For Frans Geysen · 2d ago
Was literally listening to Periferisch-Diagonaal-Concentrisch on a long train ride through the Dandenongs last month, had no idea who he was until I looked it up just now. 90 years old. That recorder quartet piece has been stuck in my head for weeks and now I find out why it felt so different from anything else.
For Perry Mehrling · 11d ago
Told my dad about this and he just said "the balance sheet guy" and went quiet. He used to play Mehrling's Coursera lectures in the car on long drives, something about banks and IOUs. Never thought I'd see him go still like that over a professor he never met.
For Vincent Dieutre · 18d ago
Found Leçons de ténèbres on a late night SBS slot years ago, alone in my first flat with a bad aerial, and it rewired how I thought a film about yourself could look. Just read the news on my phone on the tram home. 65 is no age.
For Gordon J. Davis · 20d ago
Walked through Sheep Meadow with my sister on our first trip to New York, years ago now, had no idea the whole thing had been a dust bowl before this man rebuilt it. Found that out later in a book about the city. Strange to feel something for someone you only know through a park bench and a page.
For John Bröcheler · 24d ago
My dad had the Dichterliebe LP, the one with Tan Crone, and it got played most Sunday mornings in our lounge room in Melbourne while he did the crossword. I was maybe ten and didn't understand a word of it but I understood the voice. 81 years old. Still have that record somewhere.
For Jacko McDonagh · 21 Sept 2026
My uncle rang me from Dublin at some ungodly hour here just to tell me Jacko had passed. Hadn't thought about that Rovers side in years but he still remembers the four in a row like it was yesterday.
For Bhairav Dutt Kharkwal (B.D. Kharkwal) · 20 Sept 2026
My uncle rang from Guwahati this morning, still half asleep here in Melbourne, to tell me. He said Kharkwal was DGP the year he joined the force, 1990. Strange to hear a name from that far back over the phone like that.
For Harry Burrows · 9 Sept 2026
Read about his time in Cleveland in the '67 season. Player, tradesman, publican, postmaster. He lived a full life outside the lines too.
For Jerry Oates · 8 Sept 2026
My dad used to talk about watching the Columbus wrestlers on television. Jerry Oates was one of the names he'd mention. Strange how the years go.
For Bruce Lunsford · 6 Sept 2026
A man who understood that healthcare and horses both teach you about character. We'll miss him.
For Martha Rivers Ingram · 22 Aug 2026
Picked up her book at a Melbourne bookshop years back. Unassuming woman, remarkable life. The kind of legacy that outlasts the headlines.
For Jon Cypher · 6 Aug 2026
From what I've read, he kept working into his nineties and cared about things beyond the industry. The Disclosure Project, dolphins, peace treaties. That kind of actor is rarer than we admit.
For Bob Weir · 11 Mar 2026
Read an interview where he said he thought about what people would say in 300 years. That kind of long thinking, that's rare. That's what made him matter.