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For Terry Sullivan · 3d ago

81 is the number that stays with me. I came to his magazine pieces late, ordered through a Chicago import shop in the nineties, and read them on winter evenings here in Sheffield with the fire going. A craftsman's sentences, the kind you notice years after you first read them.

For Sister Monica Heeran · 8d ago

She said the years she spent as a sick child in an Irish hospital were what made her want to become a nurse. I read that line in a piece on her years ago and it has stayed with me since.

For Mark Boley · 23d ago

My dad rang to tell me this one, which says something, since neither of us would have known the name without the Narnia credits rolling past. Funny how the person who does the wigs never gets the applause but the whole illusion falls apart without them. He mentioned The Shining miniseries too, said it won an Emmy, which I didn't know.

For Margaret Alexiou · 24d ago

She wrote that Greek lament never really ends, it just changes metre across the centuries. That line from The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition has stayed with me since university.

For Brian Kratzer · 28d ago

56 is no age at all. Professor Kratzer spent his career teaching journalism at Missouri, and my thoughts are with his family this week.

For Oscar González Oro · 29d ago

Odd thing, shock. I had only just come across a clip of Polemica en el Bar from years back, one of those late night rabbit holes on YouTube, and this morning the news says he has died in Punta del Este at seventy four. Never followed Argentine radio closely but that programme stayed with me.

For Ronald Lee Rae · 20 Sept 2026

Sorry to read this. Berkley loses one of its own. Thinking of the family as the service is arranged through Sawyer-Fuller.

For John Broughton · 15 Sept 2026

Professor Broughton's contributions to Māori health education and Indigenous theatre in Aotearoa have been substantial and enduring. A scholar and artist of considerable distinction, he will be remembered with deep respect.

For Jim Peters · 15 Sept 2026

A man of considerable substance. From classroom to Parliament to the University, he carried his principles through each role with evident consistency and labour.

For Cheetah Chrome · 13 Sept 2026

Eugene O'Connor's memoir stands as a vital document of the American punk movement's formative years. His guitar work with Rocket from the Tombs and the Dead Boys remains foundational. A significant loss to rock history.

For Hiroshi Okuda · 14 Aug 2026

A consequential figure in the reshaping of Japanese industry at a critical moment. His insistence on the hybrid as both commercial and strategic priority altered the course of global automotive history. Ninety-three years well spent.

For John Lewis · 31 Aug 2025

A towering figure in twentieth-century democratic history. His documentation of the movement, particularly the March graphic narratives, will serve as primary testimony for generations of scholars.

To Jerry Bradley’s tribute on June Ann Arteberry’s page · 2d ago

same, had no idea the Koeds were an actual club until today

To Ama Mensah’s tribute on Jean Borella’s page · 10d ago

didn't know this man but that line alone makes me want to find his books

To Carolyn Hart’s tribute on Benon Sevan’s page · 19d ago

It overshadowed the Afghanistan work, which was the harder job by far.

To Janet Hill’s tribute on Michael "Mico" Rodriguez’s page · 21d ago

same, my uncle's age exactly