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.

   
🖕 Bennett Braun
mad psychiatrist

Larry Brown
baseballer, Cleveland Indians

Eleanor Coppola
moviemaking wife and mom

Ben Eldridge
bluegrass banjo picker

Carl Erskine
baseballer, Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers

Vincent Friell
actor, Trainspotting

David Goodstein
condensed matter physics

Whitey Hertzog
baseballer and manager, St Louis Cardinals

Ken Holtzman
baseballer, Chicago Cubs

🖕 Beverly LaHaye
17th century woman

Fritz Peterson
baseballer, New York Yankees

Faith Ringgold
narrative quilts

Lori and George Schappell
twins with something extra

Penny Simkin
doula organizer

Rae Tyler
forgotten woman

   
Previously dead