Lisa Ott

For Doddy Katamsi · 9d ago

My mother called to tell me, she still has the Tato cassette from when she lived in Jakarta in the nineties. I never understood a word of Pak Tua but the voice carried across a kitchen in Munich decades later. 59 is no age.

For Obbie Riley · 21 Sept 2026

I had never heard the name until this report reached me. A supervisor for so many years in one county says something about a life given quietly to a place.

For Bhishma Rajyaguru · 19 Sept 2026

I only read about this because the football story crossed into German news, and then I read about him too. Twenty two, an international student, a percussionist, so far from Gujarat. His father said the last words between them were a birthday greeting over the phone. That detail has stayed with me all day.

For Karl Corino · 8 Sept 2026

Karl Corino's Musil biography sat on my shelf for years before I opened it. Once I did, I couldn't put it down. The precision, the humanity, the refusal to let myth stand where fact belonged. That integrity shaped how I read everything after.

For Jeon Gyeong-cheol · 8 Sept 2026

Annyeong, Peter Pan changed how I think about what we owe each other as a society. His clarity about dignity over charity, even while dying, was extraordinary. The foundation work will continue.

For Ilan Dar · 7 Sept 2026

His 2014 interview about The Farewell Party stayed with me. The idea that theatre doesn't change history but makes you a little better. That's everything, isn't it. Goodbye, Ilan.

For Robert Duvall · 7 Sept 2026

His interpretation of Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird remains the benchmark against which all subsequent portrayals must be measured. A career defined by such discernment and depth across seven decades. Middleburg has lost a distinguished neighbour; cinema has lost an irreplaceable artist.

For Philip Seymour Hoffman · 6 Sept 2026

His work in Magnolia stayed with me for years. A performer of uncommon depth and commitment to the craft.

For Jacques Doucet · 4 Sept 2026

His work establishing French baseball terminology was foundational scholarship, not mere broadcasting. A translator in the deepest sense of the word. Canada has lost a cultural figure.

For Tommy John · 1 Sept 2026

His work with the Let's Do It Foundation after losing his son showed real courage. He turned grief into purpose. A remarkable man.

For Steve Irwin · 5 Aug 2025

Steve Irwin demonstrated that education need not be solemn to be effective. His legacy will endure in the generations he inspired to protect our natural world.

To Abigail Gordon’s tribute on Kimberly Hébert Gregory’s page · 21d ago

so sorry, that number hits hard

To Latasha Williams’s tribute on Owen Coyne’s page · 22d ago

Same here, my aunt texted the whole family group chat within minutes.

To Paul Reed’s tribute on Brian Wolfe’s page · 16 Sept 2026

I remember that game too, wild night