IN REMEMBRANCE--2021 AD

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Keiko Nobumoto, prolific anime writer behind Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain and Macross Plus, dies at 57. In a world of mainly male writers, she really stood out.

Keiko Nobumoto, Prolific Anime Writer Behind Cowboy Bebop and Macross Plus, Dies at 57 - IGN

Keiko Nobumoto, the writer behind such anime as Cowboy Bebop, Macross Plus, Wolf's Rain, and Tokyo Godfathers, has passed away at the age of 57.

www.ign.com

 

[Cadence]

Leland Wilkinson - giant in the fields of scientific visualization and statistical graphics, and author of "The Grammar of Graphics" passed away on Friday.

Leland Wilkinson - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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R&B singer Joe Simon died yesterday. He was 85.

 

[Cadence]

bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins) - activist, poet, educator and author of “Ain’t I a Woman”.

Acclaimed author and activist bell hooks dies at 69

Her work includes some 40 books, many of which focused on topics of feminism and race.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Rune]

bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins) - activist, poet, educator and author of “Ain’t I a Woman”.

Acclaimed author and activist bell hooks dies at 69

Her work includes some 40 books, many of which focused on topics of feminism and race.

www.nbcnews.com

She was the Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at my alma mater, Berea College, though that was after I graduated. She gave some guest lectures before that, though. Not surprisingly, she was a potent speaker.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Ken Kragen passed away on Tuesday:

Ken Kragen Dies: Producer, Manager, Organizer Of “We Are The World” & “Hands Across America” Was 85

Ken Kragen, producer of Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, among others, organizer of humanitarian projects including “We Are The World” and “Hands Across America, and personal manager to the likes of Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie and many others, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in...

www.yahoo.com

Also, here is a long list of celebrity deaths in 2021, just in case some of them were missed here:

Celebrity deaths in 2021: DMX, Cloris Leachman, Norm Macdonald and more

A look back at the many famous people who died this year, from DMX and Cicely Tyson to Tawny Kitaen and Norm Macdonald.

www.yahoo.com

 

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Hub of the Roots died Thursday of myeloma. He was 62.

 

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Wanda Young of the Marvelettes died; she was 78.

 

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Actress Sally Ann Howes (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) died Sunday; she was 91.

 

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Jack Hedley (Lawrence of Arabia, For Your Eyes Only) died December 11; he was 92.