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.
Vera Alentova
actress, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Perry Bamonte
rock’n’roller, The Cure
Brigitte Bardot
rich, famous, and relentlessly racist
May Britt
actress and Mrs Sammy Davis Jr
Denise Celis, Ronald Wallace
forgotten people
Annette Dionne
quintuplet
Sathischandra Edirisinghe
actor, Manaranja Wedewarjana
Pat Finn
actor, The Middle
Cecilia Giménez
art restoration of “Monkey Christ”
Jonathan Paul Hernandez
forgotten person
Abdulah Kanchero
forgotten person
Joseph Mawra
filmmaker, Olga’s House of Shame
Adam Raskin
brother and comrade
unidentified
forgotten person
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
actor, The Wire
12/30/2025
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