The Shmups Forum Dead Pool

[BulletMagnet]

Loretta Swit, best known as "Hot Lips" Houlihan from M*A*S*H, age 87.

[BulletMagnet]

Two more TV-related obituaries:

Alf Clausen, former longtime composer for The Simpsons, age 87, of a brain disorder.

Johnathan Joss, voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill, age 59 - apparently shot dead by a neighbor, possibly on account of his being gay.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Johnathan Joss

The details of the murder, if his husband's account is true, are exceptionally fucked up.

[GaijinPunch]

Happy Pride Month. WTF is wrong w/ people.

[BulletMagnet]

Sly Stone, age 82.

[GaijinPunch]

Sly Stone, age 82.

Maybe mention that's not Sylvester Stallone.

[BulletMagnet]

Maybe mention that's not Sylvester Stallone.

The one with the middle name "and the Family".

[vol.2]

Sly Stone, age 82.

Oh damn. One of the best. Coincidentally was talking about Sly and the Family Stone on Sunday with friends. We were having a discussion about R&B groups that were family members and they came up.

There's A Riot Goin On is firmly in my favorite albums of all time.

[KennyMan666]

Brian Wilson, frontman of The Beach Boys, has passed away at 82 years of age.

[vol.2]

Brian Wilson, frontman of The Beach Boys, has passed away at 82 years of age.

Aww crap. That one stings. I've been a Wilson watcher since I was a kid. He's genuinely one of those people who I sometimes thought about over the years, and it was a comfort to know he was still around, and that there might be some more music coming from him.

Solo Wilson track fromt 1988, Love and Mercy hits home right now.

[GaijinPunch]

Douglas McCarthy, front man of the band Nitzer Ebb, at age 58.

[Lord British]

Douglas McCarthy, front man of the band Nitzer Ebb, at age 58.

They were just touring with Ministry. Was he part of the tour?

[Sumez]

Way too early to leave us!
Nitzer Ebb were playing WGT last year when I was there, but he had to cancel due to health issues and someone else (no idea who) took over vocals duty. But without Douglas on vocals, that's just missing a massive part of what their music is. I've seen them live enough times anyway. But man, I had no idea the health issues were *that* severe

My only personal run-in with Douglas McCarthy was right when they made their comeback in.. 2007 or so? I was helping out the organizers of the local show and he was resting on top of my jacket, so I had to disturb him to get it. I rarely feel starstruck in the presence of EBM artists because of their relative obscurity, but this guy had a certain legendary aura to him. Very cool and friendly, though.

That's Gabi (DAF) and Douglas (Nitzer) out, and Front 242 just officially finally called it quits after decades of touring (they played a couple of new tracks though, so maybe they still have an album in them?).
But dammit, someone needs to protect Dirk Ivens.

[AGermanArtist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9cnNdz3rB4

[BIL]

Man WTF, I'm on hobby hiatus for a bit and this thread still connects like a fuckin Taito Homing Lazor.

Ah well, so it goes. Legend. Choose the Fast Beat / Choose the Hard Line / Build Choose Learn

My only personal run-in with Douglas McCarthy was right when they made their comeback in.. 2007 or so? I was helping out the organizers of the local show and he was resting on top of my jacket, so I had to disturb him to get it. I rarely feel starstruck in the presence of EBM artists because of their relative obscurity, but this guy had a certain legendary aura to him. Very cool and friendly, though.

So rad

[xEbb1993x]

Lalo Schifrin, best known for the Mission: Impossible theme, Dirty Harry, Enter the Dragon, Bullitt, and Rush Hour.

[BryanM]

Well, this one hurts. Bill Moyers.

The man was basically the only leftist on TV after Phil Donahue was fired for being against the Iraq war. His episode with Chris Hedges on sacrifice zones was a major step in many people's journey from lib cattle to radicalized anarchist.

That, and the Slavery By Another Name documentary that reminds people that slavery 'with an extra step' is still legal here.

If you were a weirdo pervert who liked knowing things, PBS was your gateway drug into the abyss. Knowing things is horrible I 100% don't recommend it. As Internet Hippo always says, 'I'd give anything to go back to not being informed.'

Thanks for everything, Bill. You were one of the few people close to the levers of power that actually gave a shit about human life.

[vol.2]

If you were a weirdo pervert who liked knowing things, PBS was your gateway drug into the abyss. Knowing things is horrible I 100% don't recommend it. As Internet Hippo always says, 'I'd give anything to go back to not being informed.'

I'd rather die in tears than live with compartmentalization.

There's the journey that mankind has to take, and then there's the individual journeys that we must all take alone. If we can't see the former through, the least I can hold myself to is seeing to the later.

rip Bill Moyers, one of the very very best

[AGermanArtist]

Michael Madsen

[Sturmvogel Prime]

Jim Shooter, the editor who saved Marvel Comics and the Father of Transformers lore died of esophogeal cancer at 73.
https://www.seibertron.com/transmission ... way/48622/
https://www.imdb.com/fr-ca/news/ni65364 ... _=tt_nwr_2

'Till all are one.

[Mortificator]

RIP. '80s Marvel was peak Marvel.