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.
B.-Hannibal
web game designer
Claudia Cardinale
actress, Fellini’s 8½
Edwin Colaço
worshipped the wrong god — oops
Ron Friedman
writer, The Partridge Family
Henry Jaglom
filmmaker, Always
Azoria Jones
2nd Amendment
Datchinamurthy Kataiah
executed for practicing capitalism
André Landzaat
actor, General Hospital
Jim McNeely
jazzman
Joseph McNeil
Greensboro Four
Elaine Merk
Wizard of Oz Munchkin
David Monroe
inventor, museum curator
Sara Jane Moore
FBI informant
Lucian Mureșan
worshipped the wrong god — oops
name withheld
forgotten person
name withheld
forgotten person
Russell Marion Nelson Sr.
worshipped the wrong god — oops
Sanjay Samuel
2nd Amendment
Assata Shakur
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.”
Louise Vincent
harm reduction
Susan Xenarios
New York’s first rape crisis center
10/1/2025
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