Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits for 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.

   
• Edith Ballantyne
peace activist

• Manoj Bharathiraja
actor, Margazhi Thingal

• August Bucki
forgotten person

• Ángel del Pozo
actor, The Three Musketeers

• Herb Greene
rock’n’roll photographer

• Nanette Kazaoka
activist, ACT-UP

• Tom Lowenstein
poet & historian

• Robert McChesney
believed in journalism

• Oz
forgotten person

• Ted Pedas
cinema operator, Coen Brothers patron

• Clive Revill
actor, The Empire Strikes Back

• Jean Rice
advocate for the homeless

• Kevan Staples
rock’n’roller, Rough Trade

   
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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