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One of the better Obits for Giger

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospect ... re-images/

Drop Dead Dick - Rik Mayall dies

Gutted. He was only 10 years older than me as well.

The Young Ones - legends. Sad day for me.

Aww man. I loved him in Bottom. Classic late night viewing.

Such a shame.

Bottom was never very funny.

Yeah, sad to see someone who has been in so many iconic things pass away before their time. I wonder if it was linked to the accident where he nearly died way back when?

As much as I loved The Young Ones and Bottom, he'll always be Lord Flashheart for me.

WOOF!

I remember almost being sick at one episode of Bottom, I was laughing that much!

I thought he was at his best as Alan B'stard, scarily convincing. He was also fun as Greg Davies's dad in Man Down last year. Big loss to comedy.

Sorry to hear about Rik Mayall. And of all the stuff he's done, I think Bottom made me laugh the most. The Chess episode particularly.

"Which one am I again?"

"Those ones there! The ones on your side of the board! THE ONES NEXT TO YOU!"

Great memories watching that when I was a kid.

I rewatched Bottom last year on Netflix (I've had the DVDs for years but never got around to watching them because, y'know, putting discs in drives is way out of fashion), and whilst it's somewhat hit and miss at its funniest it really is uproariously and preposterously funny, proper tears of laughter stuff.

Nothing particularly revelatory in the obituaries this morning although several hints of an insecurity and darkness around his person, which is often the case with comedians of course.

I think it's pretty obvious the quad-bike crash took its toll on his long-term health, and more recently he'd been very upset when Edmondson walked away from the Bottom revival they'd been working on. (Edmondson is a reasonably regular guest on the Radcliffe & Maconie show on Radio 6, and on his last appearance they asked him about Mayall and the Bottom revival and it was clear there was some pain there and that they'd had a falling out over it.)

A sad loss but at least he leaves a body of very impressive comedy behind him.

Eli Wallach :-(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28012230

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Bloody hell, that makes me sad. Robin Williams, age 63

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/08/11/r ... ead-at-63/

Apparent suicide too? That's really sad. Good Will Hunting is one of my favorite films ever.

That's really shocking he was a great actor and comedian.

Oh, that really did take me aback when I read your post. Really, really sad. One of my absolute favourite actors. Only one of my favourite actors left, now.

Depression is an evil thing.

Genuinely gutted about Robin Williams.

He had such energy about him - why does it always have to hide a darker side? I suppose that's the price you pay.

There's a comment on the Guardian appreciation column that neatly sums the guy up.

I've never seen eyes smile so much as Robin Williams' while at the same time looking on the verge of tears.

I don't normally bother too much when a famous celebrity type dies but Robin Williams being dead at 63 feels plain wrong.

Rik Mayall and Bob Hoskins as well this year, bad fucking run.

Such a terrible shame.

In particular and for me personally, Dead Poets Society was such a deeply moving and poignant film at the time of its release, as now.

Yeah I saw Dead Poets Society when I was 15, had quite an impact.

For sure he was in a raft of dodgy films over the years which I guess he took to keep busy and for the cash, but there are so many stellar films in his filmography that he can be forgiven those.

Electrifying stand-up act as well.

Always came over as a really decent bloke in interviews too.

Never underestimate depression.

If you've never seen it, I recommend What Dreams May Come.

http://np.reddit.com/comments/1n41x1

His AMA he did on Reddit about a year ago. Sad to read now

Might have to watch a few of his films this weekend..

That's one of my favourite films of all time, but most people I have recommended it to have disliked it.

It's dark and brooding, and yet so beautiful and uplifting on reflection.

I thin it is a fantastic piece of work. A piece of art, really, but I can see how it's not for everyone.

I've never seen What Dreams May Come, and it's on Netflix, so I'll watch it tonight. I've read the Wiki page and a load of reviews, so I know exactly what's coming, but I'm still looking forward to the film. (I suspect it won't be a dry-eyed experience though.....)

Also 'acquired' World's Greatest Dad from elsewhere (not on Netflix), as it sounds like one of Williams great later performances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Greatest_Dad

I've properly been sad on-and-off today, the piece that zaphod linked to sums it up, Robin Williams can't be dead - and yet he is.

It's like a rift in the space time continuum.

Pretty decent piece from David Wong over at Cracked.

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/robi ... hemselves/

ugh I kept thinking about this yesterday
I loved What dreams may come, saw it at the cinema at the time and it's visually stunning and so sad and happy.
I keep thinking of more and more things I've seen with him that I loved
films, but also him talking sign language with the gorilla
there's just nothing to say

Lauren Bacall also died btw, aged 89
loved her work

And a fine piece on Williams by Russell Brand in The Guardian today.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... oken-world

I watched What Dreams May Come last night and found an impressive and effective film but for some reason or another it didn't totally click with me towards the end, however it appears they bottled it for the finale and stuck a stupid saccharine ending on it, despite having filmed the proper one.

Reading through the Reddit that Trooper posted the link to, Williams specifically references being disappointed with the ending when he watched the film as it wasn't the one he remembered filming.

I'll watch World's Greatest Dad tonight, despite doing fuck all at the box office it was critically very well received.

While it is brilliant...be prepared...it is pitch black humour.

I was initially skeptical about this, but a woman on the radio said that at lerast one study had been done, albeit in Iowa with only about 60 people, and that the creative group did have a higher incidence of mental illness about them. But she also cautioned that care must be taken not to romanticise the torment of the artist. I might hit up my pscology lecturer and ask her about it. I'm vaguely interested.

All of this discussion of depression reminds me of the Richard Herring interview with Stephen Fry where a simple question from an eleven year old “What’s it like being Stephen Fry” prompted his confession that he had attempted suicide the month before. It is quite an emotional listen.

http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richar ... ephen_fry/

http://zeldawilliams.tumblr.com/

(Blog post by Zelda Williams)

Jet black, but very funny and yes, really quite brilliant. (Watched it just now on Netflix USA courtesy of the 'Hola' Chrome extension, negating the need to watch my 'acquired' copy.)

And how fucking good is Robin Williams, I guess the pathos and sadness he brought to the role makes more sense now, but then again he carries the elation of the ending 100% convincingly as well.

The film is only five years old as well, so he clearly had the good stuff in him right until the end.

R.I.P. Mr Williams - gone too soon.

Watching Mrs Doubfire. Kovacs is the Monkey on his show. Ha!!

Richard Attenborough has died according to the BBC.

One of my friends got his Attenboroughs mixed up.....

The thing that got me about the way this was reported by the Beeb:



Since when did the BBC start referencing its own staff as sources in articles? If someone internal knew the information, why would they credit them? Seems a bit odd.

Its a fairly standard position that they take to pad out articles when the deceased wasn't on twitter, leaving them low on material.

I've just read Richard Attenborough's obituary and I didn't realise what a thoroughly decent bloke he was.

I know people big up the dead but he sounds like he really was well loved and did a lot for his fellow man without shouting from the rooftops about it.

He was totally in my list!

Glenn Cornick, original bassist with Jethro Tull. Great player, and if I remember correctly, had his bass on some kind of attachment on his belt rather than a traditional guitar strap.