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Obituaries for 2023
Hoodat:
Tom Wilkinson - The Full Monty
Timber Rattler:
The Full Monty is awesome! There's a new follow-on series out on Hulu that reunited the original cast, including Wilkinson. But it was obvious that he was very ill, possibly with cancer considering his frailty.
https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/full-monty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RVxpp4zzpY
mountaineer:
This is from the last day of 2023, so I put it in this thread:
--- Quote ---'Compared to What' performer Les McCann, a wellspring for hip-hop samples, dies at 88
The Kentucky native joined the West Coast jazz scene, but his performance of "Compared to What" at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968 transcended geography.
Dec. 31, 2023, 11:03 PM EST
By Dennis Romero and Valeriya Antonshchuk
Les McCann, a jazz titan best known for his performance with musical partner Eddie Harris of the protest song "Compared to What," has died at age 88, his manager said Sunday.
The cause and manner of death were unavailable. Manager Alan Abrahams said McCann, a piano player and singer, died Friday at a Los Angeles-area hospital after he developed pneumonia roughly one week ago.
McCann was an architect of the soul-jazz sound, helped jazz connect with the counterculture's protest music and provided a wellspring of material for sample-crazed hip-hop stars, including Notorious B.I.G., Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, Warren G., Slick Rick, Dr. Dre and A Tribe Called Quest. ...
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NBC News
Hoodat:
--- Quote from: Timber Rattler on January 01, 2024, 07:25:42 pm ---The Full Monty is awesome! There's a new follow-on series out on Hulu that reunited the original cast, including Wilkinson. But it was obvious that he was very ill, possibly with cancer considering his frailty.
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Robert Carlyle was awesome in Trainspotting.
Timber Rattler:
--- Quote from: Hoodat on January 01, 2024, 11:02:11 pm ---Robert Carlyle was awesome in Trainspotting.
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Francis Begbie!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=o-dJRlJMttg
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