Bentrovato 1,022 Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, DevonDeathTrip said: Hearing Benjamin Zephaniah has died of a brain tumour. Another QI panellist pegs it. Curse? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,239 Posted December 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Don’t be sad. Old Shitlocks has gone to his vegan, Republican, anarchist, pro-Hamas, oooooooh Jeremy Corbyn Zion in de sky. One love. Hear hear. He was not someone I respected at all. Still he didn't deserve that ending. Brain tumours scare me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,348 Posted December 13, 2023 Christian Wiman, US poet has been fighting a rare cancer for 18 years: https://www.tpr.org/2023-12-13/after-18-years-living-with-cancer-a-poet-offers-fifty-entries-against-despair https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wiman He's currently in remission, but in such a long battle, cancer usually eventually wins. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,132 Posted March 19 Gylan Kain, a founder of the Last Poets, died February 7th. He was 81. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/arts/gylan-kain-dead.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,574 Posted April 22 On 12/12/2023 at 04:49, John "요한" Sulu said: Jerome Rothenberg is 92. Photo Credit: George Quasha per Creative Commons license Jerome Rothenberg reportedly dead: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2720756088089505&set=a.134996656665474 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,132 Posted April 29 Sir Vincent O'Sullivan, New Zealand's poet laureate from 2013 to 2015, has died. He was 86. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/poet-sir-vincent-osullivan-dead-at-86/2BVKTW4YJRC7XBQVKNYF2OPF3Q/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,574 Posted May 14 On 29/03/2022 at 15:49, DevonDeathTrip said: A tweet from Kathryn Bevis, a leading light of the Hampshire poetry scene. Kathryn Bevis reportedly dead: Another to add to the List of the Missed @Death Impends, picked last year but dropped this year from the Pelican In The Wilderness team: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2023/celebs_B.html#bevisk023 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,032 Posted May 14 10 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Kathryn Bevis reportedly dead: Another to add to the List of the Missed @Death Impends, picked last year but dropped this year from the Pelican In The Wilderness team: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2023/celebs_B.html#bevisk023 She was on a LOT of watch lists around here. Amazing she was left alone by 600+ DDP teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
