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.
Tyrah Adams
forgotten person
Jane Baer
animator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Tishuana Ballard, Eboni Silas
2nd Amendment
Vermonte Blair, Quiade Daniels
2nd Amendment
Joanne Bland
National Voting Rights Museum
Eric Dane
actor, Grey’s Anatomy
Aidan Dorgan, Rhonda Dorgan
2nd Amendment
Guyle Fielder
hockey player, Seattle Totems
Susan George
activist and author, How the Other Half Dies
Angela Luce
actress, The Decameron
Bill Mazeroski
baseballer, Pittsburgh Pirates
Lashyd Merritt
2nd Amendment
Doug Moe
ABA basketballer, Virginia Squires
Rondale Moore
footballer, Arizona Cardinals
Javan Myers
2nd Amendment
name withheld, 1
2nd Amendment
name withheld, 6
2nd Amendment
Tom Noonan
actor, Manhunter
and filmmaker, What Happened Was…
Penelope Putz
bitterly opposed to the Iraq war
Shinya
rock’n’roller, Luna Sea
Michael Silverblatt
radio host, Bookworm
Billy Steinberg
songwriter, “True Colors,” “Like a Virgin”
Green Vigo
rugby, Wigan Warriors
• Greg Abbott • Mark Alford • Samuel Alito • Marc Andreessen • Sam Altman • Brian Babin • Steve Ballmer • Ben Bankas • Steve Bannon • William Barr • Amy Coney Barrett • Joel Berry • Scott Bessent • Jeff Bezos • Lauren Boebert • Pamela Jo Bondi • Emil Bove • Greg Bovino • Sergey Brin • Vern Buchanan • George W Bush • Doug Burgum • Steven Calabresi • Tucker Carlson • Elaine Chao • Jonathan Choe • Susan Collins • James Comer • Tim Cook • Tom Cotton • Rafael ‘Ted’ Cruz • Henry Cuellar • Paul Dans • Michael Dell • Ron DeSantis • Betsy DeVos • Sean Duffy • David Ellison • Larry Ellison • John Fetterman • Randy Fine • Tulsi Gabbard • Newt Gingrich • Marie Gluesenkamp Perez • Jonah Goldberg • Neil Gorsuch • Franklin Graham • Lindsey Graham • Chuck Grassley • Marjorie Taylor Greene • Nikki Haley • Sean Hannity • Josh Hawley • Pete Hegseth • Mike Huckabee • Sarah Huckabee Sanders • Laura Ingraham • Hakeem Jeffries • Benny Johnson • Mike Johnson • Ron Johnson • Alex Jones • Jim Jordan • Alex Karp • Brett Kavanaugh • Robert F Kennedy Jr • Kris Kobach • Charles Koch • Julia Koch • David Kustoff • Leonard Leo • Jared Kushner • Jake Lang • Karoline Leavitt • Corey Lewandowski • Joe Lonsdale • Howard Lutnick • Ed Martin • Ghislaine Maxwell • Mitch McConnell • Dave McCormick • John McEntee • Linda McMahon • Vince McMahon • Mark Meadows • Katie Miller • Stephen Miller • Steven Mnuchin • Lisa Murkowski • Elon Musk • Mick Mulvaney • Peter Navarro • Benjamin Netanyahu • Kristi Noem • Andy Ogles • James O’Keefe • Larry Page • Kash Patel • Rand Paul • Ken Paxton • Sonny Perdue • Tony Perkins • Mike Pompeo • Sidney Powell • Vladimir Putin • Vivek Ramaswamy • John Ratcliffe • John Roberts • Joe Rogan • Karl Rove • Chip Roy • Marco Rubio • Rick Santorum • Chuck Schumer • Jeff Sessions • Ken Shamrock • Kyrsten Sinema • Roger Stone • Peter Thiel • Clarence Thomas • Rex Tillerson • Donald Trump • Donald Trump Jr • Ivanka Trump • Melania Trump • Tommy Tuberville • JD Vance • Russell Vought • Alice Walton • Rob Walton • Jim Walton • Lukas Walton • Bari Weiss • Mark Zuckerberg
• and any Secret Police wearing a mask •
“I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”
—Clarence Darrow
2/24/2026
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