Ulitzer95 12,769 Posted November 2, 2021 No official confirmation yet but social media posts suggest Dean Shek (wiki) has died, aged just 71. A famed Hong Kong film producer and director, but perhaps better known to Western audiences for his acting e.g. co-starring in Drunken Master with Jackie Chan. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,037 Posted November 5, 2021 On 05/10/2021 at 19:16, gcreptile said: Spanish playwright and Franco critic Alfonso Sastre, a DDP pick, died two weeks ago, but no english language obit yet. I wouldn't rule it out, though, maybe from that socialist one. https://www.publico.pt/2021/09/18/culturaipsilon/noticia/morreu-escritor-dramaturgo-argumentista-espanhol-alfonso-sastre-1977914 It's weird. For once, this obit of Mario Camus, that also mentions the death of Alfonso Sastre, doesn't exist for uk.news.yahoo: https://au.news.yahoo.com/spanish-film-director-mario-camus-135829645.html That said, there are other uk.news.yahoo obits for Mario Camus, but these DON'T mention the death of Alfonso Sastre. I mgith be missing something here though, but it seems, this one is a very, very close miss. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 7, 2021 https://tribune.com.pk/story/2328294/dhol-maestro-pappu-sain-passes-away-in-lahore Pakistani dhol master Pappu Sain dead at 95(?) from liver cancer. He sometimes performed with Pakistani "rock drum jam" band Overload: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,085 Posted November 7, 2021 95 seems very inflated, but since Pakistani outlets report it we'll have a dumb moment and believe it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 7, 2021 Well, he did look like a 95-year old in that last video of him posted on his instagram page a couple of hours before he died: But yeah, judging on how he looked in that video in my previous post, I'd say that he was atleast 25 years younger than they've reported him to have been. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,142 Posted November 7, 2021 Spanish artist Carmen Laffon reportedly dead aged 87: https://spainsnews.com/painter-carmen-laffon-dies-at-87/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 8, 2021 Bopol Mansiamina, Congolese musician who was part of the Soukous supergroup Les Quatre Étoiles in the 80s and the 90s has died at 72: https://today.in-24.com/News/559924.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,234 Posted November 8, 2021 Legendary Mexican actor Enrique Rocha, one of the great villains of soap operas, died on Sunday at the age of 81. The actor has participated in more than 30 films and plays and has become a foundational figure in the Televisa company where he projected his career over the decades: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16668531/enrique-rocha-dead-mexican-soap-opera/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 9, 2021 On 23/08/2021 at 21:26, arghton said: Still some notable living actors and actresses alive from the golden age of Mexican cinema, oldest ones are probably Amalia Aguilar (97) and Ignacio Lopez Tarso (96), youngest I could find is Lorena Velazquez (83) In the middle are Alma Rosa Aguirre (92), Rosa Carmina (91), Elsa Aguirre (90), Silvia Pinal (89), Maria Victoria (88) and Irma Dorantes (86). Silvia Pinal and Amalia Aguilar seem like the next ones to go. Pinal was hospitalised a month or two ago for heart-related problems and looks like she has gained a lot of weight after her acting career. Aguilar is either in bed or in a wheelchair in most photos including those from her 95th. Elsa Aguirre still looked great a couple of years ago, Maria Victoria is apparently in good health as is Lorena Velazquez. Ignacio Lopez Tarso and Irma Dorantes have both had cancer(s) during the last 10 years but look great for their ages in new pictures. https://diariodelyaqui.mx/farandula/muere-amalia-aguilar-la-rumbera-de-oro-del-cine-mexicano/52453 Amalia Aguilar dead at the age of 97 according to this article. The oldest notable living actor/actress of the Mexican Golden Age now seems to be Ignacio López Tarso who survived colon cancer at 91, will be 97 in january. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,512 Posted November 10, 2021 Norwegian actor Vegar Hoel has died aged 48 (Norwegian paywall link). Far better known in his homeland, but he did have some international fame as the lead actor in Dead Snow and its sequels. They were a bunch of cult B-movie horror films about zombie Nazis attacking some couples on a romantic getaway. The sequel involves Hoel's character raising a zombie Soviet Russian army to take on the dead Nazi stormtroopers, while he tries to bring his girlfriend (she died) back to life. It's the sort of kitchen sink drama stuff we've been missing in modern cinema, really. