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Mine Field Celebrity Deathday Thread

I liked the Limp Bizkit Undertaker entrance music better than the Kid Rock one.
 
Daniel Naroditsky (29)

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This is one of those rare deaths of someone I never knew personally that hits like a bucket of cold water. I audibly said “WHAT THE FUCK” when I saw the headline.

I take my chess relatively seriously, and that means I have to actually read and learn from players magnitudes stronger than me. Vibe chess only gets you so far.

Danya published his first chess book when he was 14 years old and went on to become one of the world’s strongest Grandmasters and as such was considered in the Super Grandmaster class. He ticked the box of being far better than I’ll ever be (duh), but the way he was able to teach high-level concepts in patient and non-condescending ways, and not gloss over things that came naturally to him, made him an outstanding teacher which doesn't automatically happen just because you're a genius player. His huge library of teaching material will live on much longer than he has because the quality of not only his chess brain but his teaching brain is undeniable.

It was also the first experience I'd ever had being a student (online or otherwise) of someone so much younger than myself. It was a good ego check.

I’ve spent hundreds of hours reading his books and watching his videos, and he genuinely elevated my game to a higher level than I expected at my age. I was already quite happy with my chess ability and, since I was never going to be a FIDE or Grandmaster, I wasn’t looking to go back to the old dry learning material from years gone by. Danya changed that with his videos and books, and I’m a better player because of it.

This one has shook me up. He was far, far too young, and it seemingly came out of nowhere. I’m hearing he was acting erratic on one of his latest streams now though, so it could have been suicide, though that’s just a rumour for now since no cause of death has been given.

Here he is crushing Magnus Carlsen at bullet from Magnus perspective



R.I.P. Danya :(
 
June Lockhart spoke common sense on national issues in her time, way before most establishment entertainment figures. RIP

 
I heard that she used to take a young and probably underaged Angela Cartwright and Bill Mumy to the Whiskey-a-Go-Go back then if you can picture that. Apparently she liked live rock bands.
 
Prunella Scales dies at 93: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd0yn5gyndo

I've been watching Fawlty Towers again recently and obviously Cleese is amazing as Basil,but it's jut as important to have as strong a comedy presence to play off. Sybil goes beyond just the "nagging wife" stereotype to be a great character in her own right.

 
I had no idea about this guy before watching the tribute tonight by Jimmy Kimmel
Cleto Escobedo III and Jimmy grew up together and were best friends. Cleto was a saxophone player and Jimmy's band leader. Cleto's father is still alive and is also in the band and was on stage with Jimmy as well as Cleto's mom and maybe wife? Not sure who else was in the audience with her.
This was a beautiful tribute, only watch if you want to cry your eyes out.
Also I must say it is fascinating to hear about how these guys liked David Letterman and there seemed to be a natural progression to being entertainers. I felt that.

 
Jellybean Johnson, pioneer of Prince's Minneapolis Sound, 69

Jellybean Johnson, the Time Musician and a Pioneer of the Minneapolis Sound, Dies at 69

Jellybean Johnson was born Garry George Johnson in Chicago on Nov. 19, 1956. His family moved to Minneapolis when he was age 13. There, his mother bought him his first drum kit and he also taught himself to play guitar. He soon befriended others in his North Minneapolis neighborhood who shared his love of music, including Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Day, and Prince.

“We would have this huge festival in the summertime and all the rival bands and neighboring bands would come and play in front of thousands of people,” Johnson told Fox 9 in 2021. “So we cut our teeth doing that as youngsters.

After Prince scored his first record deal with Warner Bros. at age 18, he recruited his friends, which included Johnson, and appointed him the drummer for the Prince-created band the Time. Several of the Time members came from the already existing funk band Flyte Tyme, which featured Anton Johnson, David Eiland, Jellybean Johnson, Jam, Lewis, and Monte Moir. Alongside the aforementioned last four musicians, Prince expanded the Time with the addition of Jesse Johnson, Jerome Benton, and Day, replacing the band’s original singer, Alexander O’Neal.

“Prince told Morris, ‘You go back and get Jellybean and we’ll do the band and you’re gonna sing,'” Jellybean told Fox. “And Morris was like, ‘I don’t want to sing, I want to play the drums.’ And he was like, ‘No, I’ll teach you.'”

Their musical approach defined the Minneapolis Sound. The funk-rock and R&B style that blended components of New Wave and synth-pop into the mix ruled the Eighties charts and continues to heavily influence pop music today.
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