IN REMEMBRANCE--2023 AD

[Dannyalcatraz]

Mick Hutson has died.

Mick Hutson 1965-2023: "Most people’s reaction to my job is ‘you lucky sod!'"

Mick Hutson photographed pretty much every rock legend during his 37-year career, but his charm is what people loved

www.yahoo.com

 

[billd91]

Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, has died.

Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-ridden former Italian prime minister, dies aged 86

Health of flamboyant media tycoon who led three Italian governments had deteriorated in recent years

www.theguardian.com

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Treat Williams was killed in a motorcycle accident. He was 71.

 

[Ryujin]

Treat Williams was killed in a motorcycle accident. He was 71.

Very sad and probably the single most common sort of collision between a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle. I've had it happen to me, but I was lucky.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Author Cormac McCarthy dead at 89

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Cormac McCarthy Dies at 89, Publisher Says

The novelist-screenwriter-playwright was eccentric and reclusive, channeling his energies into bleak, poetic works that often depicted men struggling against apocalyptic forces.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[billd91]

Comic book artist John Romita, Sr. has died.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/john-romita-sr-marvel-death-scli-intl/index.html

I bolded the Sr to make sure nobody thought it was John Romita, Jr.

 

[Rabulias]

Actress and UK politician Glenda Jackson has died.

 

[MGibster]

Actress and UK politician Glenda Jackson has died.

I remember her best from Ken Russell's Salome's Last Dance.

 

[Hriston]

West Darfur state Governor Khamis Abakar was assassinated Wednesday hours after he publicly blamed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied Arab militias for the “genocide” of civilians.

 

[billd91]

Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers, has passed away.

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies aged 92

Analyst who leaked studies showing US government knew the Vietnam war was un-winnable became activist and writer

www.theguardian.com