msc 18,476 Posted December 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Oh I thought there was a few more?! A Canadian unique pick or something?! Off Wiki's deaths in 2021 we have had more LOTM than hits the past few days. If more obscure names appeared I am unaware of them as yet. Short of a splurge at Christmas, this wont be a record breaking year. I write the sodding obits so I'm hoping there isn't a splurge at Christmas! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted December 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Oh I thought there was a few more?! A Canadian unique pick or something?! Also awaiting QO as far as I can tell. Poor sod, all he had to do was like nose candy and it'd have been QOs up the wazoo already 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted December 12, 2021 Just now, msc said: Off Wiki's deaths in 2021 we have had more LOTM than hits the past few days. If more obscure names appeared I am unaware of them as yet. Short of a splurge at Christmas, this wont be a record breaking year. I write the sodding obits so I'm hoping there isn't a splurge at Christmas! Oh don't bank on it! Don't cross your fingers or tighten those bowels too much yet as it could get messy!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted December 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, msc said: Off Wiki's deaths in 2021 we have had more LOTM than hits the past few days. If more obscure names appeared I am unaware of them as yet. Short of a splurge at Christmas, this wont be a record breaking year. I write the sodding obits so I'm hoping there isn't a splurge at Christmas! Yes I was surprised nobody chose Anne Rice or Cara Williams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted December 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Oh don't bank on it! Don't cross your fingers or tighten those bowels too much yet as it could get messy!! Oh I know the score. DI stretched out relaxing in January, triumphantly going "Everyone died in December, mate." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted December 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, msc said: Oh I know the score. DI stretched out relaxing in January, triumphantly going "Everyone died in December, mate." Suddenly with so few names left the title competition hinges on Johnny Gilbert. I have an opening 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 12, 2021 Here’s that Vincente Fernandez QO if anyone is interested. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,408 Posted December 12, 2021 4 hours ago, HDS said: Family now acknowledges. RIP to one of the greatest singers from latin america, I honestly thought he had some more days left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,143 Posted December 12, 2021 Is it just me who's never heard of him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted December 12, 2021 21 minutes ago, Toast said: Is it just me who's never heard of him? you must have arghton blocked Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,199 Posted December 13, 2021 Spanish actress Verónica Forqué has died at the age of 66. This morning, her body was found by the emergency services at her home in Madrid. Famous for her films with Pedro Almodóvar, Verónica Forqué (maybe the best comedy actress of her generation), was born into a family of artists: her father (José María Forqué, prestigious director and producer), her mother (Carmen Vázquez-Vigo, writer), her brother (Álvaro Forqué, filmmaker) and her grandfather (José Vázquez-Vigo, musician and composer): https://then24.com/2021/12/13/actress-veronica-forque-is-found-dead-at-her-home-in-madrid/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,726 Posted December 13, 2021 35 minutes ago, MariNisia said: Spanish actress Verónica Forqué has died at the age of 66. This morning, her body was found by the emergency services at her home in Madrid. Famous for her films with Pedro Almodóvar, Verónica Forqué (maybe the best comedy actress of her generation), was born into a family of artists: her father (José María Forqué, prestigious director and producer), her mother (Carmen Vázquez-Vigo, writer), her brother (Álvaro Forqué, filmmaker) and her grandfather (José Vázquez-Vigo, musician and composer): https://then24.com/2021/12/13/actress-veronica-forque-is-found-dead-at-her-home-in-madrid/ Forqueing hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted December 13, 2021 About Vicente Fernandez, I wonder if he was the inspiration for the character design of the Superstar character Ernesto De La Cruz in Pixar's Coco. