The Celebrity Death Thread - Minor, Major, Famous, Infamous

[ucci]

Nathan Coles passed away few weeks ago. Never went to his Wiggle nights but was a bit of a catalyst for that sound that Fabric pushed later on. 

[grounded_dreams]

Steve Mackey, best known as the bass player with Pulp has died aged 56. 

He was also a fantastic producer, having worked with bands like The Kills and Cornershop, he also co wrote quite a few songs for the album Lungs for Florence + The Machine.

 

[Captain Kelsten]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64721187
 

Tom Sizemore, 61. Life support switched off after a brain aneurysm put him into a coma a couple of weeks ago. 
 

He was good at the roles he played but struggled with drink, drugs and was physically abusive to the women he dated. 

[Nick R]

Ricou Browning, who played the Gill-man in the underwater scenes in Creature From the Black Lagoon and its sequels, died at the end of February.

 

He also co-created the Flipper film and TV series, and directed underwater sequences of various other films including Thunderball, Never Say Never Again, and Raise the Titanic.

 

He also directed a film about a mob enforcer with shotguns built into his wheelchair armrests:

 

[Art Vandelay]

Sizemore delivered what I would argue was the greatest guest appearance in any Sunny episode. I've never looked at coconuts the same way since I can tell you.

[dino_jr]

Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and founding member, dies aged 71

 

Last surviving original member after the plane crash. An excuse to post this... Freebird is almost a cliche song now but the solo's at the end of this live version are still unbelievable 

 

 

[JohnC]

Chaim Topol, 87. Suffering with Alzheimer’s for some time.

[grounded_dreams]

Margaret Lake, known as Mystic Meg has died aged 80, wonder if she saw that coming 

 

[Chadruharazzeb]

On 06/03/2023 at 10:10, Art Vandelay said:

Sizemore delivered what I would argue was the greatest guest appearance in any Sunny episode. I've never looked at coconuts the same way since I can tell you.

 

I use the term "lot lizard" way more than I should. 

[Plissken]

3 hours ago, grounded_dreams said:

Margaret Lake, known as Mystic Meg has died aged 80, wonder if she saw that coming 

 

 

"A tall, dark stranger will be approaching.  He's holding a scythe."

[DeciderVT]

Robert Blake, actor who was tried over wife’s killing, dies at 89

[Festoon]

Real shock, Lance Reddick, dead at 60.

 

Natural causes, apparently.

 

https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-wire-star-lance-reddick-dead-dies/?adid=social-twa

[JohnC]

No way. Shocker alright.

[grungekid]

Utterly gutted by this. Just started rewatchibg Fringe this month. He's so good in it.

[cubik]

Much too young, loved him in the Horizon games.

[dreamylittledream]

Zavala's dead?

 

Shit

[Benny]

Fucking hell. He seemed like he was in his prime too!

[Stig]

17 minutes ago, grungekid said:

Utterly gutted by this. Just started rewatchibg Fringe this month. He's so good in it.

 

He's in the new John Wick film too which is out next week. It's going to feel very odd watching that so soon after his death.

 

He was pretty great in most things he put his hand to, but I'll remember him fondly for his work in The Wire and John Wick. Also his most recent turn as Wesker and the clones in Reaident Evil was so much fun.

 

RIP

[Qazimod]

Oh no.  Loved what he brought to John Wick and other films, and he was a big presence in the Destiny games.

[Hawklord]

Fuuuuuuu

[smac]

Great in Bosch, too.

[Girth Certificate]

[Thor]

Lance Reddick was fucking immense in everything he's been in. And he loved Destiny, he loved being Commander Zavala. I'm fucking devastated. 

[Scruff]

1 minute ago, Thor said:

Lance Reddick was fucking immense in everything he's been in. And he loved Destiny, he loved being Commander Zavala. I'm fucking devastated. 

 

I just said in Discord to the nerds, that I never met him so it sounds silly, but I'm genuinely upset by this.

[Jamie John]

Aw, man, that sucks. Way too young. Shit.

[PK]

That's so sad, he seemed like a genuinely lovely person and he was great in everything he appeared in.

[Starbreaker]

Yep that's a real gut punch. Him and Michael K Williams both gone in such a short space of time feels universally unfair. 

 

As others have said, loved him in Fringe, The Wire (obviously), Horizon etc. Also followed him on Facebook which is unusual for me; seemed like a really good guy. 

 

God fucking dammit. 

[DeciderVT]

Loved him in The Wire but he was always a pleasure to watch.

 

"This leaves me with no choice... but to be a mature-ass adult about this shit."

[Scruff]

We'll always have Toys R me.

 

[Goose]

What the hell? That's far too young to be gone. 

 

I liked him in everything I'd seen him in.