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.
• Dorothy Allison
author, Bastard Out of Carolina (archived link)
• Geoff Capes
tough guy and parakeet breeder (archived link)
• Virginia Carter
feminist physicist and advisor to Norman Lear
• Elwood Edwards
“You’ve got mail!” (archived link)
• Jim Hoagland
journalist, Washington Post (archived link)
• Shawna Hughes
in county jail (archived link)
• Patricia Johanson
artist (archived link)
• Linda LaFlamme
rock’n’roller, It’s a Beautiful Day (archived link)
• Bernard Marcus
billionaire bastard (archived link)
• Murray McCory
backpacks (archived link)
• Samantha Jo Moss
forgotten person (archived link)
• Tyka Nelson
sister
• Phyllis O’Donnell
surfing champion (archived link)
• Ollie Olsen
rock’n’roller, The Young Charlatans
• Alan Rachins
actor, Dharma & Greg (archived link)
• Edward Ramos
in county jail (archived link)
• Madeleine Riffaud
French resistance (archived link)
• Murray Sinclair
Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Warren Washington
climate scientist (archived link)
• Michael Whitfield
forgotten person
• Richard Winfield
free press activist (archived link)