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted December 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, gcreptile said: About Vicente Fernandez, I wonder if he was the inspiration for the character design of the Superstar character Ernesto De La Cruz in Pixar's Coco. Oh, and a find: The Mexican grandmother who is the inofficial inspiration for the Coco character is now 108 years old: https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20210921196400/mama-coco-vida-real-cumple-108/?viewas=amp Name is Maria de la Salud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted December 13, 2021 33 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Oh, and a find: The Mexican grandmother who is the inofficial inspiration for the Coco character is now 108 years old: https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20210921196400/mama-coco-vida-real-cumple-108/?viewas=amp Name is Maria de la Salud. Please don't give the gerontophile readers on here ideas for more pointless Wikipedia pages! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted December 16, 2021 Korean comedian Kim Chul-Min dead of cancer at 54: https://www.soompi.com/article/1504039wpp/comedian-kim-chul-min-passes-away-after-battle-with-cancer Deathrace pick this year, and would have been a Deathrace pick again. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 376 Posted December 16, 2021 December 13, 2021 Писатель и режиссер Сергей Соловьев скончался в Москве, ему было 77 лет. Всего на счету режиссера 20 фильмов, в том числе «Асса», «Черная роза - эмблема печали, красная роза - эмблема любви» и «Сто дней после детства», награжденных Серебряным медведем за лучшую режиссуру. Берлинский кинофестиваль. В 1981 и 1987 годах Соловьев входил в жюри Венецианского фестиваля, в 1993 году ему было присвоено звание Народного артиста. В 2002 году выступил инициатором создания международного фестиваля кинематографических дебютов «Дух огня» в Ханты-Мансийске. https://www.rbc.ru/society/13/12/2021/61b76b0a9a794759c07a97d0 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,754 Posted December 16, 2021 17 minutes ago, chel said: December 13, 2021 Writer and director Sergei Soloviev died in Moscow, he was 77 years old. In total, the director has 20 films, including "Assa", "The Black Rose - the emblem of sadness, the red rose - the emblem of love" and "One Hundred Days After Childhood", which were awarded the Silver Bear for the best director. Berlin Film Festival. In 1981 and 1987, Solovyov was a member of the jury of the Venice Festival, in 1993 he was awarded the title of People's Artist. In 2002, he initiated the creation of the Spirit of Fire international festival of cinematic debuts in Khanty-Mansiysk. https://www.rbc.ru/society/13/12/2021/61b76b0a9a794759c07a97d0 Translated. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted December 17, 2021 On 06/12/2021 at 20:41, drol said: *snip* 3)Bogalay Tint Aung (1922) Burma's national artist, a talented filmmaker and composer. If only there was a way to rapidly and accurately describe his condition... oh, wait, here it is: Dead according to the BBC. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,372 Posted December 18, 2021 Japanese actress Sayaka Kanda dies at 35. (1986 - 2021) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://comicbook.com/anime/amp/news/sword-art-online-sayaka-kanda-voice-actor-death/&ved=2ahUKEwj539XViu70AhULCewKHbpMAG4QFnoECEgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1FH3qm-3LN9j88UmIEUc9Z Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,372 Posted December 20, 2021 Argentine actress Gloria Montes dies at 96. R.I.P (1925 - 2021) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,372 Posted December 21, 2021 Canadian actor Christopher Newton dies at 85. R.I.P (1936 - 