Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits for 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.
   

• James Appollonio
forgotten person

• L. Clifford Davis
civil rights attorney

• Jerry Eisenberg
cartoonist

• Bruce French
actor, Star Trek: The Next Generation

• Tommy Hunt
rock’n’roller, the Flamingos

• Christopher Jencks
sociologist

• Chris Moore
sci-fi illustrator

• Geneviève Page
actress, Belle de Jour

• Tom Robbins
author, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

• Eric Scigliano
journalist

• Elisa Rae Shupe
trans activist

   
Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.

   
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