Celebrity RIP Thread

[KSTR]

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist, 97

My wife loves her so much that she travels around the world just to see her art
I'll wear a dotted dress today, in memoriam.

 

[Power Pop 23]

I read Ms. Parton established her publishing company in 1967. I am impressed she realized at that age where the money was made from songwriting and invested in herself. It is written she turned down a duet with Elvis rather than surrender publishing rights.

If convincing actor(s) can be given entertaining scripts, I think Ms. Parton's life could be displayed in a chronological succession of theatrical movies - in the way the life of Queen Elizabeth II was portrayed in The Crown series.

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Dolly Parton Was a Trailblazer in Business, Too

Her vision to launch businesses to bring fans closer while protecting her intellectual property was ahead of her time.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Timcognito]

With press this story is getting Dolly will have a movie if not a mini series. I rarely get emotional about these things, perhaps denying my own eventual demise, but Dolly Parton's passing has touched me and many millions more it seems

 

[ryanosaur]

Peter Cullen, voice actor. Best known perhaps as the voice of Optimus Prime and Eeyore in their respective animated series.

 

[Soandso]

Young Dolly :

 

[Power Pop 23]

She was also a shrewd operator in the notoriously opaque music industry.


The Wall Street Journal reports on the business acumen of Dolly Parton.

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https://www.wsj.com/business/dolly-parton-business-rights-dollywood-599aae2b?st=tqoBJP&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

 

[Power Pop 23]

American singer, songwriter, and producer Cassandra Wilson, 70

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Cassandra Wilson, Star Jazz Singer, Dies at 70

With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.

www.nytimes.com

 

[ryanosaur]

Gloria Steinem, 92

 

[Power Pop 23]

American fashion designer Bob Mackie, 87

https://apnews.com/article/bob-mackie-dies-fashion-designer-b2e50b957a55462995e76290a3920e1b

Carol Burnett credits Mr. Mackie with suggesting her 'Went With The Wind' parody of Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind include a curtain rod.

 

[thegeton]

Cheetah Chrome

Cheetah Chrome, Dead Boys and Rocket From the Tombs Guitarist, Dead at 71

Cheetah Chrome, guitarist for punk rock bands the Dead Boys and Rocket From the Tombs, died at 71.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[shuppatsu]

American singer, songwriter, and producer Cassandra Wilson, 70

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Cassandra Wilson, Star Jazz Singer, Dies at 70

With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.

www.nytimes.com

I've listened to Blue Light Til Dawn and Belly of the Sun dozens if not hundreds of times. 70 is too young.

 

[Power Pop 23]

American artist Peter Max, 88

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Peter Max, Trippy Artist of Counterculture Era and Beyond, Dies at 88

With work that breathed the spirit of the 1960s, he became fabulously wealthy from licensing his paintings and posters in all their euphoric Day-Glo glory.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Power Pop 23]

American musician/composer Duncan Sheik, 56

https://apnews.com/article/duncan-sheik-dies-75ddd243f32ba8c7646d37c14f1c536d

 

[EERecordist]

Young radio journalist Rose Friedman passes at 38.

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/18/nx-s1-5973098/rose-friedman-dies

 

[Power Pop 23]

American Morris Ballen, 88

Operator of Disc Makers near Philadelphia.

Musicians could order small runs of physical media from Disc Makers to sell to stores and fans.

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Morris Ballen, Who Helped Spread Indie Artists’ Music, Dies at 88

Countless independent acts in every genre — punk, hip-hop, church choir — relied on him to create small runs of high-quality records and CDs.

www.nytimes.com

 

[kchap]

Mary Spender made a youtube video about Disc Makers. It's not perfect, she is a musician not an engineer. I found it interesting:

We need companies like Disc Makers

 

[dpturner]

Many a memory of him from many an 80s era movie. He was truly loved by the sun.

who is "him"?

 

[WillBrink]

Many a fond memory of Tim C from many an 80s era movie. He was truly loved by the sun.

 

[EERecordist]

Karina Zeviani, 51 cancer. She was a Voice Brazil selectee, and collaborator with the Thievery Corporation.

 

[smygolf]

Conrad "Cronos" Lant has left us for a warmer place
Without Venom a lot of band had prob sounded Very different

Conrad Lant - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org