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.
• Robert Beck
in county jail
• Mark Cole
blogger, Rivets on the Poster
• Kenneth Cope
actor, Doctor Who
• Valerie Cuccia
in county jail
• Joyce Dennison
(Archived link)
activist
• Michaela DePrince
ballerina
• Daniel Edwards
(Archived link)
in county jail
• Herbie Flowers
sessions bassist, “Walk on the Wild Side”
• Alberto Fujimori
Peruvian President, then imprisoned (Archived link)
• Gary Gatewood
hunter (Archived link)
• Pravin Gordhan
activist (Archived link)
• Sharmaine Karine Hawes
in county jail (Archived link)
• Zoey Hawkins
pit bulled (Archived link)
• James Earl Jones
actor, The UFO Incident
• Ed Kranepool
baseballer, New York Mets (Archived link)
• Stephen Peat
hockey player, Washington Capitals
• Michael Brandon Rivers
in county jail (Archived link)
• Peter Renaday
voice actor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Saul Vasquez
in county jail (Archived link)
• Masamitsu Yoshioka
attacked Pearl Harbor (Archived link)
Says here it’s one of his greatest performances. I saw it and it ain’t bad.