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 once weekly, until I’m on the list myself.
Stewart Cheifet
host, Computer Chronicles
Gregory de Polnay
actor, Doctor Who
Terence M. Green
author, Barking Dogs
John Mulrooney
actor, Great Balls of Fire
Eva Schloss
Holocaust survivor, Anne Frank’s stepsister
Michael Schumacher
author, Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker’s Life
Nabil Shaban
disabled activist & actor, Doctor Who
Richard Smallwood
gospel music
Ahn Sung-ki
actor, Radio Star
Barbara G. Walker
knitting
Justin Ward
forgotten person
Melanie Watson Bernhardt
actress, Diff’rent Strokes
1/6/2026
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