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.
🖕 Rick Ahearn
logistics planner for prominent assholes
Jack Axelrod
actor, Grey’s Anatomy
Shirley Barber
author of children’s books
Cari Beauchamp
author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker
Michael Bishop
sci-fi author, The Eyes of Fire
Andre Braugher
actor, Homicide: Life on the Street
Gene Carr
hockey player, Los Angeles Kings
Emmanuelle Debever
actress, A Brutal Game
Lola Dee
singer, “Pretty Eyed Baby”
David Drake
sci-fi author, Hammer’s Slammers
🖕 Neil Drossman
brain parasite
Mort Engelberg
film producer, Smokey and the Bandit
Shirley Anne Field
actress, My Beautiful Laundrette
Jeffrey Foskett
rock’n’roller, the Beach Boys
Gao Yaojie
AIDS activist
Ian Gibson
artist, Judge Dread
Dærick Gröss Sr
cartoonist, “Trumpy”
Jack Hogan
actor, Combat
Richard Kerr
songwriter, “Looks Like We Made It”
Ken Kelsch
cinematographer, Bad Lieutenant
Kunchok Lodoe
Tibetan activist
Ken MacKenzie
baseballer, New York Mets
Doug McArthur
liked athletics
George McGinnis
basketballer, Indiana Pacers
Essra Mohawk
singer-songwriter, Schoolhouse Rock
Ted Morgan
author, On Becoming American
Mary Ratcliffe
codebreaker
Ron Rivett
founder, Super 8 Motels
Stan Rogow
film and TV producer, The Clan of the Cave Bear
Ken Sherrill
gay rights activist
John A. Talbott
psychiatrist with a heart
Camden Toy
actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Mario Valdemarin
actor, Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis
Jim van der Woude
actor, Prospero’s Books