2021) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/christopher-newton-former-artistic-director-of-shaw-festival-dies-at-85-4887629&ved=2ahUKEwjWk-Cf1fX0AhXngP0HHR7yA-QQFnoECDkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw05WeDkIn5eTUaMwcpBJHMC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted December 21, 2021 Any Ingmar Bergman fans here? I made a list of survivors from his movies. Well, it might be pointless to include the ones from the 70s and 80s. How about 1946-1969? Kris/Crisis - 1946: Inga Landgre (b. 1927) Det regnar på vår kärlek/It Rains on Our Love - 1946: N/A Skepp till Indialand/A Ship Bound for India - 1947: Amy Aaröe (b. 1925) Musik i mörker/Music in Darkness - 1948: N/A Hamnstad/Port of Call - 1948: See end of post Fängelse/Prison - 1949: Anita Blom (b. 1929) Törst/Thirst - 1949: Monica Eek (b. 1941) Till glädje/To Joy - 1950: Margit Carlqvist (b. 1932) & Björn Montin (b. 1941) Sånt händer inte här/This Can't Happen Here - 1950: Gunwer Bergkvist (b. 1932) Sommarlek/Summer Interlude - 1951: Gerd Andersson (b. 1932) Kvinnors väntan/Secrets of Women - 1952: Björn Bjelfvenstam (b. 1929) & Gerd Andersson Sommaren med Monika/Summer with Monika - 1953: Harriet Andersson (b. 1932) & Carl-Uno Larsson (b. 1944) Gycklarnas afton/Sawdust and Tinsel - 1953: Harriet Andersson & Göran Lundqvist (b. 1941) En lektion i kärlek/A Lesson in Love - 1954: Harriet Andersson, Yvonne Lombard (b. 1929) & Göran Lundqvist Kvinnodröm/Dreams - 1955: Inga Landgre, Björn Bjelfvenstam & Harriet Andersson Sommarnattens leende/Smiles of a Summer Night - 1955: Björn Bjelfvenstam, Margit Carlqvist, Harriet Andersson & Lena Söderblom (b. 1935) Det sjunde inseglet/The Seventh Seal - 1957: Inga Landgre, Lars Lind (b. 1935) & Lena Bergman (b. 1943, daughter) Smultronstället/Wild Strawberries - 1957: Björn Bjelfvenstam, Gio Petre (b. 1937), Eva Möller (b. 1938), Göran Lundqvist & Lena Bergman Nära livet/Brink of Life - 1958: Inga Landgre, Lars Lind & Kristina Adolphson (b. 1937) Ansiktet/The Magician - 1958: Birgitta Pettersson (b. 1939) Jungfrukällan/The Virgin Spring - 1960: Birgitta Pettersson Djävulens öga/The Devil's Eye - 1960: Kristina Adolphson Såsom i en spegel/Through a Glass Darkly - 1961: Harriet Andersson Nattvardsgästerna/Winter Light - 1963: Eddie Axberg (b. 1947) Tystnaden/The Silence - 1963: Jörgen Lindström (b. 1951) För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor/All These Women - 1964: Harriet Andersson Persona - 1966: Liv Ullmann (b. 1938) & Jörgen Lindström Vargtimmen/Hour of the Wolf - 1968: Liv Ullmann & Mikael Rundquist (b. 1955) Skammen/Shame - 1968: Liv Ullmann En passion/The Passion of Anna - 1969: Liv Ullmann, Annicka Kronberg (b. 1944) & Malin Ek (b. 1945) Gunlög Hagberg (1931-2021) played one of the flagellants in The Seventh Seal. She died on 29 September 2021 but IMDb still has her as alive. Else-Merete Heiberg was in Port of Call & Thirst, but I couldn't verify that she is still alive as of December 2021. This is because she is Norwegian and not as famous as Ullmann. Maybe Old Lady or Putin knows. If alive, then every single of Bergman's release years has at least one survivor. On a similar note, Maud Elfsiö moved to Denmark. She was in Brink of Life. Another immigrant is Hariette Garellick, who lives/lived in USA so no clue here either. She was in Crisis. Another cast member of Bergman's first film is Carin Cederström. Born in 1925, very little information and I don't want to assume that she's alive just cuz there's no death date online. Spoiler Can you tell I'm bored? I'm really bored. At least you have good material for future Silverscreen pools. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted December 22, 2021 Sir Carlyle Glean, the Governor-General of Grenada from 2008 to 2013, has died. He was 89. https://www.nowgrenada.com/2021/12/former-governor-general-sir-carlyle-glean-has-died/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,753 Posted December 22, 2021 Jussi Wahlgren (1952-2021, imdb) Finnish author and actor known for his roles in soap operas Salatut Elämät (from 2009 to 2011) and Kotikatu (2009) and for being the Finnish dub voice actor for multiple characters in Transformers: Prime (from 2012 to 2013) found dead in his Athens home: http://mesta.net/nayttelija-ja-kirjailija-jussi-wahlgren-on-kuollut/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites