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. ’
Billy Bean
out baseballer
Joyce Brabner
wife of Harvey Pekar
Twinkle Borge
activist
Genesis Burgueno
forgotten person
Peter Dykstra
journalist
Simin Farkhondeh
producer, The Gulf Crisis TV Project
Edmar Goncalves
forgotten person
Leonard Hayflick
anatomist, “the Hayflick Limit”
Wayne Johnson
charity chef
Jack Karlson
meme, “This is democracy manifest”
Pavel Kushnir
pianist, hunger striker
Laurie Lindeen
rock’n’roller, Zuzu’s Petals
Mitzi McCall
comedian
Adam Scott Miller
artist
Kenneth “Marley” Partee
forgotten person
Sean “Dragoneer” Piche
victim of American health care system
Jeremy Strong
author, My Sister’s Got a Spoon Up Her Nose
Julien Terzics
antifa
Robin Warren
stomach ulcers
Maurice Williams
rock’n’roller, “Stay”
Mary Wings
zinester, Come Out Comix