Dead people — 8/19

bring out your dead,
once weekly, usually on Tuesdays

Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him...

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.

Jackie Bezos
mother of evil

Joe Caroff
graphic designer, posters for 007 and West Side Story

Jessica Elaine Crummel
forgotten person

Gianni Grossi and Mario Paglino
made Barbies into art

Billy Howton
fraudster and footballer

Greg Iles
author, The Bone Tree

Sheila Jordan
queen of scat

Joel Kawahara (click option 5)
fisherman

name withheld
forgotten person

name withheld, 56
forgotten person

Eddie Palmieri
pianist, bandleader

Cyprien Argueta Romero
2nd Amendment

Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Stunt performer, Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here

Michael Sloan
TV producer, The Equalizer

Terence Stamp
actor, The Limey

Sharon Tompkins
feminist

Donald Trump
sorry, not yet

Previously dead

8/19/2025

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