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 12, 2021 https://www.is.fi/tv-ja-elokuvat/art-2000008401142.html Finnish actress Kirsti Wallasvaara (IMDb) dead at the age of 78 after a long illness (likely breast cancer). Last IMDb credit is from 2019. Appeared in multiple movies in the 1960s and 1970s: Käpy selän alla/Under Your Skin (1966) Sexual revolution-era movie about four young adults (Wallasvaara, Eero Melasniemi (1942-), Kristiina Halkola (1945-) and Pekka Autiovuori (1946-)) going on a camping trip. 1950s actress Anneli Sauli (1932-2022) also appeared in the movie. Produced by Directed by Mikko Niskanen (1929-1990), produced by Kyösti Varesvuo (1932-2022), written by Robert Alftan (1940-) and Marja-Leena Mikkola (1939-). Asfalttilampaat (1968) Controversial movie about young lovers and mental problems by Mikko Niskanen and Jörn Donner. Main actors were Wallasvaara and Melasniemi. Social media celeb "Pappa" (1936-) appeared on Nenäpäivä, the Finnish version of Red Nose Day today looking frail. He has mixed dementia (alzheimer's and vascular dementia). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 14, 2021 On 28/10/2021 at 16:11, arghton said: https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20211027305902/vicente-fernandez-is-out-of-the-icu/ Out of ICU after being there for nearly three months. It was also announced that Fernández will continue to use a breathing aid device. “Don Vicente remains stable. He is more alert and cooperative in his rehabilitation therapy. His breathing remains weak which is why he need the intermittent use of breathing aids.” https://www.terra.com.mx/entretenimiento/2021/11/13/vicente-fernandez-cual-es-el-estado-de-salud-de-chente-hoy-sabado-13-de-noviembre-video-21167.html Vicente Fernandez could be discharged before christmas. not related to Vicente, but here's a small list of less-mentioned people with Alzheimer's: Marie-France Garaud (1934-) French former European parliament member 1999-2014, alzheimer's diagnosis made public in 2020 after a disappearance. Augusto Góngora (1952-) French journalist, TV presenter, alzheimer's disease diagnosed in 2010. Gehan Hassan El Makkawy (1939-) Egyptian TV personality, novelist, writers and scholar, diagnosed before 2015. Iride Semprini (1931-2022) Brazilian comedian, diagnosed around 2017. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 16, 2021 Saw a short interview of film director Aku Louhimies today... Looked very odd and thin IMO. He had cancer around ten years ago, I wonder if it's now back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,037 Posted November 17, 2021 South African singer Theuns Jordaan dead of leukemia at 50: https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/4085273/theuns-jordaan-dead-south-african-singer/ Last year, he had said that his prognosis was very good. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,420 Posted November 18, 2021 Chilean "King of Swing" Luis Dimas dead at 79 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 19, 2021 https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2021/11/19/friend-of-liberation-war-lucy-holt-hospitalized Not really famous but "Friend of Liberation", UK-born Bangladeshi social worker Sister Lucy Holt, 91, has been hospitalised with a stroke (plus a ton of other health issues including hypertension) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barbacoa 0 Posted November 19, 2021 If your gran ever went on a summer holiday to Spain and came back with a straw hat, a stuffed donkey, and singing some really cheesey but scarily catchy number, and knew all the dance moves that went with it, then chances are she'd been listening to Georgie Dann. He finally boogied off the stage on 3rd November, but not without leaving us with some absolute classics, such as Una Paloma Blanca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoQLowFKgpQ Kumbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4oV0c8WgwY and El Bimbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RUcYmaEUPA Medallion makers everywhere are in mourning. https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/11/03/georgie-dann-spains-king-of-the-cheesy-summer-pop-song-dies-aged-81/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Etushispushingupdaisies 136 Posted November 20, 2021 On 