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Obituaries and tributes
139 links saved from 2007 to 2026; 133 with a note, 62 in a Weekly Thing.
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2026
2025
2024
- He was suicidal and needed help. A 15-year-old girl pushed him to kill himself on a live stream.
- The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms
- Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78
- Remembering alum David Mills, who brought the internet into perfect time
- Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
2023
- The ‘manning up of boys begins in the cradle.’ But what boys really need is emotional support from their dads | Cognoscenti
- My Father’s Death in 7 Gigabytes
- In Memoriam: Atomic Data Co-Founder Jim Wolford
- Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94
- Biden makes surprise visit to Kyiv, meets Zelensky
- Call of the Void: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370?
2022
- Volodymyr Zelensky Is TIME's 2022 Person of the Year
- Ukrainian mom keeps daughter safe in Minneapolis as husband fights Russians at home
- I’m not OK (and that’s OK).
- Zelensky Requested Accelerated Membership to NATO - Kyiv Post
- Father of Technoblade, YouTube Minecraft Star, Says His Son Has Died
- Scott Vermillion, Former American Soccer Pro, Had C.T.E.
- The Bill Gurley Chronicles: Part I - Macro Ops Musings
- Inside Taylor Hawkins' Final Days as a Foo Fighter
- Announcement: I’m Going to Miss You, But I Am Taking a Sabbatical
- Day 74. Never Again.
- Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters’ Drummer, Dies at 50
- Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died
- Arnold Schwarzenegger: "I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth."
- 'I will go back to help': Women head home to aid war effort
2021
- The life and tragic death of John Eyers – a fitness fanatic who refused the vaccine
- My Dad | Humidity and Hope
- Simone Biles Chose Herself
- How doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us, but it should be | Cancer World Archive
- Lifting the mask - Continuing Ed with Edward Snowden
- Star Tribune wins Pulitzer for George Floyd reporting; Darnella Frazier also cited
- Bearing witness to the pain
- Minnesota music legend Peter Ostroushko dies at 67
- Poet Amanda Gorman Speaks at the Biden-Harris Inauguration 2021
2020
- Legendary columnist Sid Hartman dies at 100
- My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her the giant bookshelf she always wanted.
- My Son the Superhero
- Justin Townes Earle, Singer-Songwriter in Father’s Footsteps, Dies at 38
- Juneteenth
- The Problems, The Privilege, and the Pain of Being Invisible
- Juneteenth World Wide Celebration
- John Conway Dies From Coronavirus
- Jason Isbell: John Prine Taught Me to Stay Vulnerable
- John Prine, One of America's Greatest Songwriters, Dead at 73
- He Visited Disneyland Every Day for Eight Years—Then Coronavirus Happened
- How to Be There for a Dying Friend
- Steve Blank: Clayton Christensen
2019
- Fenwick High School 2017 Commencement Speaker Mick Betancourt '92
- Data General's Tom West dies
- Miguel Ibarra's My Friend: The end of an era in Minnesota
- Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier
- 52 Things I Know At 52
- 'They wanted me gone': Edward Snowden tells of whistleblowing, his AI fears and six years in Russia | US news
- James Whatley on Twitter: "June 5th, 2017 I tried to take my own life."
- Inside story of how legendary NFL broadcaster Bob Costas ended up excised from football and out at NBC -- ESPN
2018
2017
2016
- After Donald Trump Was Elected President, Aaron Sorkin Wrote This Letter to His Daughter
- It’s a boy thing
- I Ran the C.I.A. Now I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton.
- He Was a Hacker for the NSA and He Was Willing to Talk. I Was Willing to Listen.
- Muhammad Ali Dies at 74: Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century
- Esquire loses a man at his best
- Derek Sivers Interviews
- Ian Murdock, father of Debian, dead at 42
2015
- I worked in a video store for 25 years. Here’s what I learned as my industry died.
- What Is Spacetime, Really?—Stephen Wolfram Blog
- Remembering Alex King
- John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician | Siobhan Roberts
- White House turns to rainbow after gay marriage ruling
- Before I Go: A Stanford neurosurgeon’s parting wisdom about life and time
2014
2013
2012
- Loyal dog watches over master's grave for 6 years
- Lance Armstrong stripped of Tour de France medals
- Michael Lewis: Obamas Way
- Biggest Boy Scout group in Minn. to stay inclusive
- Oliver Starr's answer to Would a lone adult wolf be able to take down an athletic adult human?
- Dow Jones President Todd Larsen steps down
- Neil Gaiman: Keynote Address
- Pete Rose: Here Now
- Caballo Blancos Last Run - The Micah True Story
- David Paul Potosky Obituary
- Regrets of the Dying
- Mybrainhavoc
- My Fathers Final Gift
- Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and why: The disappearance of one of the worlds most beloved computer programmers.
- Letters of Note: I love my wife. My wife is dead.
- Obituary: Russell L. Scheffler, 1972-2012 - Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
- CaringBridge Russ Scheffler Welcome
2011
- Write or Die by Dr Wicked
- Obituary: printf(goodbye, Dennis);
- Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult
- 5 Timeless Commencement Addresses
- David LaChapelle, From Photographer to Artist
- Cowboys and Pit Crews
- Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'
- Marshall McLuhan
- 2010 Feltron Annual Report
- Put This On: LBJ Buys Pants on Vimeo
- President Obama’s Speech at the Memorial in Arizona
- Cyberspace When You’re Dead