RIP 2022
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@Kid-Chocolate just coming to post that, even his bit part in Road Trip was awesome
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@Kid-Chocolate said in RIP 2022:
Tremors has always been a guilty pleasure, and that fishing scene in Short Cuts with Buck Henry and Huey Lewis is a classic. Always liked this guy.
Fred Ward, Star of ‘The Right Stuff,’ ‘Tremors,’ Dies at 79
Fred Ward, who starred in films including "Henry and June," "Tremors," "The Right Stuff" and "The Player," has died. He was 79.
Also good in Escape from Alcatraz. RIP
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Vangelis. RIP.
From Dave Weigel’s book on prog rock:
JON ANDERSON WAS COPING with the separation from Yes. In short order he sought out Vangelis, whom he warmly remembered trying to court for the band when Wakeman originally quit. “I saw photographs of him playing four or five keyboards at the same time, and laser beams behind him,” Anderson would recall. “It was unbelievable. I had to meet this guy.” When he did, Vangelis greeted the singer in “a kaftan way down to the floor and a big bow and arrow around his shoulders and arrows coming out of a quiver,” displaying archery before he got down to the music.
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I do like Vangelis, but my sad abiding memory every time I hear his name, was backstage at a Nick Cave concert over 30 years ago, and a fan asking Blixa Bargeld about Vangelis. ‘Did u zay Vangelis? Zis conversation is over.”
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The first thing I remember him playing was Melanie Griffith’s psycho ex-boyfriend in Something Wild, and he was genuinely scary. Then of course Goodfellas, and others. That scene in his car tailed by helicopters with Nilsson’s Jump Into The Fire.
Ray Liotta Dead at 67, Passed in His Sleep in Dominican Republic
Ray Liotta dead at the age of 67. The ‘Goodfellas’ actor passed away in his sleep while filming a movie in the Dominican Republic. RIP.
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Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
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@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite.
Yep. He was awesome in Hannibal and came across as creepy and psychopathic as Lector himself. Identify was great as well. Most of his stuff post Goodfellas was a bit meh
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Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher is gone too. Younger than me.
Andy Fletcher, Founding Member of Depeche Mode, Dies at 60
Andy Fletcher, one of the founding members of Depeche Mode has died. He was 60.
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The Yes rhythm section did some great, complicated stuff very well indeed and now they’re both gone.
I'm happy I got to see Yes twice when they toured in the 2010s, when Chris Squire was still the band leader. In the latter concert they played all of Fragile and Close to the Edge.
Now, they're Yes in name only with only Steve Howe left from the classic lineup.
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@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
100%. They were calling him a Hollywood legend on TV this morning. That's really not true. He could and should have been, but I'll bet most people have never even heard of him. They were showing footage of Field of Dreams and but he wasn't even in that film much. I think I recall reading years ago that he only did one film a year. I guess that limited his output, particularly if that one film was crap. Shame.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RIP 2022:
@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
100%. They were calling him a Hollywood legend on TV this morning. That's really not true. He could and should have been, but I'll bet most people have never even heard of him. They were showing footage of Field of Dreams and but he wasn't even in that film much. I think I recall reading years ago that he only did one film a year. I guess that limited his output, particularly if that one film was crap. Shame.
Dunno about that, he was pretty damn famous.
But certainly not a “legend” which tends to get thrown about when anyone passes.
I did love his performance in Hannibal at the end.
If Jared Leto or Daniel Day Lewis had played that part they would have insisted on having the top of their heads cut off for real though cos they’re “method”
