RIPs

[The Mind of Wolfie Smith]

tom veitch. thoroughly interesting and inimitable writer. my name is chaos with the great john ridgway has been returned to many times - because there's always something new.

[Link Prime]

RIP Tom Veitch.

my name is chaos

Never heard of it - will keep an eye out.

[sheridan]

Jan Pieńkowski, 85, illustrator of Meg and Mog books.

[rogue69]

Procol Harum frontman Gary Brooker aged 76
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/gary-brooker-lead-singer-of-english-band-procol-harum-dies-aged-76/ar-AAUaz6T?li=BBoPJKU&ocid=U452DHP

[rogue69]

Actor Jack Smethurst aged 89 best known for playing Eddie Booth in Love Thy Neighbour

[Goosegash]

Two more notable musical deaths in the last week.

Dallas Good, a stalwart of the Canadian music scene who played with groups such as The Sadies and Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet (probably best known over here for performing the theme music for Kids In The Hall)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/dallas-good-sadies-dead-obit-1302430/

Then just it was announced just yesterday that Mark Lanegan, of Screaming Trees, Queens Of The Stone Age and many more very sadly passed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60487917

[CalHab]

Very sad to hear about Mark Lanegan. I was wondering why 6 Music were playing his stuff today.

I read an interview with him late last year (I think he had a book out) and he sounded like he'd been through the wringer.

He was a great musician in his own right, but also one of those people who seem to thrive in collaborations. He's left a great catalogue behind.

[Tiplodocus]

Actor Jack Smethurst aged 89 best known for playing Eddie Booth in Love Thy Neighbour

I'm taking a wild guess here but I don't think they'll be showing any episodes of this  in  memoriam.

[rogue69]

Actress Anna Karen aged 85 best known as Olive in "On the Buses" and Aunt Sal in EastEnders

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/anna-karen-on-the-buses-and-eastenders-actress-dies-aged-85-in-house-fire-in-east-london/ar-AAUd0tp?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

[Dark Jimbo]

Awful way to go.

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Sally Kellerman, who appeared in the first Star Trek Where No Man Has Gone before, has died.

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19951571.sally-kellerman-tributes-pour-mash-actress-dies-aged-84/

[Tjm86]

Oh my word.  Knew her from MASH but never really put 2 and 2 together on ST:TOS.

[DrJomster]

Very sad to hear about Mark Lanegan. I was wondering why 6 Music were playing his stuff today.

I read an interview with him late last year (I think he had a book out) and he sounded like he'd been through the wringer.

He was a great musician in his own right, but also one of those people who seem to thrive in collaborations. He's left a great catalogue behind.

Agreed. Such a loss, a real talent. I'd heartily recommend checking out his work.

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Producer Alan Ladd Jr has died. He brought Star Wars, Braveheart, and other well-known movies to a Cinema near you.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/02/alan-ladd-jr-dies-film-producer

[CalHab]

Quite an interesting piece. He sounds like a real rarity, an honourable Hollywood producer.