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.
• George Berci
developed laparoscopy (archived link)
• Franca Bettoia
actress, The Last Man on Earth
• Derek Boshier
artist (archived link)
• Tommy Cash
brother (archived link)
• Inez Crutchfield
activist (archived link)
• Chalmers Davis
keyboardist for Little Richard (archived link)
• Nelson DeMille
author, The General’s Daughter (archived link)
• Ted Fang
former publisher, San Francisco Examiner
• Kenny Hyslop
drummer, Simple Minds (archived link)
• Tito Jackson
one of five
• Juan Lopez
activist assassinated
• Javion Magee
not lynched (archived link)
• Cathy Merrick
activist (archived link)
• Benjamin Robertson
in county jail
• JD Souther
singer-songwriter, “New Kid in Town” (archived link)
• John Surette
forgotten person (archived link)
• Amber Nicole Thurman
woman (archived link)
• Billy Edd Wheeler
songwriter, “Coward of the County” (archived link)