The 2024 Noteworthy Deaths Thread

Old age? Rare for a government official there.

Just seen this on a WhatsApp group. Basically my age but with a somewhat more impressive CV.

Involved in so many of my favourite albums and always moving on and doing new stuff.

Frank Stella, artist, 87 years old, died 4th of may.
Did some work with cars, too

RIP Roger.

A movie great, and maybe single handedly popularised the works of
E.A. Poe.

Behind the camera too, just think how different cinematic history would be if he hadn't given a chance to Francis Ford Copella, Scorsese and James Cameron.

Love Jaws, a genuine favourite. I can't believe it was only PG rated when it came out.

That scene did it for me. The whole audience jumped back one row!

I didn't see Jaws until it was shown on TV. They used to edit the opening scene. It's properly brutal for a mid '70s summer block buster.

I was in hospital at the time it came on network TV, it was a sunday night I think and there was a lot of hype about it, the nurses gathered all the long term inmates and wheeled us all down to a room with a TV in it so we could all watch. I was 8 and some of the other inmates ranged from 7 to 12.

When the head in the boat scene came on as you can imagine there was pandemonium, kids screaming, kids running out of the room pulling drips out the works. Most of the kids spent all night crying and no one slept.

Happy days.

I think that bit made everyone jump, me included.
Also when the shark just appeared out of the water as food was being chucked in the water, another proper jump scare