Death in the Afternoon

This last year has been filled with disappointing news. Many famous people passed away, some seemingly well before their time. On the other hand, people that may have nothing good left to offer are left behind to plague the rest of us. The randomness of fate, the repercussions of self-abuse, the inescapable hand of death, have cut short the lives of many whom we expected to watch in the future. In a mostly chronological order:

Angus Scrimm
David Bowie
Alan Rickman
Glenn Frey
LaVoy Finicum
Abe Vigoda
Antonin Scalia
Umberto Eco
Harper Lee
Nancy Reagan
Sir George Martin
Keith Emerson
Garry Shandling
Merle Haggard
Chyna
Lonnie Mack
Prince
Morley Safer
Nick Menza
Burt Kwouk
Harambe
Muhammad Ali
Stuart Anderson
Gordie Howe
Anton Yelchin
Scotty Moore
Elie Wiesel
Fred Tomlinson
Miss Cleo
Kenny Baker
Lou Pearlman
Gene Wilder
Arnold Palmer
Steve Dillon
Leonard Cohen
Janet Reno
Ron Glass
Greg Lake
John Glenn
Alan Thicke
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Florence Henderson
Fidel Castro
Dave Mirra
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Rob Ford
Tim LaHaye
George Michael
Richard Adams
Carrie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds

Halloween Pumpkin 2016

We've Got Five Years

the first photo I took with my iPhone

 

deHaan Party of Five

Those Are People Who Died, Died

With the dawn of the new year, it's interesting to look back and see who has passed on in 2015. Some of these names have been very recently in the news; others have been gone for what feels like several years. Some belonged to the higher circles of art, some less so. Some will be missed, again, others less so. The one thing they all have in common; they've started the journey each of us will one day take, alone. For that, if nothing else, I salute you:

Jerry Tarkanian

Leonard Nimoy

Sam Simon

Sir Terry Pratchett

Gunther Grass

Andrew Lesnie

B B King

Sir Christopher Lee

Dusty Rhodes

Dick Van Patten

Omar Sharif

Vic Firth

Roddy Piper

Frank Gifford

Fred Eckhardt

Wes Craven

Yogi Berra

Paul Prudhomme

Fred Thompson

Scott Weiland

Nicholas Smith

Chris Squier

James Horner

Dave Henderson

Lemmy Kilmister

Natalie Cole

Merry Christmas 2015