AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND
Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you). There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself. • **[Steven Barron](https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2024/10/16/elderly-homeless-man-dies-2-weeks-after-attack-in-el-cajon/)** forgotten person ([archived link](https://archive.ph/sIumN)) • **[Ward Christensen](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/)** co-inventor of computer bulletin board system (BBS) ([archived link](https://archive.ph/P3gyA)) • **[Sherry Coben](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sherry-coben-dead-emmy-winning-writer-creator-kate-and-allie-1236034804/)** writer and creator, *Kate & Allie* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/8j4qV)) • **[Mitzi Gaynor](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/movies/mitzi-gaynor-dead.html)** actress, *South Pacific* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/wAI9f)) • **[Luis Gonzalez](https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/driver-death-lie-traffic-hauppauge-u49818g2)** forgotten person ([archived link](https://archive.ph/R31n4)) • **[Lilly Ledbetter](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyv0ydp96po)** activist • **[Megan Marshack](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/us/politics/megan-marshack-dead.html)** *in flagrante delicto* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/EUM6s)) • **[Mario Morra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Morra)** film editor, *Cinema Paradiso* • **[Andreas Münzhuber](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/11/neo-nazi-slips-to-his-death-climbing-hitlers-favourite-moun/)** Nazi ([archived link](https://archive.ph/PuNfB)) • **[John Nady](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/18/john-nady-wireless-rock-dies/)** cordless micropohones ([archived link](https://archive.ph/I0VqY)) • **[Roxanne Otero](https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/san-antonio-inmate-bexar-jail-died-19831816.php)** in county jail ([archived link](https://archive.ph/QqCGl)) • **[Alvin Rakoff](https://exclaim.ca/film/article/canadian-filmmaker-alvin-rakoff-has-died)** filmmaker, *Say Hello to Yesterday* • **[Alex Salmond](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/alex-salmond-died-trying-open-33895880)** ketchupped ([archived link](https://archive.ph/flTXB)) • **[Lillian Schwartz](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/technology/lillian-schwartz-dead.html)** computer artist ([archived link](https://archive.ph/1EfaF)) • **[Richard Secord](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/16/richard-secord-iran-contra-dead/)** Oliver North's criminal sidekick ([archived link](https://archive.ph/JyhQ2)) • **[Elizabeth Marie Torres](https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/10/14/a-death-on-the-streets-in-chula-vista-highlights-key-obstacle-to-helping-homeless/)** forgotten person ([archived link](https://archive.ph/94WCN)) • **[Alex Wright](https://www.koco.com/article/family-holds-memorial-for-man-who-died-inside-cell-at-the-cleveland-county-jail/62587801)** in county jail ([archived link](https://archive.ph/KBRua)) • **[Toni Vaz](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/15/toni-vaz-dead/)** Image Awards ([archived link](https://archive.ph/RK58X)) • **[Patrick Watz](https://www.news-journal.com/prisoner-39-dies-in-jefferson-county-jail/article_04cddf05-d65b-5a73-bdbe-ee39ff97a9f3.html)** in county jail ([archived link](https://archive.ph/y8HHG)) • **[Philip Zimbardo](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/18/philip-zimbardo-stanford-dead/)** psychologist, "Stanford Experiment" ([archived link](https://archive.ph/97sm7)) [**Previously dead**](https://lemmy.world/post/20788117)
• **[Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns](https://theconversation.com/atmospheric-rivers-are-shifting-poleward-reshaping-global-weather-patterns-240673)** • **[For the first time in human history, we are pushing the global water cycle out of balance](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/climate/global-water-cycle-off-balance-food-production/index.html)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/6a0UJ)) • **[Insurance 'nightmare' unfolds for Florida homeowners after back-to-back hurricanes](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/hurricane-milton-helene-insurance-nightmares-torment-florida-residents-rcna175088)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/EjmjI)) • **[Climate change made hurricane milton stronger, with heavier rain, scientists conclude](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12102024/climate-change-made-hurricane-milton-stronger/)** • **[What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland.](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/finland-emissions-target-forests-peatlands-sinks-absorbing-carbon-aoe)** • **[Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/14/nature-carbon-sink-collapse-global-heating-models-emissions-targets-evidence-aoe)** • **[Only one-third of Europe's surface water is in good health, report