#obituary — Public Fediverse posts

Dolly Parton Died After A “Brief Battle With Cancer,” Her Reps Confirm
#News #Obituaries #DollyParton #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2026/08/dolly-parton-cause-of-death-cancer-1237050517/

Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose songs, style and larger-than-life personality made her a global star, has died at 80. From "Jolene" to "9 to 5," she built one of music's most enduring careers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/08/26/entertainment-news/dolly-parton-dies-music/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #dollyparton #obituary #countrymusic

Dolly Parton, queen of country music, dies at 80

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://interaksyon.philstar.com/celebrities/2026/08/26/318271/dolly-parton-queen-of-country-music-dies-at-80/

From Dolly Parton's obituary in the Los Angeles Times.

'Dolly Rebecca Parton was born in Locust Ridge, Tenn., in the Great Smoky Mountains, on Jan. 19, 1946. Her father was a tobacco sharecropper and she was the fourth of 12 children. In her autobiography, “Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business,” Parton related how her parents were so poor they paid the doctor who delivered her with a sack of cornmeal.

'Raised in a one-room cabin with no electricity, she listened to the Grand Ole Opry on a battery-powered radio. When she was 7 she started writing songs; a year later she picked up the guitar. At 10 she was singing on a Knoxville radio and TV program, “Cas Walker Farm & Home Hour.”'
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-08-25/dolly-parton-dead-at-80

#DollyParton #obituary #MusicHistory #radio

Leonard Morpurgo Dies: Longtime Publicist For Universal, Columbia, Rogers & Cowan, More Was 93
#News #Obituaries #LeonardMorpurgo #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2026/08/leonard-morpurgo-dead-1237049957/

Conservatives Remember the Late Dolly Parton, Without Remembering Her

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/breaking/conservatives-remember-the-late-dolly-parton-without-remembering-her/

Dolly Parton, queen of country music, dies at 80

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/people/obituary/dolly-parton-dies/

Jesikah Suggs Dies: ‘My Life With The Walter Boys’ Co-Producer & Writer Was 32
#News #Obituaries #JesikahSuggs #MyLifeWiththeWalterBoys #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2026/08/jesikah-suggs-dead-my-life-with-walter-boys-1237049918/

"Dolly Parton, music icon, Hollywood icon, business icon, philanthropic icon, Tennessee icon and American original, who inspired children to read, workers to not be satisfied with their 9 to 5 existence and Whitney Houston to sing about always loving someone at the top of her lungs, died today. She was 80.

"Somehow, the world is a little less nice, a little less sunny with her no longer in it."
— Keith Sharon in The Tennessean

#obituary #CountryMusic #DollyParton

Dolly Parton, Iconic Singer/Songwriter and ‘9 to 5’ Star, Dies at 80
#IndieWire #News #Obituary #DollyParton #Film #Obituaries

https://www.indiewire.com/news/obituary/dolly-parton-dead-1235212663/

#DollyParton Dead: #CountryMusic Legend and #Actress Was 80

Singer-songwriter-actress Dolly Parton, whose glittering #country #music stardom was matched by her pop fame and popular parallel careers in film and TV, died on Aug. 25. She was 80 years old.

The announcement came on her official Instagram with a video from her nephew Bryan Seaver on behalf of the Parton family
#obituary #death #sad #dead #singer #songwriter
🙁

https://variety.com/2026/music/news/dolly-parton-dead-dies-country-music-1236842727/

Craig T. Nelson Remembers ‘Coach’ Co-Star Shelley Fabares: “An Extraordinary Woman”
#News #Obituaries #Coach #CraigTNelson #Obituary #ShelleyFabares

https://deadline.com/2026/08/craig-t-nelson-tribute-coach-costar-shelley-fabares-death-1237048790/

Tamisuke Watanuki, a former speaker of Japan's Lower House, has died of old age. He was 99. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/24/japan/politics/former-lower-house-speaker-tamisuke-watanuki-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tamisukewatanuki #lowerhouse #obituary #ldp #postalservices

Dale Morris, Nashville Manager Who Guided Careers of Alabama & Kenny Chesney, Dies at 89

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/business/management/dale-morris-death-manager-alabama-kenny-chesney-dies-1236322517/

Janie Bradford, Early Motown Songwriter & ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ Co-Writer, Dies at 87

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/janie-bradford-death-motown-songwriter-dies-1236322487/

@classicalmusic
RIP

"Die größte Sopranistin ihrer Generation: Zum Tod von Ileana Cotrubaș"

https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/die-groesste-sopranistin-ihrer-generation-zum-tod-von-ileana-cotruba-100.html

#music #classic #obituary #history

I've just learned of the death of Richard Heinberg

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-08-04/devastating-news-the-loss-of-richard-heinberg/

Followers of the Peak Oil discussion of the mid-aughts through mid-2010s likely came across Heinberg's books on the topic, or the sites Resilience and The Post Carbon Institute with which he was associated.

Heinberg died suddenly 19 July 2026 several weeks after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

There are a number of other rememberances and obituaries online:

"Remembering Richard Heinberg: ‘One of my core mentors is gone’" https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-07-30/in-memoriam-richard-heinberg-one-of-my-core-mentors-is-gone/

"Remembering Richard Heinberg: ‘Tribute to the man behind the legend’" https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-08-04/remembering-richard-heinberg-tribute-to-the-man-behind-the-legend/"

"In Memoriam: Recollections of Richard Heinberg" https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-07-29/in-memoriam-recollections-of-richard-heinberg/'

Obituary: https://everloved.com/life-of/richard-heinberg/obituary/?flow=201

#Obituary #RichardHeinberg #PeakOil #PostCarbonInstitute

José Luis ‘Pucho’ Ponce, Bassist of Argentine Folk Group Los Tekis, Dead at 68

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/pucho-ponce-death-los-tekis-bassist-dead-obituary-1236319944/

Japanese actor Keiko Kishi, known for her role in the hit 1953 film "Kimi no Na wa" (What's Your Name?), died of natural causes on Aug. 7. She was 93. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/08/19/entertainment-news/actor-keiko-kishi-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #keikokishi #obituary #japanesefilm

Frank Beard Dies: ZZ Top’s Founding Drummer Was 77
#News #Obituaries #FrankBeard #Novid #Obituary #ZZTop

https://deadline.com/2026/08/frank-beard-dead-zz-top-drummer-1237044530/

In Memorium: Zhu Rongji, the Leader Who Defied Mao and Opened China to the World

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/in-memorium-zhu-rongji-the-leader-who-defied-mao-and-opened-china-to-the-world/

Hayden Panettiere Autopsy Shows No Signs Of Trauma
#News #Obituaries #HaydenPanettiere #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2026/08/hayden-panettiere-autopsy-no-trauma-1237043230/