R.I.P 2020
 

Here we go again, folks...another exciting year of death to come.

I'm calling Betty White & Lance Henriksen.
Sadly, I've been thinking David Attenborough lately too.

I think we're going to lose:
One 80's action star.
One 90's sitcom star.
One Under-30.
***and I think we're going to have one murder***
Time will tell.


So, first entry this year (that I've noticed) would be Syd Mead.
Known for his work on many sci-fi films as a concept artist...he has worked on just...fucking visually iconic movies, that all had stunning aesthetics in his amazing "what if?" visions of our worlds of tomorrow.

Well deserved of the title "The artist who illustrates the future", you may not know who he is, but there's NO chance you haven't seen some of his work realised on film as some of our favourite futuristic/scifi scenarios over the years.

R.I.P

The usual suspects.

Sean Connery
Clint Eastwood

Edd Byrnes of "Grease" and "77 Sunset Strip", 86
Buck Henry, author, 89

jeasus h christ - you people are still here ?

Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in

it would have to be a pretty big damn cat :)

Yeah, you ARE pretty tall!

fuck you.

how have things been ?
i see you're still doing the odd convention?

Yeah, it's been a year or two since I've been. Definitely going this year, really want to meet Stephen Dorff!

Monty Python's Terry Jones, age 77

Rest in peace, sir. Thanks for all the laughs.

Has there ever been anything that has ever come close to Monty Python's? I don't think so..::sad::

Agreed. My favorite movie of theirs is Holy Grail. So f'ing funny.

RIP Terry Jones

These guys aren't celebrities...but they're heroes.

3 firefighters from the US that were over here in Australia to help with the fire crisis went down as their C-130 Hercules tanker (fire retardant distribution) crashed in northern NSW earlier today.
They have been confirmed to have died on site.

We have had, really, an incredibly shitty month or so with these fires...it's really, at times been like some post apocalyptic shit going on...even New Zealand could smell and see the smoke at one point.
So many people have lost their homes, animals have died in catastrophic numbers, some residents have lost their lives, as well as some of our own firefighting crew and those from abroad who have volunteered their time and safety for us.

Just when it was thought to have eased off a bit...we have smoke back...


I am sorry that this has happened for you folks in the States.
Know that your countrymen the thanks of my family...I honour these people as part of our own.
Cheers.

I heard that on the news here this morning. Very sad for their families and friends. You're right, they ARE heroes!

I'm sorry that Australia is still dealing with the fires. Praying that they're put out very, very soon.

I don’t remember hearing this one on the news or reading it online, but, John Karlen passed away on January 22. He played Willie Loomis on Dark Shadows.

Kobe Bryant RIP

And his 13 year old daughter...::sad::

Just found out about this, earlier this morning.
Never really follow sports...but I'd seen the guy make a few appearances and do interviews etc.
He seemed pretty humble, not full of himself at all.

R.I.P to him, his little girl...and I guess whoever else was involved in the crash.

Kobe Bryant is dead and it is shocking.
Death is indeed inevitable, RIP legendary Black Mamba.

I believe there were 7 other people that were killed in the crash.

I'm not really a basketball fan, but, Kobe Bryant is a hometown hero. He graduated from Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, PA, and was drafted into the NBA right after graduation. His HS coach tried to get the Philadelphia 76ers to sign him, but, they had their sights set on Allen Iverson.

I can't even imagine the pain his wife is in, losing both her husband and one of her children. And she just had a baby not long ago.

Its beyond thinking about, isn't it?

Spartacus.

At the impressive age of 103.

I know, right?
Practically immortal...

RIP Dyanne Thorne

Who's that, Elvis?

oh geeze .. i had no idea.

I met her - she was a really nice woman.
She made me sign a copy of Fangoria for her while i was getting her to sign all the Ilsa movies for me. i always got a kick out of that

That's awesome I think I remember seeing the photo. I'm glad a few of the exploitation era stars got to have some more time in the spotlight during the grindhouse revival from a few years back. But yeah it's a damn shame she's gone now.

I thought you were dead.

Happy to see you’re not.
https://www.google.com/search?q=i+th...bZmZ9lmQzhxi4M

There goes my hope for 1 more Ilsa film.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/W0sAA...1AM/s-l300.jpg

That would've been some cinematic gold. All those "Bruce Lei" knockoff flicks crack me up.

more dead than alive i suppose

The great Max Von Sydow, age 90

Director Stuart Gordon

Rip mr. Gordon

R.I.P Bill Withers.
Ain't no sunshine...

out of the blue I decide to watch Best Seller on laserdisc.
the very next day Brian Dennehy passes away.

I was surprised to hear how old he was to be honest, something I'd never paid attention to...probably largely because in the appearances I've seen him in since the 80's and my comparatively more aware 90's, he seems to have looked about the same to me.