Benjamin James

For Barbara Gawryluk · 8d ago

my mom just called me almost in tears about this, something about a book called Dzok she read as a kid in Krakow. I didn't know the name but she's been talking about it all day.

For Jonathan Cooper · 9 Sept 2026

Read about him in a luthier's history. Maine lost a craftsman who understood that good work is meant to outlast us all.

For Ismael Laguna · 8 Sept 2026

Sold papers as a boy. Left school to help his mother. Built himself into a champion and then gave the next generation a gym and a dream. That's a life.

For Larry Christenson · 6 Sept 2026

Read that he was always the one making sure the alumni stayed in touch. That takes real character, especially in professional sports where people scatter. Sounds like he built something that lasts.

For Taiwo "Ogogo" Hassan · 6 Sept 2026

A man who carried twin brother loss, worked with his hands, learned Yoruba tradition, and mastered the camera. Ogogo was a whole story. Nigeria lost a keeper of something real and irreplaceable.

For Jon Cypher · 9 Aug 2026

My grandfather loved Major Dad and would quote Gen. Craig at dinner. Jon Cypher made him laugh for three years straight, and that mattered.

For Catherine O'Hara · 31 Jan 2026

A woman who came from Toronto comedy, built an empire on character and kindness, and never let the noise of social media touch her work. That takes courage. We'll miss her.

To Oscar Maldonado’s tribute on Palle Rama Rao’s page · 21d ago

Same piece, the one about materials science being 'connections everywhere.' Stuck with me too.

To Reggie Holloway’s tribute on James Harkness’s page · 20 Sept 2026

Thornhill's a small place, he never really left it.

To Helmut Lang’s tribute on James Earl Jones’s page · 15 May 2026

Right. Shakespeare to Vader. The range.