warns](https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241014-europe-water)** • **[Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change](https://grist.org/politics/the-fate-of-thousands-of-u-s-dams-hangs-in-the-balance-leaving-rural-communities-with-hard-choices/)** • **[Rapid urbanization and climate change key drivers of dramatic flood impacts in Nepal](https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-urbanisation-and-climate-change-key-drivers-of-dramatic-flood-impacts-in-nepal/)** • **[The world's carbon sinks are on fire](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/climate/carbon-fires-forests-global-warming.html)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/6cp9Z)) • **[Water challenges — made worse by rising temperatures — are threatening the world’s crops](https://grist.org/article/water-availability-farmers-crops-food-agriculture/)**
([archived link](https://archive.ph/GhqhX))
([archived link](https://archive.ph/UQqJB))
• **[Destruction of global forests *increases* in 140 countries that promised to halt deforestation](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/08/deforestation-destruction-demolition-beef-soy-palm-oil-nickel)** • **[Double punch of hurricanes could become common due to climate crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/double-hurricanes-climate-crisis-florida)** • **[UN warns world's water cycle becoming ever more erratic](https://phys.org/news/2024-10-world-erratic.html)** ([archived link](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/pY8CD)) • **[Large French ski resort to close — not enough snow](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/travel/alpe-du-grande-serre-france-ski-resort-closes-climate-crisis/index.html)** ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241010063445/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/travel/alpe-du-grande-serre-france-ski-resort-closes-climate-crisis/index.html)) • **[Helene was supercharged by ultra-warm water made up to 500 times more likely by global warming, study finds ](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/climate/hurricane-helene-supercharged-climate-change/index.html)** ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241010070636/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/climate/hurricane-helene-supercharged-climate-change/index.html)) • **[Harvest in England the second worst on record because of wet weather](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/10/harvest-in-england-the-second-worst-on-record-because-of-wet-weather)** • **['Irreversible' environmental disasters loom as global temperatures rise, new study finds](https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20241010-irreversible-environmental-disasters-loom-as-global-temperatures-rise-new-study-finds)** • **[Climate change is drying up the world's rivers at an alarming rate](https://futurism.com/the-byte/climate-change-drying-rivers)** ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241010072013/https://futurism.com/the-byte/climate-change-drying-rivers)) • **[Wildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3j0vzpl3o)** • **[Unprecedented Niger floods displace 1.1 million as devastation grows](https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20241009-unprecedented-niger-floods-displace-1-1-million-as-devastation-grows)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/M6tPt))
Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you). There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself. • **[Jervin Jonas Ajpuac Cos](https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-searching-for-two-men-who-beat-homeless-man-to-death-in-brooklyn-officials-say)** forgotten person • **[Wesley Coleman](https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/remember-man-who-made-it-his-mission-to-help-the-homeless/502-dac6ab3c-0fd5-4dbb-a130-5ac036b6525d)** activist ([archived link](https://archive.ph/LumJJ)) • **[Joe Willie Davis](https://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2024/10/10/hancock-county-sheriffs-department-investigating-death-at-county-jail/)** in county jail ([archived link](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/gJue1)) • **[Jvoine Elow Jr](https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-police-deadly-shooting-young-boy-identified/62546192)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241009114551/https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-police-deadly-shooting-young-boy-identified/62546192)) • **[Aaron Esters Jr](https://www.whas11.com/article/news/crime/aaron-esters-prp-high-school-shooting-teen-killed-football-game/417-e30297a6-dede-4b3a-a728-da44a8bc3fda)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://archive.ph/0AQWA)) • **[Rashad Ewing](https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/person-killed-north-toledo-twining-st-shooting/512-17ea808f-5026-4af3-b090-6b6d4f27be47)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://archive.ph/vrupp)) • **[Gerard](https://www.gazettextra.com/news/crime/second-homeless-death-this-week-man-found-dead-along-rock-river/article_4704b2fe-859b-11ef-92aa-b3c697daa697.html)** forgotten