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Janet Waldo, the voice of Judy Jetson

Chips Moman, legendary producer and songwriter. His greatest contribution is probably his work on Elvis' Memphis sessions:

Russian composer Oleg Karavaychuk who collaborated with Sergei Parajanov, Kira Muratova et al.

Michu Mesazros who was in the Alf suit during that TV series, but also turned up in Big Top Pee-Wee, Waxwork and Freaked.

Ashirg wrote:Russian composer Oleg Karavaychuk who collaborated with Sergei Parajanov, Kira Muratova et al.

I don't think he ever collaborated with Parajanov. In the article his Wiki page links to as a source for that information—an interview in the Russian version of Rolling Stone(!)—Karavaychuk only mentions having a conversation once with Parajanov about how Karavaychuk couldn't finish watching Solaris because he just didn't find it interesting, to which he says Parajanov exclaimed, "How?! This film! There's nudity and homosexuality, and lesbianism!" They don't have any credits together on IMDb.

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Ashirg wrote:Russian composer Oleg Karavaychuk who collaborated with Sergei Parajanov, Kira Muratova et al.

I don't think he ever collaborated with Parajanov. In the article his Wiki page links to as a source for that information—an interview in the Russian version of Rolling Stone(!)—Karavaychuk only mentions having a conversation once with Parajanov about how Karavaychuk couldn't finish watching Solaris because he just didn't find it interesting, to which he says Parajanov exclaimed, "How?! This film! There's nudity and homosexuality, and lesbianism!" They don't have any credits together on IMDb.

Unfortunately, most of Parajanov's collaborations were never were realized. In 2015 interview, Karavaychuk tells the story of collaboration with Parajanov on Andersen's Tales (or The Miracle of Odense).

Ah yes, I wasn't thinking about unfinished/unbegun projects. My bad.

Gregory Rabassa, one of our most distinguished translators, who's responsible for introducing English speakers to a lot of the best of Latin American literature. He's probably best known for translating One Hundred Years of Solitude, but his translations of Lezama Lima's Paradiso, Cortazar's Hopscotch, Vargas Llosa' Conversation in a Cathedral, and two of Machado de Assis' books are all extraordinary

Ann Guilbert (Grandma Yetta from The Nanny, and the Dick Van Dyke Show).

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giovannii84 wrote:Ann Guilbert (Grandma Yetta from The Nanny, and the Dick Van Dyke Show).

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She was superb in the HBO hospice care comedy Getting On (yes, the American version) which ended its three season run last year with her character passing on. I can't forget the image of her blowing Harry Dean Stanton!

Ron Lester, of Varsity Blues and Good Burger

Bill Richmond, co-writer for several Jerry Lewis films and The Carol Burnett Show

Paul Cox.

I saw Vincent--which ended with a POV suicide, if I remember correctly--in the theater in 1988 literally the day before I left for school and fell into a deep depression. A few years later I saw A Woman's Tale--about the impending death of an elderly woman--just as I crawled out of that dismal period. Cox has unwittingly bookended an epoch of my life that I will always associate with different forms of death, including the differences between accepting and courting death that I continually struggled with at that time. I don't think I could ever bring myself to watch either one of those films again, but his work has had a monumental presence in my life. I can't even vouch for the quality of either one of those films, but I suspect they have tremendous power. Sorry to hear of his passing.

I've only seen The Golden Braid, but that was extremely moving about a man becoming obsessed with the story behind a woman's lock of hair in an antique he has bought. Its sort of a time travelling romance without the literal time travelling (take that Audrey Niffenegger!), an obsessive love story literally taking place within someone's mind, and a piece about the usefulness and even need for nostalgia to reflect back on a person's current life and provide context for their actions. Its also the film that features Chris Haywood in the lead role, who appears to turn up throughout Cox's films but usually in supporting parts.

I've seen several*, but there are lots which aren't available on DVD in Australia, let alone anywhere else. I saw him interviewed by Derek Malcolm at the National Film Theatre, following a preview screening of Golden Braid. That film was the point where he fell out of favour with UK distributors, as his later films showed at the London Film Festival but were bypassed for cinema release. The only later film which did appear in UK cinemas was Innocence. Curzon Home Cinema used to have a few available but when they revamped their site they dropped the ones (like My First Wife) which didn't have BBFC homeviewing certificates. I was hoping one of the UK's independent distributors might rediscover him, but I've no idea if HD masters exist - I suspect not in many if not most cases. He even did a short IMAX documentary (The Hidden Dimension) which I have seen, albeit on US NTSC DVD.

*Just counted - ten features plus the short.

Wow, what the fuck, sounds like he was working on his car and it fell on him?

EDIT: From other sources it sounds like his car was in neutral and he didn't put the brake on and it pinned him to his mailbox, crushing him to death. Jesus Christ.

This is as bizarre a midpoint to a truly bizarre year as one could get. I hope the death was quick at least, because it sounds like it could have been truly horrifying.