Antonio Ruiz

For Rudolf von Schönburg-Glauchau · 6d ago

Only found out about this guy a few years ago, some documentary about old Marbella. 94 years old and he still had people talking about him like he was the host of the whole town. Wish I'd known sooner.

For Arlene Smith · 10d ago

Heart attack got my dad too. I was in the car when my mum called about Arlene and for a second I couldn't say anything, just sat there in the driveway. "Maybe" was the first harmony record I ever learned to pick apart on guitar, 1957, she was only a teenager when she cut that. 84 years old. Damn.

For Derryn Hinch · 11d ago

82 years old. didn't know much about him but that line, 'he tried,' stuck with me.

For Mark A. McGrew · 12d ago

My aunt lived two blocks from the Havana library and every summer she'd take me there before we went fishing. Just found out Mark McGrew ran that place for years. Didn't know him, but that building was half the reason I liked coming to Illinois.

For Griselda Gambaro · 16 Sept 2026

I read Information for Foreigners in a college course and have never forgotten the feeling of being trapped inside language that wasn't mine, watching people I couldn't help. She understood how theatre works on your body, not just your mind.

For Aracy Amaral · 15 Sept 2026

My mother had her Tarsila catalogue on the shelf for decades. She'd pull it out whenever she wanted to remember why art mattered. Aracy Amaral gave her that gift, and she gave it to me too.

For Tommy John · 28 Aug 2026

Grew up in Terre Haute watching Tommy John pitch. He came back to deliver that valedictory address in 2014 and the whole town was so proud. A real Hoosier who never forgot home.

For Gunther von Hagens · 24 Aug 2026

A German innovator who spent two years in an East German prison for speaking up about freedom, then spent his life making knowledge available to everyone. That's a life well lived.

For Dory Funk Jr. · 14 Aug 2026

Grew up in Hammond, same town Dory was born. My dad played his matches on tape, said he'd never seen a man move like that. Rest easy, master.

For Benjamin Alire Sáenz · 31 Jul 2026

I grew up in El Paso and never felt like the place belonged to me until I read his poems. Now I know it was always ours.

For Chita Rivera · 24 Feb 2026

She originated Anita, Rose, Velma, Spider Woman. Four roles that could anchor any career. She did them across decades and made each one unforgettable. That's mastery. That's Chita Rivera.

To Angelo Parisi’s tribute on Emily Edgar’s page · 18d ago

That garden detail is what did it for me too.

To Richard Wells’s tribute on Otto Sirgo’s page · 25d ago

Sorry for your uncle too. That show was something else.

To Tiffany Dorsey’s tribute on Constantin Floros’s page · 24 Sept 2026

The trilogy is a lot but worth it, start with the third volume honestly