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.
   

Kristopher Applegate
in county jail

Lavari Arouni
2nd Amendment

Anita Bryant
made orange juice distasteful

Vincent Burke
in county jail

Joseph Campbell
forgotten person

Douglas Cutbush
in county jail

Jacob Dieball
in county jail

William Farmer
in county jail

Willie Keith Green
forgotten person

George Dewey Harding II
forgotten person

JT
forgotten person

Shiu Ka-chun
imprisoned activist

Martin Karplus
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2013

Lee Lakeman
women’s rights activist

Jean-Marie Le Pen
a life of hatred

Kevin McMillin
forgotten person

Shermarion Miner
high school football player

Sam Moore
rock’n’roller, Sam & Dave

name withheld, 47
in county jail

name withheld
in county jail

name withheld
in county jail

name withheld, 68
in county jail

Paul Oreffice
former top asshole at Dow Chemical

Charles Person
Freedom Riders Training Academy

Roger Pratt
cinematographer, Batman

Andrew Pyper
author, Lost Girls

Adalmo Ramirez-Garcia
forgotten person

Mike Rinder
Scientology whistleblower

Louis Schittly
Doctors Without Borders

Rodney Szpytek
forgotten person

Stewart
forgotten person

Allen Thomas
2nd Amendment

Matthew Trammell
in county jail

The Vivienne
drag star

Leanna Washington
in county jail

Jonathan Kaizen Watson
2nd Amendment

Edgar Maddison Welch
Pizzagate cosplayer

Peter Yarrow
Peter, Paul, and Mary

   
Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.

   
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