IN REMEMBRANCE--2026

[GrayLinnorm]

Tom Dreesen, a comedian who opened for Frank Sinatra, died yesterday. He was 86.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Prolific TV director James Burrows died today. He was 85.

 

[Cadence]

Conservationist and protector of sea turtles Mona Khalil

Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon

Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country

www.theguardian.com

Some older articles on her from 2025 https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5203017/israel-lebanon-endangered-sea-turtles
and 2017 https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/middleeast/lebanon-orange-house-turtle-conservation

 

[overgeeked]

From RPG.net:

"Emmanuel, cover artist for numerous Games Workshop publications - including the first edition of the Fiend Folio and Fighting Fantasy - has passed away at the age of 80. He will be missed."

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the federal reserve board, died today. He was 100.

 

[Hriston]

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, former vice president of Cuba, has died at the age of 94.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Clive Davis has died.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/arts/music/clive-davis-dead.html

 

[Eyes of Nine]

non-paywall site:
Iconic record producer Clive Davis dies at 94

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Jill Smokler has died.

Scary Mommy founder Jill Smokler, one of the first major mom bloggers, dies of glioblastoma at 48

The Scary Mommy founder revealed her glioblastoma diagnosis in 2024 after a seizure led doctors to discover a brain tumor.

www.yahoo.com

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Actress Ann Blyth died yesterday. She was 98.