12 thoughts on “In Memoriam – Those We Lost in 2019

  1. I’m surprised that you would include Franco Zeffirelli on this list, considering the allegations against him.

    1. Might want to check out our article WTFrock About All These Shitty Men in Hollywood for how we approach these situations.

      In general, though, to not talk about Zeffirelli is to not talk about some hugely valuable contributions to film history and to negate the work of the women who assisted bringing those films to life. We don’t have to like someone as a person to discuss the cultural value of their artistic contributions to society.

  2. Jerry Herman, composer of Hello, Dolly, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. Neil Innes, one of the “sixth Pythons,” who wrote much of the Monty Python music and performed in several movie and TV projects.

  3. I didn’t know Rutger Hauer had passed. Ladyhawke was also a favourite of mine. And I adored Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet. And every time I watched Il Gattopardo, I was in awe of Piero Tosi’s beautiful clothes.

  4. I know it’s not Frock Flick relevant but Clive Swift is also notable for playing Hyacinth’s put-upon husband in Keeping Up Appearances.

  5. Rutger Hauer hit me the hardest, though I was also sorry about Doris Day since I grew up watching all her musicals / movies. I adore “LadyHawke.” It’s still such beautiful, romantic, hilarious, campy fun.

  6. Sir Jonathan Miller whose career was multifaceted in the extreme: Wiki says he”was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and medical doctor.” He was overall artistic director of the middle period of the BBC Shakespeare in the 1980s, directing several personally, (he cast John Cleese as Petruchio, which worked well) and making considerable use of artworks to inform the visual effects of the plays. His “Antony and Cleopatra” was based on a painting by Veronese, “The Family of Darius Before Alexander”

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