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.
Brant Alyea
baseballer, Washington Senators
Aston “Family Man” Barrett
bassist, “No Woman, No Cry”
Sylvia Baumgarten
blogger, Life Lessons from an Old Bitch
Steve Brown
comedy composer
Earl ‘The Twirl’ Cureton
basketballer, Philadelphia 76ers
José Delbo
comic artist, Wonder Woman
James Dixon
actor, Tora, Tora, Tora
Brooke Ellison
bioethicist, stem cell advocate
Henry Fambrough
rock’n’roller, The Spinners
Mickey Gilbert
stuntman, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Michael Jayston
actor, Doctor Who
Toby Keith
singer
Donald Kinsey
bluesman
Wayne Kramer
rock’n’roller, MC5
Don Murray
actor, Bus Stop
Mojo Nixon
rock’n’roller, “Elvis is Everywhere”
Christopher Priest
novelist, The Prestige
Jim Rowinski
walk-on basketball star, Purdue
Melvin Way
artist
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