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

   
Previously dead