DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

Inkstainedwretch · Aug 19, 2016

MisterCairo said:
Dick Assman, a gas station guy from Regina, Saskatchewan, and Late Night with David Letterman recurring joke/guest in the 90s, has died aged 82:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/dick-assman-of-regina-dies-82-1.3728016

Surely he got at least a cameo in the immortal Seinfeld "Assman" episode.

MisterCairo · Aug 19, 2016

Inkstainedwretch said:
Surely he got at least a cameo in the immortal Seinfeld "Assman" episode.

I think that episode may have predated his Letterman fame!

Stearmen · Aug 20, 2016

Worf said:
Yes.... they were often "typecast" as lightweight musicians but their harmonies were first rate and they could write good pop tunes. I hated their voices "singing mice" I called em, but they had talent.

Worf

Can't argue with that!

MisterCairo · Aug 21, 2016

Lou Pearlman, former band manager (NSYNC, Backstreet Boys) and corrupt businessman, has died in prison, aged 62:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/lou-pearlman-obit-1.3729942

Frunobulax · Aug 21, 2016

It appears to be a bad time to be a Pearlman in the music biz...

Sent directly from my mind to yours

MisterCairo · Aug 21, 2016

Guitarist Matt Roberts (Three Doors Down) has died, aged 38, cause unknown at this time. He left the band in 2012 for health reasons.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/matt-roberts-dead-38-1.3730027

hatsRme · Aug 22, 2016

Toots Theilemans. Jazz harmonica player who played everywhere, but you didn't know him... like the Sesame Street theme song and others.

AMAZING talent. RIP, Toots.

Doctor Strange · Aug 23, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/us/doris-bohrer-world-war-ii-spy-for-allies-dies-at-93.html

EstherWeis · Aug 23, 2016

hatsRme said:
Toots Theilemans. Jazz harmonica player who played everywhere, but you didn't know him... like the Sesame Street theme song and others.

AMAZING talent. RIP, Toots.

Us Belgians are gutted!
A true talent, unique and all round nice guy.
He had such a great sense of humor too.
You will be missed.

MisterCairo · Aug 24, 2016

Steven Hill, from Law and Order and Mission: Impossible, has died:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/steven-hill-actor-obit-1.3732965

Doctor Strange · Aug 26, 2016

Genius recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder, who recorded some of the greatest jazz albums of the fifties/sixties:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/a...efine-sound-of-jazz-on-record-dies-at-91.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/arts/music/rudy-van-gelder-essential-recordings.html

Doctor Strange · Aug 26, 2016

Classic character actor Marvin Kaplan:

http://www.newsfromme.com/2016/08/25/marvin-kaplan-r-p/

Worf · Aug 26, 2016

Doctor Strange said:
Classic character actor Marvin Kaplan:

http://www.newsfromme.com/2016/08/25/marvin-kaplan-r-p/

He was a funny guy. Always made me smile. I've a soft spot for "Sad Sacks"

Worf

Touchofevil · Aug 27, 2016

Doctor Strange said:
Classic character actor Marvin Kaplan:

http://www.newsfromme.com/2016/08/25/marvin-kaplan-r-p/

Enjoyed him in The Great Race, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and many other movies as a youngster. Sad to hear he passed away.

kaiser · Aug 27, 2016

Doctor Strange said:
Classic character actor Marvin Kaplan:

http://www.newsfromme.com/2016/08/25/marvin-kaplan-r-p/

The scene from Mad Mad Mad Mad World with Jonathan Winters is a classic. RIP Marvin.

Frunobulax · Aug 29, 2016

1933 - 2016

Tell Gilda we said, "Hey."

Bushman · Aug 29, 2016

He was the definitive Willy Wonka for generations. I'm sad to see he passed, but thankful he no longer has to suffer the effects of Alzheimer's.

Frunobulax · Aug 29, 2016

Bushman said:
He was the definitive Willy Wonka for generations. I'm sad to see he passed, but thankful he no longer has to suffer the effects of Alzheimer's.

His nephew said in a statement, “We understand for all the emotional and physical challenges this situation presented we have been among the lucky ones — this illness-pirate, unlike in so many cases, never stole his ability to recognize those that were closest to him, nor took command of his central-gentle-life affirming core personality. The decision to wait until this time to disclose his condition wasn’t vanity, but more so that the countless young children that would smile or call out to him “there’s Willy Wonka,” would not have to be then exposed to an adult referencing illness or trouble and causing delight to travel to worry, disappointment or confusion. He simply couldn’t bear the idea of one less smile in the world."

We should all have such grace.

MisterCairo · Aug 29, 2016

This is so sad, he was truly a gentleman.

MisterCairo · Aug 29, 2016

Mexican singer Juan Gariel has died, aged 66:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/juan-gabriel-musician-obit-1.3739514

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