Peter Straub was an American novelist best known for horror and supernatural fiction novels such Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), which he co-wrote with Stephen King.
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RIP Vangelis (1943 – 2022)
Vangelis was a Greek composer known for film music such as Blade Runner (1982), “Chariots of Fire” (1981) and “1492: Conquest of Paradise” (1992) on the one hand; and pop songs such as “Let It Happen” (1973), “State of Independence” (1981) and “I’ll Find My Way Home” (1981) on the other.
Continue readingRIP 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 Orlando Julius (1943 – 2022)
Orlando Julius was a Nigerian composer, saxophonist, singer, and songwriter, known for compositions as “Ashiko” (1975 or earlier).
His voice and text “kawa oma ranti, ranti ile o, isedale baba awa” [we will always remember the roots of our parents] is featured on “Going Back to My Roots” (1977) by Lamont Dozier.
RIP Patrick Demarchelier (1943 – 2022)
Patrick Demarchelier was a French photographer known for such photos as the cover of Janet (1993).
RIP Ronnie Spector (1943 – 2022)
Ronnie Spector was an American singer best known for interpreting “Be My Baby” (1963).
RIP Eve Babitz (1943 – 2021)
Eve Babitz was an American artist and writer. She is best known for playing chess in the nude with Marcel Duchamp.
She is a figure central to L. A. history of the late 20th century and has been called a groupie and a socialite.
She is also the author of Fiorucci: The Book (1980), a book which has become very expensive.
However, you can read the text of Fiorucci: The Book in I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz (2019).
RIP George Butler (1943 – 2021)
George Butler was a British-American filmmaker best known for directing Pumping Iron (1977) and Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985).
Both films are cult items.
Pumping Iron II: The Women is also famous for its soundtrack which includes Jahsonic favourite Peech Boys.
RIP Raffaella Carrà (1943 – 2021)
Raffaella Carrà was an Italian showbiz person known for her dancing in “Prisencolinensinainciusol” (1972) and her singing and low-cut suit in “A far l’amore comincia tu” (1976).
The song is featured prominently in Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000) by Ozon.
In 2011, French DJ Bob Sinclar sampled the original Italian version of “A far l’amore comincia tu” and included it in his single “Far l’amore” which was later featured in The Great Beauty (2013).
RIP Hilton Valentine (1943 – 2021)
Hilton Valentine was an English guitarist, member of the The Animals.
Valentine played the electric guitar arpeggio introduction to the Animals’ 1964 signature song “The House of the Rising Sun”.