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.
• Edweena Banger
rock’n’roller, the Nosebleeds
• Dick Button
figure skating
• Alfred Colon
forgotten person
• Phyllis Dalton
costume designer, Lawrence of Arabia
• Marianne Faithfull
rock’n’roller, “As Tears Go By”
• Barry Goldberg
rock’n’roller, the Electric Flag
• Rocky Guerrero
forgotten person
• Olga James
actress, Carmen Jones
• Horst Janson
actor, Murphy’s War
• Yasin Morrison
2nd Amendment
• Tyler Sabapathy
football fan
• Rick Seccombe
activist and bookseller
• Robert Shadric
forgotten person
• Cornelius Taylor
forgotten person
• David Paul Watson
Sam the Skunkman
• Priscilla Watson
forgotten person
• Binyam Wolde
Dirty Dog food cart
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.