For Brother Valentino · 4d ago
Didn't know much of his catalog beyond Stay Up Zimbabwe, but that one stuck with me for years, a friend from Trinidad played it at a cookout once and had to explain the whole thing to me. 85 years old. Didn't realize calypso had its own protest singers like that.
For Erlinda Villalobos · 13d ago
My neighbor growing up was from Iloilo and kept Erlinda's old radio dramas on cassette, Sunday dinners always had that voice in the background even if none of us understood the Ilonggo. Found out years later it was the same woman I'd see turn up as somebody's lola in these small Filipino films. 84 and still working. Rest well, Erlinda.
For Phil Tindall · 23 Sept 2026
Saw the news wire this morning. His son said Parkinson's is brutal, and there is no let-up from how it attacks the body and changes people. That's it, that's the whole thing right there.
For Steve Shepard · 17 Sept 2026
My mother called me at 6am my time to tell me Steve Shepard had died. I've been gone from Augusta almost twenty years and it still hit me like a gut punch. He swore in my cousin at her wedding, back when he was still on the commission, just did it as a favor. That's the kind of guy he was.
For Bob Mackie · 14 Sept 2026
My grandmother had a Bob Mackie Barbie. She kept it on her shelf and told me he made dolls for every girl, not just some. I think about that a lot.
For David Clayton-Thomas · 7 Sept 2026
Spinning Wheel was the soundtrack to my college years. His voice had so much soul, so much truth in it. Rest well, David.
For Frankie Miller · 5 Sept 2026
I grew up listening to him on the radio in Georgia and never got tired of that voice. He had something real. Rest well, Frankie. Your music will keep on.
For Hugh Curran · 4 Sept 2026
My dad watched Hugh play for Wolves and never stopped talking about that goal at Wembley. Seventy-one, he said, like it was yesterday. Rest easy, Hughie.
For Jorge Ramírez Gallego · 4 Sept 2026
Saw a clip of him scoring in the 1960s and you could just see the joy on his face and the whole crowd's face. That's what we're missing now, I think. That pure happiness in the game.
For Betye Saar · 24 Aug 2026
My mama had that book with her in it, showed me the Jemima piece when I was maybe fourteen. Told me, 'That's power right there.' She was right.
For Zhu Rongji · 16 Aug 2026
My dad always said Zhu Rongji was one of the few politicians who actually did what he said he would do. That meant something to him. Rest well.