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 every weekend, until I’m on the list myself.
Refaat Alareer
human rights activist
Chad Allan
rock’n’roller, The Guess Who
William Anastasi
subway doodler
Sophie Anderson
porn star
Terry Baucom
banjo player
Roni Dean Burren
slaves were not ‘workers’
Juanita Castro
First Sister, anti-Castro informant
John Colaianni
jazz pianist
J. David Colfax
environmentalist, early homeschooling advocate
Vic Davalillo
baseballer, Los Angeles Dodgers
Sandra Elkin
feminist, radio host, Woman
🖕 Harald Falckenberg
art hoarder
Andrea Fay Friedman
actress, Life Goes On
Jerry Goldstein
The Castro’s Mr Christmas
Myles Goodwyn
rocker, April Wine
Sam Gross
cartoonist, National Lampoon
Ellen Holly
actress, librarian
Stanley Kamel
actor, Monk
Lorrell D. Kilpatrick
disability rights activist
David Krieger
peace activist
Denny Laine
rock’n’roller, The Moody Blues, Wings
Norman Lear
TV producer, All in the Family
Frances Maldonado Junk
purveyor of hamburgers
David McKnight
actor, The Five Heartbeats
Cobi Narita
Universal Jazz Coalition
Ryan O’Neal
actor, What’s Up, Doc?
Marisa Pavan
actress, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Laurence Payne
civil rights activist
Edward Poindexter
Black Panther, framed for murder
Earl W. Roberts
founder, Canadian Trackside Guide
Travis Snyder
founder, The Color Run
Aritsune Toyota
sci-fi writer, Space Battleship Yamato
John Warnock
co-founder, Adobe
Richard Wilson
conservationist
Edwin Yoder
newspaper columnist, Washington Star
Benjamin Zephaniah
poet, teacher, actor
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