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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.

   
Marty Atkins
forgotten person

Jewel Brown
sang with Louis Armstrong’s band

Orlando Cepeda
baseballer, San Francisco Giants

Bill Cobbs
actor, *Night at the Museum *

Grace Davis
forgotten person

Tom Fowler
rock’n’roller, The Mothers of Invention

Kinky Friedman
singer-songwriter, “They Ain’t Makin’ Jews Like Jesus Any More”

Leah Levin
good guy

Don Madden
cartoonist, Playboy

Jonathan Morano
writer, Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

Russell Morash
DIY TV producer

Martin Mull
actor, Fernwood Tonight

Marty Pavelich
hockeyer, Detroit Red Wings

Mildred Thornton Stahlman
saved newborn babies

Martin Stolar
good guy

Robert Towne
screenwriter, Chinatown

   
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The Pantser@lemmy.world
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What’s with the image of Jeff Foxworthy?

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That’s Martin Mull.

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Loved him in, well, everything he did.

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