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Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Reggae and Dub Wizard, Dies at 85 12 Established 1961 Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Lifestyle Music & Movies S television actor Ed Asner, winner auto-assembly line, though he said in a Uof a record seven Emmy awards, 1973 interview he had dreams of seeing has died at age 91, his family said South America-again foretelling a future Sunday. “We are sorry to say that our character-or Alaska. He then served in the beloved patriarch passed away this morn- army before finally making his way into ing, peacefully. Words cannot express the acting. sadness we feel,” his family wrote on the He appeared in a series of off- actor’s Twitter account. “With a kiss on Broadway plays, television shows and your head-Goodnight dad. We love you.” movies before getting his big break with His publicist said Asner died of natural “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” A liberal causes. activist, he participated in protests in sup- Asner originally made a name for him- port of labor unions and against the death self playing newsroom boss Lou Grant on penalty. He also served two terms as pres- “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” the iconic ident of the Screen Actors Guild. In May, sitcom that ran from 1970 to 1977, and Asner’s friend and “Mary Tyler Moore” co- then later on a spinoff show centered on star Gavin MacLeod passed away. Asner his character. He won three of his seven In this file photo actor Ed Asner and character Carl Fredricksen arrive for the premiere of shared his grief on Twitter. “My heart is Emmys for playing the character, and is Disney Pixar’s “Up” at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on May 16, 2009. — AFP photos broken. Gavin was my brother, my partner one of only two actors to win a comedy in crime (and food) and my comic conspir- In this file photo actor Ed Asner attends the and drama Emmy for the same role on dif- “Up,” which was nominated for the Oscar born on November 15, 1929 in Kansas ator,” he wrote. “I will see you in a bit premiere of “The Leisure Seeker” on January ferent shows. for best picture. In the film, Asner voices a City, Missouri. The youngest of five chil- Gavin. Tell the gang I will see them in a bit. 9, 2018 at the Pacific Design Center in West Asner won himself a new generation of hardened old man who ties thousands of dren, he worked on his high school news- Betty! It’s just you and me now,” he added, Hollywood, California. fans with his portrayal of another tough balloons to his house and flies it to South paper-foreshadowing his stint playing an referring to legendary actress Betty White, guy with a heart of gold: widower Carl America, seeking to fulfill his late wife’s editor on the small screen-and played who is currently the only living alum of the Fredericksen in the 2009 animated movie wish for adventure. Edward Asner was football. As an adult, he worked on an show. — AFP Last week’s box office leader, Twentieth Century’s sci-fi comedy “Free Guy,” Slasher film slipped to second place, at $13.6 million. The family-friendly film stars Ryan ‘Candyman’ slices Reynolds as an Everyman bank teller who finds he is a character in a huge video game. In the third spot, also down one way to top N position, was Paramount animation “Paw Patrol: The Movie,” at $6.6 million. Based on a popular kids’ television show, it tells America box office the story of a boy named Ryder and the brave pooches who help him save Adventure City from an evil mayor. In niversal’s slasher film “Candyman” fourth was Disney’s family adventure film Uhas topped North American box “Jungle Cruise” at $5 million, bringing its offices in its opening weekend, with North American total just past $100 million. In this file photo taken on August 17, 2008 Jamaican 72-year-old musican Lee Scrath Perry an estimated $22.4 million take nearly The studio is also offering the movie on its and his reggae band perform on the world stage on the Hajogyar (Shipyard) Island in equal to its production budget, industry Disney Plus streaming service. And in fifth Budapest on the last day of the week-long Sziget festival in the Hungarian capital. — AFP watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. was horror feature “Don’t Breathe 2” from Analysts said that three-day total sur- wizardry and eccentric persona. In 1973, Sony, at $2.8 million. Rounding out the top passed expectations for an R-rated film Perry built a backyard studio in Kingston, 5 were: opening in the Covid-19 era-and with pow- naming it the “Black Ark,” which would “Respect” ($2.3 million) Lee ‘Scratch’ erful Hurricane Ida depressing attendance birth countless reggae and dub classics. “The Suicide Squad” ($2 million) in some Southern states. The film, written Adept at layering