Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of 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 every weekend, until I’m on the list myself.

 
Khalil Abu Yahia
climate change researcher

Greta Anderson
purveyor of frozen custard

Radcliffe Bailey
artist, Low-Lying

Michael Bishop
sci-fi novelist, No Enemy But Time

George “Funky” Brown
drummer, Kool & the Gang

Robert Butler
co-creator, Remington Steele

A. S. Byatt
author, Possession

Kevin Curran
writer, The Simpsons

Nate Davenport
businessman, father, hero

Charlie Dominici
singer, Dream Theater

Dorothy Edwards
once homeless, housing advocate

Sarah Keys Evans
refused to ride at the back of the bus

Peter S. Fischer
producer, Murder, She Wrote

Lois Galgay Reckitt
activist, Human Rights Campaign Fund

Johnny Green
basketballer, New York Knicks

Linda Hirshman
feminist provocateur

Amber Hollibaugh
activist, Queers for Economic Justice

Charles Jordan
basketballer, Indiana Pacers

Gary Karnes
activist, historian

Roger Kastel
artist, known for movie posters

Luis Larraín
gay rights activist

Jonathan Lewis
high school hero, beaten to death

Amiel J. Mokhiber
purveyor of sandwiches

John Morris
rock promoter, Woodstock Music & Art Fair

Elinor Otto
factory worker, an original ‘Rosie’

Ernesto Palomino
artist, drummer, pianist

Taraja Ramsess
stuntworker, Black Panther

Audrey Salkeld
author, Everest researcher

Glen Schaller
gay rights activist, “outside agitator”

🖕 Peter Seidler
owner, San Diego Padres

Neil Shulman
doctor, clown, novelist (Doc Hollywood)

Barrett Strong
songwriter, “Money (That’s What I Want)”

Terry Taylor
first female sports editor at Associated Press

Joe Tilson
artist, Zikkurat 2

🖕 Maryanne Trump Barry
judge, co-conspirator

Kevin Turen
producer, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Wilhelm von Dachshund
good boy

Gregory Woolley
first Black member of Hells Angels

 
Previously dead