8 posts tagged with obituary by praemunire.
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Robbi Mecus, Who Fostered L.G.B.T.Q. Climbing Community, Dies at 52

A New York State forest ranger who worked in the Adirondacks, she died after falling about 1,000 feet from a peak at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. (SLNYT gift link) [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Apr 30, 2024 - 24 comments

"we love an activist until they need something"

Shafiqah Hudson, who had worked in nonprofits but from 2014 on dedicated herself to Twitter activism--spotting and combating the "#endfathersday" scam ten years ago--died on February 15, at 46. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Mar 5, 2024 - 32 comments

"Vindication!"

Andre Braugher, titan of modern TV acting, died on Monday at 61. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Dec 12, 2023 - 132 comments

"I am NOT Montel Williams!"

Richard Belzer, who became one of American television’s most enduring police detectives as John Munch on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and several other shows, died on Sunday at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France. He was 78. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Feb 19, 2023 - 54 comments

Lamont Dozier, 1941-2022

Lamont Dozier, the prolific songwriter and producer who was crucial to the success of Motown Records as one-third of the Holland-Dozier-Holland team, died on Tuesday. He was 81. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Aug 9, 2022 - 32 comments

Peter Brook, 1925-2022

"There can be no separating an act of theater into the political, the spiritual, the joyful." [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Jul 5, 2022 - 14 comments

We lost two great actors today

Jean-Paul Belmondo, best known for his role in the seminal French New Wave film Breathless, has died at age 88.
posted by praemunire on Sep 6, 2021 - 21 comments

“It’s insulting because it’s not meeting the standard.”

Edith Prentiss, Fierce Voice for New York's Disabled, Dies at 69 [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Mar 29, 2021 - 15 comments

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