rhythm and repetition, “The Protege” ($1.7 million) by Jordan Peele and with Yahya Abdul- Perry became a sampling grandmaster “The Night House” ($1.2 million) Perry, reggae Mateen II in the blood-spattered starring whose work created new courses for “Black Widow” ($855,000)—AFP role, had a budget of $25 million, accord- music’s future. The producer for a number ing to Hollywood Reporter. and dub wizard, of landmark dub records-along with Marley, he worked with Max Romeo, Junior Murvin and The Congos-Perry was he released it to streaming on Sunday. dies at 85 key in taking Jamaican music to the inter- After dropping “The Life of Pablo” in national stage, crafting sounds that would 2016, West continued altering the record, endure for decades. adding vocals, new lyrics and remixes. ee “Scratch” Perry, the wildly influen- Always one to court controversy, West Ltial Jamaican singer and producer ‘Salvador Dali of music’ angered some fans after both DaBaby and who pushed the boundaries of reg- Perry’s layering techniques were the Manson appeared at his Chicago listening gae and shepherded dub, died Sunday. stuff of legend; he used stones, water and session on Thursday, on the porch of a He was 85 years old. No cause of death kitchen utensils to create surreal, often makeshift house meant to resemble was given, but Jamaican Prime Minister haunting, sonic density. According to lore, West’s childhood home. Also at the ses- Melissa McCarthy Andrew Holness said in a statement the he created drum effects by burying a mic sion was Kim Kardashian, who filed for visionary died while in the Noel Holmes divorce this year, ending her nearly at the base of a palm tree, and wove the ollowing weeks of delay and several Hospital in Lucea. “Today Jamaica has decade-long union with West. But at the sound of marijuana smoke blown into a stadium-filled public listening ses- lost the rhythm and soul of a prolific music mic into his works. “You could never put F Chicago listening event she fueled specu- sions, Kanye West’s “Donda” arrived icon who has inspired many,” Holness said lation they were getting back together after your finger on Lee Perry-he’s the Salvador Sunday morning. The two-hour, 27 track- in the release. “Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was appearing in a white gown and veil.—AFP Dali of music,” Keith Richards told Rolling long album features a laundry list of spe- truly one of the most important and cre- Stone in 2010. “He’s a mystery. The world cial appearances, including from Jay-Z, ative figures to have come out of is his instrument. You just have to listen. The Weeknd, Travis Scott and Lil Baby. Jamaica.” More than a producer, he knows how to More controversially, Marilyn Manson-who A producer for a wide array of artists inspire the artist’s soul,” Richards told the is accused of rape and sexually and psy- including Bob Marley, Perry’s mastery tra- magazine. chologically abusing several women-and versed time and genre, his impact evident elissa McCarthy felt like her body “He has a gift of not only hearing DaBaby-who recently sparked anger for from hip hop to post-punk, from The was on “fire” when she underwent sounds that come from nowhere else, but M homophobic remarks during a perform- Beastie Boys to The Clash. Born March an unusual spa treatment - bathing also translating those sounds to the musi- ance-are credited on West’s 10th studio 20, 1936 in the rural Jamaican town of in water and grapefruit juice. The 51-year- cians. Scratch is a shaman.” The highly album. Kendal, Rainford Hugh “Lee” Perry left old actress stars with Nicole Kidman, sought-after producer-the likes of Paul Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty to school at age 15, moving to Kingston in Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Samara McCartney recorded with him-continued to abusing mega star Rihanna 2009, is also the 1960s. “My father worked on the road, Weaving and more in new Hulu miniseries mix and release his own music with his listed as a composer and lyricist on the my mother in the fields. We were very ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’, which is based on band the Upsetters, but began suffering track “New Again.” The album-which touch- poor. I went to school... I learned nothing Australian author Liane Moriarty’s book of mentally in the 1970s. The Black Ark fell es on religious themes of redemption along at all. Everything I have learned has come the same name which follows a group of into disrepair. The studio ultimately burned with turmoil in West’s personal life- from nature,” Perry told the British music city dwellers who in search of spiritual heal- down; Perry holds he set it ablaze himself changed dramatically over the past month In this file photo rapper Kanye West speaks outlet NME in 1984.
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