Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

[Tashasaurous]

Christopher Plummer, well-known for his role in the Sound of Music and having an appearance in the first National Treasure movie has passed away in his sleep, aged 91.

 

[Lulcielid]

Ricardo Silva, 67. Cause by complications derived by SARS-CoV-2. Singer mostly known for giving his voice in many anime openings in Latin America, most notably DBZ'S "Chala, Head-Chala".

An iconic voice for LATAM anime fans, he will be dearly missed.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Pedro Gomez, ESPN reporter, at age 58. Gomez was notable for his coverage of Barry Bonds's quest to break Hank Aaron's home run record in 2007.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Marty Schottenheimer, NFL head coach (Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Football Team, San Diego Chargers), at 77 following a battle with Alzheimer's. Notable moments in his coaching career include reaching the AFC Championship Game 3 times, signing Marcus Allen and trading for Joe Montana during the first free agency class, and LaDainian Tomlinson breaking the single season touchdown record (which still stands today).

 

[Rankles]

Marty Schottenheimer, NFL head coach (Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Football Team, San Diego Chargers), at 77 following a battle with Alzheimer's. Notable moments in his coaching career include reaching the AFC Championship Game 3 times, signing Marcus Allen and trading for Joe Montana during the first free agency class, and LaDainian Tomlinson breaking the single season touchdown record (which still stands today).

Not a big surprise, considering he’s been in poor health for a number of years, but a very sad day for the sport nonetheless. Coached some great teams in Cleveland and KC, and was also ridiculously fired by the Chargers after going 14-2. Was also harshly sacked by Washington because their owner is a moron. Such a shame he never got to coach in a Super Bowl...

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Not a big surprise, considering he’s been in poor health for a number of years, but a very sad day for the sport nonetheless. Coached some great teams in Cleveland and KC, and was also ridiculously fired by the Chargers after going 14-2. Was also harshly sacked by Washington because their owner is a moron. Such a shame he never got to coach in a Super Bowl...

His Cleveland teams in particular had the misfortune of having to play the Elway-led Denver Broncos in both AFC Championship Games they played under his watch. Those two games were known for The Drive and The Fumble. And Schottenheimer might've kept his job in San Diego had Marlon McCree not fumbled the damn ball following that interception.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Larry Flynt, pornographic magazine mogul and founder of Hustler magazine, at 78.

 

[Lulcielid]

Rush Limbaugh at 70 by cancer.

 

[Erotic Materia]

Rush Limbaugh at 70 by cancer.

It would be really shitty of me to say something like "The world is better for his absence in it."

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Jim Crockett, Jr., professional wrestling promoter (Jim Crockett Promotions) and president of the NWA for most of the 1980s, at 76. Jim Crockett Promotions (known for making wrestlers such as Ric Flair, the Four Horsemen stable, Lex Luger, the Road Warriors, and Sting into household names) emerged as the primary competitor to WWE in the 80s before being sold to cable television mogul Ted Turner, who subsequently renamed the promotion to WCW. JCP was also responsible for promoting wrestling's first successful pay-per-view, Starrcade, in 1983 (predating the first WrestleMania by roughly a year and a half).

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Lars-Göran Petrov, frontman of death metal band Entombed, at 49.

 

[crazyrabbits23]

Christopher Plummer, well-known for his role in the Sound of Music and having an appearance in the first National Treasure movie has passed away in his sleep, aged 91.

His memoir, In Spite of Myself, is a great read (though I should qualify that it`s more of a diary-style book). Was fortunate enough to nab a signed copy a couple months back.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Lou Ottens, inventor of the audio cassette tape, at 94. In addition to this, he ironically had a hand in developing the medium that phased out the cassette tape (as well as vinyl); the compact disc.

Cassette tapes are the biggest reason I had almost zero experience with listening to vinyl albums as a kid. On top of the fact that nearly all of my family's music collection was on the cassette format during my first few years, CDs started coming into the mix when I was 7, and it wasn't until I was 15 when I finally ditched tapes in favor of CDs (which was around the time tapes finally went obsolete), and just recently got into vinyl.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Does vinyl really sound better than a CD?

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Does vinyl really sound better than a CD?

Not necessarily "better" (e.g. it's not going to be more clear or more consistent at higher volumes), but it does have a different characteristic that CD can't emulate.

 

[Rydeen]

I wonder if there is a level of fidelity so high, for a digital audio file, that would make the digital waveform so close to analog that the human ear can’t notice a difference. I kinda wanna research this when I get home now.

 

[Lulcielid]

Legendary animator Yasuo Otsuka at 89.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1371469205393002498

 

[HylianMogget]

RIP . Definitely one of the all-time greats.

If anyone is interested, since I don't see them online often, I've uploaded some pictures of his art for Horus: Prince of the Sun (from the Roman Album book, his drawings are the ones labelled with "大塚康生"; sorry for the phone photos).

 

[Rankles]

Yaphet Kotto, best known for his roles in Alien and Live And Let Die, has passed away at the age of 81.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Gerri Miller, editor of Metal Edge magazine. Metal Edge was in publication from 1985 - 2009.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Elgin Baylor, Hall of Fame NBA basketball player (Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers) and General Manager (Los Angeles Clippers) at 86.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Bernie Madoff, Ponzi scheme artist, at 82 in prison.

 

[Lulcielid]

Shunsuke Kikuchi at 89 from aspiration pneumonia.

Japanese music composer, famously know for his work in Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z.

Thank you for everything, fans will miss you.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1387404577037852673

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Mike Davis, defensive back for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, at age 65.

A 2 time Super Bowl Champion with the Raiders, Davis is most famous for a play known as Red Right 88, where he intercepted Cleveland Browns quarterback Brian Sipe in the end zone at the end of the game in the Divisional round of the 1981 Playoffs to seal a 2 point win for the Raiders.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Tawny Kitaen, actress and model, at age 59. Kitaen was most notable for appearing in a couple of Whitesnake music videos (and was once married to the band's frontman David Coverdale), and appearing on the cover of Ratt's debut album, Out of the Cellar.