since that night in 1992...

You didn't believe that story about Mother Seddons, did you?

It's an incredibly interesting instance of fiction becoming a sort of twisted reality by way of how many people where bought into the charade, which I do have to give absolute credit to Parkinson and co. for playing nearly the whole thing with a straight face.
Actual 'event' TV which genuine legacy impact, one night that fooled a nation even if for just a moment, or had them double guessing.

[Barrington Boots]

Agree with all of that. Even in retrospect the whole thing is really, really interesting in how it fooled everyone and Parkinson and Sarah Greene are so good in it. Landmark television history imo.
Not sure I've ever heard anything bad about Parky, RIP.

[Something Fishy]

Ghostwatch was so memorable.

Parky was marvelous.  RIP.

[Daveycandlish]

Peter Vaughan-Clarke, who played Stephen in the 70's Tomorrow People died this month and it seems to have sneaked under everybody's radar. He was 66.
I feel a re-watch coming on.

[Le Fink]

The influential William Friedkin, Director of The Exorcist and The French Connection. Terrific legacy of work.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/william-friedkin-remembered-exorcist-ellen-burstyn-1235558010/

William Friedkin's 'To Live and Die in L.A' is on Film4 tonight. Will have a watch - not seen it before. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090180/

[rogue69]

Gary Young, the original drummer for the band Pavement, aged 70.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/gary-young-pavement-death-age-cause-b2395194.html

[Barrington Boots]

Read on at the weekend about the passing of Eduardo Vaño Ibarra who was one half of the comic artist known as Vanyo.

I'd forgotten he'd drawn for the Prog until I read the article below because I associate him so much with Battle where he drew Action Force and later Storm Force, which I'd literally been reading an hour or so before I heard he'd passed away. As a kid I was mesmerised by his Action Force work - somehow grittier and more kinetic than John Cooper, who I also adored. Where Cooper's figures were often square jawed and tough looking, Vanyo's Cobra villains often looked half-crazed and on the edge of violence or mania. I'll be reading some later today - School for Snakes is a personal favourite, and maybe a bit of Wolfie Smith if I can dig it out!

https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-2000ads-vanyo-two-artists-for-the-price-of-one/

[rogue69]

Dan Green best known for work as a penciller & inker on Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine and Hulk for Marvel Comics