RIPs

[The Legendary Shark]

Henry Kissinger, aged 100.

[paddykafka]

Lead singer of The Pogues, Shane MacGowan. 

https://www.thejournal.ie/shane-macgowan-4362337-Nov2023/

[Hawkmumbler]

Henry Kissinger, aged 100.

Rest in piss, Bozo.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Lead singer of The Pogues, Shane MacGowan. 

https://www.thejournal.ie/shane-macgowan-4362337-Nov2023/

Now there's a sad loss. I remember sitting outside a cafe near a huge photo of him on the wall of the Temple Bar Music Centre, when the man himself shambled past, in all his Prionsias-Cassidy-inspiring glory.

Odd to think he's no more (or less) Irish than Johnny Rotten or Morrissey, but is listed on Wikipedia as an Irish musician while the first two are labelled English. Fair enough, though, it's how they'd all want it. And he never became a far-right loving gimp in his old age like the other two, to the best of my knowledge.

There'll be a lot more poignancy the first time I hear Fairytale of New York this Christmas. 

[rogue69]

Actor Dean Sullivan, best known as Jimmy Corkhill in Brookside, aged 68

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/dean-sullivan-death-brookside-jimmy-corkhill-b2455998.html

[rogue69]

Artist and Tutti Frutti writer John Byrne aged 83

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67589431?fbclid=IwAR3jv1JK5Bsvr6pheGeEFtC1uJhcq-JnTFQfeM0vOgmRM-JFCd6hjL6bjIk

[Funt Solo]

Artist and Tutti Frutti writer John Byrne aged 83

Aw, fuck!

There's a really great video about a mural he did in 1975, in Partick, where he had to come to terms with the locals and their spray cans.

I saw his exhibition in Glasgow last year, where I got to see this full size and with the missing half:

[sheridan]

Benjamin Zephaniah, 65 - writer, poet.

[karlos]

We could have done to have kept Benjamin Zephaniah around much, much longer.

A real loss.

[rogue69]

The great Ian Gibson aged 77

[broodblik]

Sad news RIP. We will miss your unique style and great story telling. Thank You for all the great moments.

[The Legendary Shark]

So long, Ian, it's been a blast. 

[Dandontdare]

Oh no. Only just got my copy of Lifeboat - reading that will be a lot more poignant now

[rogue69]

British underground comix publishing legend Lee Harris,aged 86
https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-lee-harris-british-underground-comix-pioneer/

[sheridan]

Oh no. Only just got my copy of Lifeboat - reading that will be a lot more poignant now

Same here - ordered the day before Ian died, received the day after.  Not read it yet, but I had a quick look through and the saddest page is the one that says "To be continued..."