Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted October 23, 2018 18 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Unconfirmed reports calypso musician Winston Bailey aka Mighty Shadow has died at age 77. Unconfirmed reports where? State in your posts... and if it's Twitter, FB etc. then provide a link so we can judge credibility ourselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 23, 2018 21 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Unconfirmed reports where? State in your posts... and if it's Twitter, FB etc. then provide a link so we can judge credibility ourselves. I prefer to wait for a proper source. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 23, 2018 43 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Unconfirmed reports calypso musician Winston Bailey aka Mighty Shadow has died at age 77. Now confirmed https://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/local/the-mighty-shadow-has-died/article_34410394-d6c3-11e8-9e5a-234f910deb0e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 23, 2018 31 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Now confirmed https://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/local/the-mighty-shadow-has-died/article_34410394-d6c3-11e8-9e5a-234f910deb0e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share If you edit the OP, it counts as one post. If you quote yourself, it counts as two. We see what's going on here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: If you edit the OP, it counts as one post. If you quote yourself, it counts as two. We see what's going on here. Sometimes, a source isn't immediately available. Usually, I do edit to keep it one post, if the information becomes available shortly afterward. However, when somebody has already responded, I find editing the original post complicates the thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted October 27, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 15:20, arrowsmith said: Just need de Klerk for apartheid bingo De Klerk hospitalised: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-10-27-fw-de-klerk-hospitalised/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,045 Posted October 28, 2018 The french well-known journalist and hosto Philippe Gildas has died, aged 82 : http://www.europe1.fr/culture/philippe-gildas-est-mort-a-82-ans-3788633 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 28, 2018 Anthony Anenih, a former Nigerian Minister of Works and Housing, has died. He was 85. https://www.ladesignatory.com/2018/10/tony-anenih-is-dead/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted October 30, 2018 The Mighty Shadow mentioned above crosses the Guardian Obits page: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/30/mighty-shadow-obituary Thus on a par with Lance Percival in calypso related QOs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted November 3, 2018 On 24/03/2011 at 23:52, Davey Jones' Locker said: Monica Vitti 87 today! Another useless Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 3, 2018 Shin Seong-Il aka Shin Sung-Il, a legendary figure in the South Korean cinema who made 500 films over 40 years, has died. He was 81. His date of death is November 4th, not April 4th, as indicated in the translation. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&u=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/11/04/2018110400019.html&prev=search Edit: English language obit: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/11/689_258135.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted November 9, 2018 Roland Mahauden, founder and director of the Theatre de Poche, dies on his 76th birthday. https://manchikoni.com/roland-mahauden-founder-of-theatre-de-poche-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 13, 2018 On 10/12/2017 at 14:17, gcreptile said: Great list, thanks a lot. I just thought something like this needed to be done with 3 losses in 3 days. On 09/12/2017 at 19:35, 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. Igor Luchenok dead https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/kultura/ushel_iz_zhizni_legendarnyy_kompozitor_narodnyy_artist_belarusi_igor_luchenok/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 605 Posted November 13, 2018 Véronique Sanson cancels Pleyel concerts (en français) (news about her was originally in the Possibilities for 2019 thread but due to latest update I think this is more suitable here) Véro originally cancelled dates from her tour, including the Roubaix concert I was due to go to , back in September after announcing that she was being treated for throat cancer (more precisely, a tumour on a tonsil), but was hopeful to complete the final dates of her tour at Salle Pleyel, Paris, at the end of the year. I always thought this was a bit optimistic and so it comes to pass. For those who can't/be bothered to read French: Quote "Véronique had a radiotherapy treatment in October which forced us to cancel her concerts in November (...) Side effects due to radiation therapy require Veronique to rest for at least three months," explains her promoter Gilbert Coullier . "There is no second tumor or spread in the mouth. The radiation therapy has just caused an inflammation of the area that does not allow him to sing, "said a close source of the singer in Le Parisien. Unless the cancer does spread, I don't think she's a contender for 2019. She's always had somewhat fragile health but radiotherapy isn't as nasty as chemotherapy so I expect to see her back to full strength and on tour sometime next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted November 14, 2018 Lucho Gatica The Chilean Singer is dead at 90. One of the most popular Bolero Singer's of the 50s and 60s,was especially a favorite of my Abuelita. There was an interview with him in Billboard earlier in the year,and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.So some english language obits should roll in over the next week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted November 14, 2018 Malaysian actor Zaibo never had the chance to become the Spanky Manikan of 2019: https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/under-one-roof-star-zaibo-dies-from-cancer-at-62 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted November 14, 2018 Even the Cup shortlisters are going now. (Also likely Deathracer and potential Alt Obit'er.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 15, 2018 On 14/11/2018 at 05:06, gcreptile said: Malaysian actor Zaibo never had the chance to become the Spanky Manikan of 2019: https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/under-one-roof-star-zaibo-dies-from-cancer-at-62 Well fuck. I’m actually saying ‘well fuck’ as it looks like someone else was onto this guy, I honestly thought I had a unique. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted November 15, 2018 35 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Well fuck. I’m actually saying ‘well fuck’ as it looks like someone else was onto this guy, I honestly thought I had a unique. SC Well, depends on the Deadpool. I'm pretty sure he would have been a unique for you in the DDP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 17, 2018 Alyque Padamsee, who was known for his role as Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the film Gandhi, died today at the age of 90. Padamsee was widely regarded as the Father of modern Indian advertising, as he founded Lintas, which is considered one of the top advertising agencies in the country. He made his stage debut at the age of 7 in Merchant of Venice, a William Shakespeare play, directed by his brother Bobby Padamsee. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 17, 2018 Decorated war veteran Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri died in a private hospital in Mohali near here on Saturday, family sources said. He was 78. Chandpuri, who was an Army Major during the 1971 India-Pakistan war, had held his post through the night in the famous battle of Longewala in Rajasthan with just 120 men against a full-fledged attack by advancing Pakistani Patton tanks. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 19, 2018 Former Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khanday died after a prolonged illness on Sunday night. He was suffering from lung cancer. Khanday, 63, who is survived by his wife and daughter, was laid to rest in Srinagar on Monday evening. Khanday had resigned on August 25, 2015, three months ahead of his retirement without citing any reasons. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted November 19, 2018 Hawai'an "slack key master" Cyril Pahunui dead at 68: http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/11/18/breaking-news/slack-key-master-cyril-pahinui-dies-at-68/ Hawai'i is losing all of their legends... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted November 21, 2018 French actress Dominique Blanchar dead aged 91. https://www.profession-spectacle.com/rip-dominique-blanchar-comedienne-de-louis-jouvet-albert-camus-et-claude-regy/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThePrematureBurial 224 Posted December 7, 2018 Famous Swiss actress Liselotte Pulver (born 1929) is in excellent form. And I thought she's wasting away in a retirement home. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
