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.

   
Robert Beck
in county jail

Mark Cole
blogger, Rivets on the Poster

Kenneth Cope
actor, Doctor Who

Valerie Cuccia
in county jail

Joyce Dennison     (Archived link)
activist

Michaela DePrince
ballerina

Daniel Edwards     (Archived link)
in county jail

Herbie Flowers
sessions bassist, “Walk on the Wild Side”

Alberto Fujimori
Peruvian President, then imprisoned     (Archived link)

Gary Gatewood
hunter     (Archived link)

Pravin Gordhan
activist     (Archived link)

Sharmaine Karine Hawes
in county jail     (Archived link)

Zoey Hawkins
pit bulled     (Archived link)

James Earl Jones
actor, The UFO Incident

Ed Kranepool
baseballer, New York Mets     (Archived link)

Stephen Peat
hockey player, Washington Capitals

Michael Brandon Rivers
in county jail     (Archived link)

Peter Renaday
voice actor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Saul Vasquez
in county jail     (Archived link)

Masamitsu Yoshioka
attacked Pearl Harbor     (Archived link)

   
Previously dead

  • Doug HollandOPM
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    03 months ago

    Says here it’s one of his greatest performances. I saw it and it ain’t bad.