High Definite/In Memoriam

The hip-hop community (and the general music community) lost a legend today. It’s just been announced that Gil Scott-Heron passed away this afternoon. He was 62. If you haven’t heard Pieces of a Man, now is the time to get familiar. Here he is talking about the opening track, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised“.

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Damn.

TMZ is reporting that legendary professional wrestler and former WWF Champion “Macho Man” Randy Savage died at the age of 58 after crashing his car in Tampa this morning. According to his brother, he suffered a heart attack while behind the wheel, forcing him to lose control of the vehicle.

RIP, sir.

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Today marks the 21st anniversary of Jim Henson’s death.  I did a little reading on him today and came across 21 facts I found to be pretty interesting.

Above: “Joe Lanzisero and Tim Kirk of Disney made this after Jim Henson died.” – [Mike Mitchell]

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Contributing editor and Restrepo co-director Sebastian Junger writes an open letter to his friend Tim Hetherington in a heartwrenching piece for Vanity Fair:

I’m in the truck with you. I’m imagining those last minutes. You’re on your back watching the tops of the buildings jolt by and the blue Mediterranean sky beyond them. I almost drowned once, and when I finally got back to the beach I was all alone and I just lay there watching the clouds go by. I’d never really thought about clouds before, but there they were, all for me, just glorious. Maybe you saw those clouds, too, but you weren’t out of it yet, and you probably knew it. I know what you were thinking: What a silly way to die. What a silly, selfish, ridiculous mistake to have made.

Don’t think that, brother. You had a very specific vision for your work and for your life, and that vision included your death. It didn’t have to, but that’s how it turned out. I’m so sorry, Tim.

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Previously: Libya: By Chris Hondros

Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist Chris Hondros was killed yesterday while covering the Libyan conflict in Misrata.  Alan Taylor (formerly of The Big Picture) has collected photographs of the conflict in Misrata taken by Chris Hondros over the past few days, including several from the day he died.

See them here.

Ditto.

R.I.P

As you may have heard, Sally Menke, award-winning film editor and the only film editor Quentin Tarantino’s ever worked with, died Monday while hiking in the Hollywood Hills.  Tarantino had these “Hi, Sally” reels made for every film they worked on together.

While they were originally made to show the cast’s appreciation for her efforts, I think now they serve as a touching tribute to the woman behind the scenes of Tarantino’s legacy in Hollywood.

Prior to the “Hi, Sally” reel for Death Proof, Tarantino speaks of their working relationship.

The Guardian does a pretty nice piece on her here.

Videos via here & here.

Thanks, BP.  Click to enlarge.

RIP Walks on the Beach, Sail Boats, Spear Fishing, etc.

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Career In Photos

R.I.P

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