[2022] Gone But Not Forgotten
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Padrino
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Staggering losses to the culture abound as the calendar turns over.
RIP.
https://apnews.com/article/entertai...einman-music-b5cec094291a4e8a6f5f0f88aba18b4d
“Meat Loaf, the rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” and “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” has died, his family says on Facebook.”
“Meat Loaf, the rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” and “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” has died, his family says on Facebook.”
https://apnews.com/article/entertai...AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter
“Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely and Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” has died at age 68.”
“Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely and Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” has died at age 68.”
Padrino
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Like most, I was quite absorbed today by news of the Kings' acquisition of Domatas Sabonis. So much so that I missed the initial reporting on the death of legendary visual effects artist Douglas Trumbull.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/douglas-trumbull-dead-visual-effects-1235174814/amp/
If you don't know his name, you certainly know his enormously influential work in films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Blade Runner.
Trumbull pioneered the modern special effects era with revolutionary in-camera techniques that, in my estimation, still rival the muddy, oft-incomprehensible digital effects of today.
He was a champion of practical effects until the very end.
RIP.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/douglas-trumbull-dead-visual-effects-1235174814/amp/
If you don't know his name, you certainly know his enormously influential work in films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Blade Runner.
Trumbull pioneered the modern special effects era with revolutionary in-camera techniques that, in my estimation, still rival the muddy, oft-incomprehensible digital effects of today.
He was a champion of practical effects until the very end.
RIP.
Doug Trumbull was an absolute legend. His optical effects work in 2001 and Blade Runner has yet to be topped IMO and probably won't ever be now that digital compositing is the norm. He's right up there with Conrad L. Hall and John Alton and a half dozen other artists as the premier practitioners of celluloid artistry.
coolhandluke
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RIP to the greatest spin bowler and the greatest captain that Australia never had. Gone too soon like Gatting's wicket.
RIP
For a band I never even had a passing interest in, this one hits hard. Both Taylor and Dave seem like hella cool dudes. RIP
I can't post either here but it really crushes me that I have had to share two of the best clips from the Aristrocrats on my social timelines 
Naomi Judd of the Judds.
https://apnews.com/article/naomi-judd-dead-29302bc273e57c174ea9ecbea606f668
jeez hate to speculate but doesn't sound like we have to. awful hope she is at peace.
https://apnews.com/article/naomi-judd-dead-29302bc273e57c174ea9ecbea606f668
jeez hate to speculate but doesn't sound like we have to. awful
hope she is at peace.
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Vangelis, Oscar-Winning Composer of ‘Chariots of Fire’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ Dead at 79
R.I.P. to a legend, whose work on Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner' remains absolutely iconic, a masterpiece of the form. Upon my first encounter with that particular score, I realized something inside me was forever changed. It reshaped my understanding of both music and film, and I leaned on its courage to in turn reshape my own creative impulses.
Countless electronic artists have been influenced by Vangelis, who did not set out to revolutionize synthesized music, but managed to do so all the same. To the uninitiated, here is some of his finest work:
R.I.P. to a legend, whose work on Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner' remains absolutely iconic, a masterpiece of the form. Upon my first encounter with that particular score, I realized something inside me was forever changed. It reshaped my understanding of both music and film, and I leaned on its courage to in turn reshape my own creative impulses.
Countless electronic artists have been influenced by Vangelis, who did not set out to revolutionize synthesized music, but managed to do so all the same. To the uninitiated, here is some of his finest work:
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Ray Liotta, ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ star, dies
https://apnews.com/article/ray-liotta-dead-46f9582dce224a3e51d3bba1663b3c05
https://apnews.com/article/ray-liotta-dead-46f9582dce224a3e51d3bba1663b3c05
You mean 60? And why not? I have a friend whose dad died of a heart attack in his 40's. I have another friend whose dad died in his 50's, I think, from prostate cancer. It doesn't say he died in his sleep, just by "natural causes".
He was talking about Ray Liotta.
Ah, thanks. He didn't specify, so I thought he was responding regarding Fletch. The point still stands. Folks can die from heart attacks, strokes, cancer, etc., at much younger ages than 74.5 years (for a male in the US).
Ray definitely enjoyed his 67 though.
kingsboi
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those aren't natural causes though. Those stem from somewhere. When a 67 year old doesn't wake up anymore, some under lying issue is the culprit more often than not.
I'll disagree on what you think "natural causes" are. From LiveScience, but numerous other sources have similar language:
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