Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65
www.nytimes.com
A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.
  • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Damn I just watched Top Gun Maverick last night in which they incorporated his IRL illness and he dies of it in the movie and then this. Fuckin wild.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      3 days ago

      One day last year I saw a comment by Steve Albini about a proofreading symbol. It turned out to be the last reply post he ever made. He was dead the very next day. He died at 61. That’s not too much older than me.

      I wish Tony Soprano had said - “Every single day the grim reaper gets closer. Whaddya gonna do… Paulie! Is lunch ready yet?”

      -–

      Ninja edit

      The guy who speaks first is a bit of an asshole. And around Albini’s age too. He must have gotten a bit of a chill when he heard the news. Albini speaks second.

      I don’t miss copyediting by hand on paper in the slightest, but I do miss being able to set little preemptive stet dots underneath bits of text I expected a proofreader would later attempt to mess with.

      Stet is a note I make on recording track sheets for things that sound unusual but are intended. Such a perfect, economical word.

      Technically this “stet” reply post is Steve Albini’s last post on Bluesky. 📝 RIP Steve Albini 😔

      https://bsky.app/profile/bcdreyer.social/post/3krwevgx2vg2g