Meredith West

For John William Grimes · 5d ago

My mom called me the second she saw it on the Marion Tribune page. She went to Marion County High in the 80s and always said Coach Grimes was the reason she wasn't afraid of Mr. Yates for physical science. Forty five years in that one school system is something.

For E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan · 17 Sept 2026

My uncle went the same way, just didn't wake up one morning. Reading that his driver found him like that hit me harder than I expected for someone I never met.

For Lora Bumps · 16 Sept 2026

I only saw her work once at a gallery in Provincetown, but it stayed with me. She had this way of capturing light that made you stop and really look. She'll be remembered.

For Jean-Pierre Clar · 6 Sept 2026

Watched a documentary about the 1968 World Cup final. Jean-Pierre Clar's name kept coming up. One of those athletes who seemed to play a different game than everyone else on the pitch.

For Libor Balák · 6 Sept 2026

A student of Jelínek and Hluštík, pushing away from Burian without losing sight of what made Burian matter. That was his gift. The museum walks as a boy, the questions he asked, the discipline he brought to reconstruction. Brno loses a serious artist.

For He Yong · 4 Sept 2026

I only knew his work through a friend's translation of the lyrics, but something about the question 'Is there any hope?' stayed with me for years. He sounded like he meant it.

For Bonnie Tyler · 19 Jul 2026

Some people leave a mark on the world that doesn't fade. Bonnie was one of them.

For Paul Newman · 9 Apr 2026

Still with us

I cried when I heard the news, and I'm not ashamed of it. Paul was part of the soundtrack of my life.

For Quincy Jones · 7 Mar 2026

A life fully lived. Thank you, Quincy.

For Catherine O'Hara · 25 Feb 2026

Schitt's Creek taught me that you could be funny and human at once. She was both things completely. A real loss.

For Kurt Cobain · 4 Nov 2025

Never forgotten

Rest well, Kurt. The work is done, and it was good.

For Tom Petty · 9 Aug 2025

He was raised just a few hours from where I grew up, in a place a lot like mine. Made it matter that someone from the South could write like that.

For Charlie Chaplin · 4 Jul 2025

Still with us

My favourite performance of theirs will never leave me.

For John F. Kennedy · 12 May 2025

Thank you

My dad introduced me to John's work when I was a kid. We talked about it for hours. Today I'm thinking of both of them.

To Isaac Mendel’s tribute on Joe McDonald’s page · 8 Sept 2026

That's the Joe I knew. Never stopped looking.

To Jin Choi’s tribute on Frank Schambor’s page · 8 Sept 2026

Exactly. You don't have to know someone to feel their absence.

To Chava Zimmerman’s tribute on Nicolas Simion’s page · 5 Sept 2026

Same. That record stays on repeat for me.

To Archie Roberts’s tribute on Gene Shalit’s page · 26 Aug 2026

♥

To Gerald Fox’s tribute on Tim Curry’s page · 25 Aug 2026

Well put.

To Silvia Galli’s tribute on Ayrton Senna’s page · 15 Jul 2026

This made me cry. Thank you.

To Wendy Ingram’s tribute on Sean Connery’s page · 20 Oct 2025

Same here. Exactly this.

To Adam Duncan’s tribute on Charles Darwin’s page · 12 Sept 2025

Same here. Exactly this.

To Danielle Ransom’s tribute on Betty White’s page · 22 Apr 2025

Couldn't agree more.