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.
• Kristopher Applegate
in county jail
• Lavari Arouni
2nd Amendment
• Anita Bryant
made orange juice distasteful
• Vincent Burke
in county jail
• Joseph Campbell
forgotten person
• Douglas Cutbush
in county jail
• Jacob Dieball
in county jail
• William Farmer
in county jail
• Willie Keith Green
forgotten person
• George Dewey Harding II
forgotten person
• JT
forgotten person
• Shiu Ka-chun
imprisoned activist
• Martin Karplus
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2013
• Lee Lakeman
women's rights activist
• Jean-Marie Le Pen
a life of hatred
• Kevin McMillin
forgotten person
• Shermarion Miner
high school football player
• Sam Moore
rock'n'roller, Sam & Dave
• name withheld, 47
in county jail
• name withheld
in county jail
• name withheld
in county jail
• name withheld, 68
in county jail
• Paul Oreffice
former top asshole at Dow Chemical
• Charles Person
Freedom Riders Training Academy
• Roger Pratt
cinematographer, Batman
• Andrew Pyper
author, Lost Girls
• Adalmo Ramirez-Garcia
forgotten person
• Mike Rinder
Scientology whistleblower
• Louis Schittly
Doctors Without Borders
• Rodney Szpytek
forgotten person
• Stewart
forgotten person
• Allen Thomas
2nd Amendment
• Matthew Trammell
in county jail
• The Vivienne
drag star
• Leanna Washington
in county jail
• Jonathan Kaizen Watson
2nd Amendment
• Edgar Maddison Welch
Pizzagate cosplayer
• Peter Yarrow
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.
