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 every weekend, until I’m on the list myself.
Khalil Abu Yahia
climate change researcher
Greta Anderson
purveyor of frozen custard
Radcliffe Bailey
artist, Low-Lying
Michael Bishop
sci-fi novelist, No Enemy But Time
George “Funky” Brown
drummer, Kool & the Gang
Robert Butler
co-creator, Remington Steele
A. S. Byatt
author, Possession
Kevin Curran
writer, The Simpsons
Nate Davenport
businessman, father, hero
Charlie Dominici
singer, Dream Theater
Dorothy Edwards
once homeless, housing advocate
Sarah Keys Evans
refused to ride at the back of the bus
Peter S. Fischer
producer, Murder, She Wrote
Lois Galgay Reckitt
activist, Human Rights Campaign Fund
Johnny Green
basketballer, New York Knicks
Linda Hirshman
feminist provocateur
Amber Hollibaugh
activist, Queers for Economic Justice
Charles Jordan
basketballer, Indiana Pacers
Gary Karnes
activist, historian
Roger Kastel
artist, known for movie posters
Luis Larraín
gay rights activist
Jonathan Lewis
high school hero, beaten to death
Amiel J. Mokhiber
purveyor of sandwiches
John Morris
rock promoter, Woodstock Music & Art Fair
Elinor Otto
factory worker, an original ‘Rosie’
Ernesto Palomino
artist, drummer, pianist
Taraja Ramsess
stuntworker, Black Panther
Audrey Salkeld
author, Everest researcher
Glen Schaller
gay rights activist, “outside agitator”
🖕 Peter Seidler
owner, San Diego Padres
Neil Shulman
doctor, clown, novelist (Doc Hollywood)
Barrett Strong
songwriter, “Money (That’s What I Want)”
Terry Taylor
first female sports editor at Associated Press
Joe Tilson
artist, Zikkurat 2
🖕 Maryanne Trump Barry
judge, co-conspirator
Kevin Turen
producer, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Wilhelm von Dachshund
good boy
Gregory Woolley
first Black member of Hells Angels
No idea why I do it, but thank you. :)