RIP 2012

[SzczerbiakManiac]

composer and frequent Burt Bacharach collaborator, Hal David at 91

You may not know his name, but you probably know at least some of his songs:

• Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
• (They Long to Be) Close to You
• That's What Friends Are For
• Walk On By
• I Say a Little Prayer
• Do You Know the Way to San Jose
• Always Something There to Remind Me
• What's New, Pussycat
• Moonraker (the James Bond film title song)
• To All the Girls I've Loved Before

[SzczerbiakManiac]

charismatic nutbag Sun Myung Moon (92)

[Kevy Baby]

Michael Clarke Duncan

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Michael Clarke Duncan

RIP Bear. Armageddon was my favorite, but most people loved The Green Mile.


And another loss from the music industry: Mark Abrahamian, lead guitarist for Starship

[cirquelover]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Michael Clarke Duncan

This completely bummed me out! He was a very talented man and I loved his voice. I guess the heart attack explains why his show was cancelled. My cheese is sad

[RStar]

Disney digital pioneer Bob Lambert

I suppose how you feel about the push to digital CGI type films will determine how sad your cheese is about this one.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by RStar

Disney digital pioneer Bob Lambert

I suppose how you feel about the push to digital CGI type films will determine how sad your cheese is about this one.

Digital was inevitable. I truly hope that there will always be hand-drawn animated films. (Even those are technically digital these days.) It's all about the storytelling. I remember a time, just after Disney bought Pixar, when some were hoping that Pixar would be the CGI brand and Walt Disney Animation would be the traditional brand. It hasn't worked out that way, but at least with Tangled, Disney achieved excellence worthy of comparison with the 90s renaissance classics.

And I don't much mourn the passing of old-school film projection. That art has fallen into such hideous disrepair, at least in the chain cinemas, that I'm happy to get a sharp, bright, reliable digital picture any day. (I do love a good repertory house when they have pristine prints and a projectionist who knows how to do it. That would be the rarest of rarities if you don't live in a major city, alas.)

So, I applaud those who helped shepherd the Disney company into continued relevance. (I just wish the partnership with Ghibli yielded more influence on Disney's domestic output. The artistic hands behind Ghibli films can make me cry before the story even gets started.)

[Betty]

Bob Denver - aka Gilligan

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/923008...nver-dies-age/

[CoasterMatt]

Um, Betty- that happened in 2005.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

Um, Betty- that happened in 2005.

It's still sad, though.