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Gato Barbieri

Bob Ellis, scriptwriter (Newsfront, Man of Flowers among others), director, journalist, political speechwriter and onetime political candidate.

Frank De Felitta, writer of Audrey Rose and The Entity as well as director of Dark Night Of The Scarecrow and Scissors, among others.

Chus Lampreave

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Chus was my favorite of the supporting Almodovar women. A scene stealer extraordinaire. She will be missed.

domino harvey wrote:Amber Rayne

Sports and pornography are two industries that share the unique distinction of making relatively very young people seem like grizzled veterans - but Amber Rayne is a huge name in her field and that's a real shame.

Merle Haggard.

Absolutely brutal, hard to go wrong with any of his 1960s output. For the uninitiated, check out this version of "Green Green Grass of Home."

Barbara Turner, screenwriter and mother of Jennifer Jason Leigh

Drucker wrote:Merle Haggard.

Absolutely brutal, hard to go wrong with any of his 1960s output. For the uninitiated, check out this version of "Green Green Grass of Home."

"Sing Me Back Home" was definitely the first song to come to mind. Not surprising given his health of late, but very sad, loved Hag. Loved his music, loved his personality and loved his interviews. One of my favorite answers was his response to a question about George W. Bush, when someone asked him if he'd support his run in 2000. Paraphrasing, but he said "I consider him a close personal friend…but I have a lot of friends who shouldn't be president."

Tony Conrad (I've only seen this on Twitter, no obit as of yet).

eta: J. Hoberman wrote him up for the Times.

Sadly confirmed elsewhere. This plays surprisingly well via streaming, given the medium and intent of the original work.

Arnold Wesker.

Gareth Thomas, the titular Blake of the sensational Blake's 7

No link yet but Jessica Chastain just tweeted out that director Dan Ireland died

domino harvey wrote:No link yet but Jessica Chastain just tweeted out that director Dan Ireland died

link from Variety

I don't know his films, but I've enjoyed his numerous contributions to Trailers From Hell a great deal. Well worth checking out, if you guys haven't already.

Victoria Wood - who I suspect is all but unknown outside Britain, but I think most of my compatriots would agree that she was right up with David Attenborough and Alan Bennett when it comes to the position of Undisputed National Treasure. And she was only 62.

(Incidentally, describing her as just "a comedian" is about as accurate as saying the same about Bennett, and for identical reasons.)

MichaelB wrote:Victoria Wood - who I suspect is all but unknown outside Britain, but I think most of my compatriots would agree that she was right up with David Attenborough and Alan Bennett when it comes to the position of Undisputed National Treasure. And she was only 62.

(Incidentally, describing her as just "a comedian" is about as accurate as saying the same about Bennett, and for identical reasons.)

Absolutely - a long time favourite of mine and Mrs Amicus: Acorn Antiques, Spud-oo-likay, The Ballad of Barry and Freda, Housewife 49...