A once-weekly roundup,
usually on Sundays
Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits for 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.
Lucrecia Macias Barajas
forgotten person
Étienne-Émile Baulieu
hero of birth control
Presley Chweneyagae
actor, Tsotsi
Alf Clausen
composer, The Simpsons
Rick Derringer
rock’n’roller, “Hang On Sloopy”
Frances Doel
screenwriter, Big Bad Mama
Ronnie Dugger
genuine journalist
Amanda Fielding
drilled a hole in her head
Simon House
rock’n’roller, High Tide
Robert Jarvik
artificial heart
Bernard Kerik
criminal cop pardoned by Trump
Peter Kwong
actor, Big Trouble in Little China
Valerie Mahaffey
actress, Northern Exposure
name withheld
forgotten person
name withheld, 4
2nd Amendment
name withheld, “about 15”
2nd Amendment
Caroline O’Reilly
Community Work Programme
Chuck Rangel
colorful legislator
Brad Schwaegerl
forgotten person
George Smith
digital eye
Norma Meras Swenson
activist, author, Our Bodies, Ourselves
Loretta Swit
actress, MASH
Renée Victor
actress, Weeds
6/1/2025
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