person ([archived link](https://archive.ph/aGug6)) • **[Jose Goevava](https://www.ktre.com/2024/10/07/shelby-county-inmate-found-unresponsive-holding-cell/)** in county jail ([archived link](https://archive.ph/UEk4r)) • **[Timmothy Green](https://www.wifr.com/2024/10/11/police-identify-man-shot-killed-freeport/)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://archive.ph/l3xja)) • **[Cissy Houston](https://apnews.com/article/cissy-houston-dead-whitney-houston-mother-de8e3486134c7acd599ee3f16fb997c6)** singer, mother ([archived link](https://archive.ph/SB7dV)) • **[Ethel Kennedy](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/10/ethel-kennedy-dies)** Kennedy • **[Johnny Neel](https://relix.com/news/detail/johnny-neel-storied-keyboardist-vocalist-and-songwriter-passes-away-at-70/)** rock'n'roller, the Allman Brothers ([archived link](https://archive.ph/z2iYJ)) • **[Jack Ponti](https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2024/10/bon-jovi-alice-cooper-songwriter-dies-at-age-66.html)** songwriter, "Hey Stoopid" ([archived link](https://archive.ph/jBR3L)) • **[Garrett Stroman](https://abc11.com/post/man-shot-killed-big-apple-restaurant-sports-bar-fayetteville/15415889/)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://archive.ph/RcTQl)) • **[Luis Tiant](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/sports/baseball/luis-tiant-dead.html)** baseballer, Boston Red Sox ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241009123811/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/sports/baseball/luis-tiant-dead.html)) [**Previously dead**](https://lemmy.world/post/20577545)
(https://web.archive.org/web/20241010073637/https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-china-32a80611605d4052d8238064bbcace4c))
• **[Texas church leader arrested for continuous violence, has extensive criminal history](https://dallasexpress.com/crime/mckinney-church-leader-arrested-for-continuous-violence-extensive-criminal-history/)** • **[Southern Baptist Convention to sell headquarters in Nashville amid legal expenses from sexual abuse investigation](https://www.christianpost.com/news/sbc-to-sell-nasvhille-headquarters-amid-legal-expenses.html)** • **[Tulsa Police arrest local pastor on first degree rape, child sexual abuse and incest charges](https://www.fox23.com/news/tulsa-police-arrest-local-pastor-on-first-degree-rape-child-sexual-abuse-and-incest-charges/article_8e56aad0-7b88-11ef-a05c-4b9fdcdc08a1.html)** ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240926080747/https://www.fox23.com/news/tulsa-police-arrest-local-pastor-on-first-degree-rape-child-sexual-abuse-and-incest-charges/article_8e56aad0-7b88-11ef-a05c-4b9fdcdc08a1.html)) • **[Pope offers "all the help we can" to aid clergy sexual abuse victims, and can you hear my eyes rolling?](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-abuse-victims-belgium/)** ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241001051517/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-abuse-victims-belgium/)) • **[Divinity school professor arrested for child porn possession](https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/fort-worth-divinity-school-professor-arrested-child-porn-possession/)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/LOfZc)) • **[Argentine prosecutors accuse Opus Dei leaders in South America of trafficking and labor exploitation](https://apnews.com/article/argentina-opus-dei-c04dc1f54c033a967975c6261922f698)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/Kp49s)) • **[Pastor arrested, charged, and fired after allegedly stealing nude photos of church member during life group](https://churchleaders.com/news/498194-pastor-arrested-charged-and-fired-after-stealing-nude-photos-of-church-member-during-life-group.html)** • **[Arizona jury convicts 2 brothers of aiding extra-wingnutty Mormon prophet's "child brides" scheme](https://www.azfamily.com/2024/10/03/arizona-jury-convicts-2-brothers-aiding-flds-sect-leaders-child-brides-scheme/)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/2E5q1)) • **[Pastor released on bond while awaiting trial for murder of man he believed was boinking his wife](https://churchleaders.com/news/498473-matthew-dedmon-released-on-bond.html)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/wiGG1))
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• **[Cimate change is making hurricanes worse](https://thinc.blog/2024/10/07/yes-climate-change-makes-hurricanes-worse/)** • **[Report: Global drought threatens food supplies and energy production](https://phys.org/news/2024-10-global-drought-threatens-food-energy.html)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/oTrtd)) • **[Antarctica is 'greening' at dramatic rate as climate heats](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/04/antarctic-plant-cover-growing-at-dramatic-rate-as-climate-heats)** • **[Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal, major study finds](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/exported-liquefied-natural-gas-coal-study)** • **[The shifting jet stream has magnified wildfires and plagues. What's next?](https://grist.org/science/jet-stream-study-climate-change-wildfires-plagues/)** • **[California