Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, including 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.
• Shonn Adams
forgotten person
• James Apollonio
forgotten person
• Francis Boyle
human rights activist
• David Edward Byrd
what rock’n’roll looked like
• Patsy Clarke and Eloise Vaughn
fought that bastard Jesse Helms
• Alfred Colon
forgotten person
• Renato Corsetti
Esperanto
• Cleveland Harris
too black for the NFL
• Maria Teresa Horta
thought women are people
• LuLu Livingston
homeless activist
• Sal Maida
rock’n’roller, Roxy Music
• Dennis Richmond
KTVU’s The 10:00 News
• Tony Roberts
actor, Annie Hall
• Donald Shoup
urban planner, The High Cost of Free Parking
• Harry Stewart Jr.
Tuskegee Airman
• Fay Vincent
Last Commissioner who liked baseball
• Pete Wilkinson
Greenpeace
• Yoshio Yoshida
baseballer, Hanshin Tigers
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.
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