Bentrovato 1,002 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 3,188 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 10,287 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 3,104 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 19,243 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 3,104 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