heat wave smashes records, but the worst is still to come](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/california-heat-wave-smashes-records-but-the-worst-is-still-to-come/)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/kxBpB)) • **[Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers](https://phys.org/news/2024-10-nepalis-climate-glaciers.html)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/6Wx5D)) • **[Climate warning as world's rivers dry up at fastest rate for 30 years](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/07/climate-warning-as-worlds-rivers-dry-up-at-fastest-rate-for-30-years)** • **[BP abandons target to cut oil and gas output by 2030](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bp-drops-oil-output-target-strategy-reset-sources-say-2024-10-07/)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/C0MfB))
Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you). There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself. • **[Allan Blye](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/allan-blye-dead-comedy-writer-1236025314/)** writer, *The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/1Sgyp)) • **[Joe Bryan](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/joe-d-bryan-dead.html)** falsely convicted of murder ([archived link](https://archive.ph/MBN5c)) • **[David Burnham](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/05/david-burnham-serpico-journalist-dies/)** reporter, exposed NYPD police corruption, tens of thousands of corruptions ago ([archived link](https://archive.ph/kKDq1)) • **[Mary Jane Collins](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/seabrook-apartment-shooting-woman-death-19817768.php)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://archive.ph/nieHM)) • **[Rick Cook](https://westseattleblog.com/2024/10/remembering-rick-cook-west-seattles-psychic-barber/)** psychic barber • **[Carlie Frizzell](https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2024/10/03/columbus-police-shooting-carlie-frizzell-crime-suspects/75500802007/)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://archive.ph/CjvkX)) • **[Horace Gibbs](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fulton-county-inmate-killed-cobb-county-jail-cellmate-charged)** in county jail ([archived link](https://archive.ph/QdD2Q)) • **[Zaria Hardee](https://denvergazette.com/news/crime/the-tragic-and-mysterious-death-of-zaria-hardee-boulders-forgotten-homeless-teen/article_08302018-81c2-11ef-bf34-8790eebbccaf.html)** forgotten person • **[Eric Hicks](https://www.wtvy.com/2024/10/04/inmate-dies-coffee-county-jail/)** in county jail ([archived link](https://archive.ph/LUwcr)) • **[Aubree Clay Horton](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/douglas-county/off-duty-atlanta-police-detective-killed-after-breaking-into-douglas-county-home/WXRME2YRD5CLRMUMZME2A4RTDY/)** police investigator of the year ([archived link](https://archive.ph/zD3cE)) • **[Jamie Langille](https://globalnews.ca/news/10790322/saint-john-encampment-death/)** forgotten person ([archived link](https://archive.ph/TeUKo)) • **[James Magee](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/05/arts/james-magee-dead.html)** artist and kook ([archived link](https://archive.ph/6ovVP)) • **[Carnal Mixon](https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/lechner-avenue-hilltop-shooting-1-injured/530-0c527ebf-f4a1-4e87-a26d-6c946b50efb8)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://archive.ph/UmNCT)) • **[Christian Ortiz](https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/maryland/montgomery-county/montgomery-county-police-identify-man-shot-killed-near-seek-lane-park-in-silver-spring/)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://archive.ph/JURua)) • **[Shannon Marie Caslin Reeder](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/womans-remains-found-in-suitcase-at-seattle-encampment-by-i-5/)** forgotten person ([archived link](https://archive.ph/BxZ6h)) • **[Monica Robarge](https://www.wftv.com/news/local/deputies-identify-woman-killed-edgewater-domestic-shooting/35SVINIJFNCD7BTUQRH7FGEYCE/)** shot and killed ([archived link](https://archive.ph/1edPL)) • **[Thomas Rockwell](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/thomas-rockwell-author-of-how-to-eat-fried-worms-dies-at-91/)** author, *How to Eat Fried Worms* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/TTQ1D)) • **[Tamara Towers Parry](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/former-doctor-who-went-to-jan-6-rally-killed-in-shooting-at-home/)** QAnon wingnut ([archived link](https://archive.ph/AApAi)) • **[Bob Yerkes](https://deadline.com/2024/10/bob-yerkes-dies-92-star-wars-back-to-the-future-stuntman-1236107971/)** stunt performer, *Star Wars* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/KHXsS)) [**Previously dead**](https://lemmy.world/post/20480526)
> "I installed a box high up on a pole somewhere in the Mission of San Francisco. Inside is a crappy Android phone, set to Shazam constantly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's solar powered, and the mic is pointed down at the street below..."