IN REMEMBRANCE--2023 AD

Rabulias · Dec 13, 2023

Andre Braugher has passed away at age 61.

Dannyalcatraz · Dec 13, 2023

Craig Watkins has died.

Craig Watkins, former Dallas County District Attorney, dies at 56

He was the first Black DA for Dallas County and helped restore the faith in the justice system by freeing wrongfully imprisoned inmates.

www.wfaa.com

This is more local than national news, but he was Texas’ first black DA, and in that post, managed to get more than a dozen prisoners exonerated and released with The Innocence Project. He also started a program to continue investigating wrongful convictions and preventing them in the future.

I worked for him (VERY briefly).

GrayLinnorm · Dec 13, 2023

Richard Kerr, who wrote Barry Manilow's #1 hits "Mandy" and "Looks Like We Made It", died; he was 78.

GrayLinnorm · Dec 13, 2023

Camden Toy, who played several monsters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died Monday of pancreatic cancer. He was 68.

Eyes of Nine · Dec 14, 2023

This one seems to have slipped under the ENWorld radar, but I'll post it up now...

Joe Matt was one of the group of comic creators in the 90's that was pushing the B&W comic in new directions with personal (VERY personal) revelations galore in his book Peepshow. He, along with Chester Brown, Seth, Joe Sacco, and Jason Lutes were doing things in the black and white comic arena that at the time felt very important; and honestly I think paved the way for the explosion of non-superhero graphic novel content we have seen in the 21st century.

Joe Matt, dies on Sept 18 of possible heart attack, at his drawing desk

Joe Matt Dies at 60 - The Comics Journal

Michael Dean's obituary for one of the standouts of autobio comics; Joe Matt died on Sunday, September 17, aged 60.

www.tcj.com

Dannyalcatraz · Dec 15, 2023

Ian Gibson has died.

Ian Gibson 1946 – 2023 | 2000 AD

Everyone at Rebellion is deeply saddened to hear of the death of artist Ian Gibson. A renowned writer and artist, with a career spanning half a century, he was responsible for the art on some of 2000 AD’s most distinctive and iconic stories, including ‘The Ballad of Halo Jones’ with Alan Moore...

2000ad.com

Dannyalcatraz · Dec 17, 2023

Colin Burgess has died.

AC/DC Star and Hall of Fame Musician Dead at Age 77

Peter Carrette Archive/Getty ImagesColin Burgess, who was the original drummer for Australian rock band AC/DC, has died at age 77. The band confirmed his death in an Instagram post. “Very sad to hear ...

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Dannyalcatraz · Dec 18, 2023

Richard Hunt has died.

Richard Hunt, iconic Chicago sculptor, dies at 88

A lifelong advocate for equity and inclusion, the Chicagoan recently completed a model for a monument to Emmett Till that is to be installed at the childhood home of the civil rights icon.

chicago.suntimes.com