Enrique Metinides was a Mexican photojournalist working for the nota roja tabloids, producing pictures of murders and accidents such as “Adela Legarreta Rivas is struck by a white Datsun on Avenida Chapultepec, Mexico City, 29 April 1979” (1979).
RIP Richard Rush (1929 – 2021)
This happened in 2021 but I only just found out, while I was researching the hippie film Escalation of the previous dead person.
Richard Rush was an American film director known for films such as Psych-Out (1968).
RIP Lino Capolicchio (1943 – 2022)
Lino Capolicchio was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director known for performances in such films as Escalation (1968), The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) and The House with Laughing Windows (1976).
RIP Allen Blairman (1940 – 2022)
Allen Blairman was an American jazz drummer best known for his recording with Albert Ayler and Mal Waldron known. He is known for such recordings as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (1970) with Albert Ayler.
RIP Klaus Schulze (1947 – 2022)
Klaus Schulze was a German composer and musician, a pioneer in electronic music. Briefly a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and the Cosmic Jokers he launched a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums.
Continue readingRIP Susan Jacks (1948 – 2022)
Susan Jacks was a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for her vocal performance on such songs as “Shadows on My Wall” (1969).
RIP Henny Vrienten (1948 – 2022)
Henny Vrienten was a Dutch singer-songwriter and composer, known for such songs as “Is dit alles” (1982).
With the band Doe Maar, he produced the dub album Doe De Dub (1982).
RIP Andrew Woolfolk (1950 – 2022)
Andrew Woolfolk was an American saxophonist known for playing on such songs as “September” (1978).
RIP Jacques Perrin (1941 – 2022)
Jacques Perrin was a French actor known for parts in such films as Blanche (1971).
In Blanche he can be seen as a page servant from 10:33 onwards.
He was also a film producer of films such as Microcosmos (1996).
RIP Arno (1949 – 2022)
Arno was a Belgian singer known for compositions such as as “Oh La La La” (1981), “Willie Willie ” (1981) and “Putain putain” (1983).
I remember seeing TC Matic in concert at the Number One discotheque in Sint-Niklaas run by Robert Ivens.
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