RIP Thread

[ChompChomp]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spencer-lofranco-dead-unbroken-actor-1236433206/

Spencer Lofranco, actor in the movies Gotti and Unbroken, died at the age of 33.

Sux. Never saw anything he was in, but always hate seeing people die so young.

Gotta give mad props for hitting the red carpet dressed to the nines...

Spoiler

... except for a bowtie. Or, any tie.

 

[Introvertigo]

https://www.variety.com/2025/film/news/udo-kier-dead-own-private-idaho-andy-warhol-frankenstein-1236590259/

Udo Kier, German actor known for staring in movies like My Own Private Idaho and Andy Warhol's Frankenstein died at the age of 81.

 

[tehpope]

https://www.variety.com/2025/film/news/udo-kier-dead-own-private-idaho-andy-warhol-frankenstein-1236590259/

Udo Kier, German actor known for staring in movies like My Own Private Idaho and Andy Warhol's Frankenstein died at the age of 81.

RIP. I thought he was a lot older.

 

[Pale Empress]

https://www.variety.com/2025/film/news/udo-kier-dead-own-private-idaho-andy-warhol-frankenstein-1236590259/

Udo Kier, German actor known for staring in movies like My Own Private Idaho and Andy Warhol's Frankenstein died at the age of 81.

This one hits hard. Longtime fan of his. Kojima wrote a eulogy earlier and described him as iconic, and I really dont think there's any other fitting term to describe him.

RIP.

 

[Introvertigo]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/h-rap-brown-dead.html

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin AKA H. Rap Brown, member of the Black Panther Party, died at the age of 82.

 

[BiggestKai]

https://www.variety.com/2025/film/news/udo-kier-dead-own-private-idaho-andy-warhol-frankenstein-1236590259/

Udo Kier, German actor known for staring in movies like My Own Private Idaho and Andy Warhol's Frankenstein died at the age of 81.

Kier was also Yuri from the Red Alert games.

May he rest in peace.

 

[Chad Holdenford]

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dead at 81.

 

[sasazuka]

Udo Kier, German actor known for staring in movies like My Own Private Idaho and Andy Warhol's Frankenstein died at the age of 81.

I saw Udo Kier on stage once at a screening of Gate to Heaven (2003) in Montreal. Mediocre movie but he seemed like a nice guy.

 

[Billy_Sama!]

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dead at 81.

The Harder They Come is one of my favorite albums and recommend it if you never listen to it.

 

[Foltest]

Udo Kier was a fantastic actor.
Even when he was in garbarge, he never phoned it in.

 

[Procopius]

A ways back we were talking about the Kessler Twins. I tripped across this video today which shows them at the height of their popularity appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show. Worth a watch.

https://youtu.be/lcbq62P48K4?si=h8cr2-7o4sfgH3hG

How have I missed this news for a whole week. Here are a couple of videos from their RAI heyday that I snaffled from You Tube before they got taken down.

 

[Introvertigo]

https://www.ktul.com/news/local/city-mourns-mother-viola-fletcher-111-beacon-of-resilience-and-tulsa-massacre-survivor

Viola Fletcher, survivor of the Tusla race massacre, died at the age of 111.

 

[moocow]

https://www.ktul.com/news/local/city-mourns-mother-viola-fletcher-111-beacon-of-resilience-and-tulsa-massacre-survivor

Viola Fletcher, survivor of the Tusla race massacre, died at the age of 111.

From the article:

Through the Viola Ford Fletcher Foundation, she focused on creating opportunities, resources, and safe spaces for future generations, emphasizing empowerment and self-sufficiency.

She must be so very, very disappointed in the blacks whose lives she labored to improve.

 

[Introvertigo]

https://www.people.com/paul-costelloe-personal-fashion-designer-for-princess-diana-dead-at-80-11856220

Paul Costelloe, fashion designer known designing clothes for Princess Diana, died on the 21st of this month at the age of 80.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

Can't post a link, but Dr. Now from My 600 Pound Life has died.

 

[Dan Abrams]

Can't post a link, but Dr. Now from My 600 Pound Life has died.

Worst thing I’ve heard all year

 

[Introvertigo]

Can't post a link, but Dr. Now from My 600 Pound Life has died.

https://tmz.donextop.com/heartbreaking-loss-dr-now-from-1000lb-sisters-passes-away-leaving-fans-in-mourning

Apparently, it happened earlier this month.

 

[Nick Bockwinkel's Belt]

Can't post a link, but Dr. Now from My 600 Pound Life has died.

Apparently, it happened earlier this month.

Can't find any other confirmation, and he posted on his instagram a few weeks ago that reports of his death were a hoax.

 

[Elderly beef taco]

Can't find any other confirmation, and he posted on his instagram a few weeks ago that reports of his death were a hoax.

Thank goodness. Dr. Now might be a snarky one but he does good work.

 

[Introvertigo]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrk9w8wp75o

Terence English, doctor who lead the team for the first heart transplant in Britain, died at the age of 93.

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jellybean-johnson-death-1236120475/

Jellybean Johnson, founding member and drummer of the R&B group The Time, died at the age of 69.