RIP Thread

[QuartzGooner]

R.I. P Terry Callier, died today.

Jazz vocalist of immense talent.
A gentleman, I met him once.
If you have never heard this then listen, it is excellence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzzEFSc28OY

[MegaGooner]

Damn and here was I hoping we have a reaping-free weekend and that Terry Callier guy had to go kick the bucket on the weekends last legs





















Just kidding Quartz

[cusamano]

RIP Björn Sieber

Björn Sieber (5 March 1989 – 26 October 2012) was an Austrian alpine skier.
Died in a car accident.

[cusamano]

RIP John M. Johansen

John MacLane Johansen (June 29, 1916 – October 26, 2012) was an architect and a member of the Harvard Five. Johansen took an active role in the modern movement.

[cusamano]

RIP Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo

Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo (December 8, 1934 Madrid - October 25, 2012 Havana) was a rebel army officer and Cuban dissident.

[cusamano]

RIP Felix Eugenio Mkhori

Felix Eugenio Mkhori (August 24, 1931 – October 27, 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lilongwe, Malawi.

[cusamano]

RIP Eduardo Herrera Riera

Eduardo Herrera Riera (September 7, 1927 – October 27, 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Carora, Venezuela.

[cusamano]

RIP Hans Werner Henze

Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer of prodigious output best known for "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life". His music is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition.

[cusamano]

RIP Ernst Heinrich Karlen

Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. (born February 1, 1922) was a Swiss Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.

[cusamano]

RIP J. Bernlef

J. Bernlef (pseudonym for Hendrik Jan Marsman) (14 January 1937 - 29 October 2012) was a Dutch writer, lyricist, novelist and translator.

[DB10GOONER]

RIP Björn Sieber

Björn Sieber (5 March 1989 – 26 October 2012) was an Austrian alpine skier.
Died in a car accident.

Probably should have used skis for skiing. Idiot.

[cusamano]

RIP Lebbeus Woods

Lebbeus Woods (May 31, 1940 – October 30, 2012) was an American architect and artist.

Woods sued the producers of the film 12 Monkeys, claiming that they copied his work "Neomechanical Tower (Upper) Chamber". Woods won a "six figure sum", and allowed the film to continue to be screened. The end credits state that his work "inspired" the Interrogation Room set.

Woods is credited as the "conceptual architect" for Alien 3, establishing the look and feel of the film, especially the opening sequence.

[cusamano]

RIP Konstantin Vyrupayev

Konstantin Vyrupayev (10 October 1930 – 31 October 2012) was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.

He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a bronze medal in the featherweight class.

[cusamano]

RIP John Fitch

John Cooper Fitch (born August 4, 1917-died October 31, 2012) was a racecar driver born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was the first American to race automobiles successfully in Europe in the postwar era. After obtaining an engineering degree from Lehigh University, he began racing in Europe.

[cusamano]

RIP Mitch Lucker

Suicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny; they are currently without a lead vocalist after the death of Mitch Lucker on November 1, 2012. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music videos. The group has been met with a great amount of praise and favorable reviews while even during 2009, Suicide Silence was awarded with the Revolver Golden God award for "Best New Talent".