10/12/2017 at 03:35, Thatcher said: Here is a list of surviving People's Artists of the USSR. Remarkably, they all they all tend to receive an obituary in their home country (and usually one in Russia too). Many of these, particularly the Russians, are still popular and prominent even today. After the fall of the Soviet Union they remained well connected and some went into politics themselves. You'll often see them at photoshoots with Vladimir Putin or waving Russian flags at events in support of the annexation of Crimea. Maya Kuliyeva (IMDb) - Turkmen Operatic Soprano/Actress - b. 1st May 1920 Vladimir Etush (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 6th May 1922 Yuliya Borisova (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 17th March 1925 Marlen Khutsiev (IMDb) - Georgian-Russian Filmmaker - b. 4th October 1925 Inna Makarova (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 28th July 1926 Yury Grigorovich (IMDb) - Russian Ballet Dancer/Choreographer - b. 2nd January 1927 - The Independent profile. Vladimir Naumov (IMDb) - Russian Film Director/Writer - b. 6th December 1927 Elina Bystritskaya (IMDb) - Ukrainian-Russian Actress - b. 4th April 1928 Oleg Strizhenov (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 10th August 1929 Aleksandra Pakhmutova (IMDb) - Russian Composer - b. 9th November 1929 - Composer of Goodbye Moscow! from the 1980 Olympics. Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva - Turkmen Opera Singer - b. 23rd February 1930 Georgiy Daneliya (IMDb) - Georgian Film Director/Screenwriter - b. 25th August 1930 Medea Amiranashvili - Georgian Operatic Soprano - b. 10th October 1930 Murad Kajlayev - Azerbaijani-Russian Composer/Conductor - b. 15th January 1931 Shuhrat Abbosov (IMDb) - Uzbek Actor/Film Director/Screenwriter/Producer - b. 16th January 1931 Gennady Rozhdestvensky CBE - Russian Conductor - b. 4th May 1931 Valery Klimov - Ukrainian-Russian Violinist - b. 16th October 1931 Igor Kirillov - Russian State News Anchor - b. 14th September 1932 Rodion Shchedrin - Russian Composer/Pianist - b. 16th December 1932 Eldar Shengelaia (IMDb) - Georgian Film Director/Screenwriter - b. 26th January 1933 Tatiana Doronina (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 12th September 1933 Arif Malikov - Azerbaijani Composer - b. 13th September 1933 Mark Zakharov (IMDb) - Russian Film Director/Playwright - b. 13th October 1933 Galina Volchek (IMDb) - Russian Actress/Film Director - b. 19th December 1933 - The Evening Standard profile. Vasily Lanovoy (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 16th January 1934 Oleg Basilashvili (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 26th September 1934 Alisa Freindlich (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 8th December 1934 Nikolai Slichenko (IMDb) - Russian Singer - b. 27th December 1934 Yury Solomin (IMDb) - Russian Actor/Director - b. 18th June 1935 Oleg Tabakov (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 17th August 1935 Virgilijus Noreika - Lithuanian Operatic Tenor - b. 22nd September 1935 Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (IMDb) - Armenian Actor - b. 3rd October 1935 Raimonds Pauls (IMDb) - Latvian Composer - b. 12th January 1936 Vladislav Chernushenko - Russian Conductor - b. 14th January 1936 Nani Bregvadze (IMDb) - Georgian Vocalist/Actress - b. 21st July 1936 Zeynab Khanlarova - Azerbaijani Operatic Soprano - b. 28th December 1936 Regimantas Adomaitis (IMDb) - Lithuanian Actor - b. 31st January 1937 Edita Piekha (IMDb) - Russian Singer/Actress - b. 31st July 1937 Joseph Kobzon (IMDb) - Russian Singer - b. 11th September 1937 - BBC, The Guardian, The New York Times profiles. Yoqub Ahmedov (IMDb) - Uzbek Actor - b. 3rd January 1938 Igor Luchenok - Belarusian Composer - b. 6th August 1938 Yuri Termirkanov - Russian Conductor - b. 10th December 1938 - The Guardian, The Times reviews. Vladimir Atlantov (IMDb) - Russian Operatic Tenor - b. 19th February 1939 Lyudmila Chursina (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 20th July 1941 Yuri Vladimirov - Russian Ballet Dancer - b. 1st January 1942 - The Telegraph, The New York Times mentions. Makvala Kasrashvili - Georgian-Russian Operatic Soprano - b. 13th March 1942 Eliso Virsaladze - Georgian Pianist - b. 1942 Tamara Sinyavskaya (IMDb) - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano - b. 6th July 1943 Inna Churikova (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 5th October 1943 - BBC, The Times profiles and reviews. Vladimir Spivakov - Russian Conductor/Violinist - b. 12th September 1944 Liana Isakadze - Georgian Violinist - b. 2nd August 1946 Viktor Tretiakov - Russian Conductor/Violinist - b. 17th October 1946 Fidan Gasimova - Azerbaijani Operatic Soprano - b. 17th June 1947 Sofia Rotaru - Ukrainian Singer - b. 7th August 1947 Farhad Badalbeyli - Azerbaijani Composer/Pianist - b. 1947 Valentin Elizariev - Belarusian Balletmaster/Choreographer - b. 1947 Zebo Aminzoda - Tajik Ballerina/Choreographer - b. 3rd October 1948 Alla Pugacheva (IMDb) - Russian Singer - b. 15th April 1949 - Russia's Eurovision Representative of 1997. Malika Kalontarova - Tajik-American Dancer - b. 2nd September 1950 Ludmila Semenyaka - Russian Ballerina - b. 16th January 1952 - The New York Times review. Yuri Bashmet - Russian Conductor/Violinist/Violist - b. 24th January 1953 - The New York Times, The Telegraph profiles. Galina Shoidagbaeva - Russian Operatic Soprano - b. 5th July 1953 Nadezhda Pavlova - Russian Ballerina - b. 15th May 1956 - The Telegraph mention. Lanovoy has died this January. But I Couldn't be arsed to announcE it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Etushispushingupdaisies 136 Posted November 20, 2021 https://ria.ru/amp/20211119/aktrisa-1759821628.html Soviet actress Nina Agapova dead at 95. I'm back. Just been lazy. But I won't be announcing obituaries anymore, because I've lost any interest in doing so. I'll just play deadpools. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 24, 2021 https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000008429499.html Finnish rock music journalist Jukka Tapio "Waldemar" Wallenius dead at 73. He was the founder of newspapers Blues News (since 1968), Musa (1972-1978), Soundi (since 1975) and WUM (1991-1998). Blues News 3/1976. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,829 Posted November 26, 2021 On 01/10/2021 at 22:40, arghton said: Recently read that the house of Finnish actress Eila Roine (1931-) is being sold. Odd news, raises questions about her health. One of the most known actors of her generation and known for being "Grandma Eila" in the children's program Pikku Kakkonen 1996-2013. h47 IMDb credits as actor from between 1951 and 2019. Oldest of the four (all still alive!) children of actor Eero Roine (1904-1966), the other ones being: Olavi Roine (1933-) Liisa Roine (1938-) Actress, appeared in multiple movies in the 1960s and 1970s. 37 IMDb credits as actor from between 1960 and 2019. Esko Roine (1944-) Actor, maybe more famous from his long career as a theatre actor. 77 IMDb credits as actor from between 1962 and 2021. Picture from 2014. From left to right: Olavi, Eila, Esko and Liisa. https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000008433771.html Celebrating her 90th birthday today. This article mentions that she's had multiple heart attacks, falls and strokes during the last years. She says that she lives in a care home in case of a new stroke/heart attack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,234 Posted November 27, 2021 Peruvian film director Óscar Catacora died this Friday after suffering a sudden health problem when he was filming his new film. He was 34 years old. Catacora directed the film "Wiñaypacha". This film was chosen to represent Peru at the Oscars as the best foreign film. The Peruvian film is currently available on the Netflix platform: https://www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropical/peruvian-director-scar-catacora-dies-at-34 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,142 Posted November 28, 2021 French actress and singer Jacqueline Danno reportedly dead at 90: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,209 Posted November 28, 2021 "Devastated does not even begin to describe how we feel." Maybe try and come up with something that's less of a cliché then. Let me suggest a few alternatives: Heartbroken, grief-stricken, inconsolable, desolate, forlorn, sorrowful, distraught ..... Plenty more where those came from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted November 30, 2021 On 28/11/2021 at 16:41, Toast said: "Devastated does not even begin to describe how we feel." Maybe try and come up with something that's less of a cliché then. Let me suggest a few alternatives: Heartbroken, grief-stricken, inconsolable, desolate, forlorn, sorrowful, distraught ..... Plenty more where those came from. We can assume at least one of your suggestions were at the head of David’s list and only after that/them did he include ‘devastated’. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
