Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).
There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself.
Marty Atkins
forgotten person
Jewel Brown
sang with Louis Armstrong’s band
Orlando Cepeda
baseballer, San Francisco Giants
Bill Cobbs
actor, *Night at the Museum *
Grace Davis
forgotten person
Tom Fowler
rock’n’roller, The Mothers of Invention
Kinky Friedman
singer-songwriter, “They Ain’t Makin’ Jews Like Jesus Any More”
Leah Levin
good guy
Don Madden
cartoonist, Playboy
Jonathan Morano
writer, Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
Russell Morash
DIY TV producer
Martin Mull
actor, Fernwood Tonight
Marty Pavelich
hockeyer, Detroit Red Wings
Mildred Thornton Stahlman
saved newborn babies
Martin Stolar
good guy
Robert Towne
screenwriter, Chinatown
And still dead too I reckon.