obituary Archives - Desperate Living

The Pointless Stupidity Of Graham Bright

The man behind the Video Recordings Act – and the ban on ‘repetitive beat music’ – has died.

David Soul – A 1970s Icon Remembered

Looking back at the life and work of one of decade’s pop culture legends

Richard Roundtree And The Critical Dismissal Of Black Action Cinema

Looking back at the iconic star of Shaft and how the cinematic movement that film helped spawn was (and is) ghettoised by an elitist movie establishment.

Remembering Alan Frank

Looking back at the life and work of one of the iconic figures of British horror film criticism.

Bedazzled By Raquel Welch

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Looking back at the late, great, iconic sex goddess of 1960s cinema.

Remembering Burt Bacharach

The legendary Burt Bacharach has died. Here, we remember an emotional night watching one of his final shows.

Andrew Jones And The Little Indie Film Factory That Could

Remembering the king of low-budget, high-concept straight-to-supermarket British horror.

The Ultimate Ultravixen – Kitten Natividad

Remembering the legendary star of Russ Meyer’s final films, burlesque shows, adult movies and cult classics, who has sadly passed away.

Who Are You, William Klein?

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Remembering the great photographer and filmmaker, whose radical satirical films are still ignored by cult movie fans and distributors alike.

Remembering Martin Barker

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The academic author who was the lone defender of Video Nasties and horror comics during the cultural dark ages of the 1980s.

Swirling About In A Human Cesspit Of His Own Making: Goodbye To God’s Cop

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Manchester’s former Chief Constable and moral puritan James Anderton has died.

The One-Armed Master Of The Flying Guillotine: Jimmy Wang Yu Remembered

Looking back at the extraordinary career of the pioneering martial arts movie superstar.