Rochelle Freeman

For Grigory Luchansky · 1d ago

81 is a full life but that doesn't make it easier for his family. Thinking of his wife and children tonight.

For Thomas James Kane · 24d ago

My sister called me at 6am my time just to tell me, before it was even properly confirmed. All she said was "the great storyteller died" and I knew who she meant without asking. Strange to feel this from so far away.

For Kandhari, Sachin · 25d ago

Read an article about him a while back, the one where he said HAL could let people do things that were previously difficult or impossible. Just sat with that line again tonight.

For James Robert Benton Watson, Sr. · 28d ago

My mom called me and said did you see that story out of Brazil, Indiana, the young man, only thirty four. I don't even know him, just saw it shared with his picture and it stopped me cold. All I could think about after was his two little boys.

For Arturo "Lobito" Torres · 29d ago

26. That's the whole sentence right there.

For Michael Sweetney · 17 Sept 2026

My husband and I watched Big East basketball every Saturday back then, and the year Sweetney averaged 22.8 and 10.4 we never missed a Georgetown game. Sad news to wake up to this morning.

For Jim Peters · 15 Sept 2026

What a life. Milking cows before school, teaching history and rugby, then taking that same energy all the way to Auckland. His wife's work on Maori women poets sounds beautiful too. A real partnership.

For Fabio Mosquera · 14 Sept 2026

My father loved watching Deportivo Cali in those golden years. He'd talk about Fabio's goals like they happened yesterday. What a player he was, and what a life he lived in that beautiful city.

For Mary Gaudron · 13 Sept 2026

She won the Equal Pay case. She became the first woman on the High Court. She did these things not because the world was ready but because they had to be done, and she was the one to do them.

For Peter Thompson · 12 Sept 2026

My mother used to say his voice got her through the mornings. She'd listen to Radio National Breakfast while making coffee. He was part of the routine, part of the family really. He'll be missed.

For Chiche Gelblung · 9 Sept 2026

I never met Chiche but I read Gente as a young woman visiting my aunt in Buenos Aires in the seventies, and his photographs from those war zones just stopped you cold. A real journalist who never looked away.

To Alexis Taylor’s tribute on Paul Butzer’s page · 24 Sept 2026

That book got a lot of us through grad school honestly

To Jacob Vaughn’s tribute on Guo Lanying’s page · 4 Sept 2026

That quote about one heart everywhere for the people stays with you.