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.
Joss Ackland
actor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Viktor Belenko
Russian traitor, American hero
Rosalynn Carter
former First Lady of Georgia and America
John Chillingworth
Irish Republican Army
Bob Contant
proprietor, St. Mark’s Bookshop
(they sold my zine)
Hoosen Jerry Coovadia
HIV researcher
Adolfo Enriquez
kept a tally of murders
Sandy Farina
Strawberry Fields
Sanjay Gadhvi
film director, Dhoom
James Gaines
homeless gent
H. Roger Grant
railroad historian
Janel Green
civil rights activist
Zdena Hadrbolcová
actress, Idiot Returns
Willie Hernández
baseballer, Detroit Tigers
Ron Hodges
baseballer, New York Mets
Polina Menshikh
actress, not invited to Ukraine
Fredrik Ohlsson
actor, Pippi Longstocking
Carlton Pearson
heretic who preached that God doesn’t hate gay people
🖕 Charles Peters
mouthpiece of neoliberalism
Steve Pool
Seattle weatherman
Betty Rollin
journalist, author, First, You Cry
Suzanne Shepherd
actress, Mystic Pizza
Marc Thorpe
movie models, Star Wars
Dan Walsh
went way underwater
Paul Watson
documentarian, The Fishing Party
Annie Werner
holds death party
Mars Williams
jazzy guy, Psychedelic Furs
Helmert Woudenber
actor, Amsterdamned
I am surprised to see Steve Pool on the list! Thanks for including him. Either you are a northwesterner, or his life and legacy have a much further geographic reach than I expected.
I’m a Seattle kid. :) Away for 30 years before coming back recently.