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 occasionally, until I’m on the list myself.
Gordon Bell
VAX minicomputers
Larry Bensky
journalist, Pacifica
Ivan Boesky
just another capitalist
Sam Butcher
artist, “Precious Moments”
Caleb Carr
author, The Alienist
Charlie Colin
rock’n’roller, Train
Robert Dennard
dynamic random-access memory
Richard Foronjy
actor, Midnight Run
Darryl Hickman
actor, The Grapes of Wrath
Jan Kaczmarek
film composer, Finding Neverland
Jim Otto
footballer, Oakland Raiders
Paul Parkman
rubella vaccine
Ebrahim Raisi
son of a bitch
Morgan Spurlock
filmmaker, Super Size Me
Robert Patrick Tully
forgotten man