RIPs

[rogue69]

Tony Green, Darts commentator & Bullseye co-host,aged 85

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/68474175?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

[Hawkmumbler]

Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump, passed away due to surgical complications at 68 years of age.

We can go back and forth between who is 'the' most influential comics creative. Is it Kirby, Moore? maybe Miller or Eisner? Salient arguments can be made for all of these and more, but has anyone else in the industry had world leaders acknowledging their contributions to culture and the arts?
We lost one of the greats this week, a real generation defining figure.

[AlexF]

Totally agree - and it doesn't even matter that Dragon Ball is not even that great of a comic. The first chunk (before they added the 'Z') is pretty great, though, and so easy to read. Comics that are easy to read despirte having mad ideas need more praise.

[rogue69]

Karl Wallinger lead singer with World Party & former member of The Waterboys aged 66.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/karl-wallinger-death-the-waterboys-world-party-b2511132.html

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

Star Wars actor Michael Culver dies aged 85
https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/13/star-wars-actor-michael-culver-dies-aged-85-20456710/amp/

[rogue69]

Steve Harley, the frontman of Cockney Rebel aged 73.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68590846

[paddykafka]

James M. Ward, Dungeons & Dragons designer and co-author of Deities & Demigods. I have so many fond memories of my early years playing D&D. RIP James.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=808958757916236&set=a.414097234069059

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

Ex-Poundland boss Markus Jooste dies of gunshot wound in South Africa

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68636325

Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/vernor-vinge-father-of-the-tech-singularity-has-died-at-age-79/

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

Richard Taylor death: Campaigner and father of Damilola Taylor dies
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68646602

[rogue69]

Ron Harper aged 91 best known for the tv series Land of the Lost & Planet of the Apes

https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/25/planet-apes-actor-ron-harper-dies-aged-91-20528288/

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

Gogglebox star, George Gilbey, dies after fall from height
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd18ld5233wo

[Angry Vince]

Louis Gossett Jr.
Oscar & Emmy winner for An Officer & A Gentleman and Roots.
Also in Enemy Mine which this young Sci-fi fan thought was underated. And the Watchmen series which was bloody good.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/29/entertainment/louis-gossett-jr-death/index.html

[Tjm86]

Lou Gossett Jr is one of those criminally under-rated actors who appeared in so much back in the day.  Totally agree with Angry Vince on Enemy Mine.  That was a cracking film. 

The other series I remember him for is the Iron Eagle films.  An absolutely bonkers idea, that a teen could effectively steel a fighter jet to go after his dad after he'd been shot down in the Middle East.  Back in the day when pretty much everyone was making "America is the greatest military nation in the world" films with whatever bat-shit crazy idea they could angle in to it.  Crazy as it sounds, it worked.  Largely because a) LGJ and b) nobody took it too seriously.

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Barbera Rush starred in It Came From Outer Space and When Worlds Collide.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/01/it-came-from-outer-space-star-barbara-rush-dies-aged-97

[hellscrape]

RIP to Ed Piskor, American comics guy and 1/2 of the YouTube channel, Cartoonist Kayfabe, deleted himself today. I'll keep my opinions about the issue to myself, as I don't want to get sucked into a discussion of the politics and issues around him. He left a goodbye note online, should you choose to read it.