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.
Tony Benedict
writer, The Flintstones
H Rap Brown
Black Panther
Envy Cardenas & Quincy Polk
2nd Amendment
Jimmy Cliff
reggae superstar
Margaretta D’Arcy
did the right thing
Dharmendra
actor, Chupke Chupke
Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria
2nd Amendment
Leslie Fish
folk musician, “Wobblies from Space”
Jill Freud
inspiration for Lucy in Chronicles of Narnia
Udo Kier
actor, My Own Private Idaho
Ian Marchant
Radio Free Radnorshire
name withheld, 13
2nd Amendment
Jon Silk
forgotten person
Tom Stoppard
writer, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
Lee Tamahori
filmmaker, Once Were Warriors
Antone “Chubby” Tavares
“Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel”
Ingrid van Bergen
actress, Town without Pity
Dajohn Woodberry Jr
forgotten person
Daniel Woodrell
author, Winter’s Bone
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