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.
Bobby Cain
school integration
Renato Casaro
film poster artist, Conan the Barbarian
Jane Goodall
studied chimpanzees
Mark Hamilton
forgotten person
Colleen Hendrickson-Bass
roller derby’s BomBASStic
Rick Hoppe
animation design, The Black Cauldron
johnthebasket
a friend
Marilyn Knowlden
actress, Show Boat
Jon Lasser
sci-fi writer, “The Star Tree”
name withheld
forgotten person
Thomas Perry
author, The Butcher’s Boy
Viv Prince
rock’n’roller, Pretty Things
Patricia Routledge
actress, Keeping Up Appearances
Yashwanth Sardeshpande
actor, Rama Shama Bhama
Sandhya Shantaram
actress, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
John Woodvine
actor, Doctor Who
10/7/2025
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